Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-08-02

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The race between Buckskin and Black
ry track. will not come off. Princes back
ers paying the forfeit.
A FOOT RACE for $500 a side, 100 yards.
has been made between Hammond and
Payton. The forfeit money is up. and the
race will be run in Pioneer on the 18th.
Hammond is known as q flyer. and Payton
is not lacking of confidence. and the race
will doubtless prove close and exciting.
The first hnckleberry pickers of the sea-
son-a nice little party of six-went ont yes
terday. They started in fine spirits. prom
ising TO bring us all a lot OF berries for sup
per, but came back tired and walked out.
and having about 4 pint of berries rs the
result OF a days picking by the whole party.
HELESA's popular postmaster. S. II.
Crounse. came over On Mondays coach,
expecting to meet Mrs. G. and Mrs. Moffitt
here on their return from the White Sulphur
Springs. The rainy weather having pre-
vented their coming. he passed OF the next
morning to have q look at Smith river val
ley. it's flocks and herds, and wonderfully
curative Springs. .-J st@IT1g
w. II. SUTHERL1N, of this office, who has
been Oh the West Side for the past six weeks,
has, in response to the call Of Missoula tor
help, joined the volunteers and gone to the
front, where he will remain during the cam
paign, and, III addition to his services rs a
soldier, will furnish our readers with the
latest and most reliable news of the move
ments Of the hostiles.' ' t'''''9>
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WE learn from John O'Neil, who was
down from Poverty Flat on Tuesday. that
the ~grasshoppers had about all left that re
gion. T.. J.. Thorpe and /. Ballard were
perhaps, the worst, sufferers. The. estimated
loss in this section is one-third OF the crop
~ wheat is not injured more than one-sixth
Mr.. O'Neil thinks there will be an abund
ance raised if the hoppers do not return or
. new delegation arrive. lf.r re.5iar=.@ .ut}'.
OLD Confederate still holds out. BEN
| Sweeney struck a deep channel and got goo
pay OH Lic HlSH'DaT fDcIVW Noou > SuACl
:. short! time since, and 5000 feet have bee
staked, embracing nearly the whole bar clea
!, to Heineman's gulch.i This discovery is b.
: lleyed to be a continuation Of the rich strea
: found on Boulder, Spruce and Eldorad
: bars, and there is reason to believe that
will yet be traced clear to the valley.
Il ttf.f7 O. y III"
The Smith Bros, have placed their tho
%oughbred stallion i'll the hands OF HI
Baker, of Helena, who is one Of the be
, horsemen in Montana. This animal h'
4. an unexceptionable pedigree, but has see
Of hard usage, and little is known of his spec
If MIR. Baker will put him in training and d
n yelop his running qualities. We have ;
abiding faith that blood will tell, and expe
to see him make a creditable record +
IS Meagller county ut the. fall races.
7. UaPRoF. Bosco. the illusionist, is giving
nc series of entertainments in Virginia Cit
The Madisouian says of him: II tric
of legerdemain,i in many respects. were I
is best we have ever seen, and as an illusion1
ire he certainly stands ut the head of his prof
nd sion. His tricks are all performed witho
the aid of machinery or screens, and so nc
II terously that it is impossible to discover he
ls they are done. The entertainment was "
worth the price of admission, the distrit
'' ton of quite a number of valuable presel
=, being a very attractive feature of the p
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