Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1875-12-09
GEN NERAL NEWS.

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Messrs. Moody and Sanky have closed
their services IN Brooklyn.
Smallpox is raging in Cincinnati, Phila-
delphia and Brooklyn.
The State Of Michigan has 1914 miles OF
railroad.
1t is reported that 1iessrs. Moody and San
XIV will hold their next series Of meetings III
Philadelphia.
In Worcester, Mass, the police prohibit
pool-selling upon the resulteof the cleo
ton.
Tie entire expense Of the Red Cloud III
yestigation amounted to Si7 900.
The Commissioners of Education give the
expenditures in 1874 for schools as 81, 000,-
900.
There are enrolled in the United StiAes
about 5000, 600 school children, the average
daily attendance being only 4,5oo,0oo.
Mr.. Charles Ross, of Terre %llaute, Ind,
within the past fifteen years has given a.
600. 900 for charitable and educational pur-
poses.
Sir Anthony Rothchild, Baronet, is lying
at the point of death in London.
Beecher advocates the political equality of
the sexes.
1t is again reported that the long lost Char
lev Ross has been discovered, but there is
nothing definite.
Paul Morphy, the celebrated chess player
of a few years ago, is now a hopeless maniac
in New Orleans.
Yl,o 4rooc,,ror of triuoDo who fI,rpa1 ont
defaulter, has been found by the jury to have
been insane at the time he appropriated the
funds. g.
Three hundred thousand persons have set
tied in Texas in the last year.
"Leo,' a celebrated model Newfoundland
DOG. was awarded the first prize of his class
at the recent dog show, in Nottingham,
England, which, we understand, comprised
$40 entries.
The experiment of cooperative house
keeping is about to be tried in London, Eng
land.
William PENIS Bible is in the possession
Of a lineal descendant. a Mrs. Meylert, of
Pennsylvania. 1t will be u part of the Cen
tennial Exposition.
The King of Italy has issued a decree
granting a subsidy of $4,000 gold to the
Italian Committee in connection with the
United States Centennial Exhibition.
The superintendent of the ninth census
says that enough is already known to indi-
cate that the progress of our population has
received a temporary check.
A Mr.. Queen, of California, has purchased
one hundred African ostriches. He has in
vested $780, 900 in the enterprise, principally
to raise them for their plumage, each bird
yielding over 5000 worth annually.
The collections for the Young Mems
Christian Association, i'll the Moody and
Sankey meetings amount to $4,000.
Postmaster General JEWELS annual re-
port, now made out, shows that the total
cost OF inland mail transportation for the
fiscal year ending June Both, 1875, was $50
353 800, there being al Increase of SIG
miles in the length of routes as compared
with 1874, but a decrease of $4S,6sS in the
cost of maintaining the service.
The Indian Commissioners have made
their full report with reference to the Black
Hills. The report states the reasons for the
failure Of the negotiations, and makes many
important recommendations. 1t recon-
mends that every Indian be encouraged in
the acquisition and protected in the posses
sion of private property. Also 5hat all the
present agencies be abolished, and that the
Indians be notified that such force as may
be necessary will be used to enforce compli-
ance with the policy of the Government, to
the end that the Indians civilizad