Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-10
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operatives in the mills is growing worse. and
the reduction of wages is likely to become
General This will be followed by strikes
and great suffering, and in the end the
vorkmen will be worstel. The business
depression is so severe it is to be feared that
only starving labor will revive it.
The largest balloon ever dreamed Of is the
one that NJ. GODDARD purposes to make in
Paris. 1t is to be over loo feet in diameter
and will weigh $500 pounds. It will be held
to the ground by a strong cable 1000 feet
long, and will take up fifty persons at one
time. 1t is designed to contribute to the en-
tertainment of the Exposition Of 1875.
A Berlin mechanic has invented a steam
velocipede which is said to answer admira-
bly,. The engine is heated with petroleum,
and, being placed on the twosback wheels
docs not interfere with the convenience Of
the driver.
The largest single sale of blankets vet re-
corded were auctioned in New York CITY
the Dist inst, $4,000 packages were sold. re-
alizing 100000. The prices were lower
than those obtained at similar sales last seq
son.
They have got the Mustang fever in Eng
land. 4 London paper advertises a ere
markable match against time" in which
Leon, a famous Mexican horseman. lasso-
tirower and ranger,' would cndeayor to
ride ten mustangs one hundred miles in five
hours.
A terrific rnJa 1ooccoI o1o, ~ 49,.
phremagog on the afternoon of July Goth.
The steamer Lady of the Lake. having 400
persons on board, narrowly escaped a Sc
rious disaster. The steeple of the Metllo-
dist Church, with its bell, was torn from
the roof Of the church and carried the
whole length of the building. Trees were
torn up by the roots, and great damage was
done to crops.
A passenger train on the Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad which left Pueblo for Den
yer encountered another of the many water
spouts that ave broken in Colorado Terri
tory this season. When some ten miles out
from Pueblo, Conductor Glascott noticed q
cloud OF unusual appearance in the sky,
seemingly hanging over the road and adj
yancing in the direction of the train with
great velocity. The next minute the entire
train was enyeloped in a deluge and the
cars were flooded to a height that covered
the seats. The train was Stacked, but the
cloud had disappeared almost as suddenly
as it had come, and it was then observed
that portions of the track in front of the
tram had been swept away. In this
emergency the train was backed to Pueblo.
A dispatch dated at Sedalia, Missouri, Ju-
~ 10Th, says: This morning about 2 O'Clock
a party of eight men left Sedalia for La
monte on a special train, for the purpose of
capturing one Jack Mexican, a notorious
oesperado, and presumed to be IL of the
parties who robbed the express ear near this
pace recently. On arriving at Lamonte the
pafaes took horses and proceeded to a place
eight miles southwest OF Lamonte, where
resides q man named Allen Harris, at whose
pace 1t was thought Mexican was stopping.
Ane mouse was surrounded and the inmates
calico. Mrs. Harris came to the front door.
anu while talking to Deputy Sheriff Ho-
ihahs, a gun in the hands of j. M. Ames, of
ot'ef0llle, was discharged, the load of buck
siiol entering Mrs. Harris side and killing
.er instantly. Mr.. Ames says he was sit
Jug down when the gun was discharged
m ooes not know what caused it to go off.
.4e aiafi that the party went after escaped
4,,'o a cornfield, notwithstanding two or
'aee shots Were fired at him.
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