Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-06-29
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
From the Avant Courier.

,;on that the n. P. r. X. Co., will relinquish
the;r title to railroad lands in Montana which
r,ore filed upon by bona fdc settlers between
,he time of the location of the lands and of
Ina notification from the General Land Of
Esno Col. j. A. Wall will act as agent for
the railroad company.
From the Helena Independent.
Private letters received, state that the bal
.,ce of Carroll has been washed away.
The Ten Mile bridge on the overland road
has been repaired, and trains are passing
over it.
r. is reported that the Utah Northern
,,ilroad is only carrying three mails a week
from Ogden to Franklin, andin consequence
thare is three days intervalin Montana mail.
1f this is correct steps should be taken at
#once to annul the contract and. restore the
#o1d route. We can't afford to be without
mails for three days at a time.
Seth Bullock and Sol Star while on their
#woy to Benton, came very near loosing their
81iyes while trying to ford the Little Prickly
Pear last Week.
From the Madisonian.
A squad Of soldiers passed through Vir-
#cinia City on the 22d inst, to repair the tel
secraph line between here and Corinne.
ffrhey will work southwark until they meet
Ethe squad coming north on the line.
n The Madison bridge had~a close call on
Friday and Saturday, but stood the extra
ordinary rush Of water without being dam
aged.
From the Helena Herald.
n Supt. Lewis of the Rumley mine was in
Helena on the 23d inst, with his blackboard.
H1Ie came on business connected with the
u Clancy Concentrating works, which will be
Ready to start up next week, as the Cornish
rollers are O in place. Prof. Howe, who
recently arrived from the States, will have
Supervision of these Concentrating works.
Commissioner Fergus and Beach are Wig
|brously pushing the Benton road. A large
force of men are at work and are rapidly
[getting the canyon in a fit condition for
[trayel. E. G.. Maclay expects to get the
beams of the Diamond "R" Line through
3lhe canyon this week. Ten wagons are be-
low Fergus ranch. loaded with hides and
furs for Benton, awaiting the workers from
below.
From the New North West.
Wednesday morning of last week, Mr.. S.
~. Whitcraft was thrown from his horse on
the Deer Lodge and Butte road. near Pres
tons ranch, and so seriously injured that he
Piled the following Tuesday. The deceased
WAS an old resident of Deer Lodge county
and was universally esteemed.
Charles Ruleau's stable was struck by
lightning, which caught on fire, and was
partially burned before the engine company
succeeded in extinguishing it. Three or four
tons Of hay were burned in the stable.
From the Butte Miner.
Peter Goehl and others are running a day
and night shift on their placer claim, and
Hdoing we'll. It doubtless will be news to
many here to learn that a profitable placer
8c'a'm is being run within a few miles from
town, in a dry gulch hitherto unobserved.
The water is brought from Orc Elmo gulch.
From the Missoulian.
Inc grasshoppers are as voracious and
rapaclous as ever. We lear Of them now
tryingg' their teeth on freighters' harness,
picket fences, wallpaper, saddle blankets
and other innumerable things. Nothing
seems too hard for these pests, and how
aey can abstract any nutriment from a
picket fence is beyond u comprehension.
lnelr devastating qualifications.are certain
" large, and their thread of life seems about
IS tough as that OF a male feline or the ia
. = mous Washington ~body-guard.