Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-03-16
wish Ike success in his new enterprise, and
hope he may get rich and be happy.

From the Muscular.
The Fair Association held it's annual cleo
ton on Monday and put in the following
Board of Trustees for the ellsldllg Year.
w. E. Bass, Joseph Parlee, G. S. Medary~
Z. L. Worden, w. j. Mccormick, c. 2.
Higgins. A. G.. England, Amos Buck, An.
thony Chaifin. The trustees held a meeting
after the election and chose the following
officers: w. Z. Bass, President r. A Eddy,
Vice President; Alyin Lent Secretary
Ferd. Kenneth, Treasurer. The affair OF
the Association have fallen into the hands Of
some of the best men we have in the coun-
ty, and the prospects for a creditable fair
this fall are very 1lattering.
From the New Northwest.
Delegate Maginnis has recently intro
duced i'll Congress a bill to promote educa-
ton in the Territories, being the bill orig
inally drawn and introduced in 1871, by Mr..
Clagett also a bill for the sale of timber
lands in the Territories, the same as intro
duced some years ago. Both are good meas
ures and should become laws.
Our readers will r~eeollect some weeks.
since mention Of very rich ore being taken
from the Rocker lode owned by Nelson
Wolverton and Charley Carver. Since then
work has been prosecuted diligently, and
more wonderfully rich ore has been. taken
out. The shaft has been sunk to the depth
of 60 feet from which q level has been run
l22 feet, and the lead is from six inches to
three and a half feet wide. In running,
thirty feet every tub of rock sho we'd free
gold. One peice of the bedrock yielded ST.
gold to one ounceof rock an eight-ounce
peice of rock showing no gold yielded $500.
They have now out 100 tons Of ore, and are.
going to Observation-Disclosures to crush it. Mr..
Il. T.. Newell, millwright, who built the,
Centennial mill, will put up arrastras, and
he ami Mr.. Carver are now ia Helena to pro-
cure the castings, and the works are to be
completed BY April l. The owners have no
disposition to encourage any sensation about
their mine. They own it, are working it,
are going to construct their own facilities for
reducing, and are contented to abide. tho
results. But the general impression is they
have a very rich lead.
From the Bozemnn Times.
Fort ELLIS, March 3, 1876.
EDITOR TIMEs.-Aspecia of February %,
from the command, reports it camped at the
mouth of Saltwater. 1t moves a miles per
day. Two successful crossings We're made of
the Yellowstone. La addition to Capt. Hoppy
and McCormick's citizen commands, Agent
Clapp has joined the expedition with 26
Agency men.
The Crow chiefs, Tin Belly and Good
Heart, Joined the command on February, the
9th, with AZ warriors, and Bear Wolf and
Crazy Head wait on the river to combine
with their $50 Crows. They vow vengeance
upon the Sioux for invading their reserva-
ton and occupying their buffalo grounds.
They are ready to fight Sitting Bull.
The command will pass close to the Big
and Little Horn Sioux camps, which will
fight, and try to repeat the Baker and Gustav
General Brishin marches rapidly and has
1000 men, nnall told, with him. He has the
enthusiasm of the command.
No news from Fort Pease since February
All in good spirits and well.
Mail goes out tomorrow.
J. T. BoGERr.
Frank Murray, Deputy U. s.. Marshall.
and Ed. Fridley,, have Just arrived from the
Fort Pease Expedition. The Expedition is,
probably 1loW at Pompey's Pillar.
From the. Montanlan.
On Friday evening, the 3D. inst. John T..
was arrested and brought before
Probate JUDGE O.. G. Smith CHARGED with