Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-05-25
TIE T NEWS.
From the Bozeman Times.

church, Oh Reese creek, John GRAY stabbed
J.. A. Bender in the right shoulder. intlictine
a severe wound.
Every kind of vegetation is forward and
flourislling on the Yellowstone-much more
so than on this side of the range.
Miller and Roland loaded five pack ami
mails in Bozeman on Monday last, and start
ed to their mines at Soda Butte gulch, in the
Clark's Fork country.
A messenger was sent down to Mr.. Coun-
tryman's, at the New Crow Agency. to
bring Rich & Wilson's train back to Boze-
man. This is the train that left here a
few weeks since to meet the steamer
:" Yellowstone" The train will go to Ben
ton, as the " YelloWstonen was TO have
left St. Louis, on the 10th inst, for that
place.
From the New North West.
MIR, Orr and his son, who were mining in
Browns gulch near Silver Bow, were struck
by lightning a few days ago. Neither were
killed, but the injuries Of the lad are quite
serious.
The Miners Ditch, owned by Pemberton
& Kelley, carrying water from Race Track
to Antelope, broke on Wednesday, the 18th
inst. 1t is said to be a tremendous. break.
report stating the whole hillside has slid
down and covered the whole country below
with food and debris. The ditch is very
large, eighteen miles long, and cost $4,000.
The last previous break cost $1,i00 to re-
pair, and this is said to be ten times as bad.
From the Helena Herald.
Thursday afternoon the big ditch broke ON
the hill above the Helena Brewery, and a
torrent of water poured down the hillside
and in q few minutes completely deluged
the lower portion Of the building. The
walls in the rear of the Brewery are severely
damaged, and the front walls are considera-
bly, shaken. Mr.. Horscky, with all the force
he. could muster, repaired the ditch, and i'm
mcdiately took steps to secure the building
against further loss. He estimates the dam
age to his property to be about 81. 900.
The quartz mines at Silver Star nave taken
a start ahead, and the camp has awakened
to new life.
From Mr.. VIM. RumseY we learn-9ef the
destruction by fire, on the 10Th inst, at
UnionYille, of the building known as the
IN W HltIACSl DOdIA luS~IOltoCs AAC Oul1O
ing was, we are told, the first one erected in
Unionville, and cost Mr.. Whitlatch $1,000.
OF course it was not worth near that amount
at this time. 1t could probably be replaced
for $4,000.
MIR. Chessman denies that the {" Big Ditch
broke 7 and seriously damaged the property
of the Helena Brewery, as stated in the
Herald of the 10th inst. Several parties in
form us that q rock, from afar up the hill,
was washed down into the flume, springing
a board, which caused a temporary leakage.
The break was soon repaired with very little
trouble.
A valley ranchman tells us that yesterday,
doth INST. during the rainstorm, the water
ran on plowed ground-the earth refusing
to receive the excessive moisture. Such an
occurrence has not been known before for
eleven years.
The waterworks of Helena ceased opera
tons for a time yesterday, and the rain COM
ing down in torrents, put one forciby in
mind OF the lines of the Ancient Mariner:
"Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink"
From the Benton Record.
The steamers Benton and Key West ar
rived at Benton on Monday, May 10Th. The
Key West left Bismarck on the 9th ult.
The Benton left Bismarck on the 1st inst.
Joseph Coatesworth, Of the Key Vests
crew, was lost overheard near Fort Randall.
On Sunday evening May IA, at Z o'clock,
the steamer Carroll arrived at Benton, II