Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-07-06
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been greatly cut by the rust. Many plant
ers are reported as having plowed up their
wheat and planted the land in corn.
The farmers have commenced haying in
California. The crops will be unusually
large.
The Centennial Exhibition (Woman's Pa
%vilion) contains the following contributions
from the royal family of England =
Twenty-six etchings by the Queen, also two
table napkins spun by the royal hands; a
banner screen embroidered by Princess Bea-
trice; a table cloth embroidered by the
Princess Louise of Hesse and the Princess
Christian. and four drawings OF flowers by
the MarchiOness of Lorne.
The special attraction of the exhibition of
the Massachusetts, horticultural Society was
the Rhododendrons. The first prize was
awarded to E. S. Rand, Jr., and the third to
Joseph Clark. Beside the Rhododendrons,
there was a good show of other plants and
flowers, the most striking of which was a
very large and finely grown plant of Azalsa
Decora, covered with thousands of crimson
blooms. 1t was bought by c. M. Atkinson,
gardener to John J.. Gardener. Mr.. Joseph
H. Woodford made a beautiful display of
hardy clematis, the varieties being Miss
Bateman, Sophia Lord Londesborough, AL
bert Victor, John Gould Veitch, and others.
James Conley showed Hibiscus cyuentus, a
fine Seeding, tuberous-rooted Begonia, and
a great variety of choice cut flowers.
At a rnnotinn -, CT r n,rsc re- +l,o 5Nf;c,:o,:1,
pi Valley and Brazil Steamship Company
such action was taken and subscriptions
maue TO the caplraT sIucK us Insures the .s,,e.
cess Of the undertaking. Subscriptions to
the stock now amount to $S00,000. Steam
ers adapted to the trade between New Or
leans and Brazil are available at short no
tice. i
WASHINGTON, June 24.-The army apapro-
priation bill as reported from the Senate
Committee on Appropriations to-day is
changed in the following important par leu
lars. The committee entirely strike out the
eight sections by which the House proposed
to reduce and reorganize the army and es-
tablish lower salaries for officers. Amend
ments are accordingly reported increasing
the House items of che appropriation I'd the
aggregate extent of over So, 200, 900, SO as to
provide for continuing the present force of
$4,000 men and officers at the salaries pre-
scribed by existing law, and also to hore
nearly conform to the estimates of Secretary
Taft in other respects. The principal TENS
of increase are $685. 6 for pay of the amy
1921 900 for subsistence; $500 600 for the
Quartermaster's Department; $400,O0t Tor
transportation, and $500, 900 for hire of quar-
tiers, etc. The committee recommended the
retention Of the House provision concerning
officers mileage, fixing it at eight cents per
mile in lieu of all other allowances.
The conference o. the legislative AVID iu-
dicial appropriation bill has just separated
without coming to any agreement. The
are so great that the presentcom-
mittee will be unable to adjust them, and a
new conference will probably be appointed
when the House meets on Monday. This is
fourth conference held ON this bill Iy the
committee.
Dom Pedro passed June 18th in Boston,
the schools and the Institution for
Blind. In the evening he listened to a
lecture by Prof. William l. Marshall Oh the
Yellowstone National Park.
The primary school apportionment of The
State of Michigan is fifty cents per scholar
annually, amounting to $223. $3.50 to be
paid by the State Treasury during the
month of June.
The Treasury now holds 343,T756,O 60 in
Us. bonds to secure national bank circula-
ton and $19,S23,S50 to secure the public de-
pOSitS. u. S, bonds depOsited. for circrla-