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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-09-19

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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-09-19
j. G.. Starter.

Range--Smith river
valley, from White
Tail to NeWlan creek.
T.. o. Address--Camp
Baker.
Daily globe., 1878-11-24
reach help. His left arm hung

reach help. His left arm hunx
crushed and ifeless at his side. bis
LETT scapula and clavicle were broken, the
blood tickled from the terrible wounds
IN his back, and his legs were literally
turrowed by the crooked claws of the
bears hind feet. Conscious that he must
soon have help or perish, he summoned
all his resolution and staggered along in
the direction home, more dead than alive
a trail of blood marking his foot. steps.
He managed to reach spring in sight of
his house, and then his endurance paye
way. He fell in dead faint by the
waters edge. He was soon discovered
by his son, and was taken home.
The grizzly was the largest ever killed
IN the country. It measured nine feet in
length, "over ALL" and weighed 1,4OO
pounds. The left side of the bear was
LITERALLY torn to pieces, there being no
less than twenty-five knife wounds. near-
y every one of which reached vital
polnt. One of its fore paws just covers
an ordinary dinner-plate.
Mr. Rogers is lying in an extremely
critical condition. In addition to his
horrible wounds tie shock of his system
was terrible one. His left arm, lierally
mangled and torn to shreds, has been
amputated at the shoulder. His left
clavicle and scapula were fractured, and
three lower ribs on the right side broken.
The flesh and muscles on his back are so
torn and abraided that the vertebrp are
actually visible in places.
Daily globe., 1878-11-24
The Duglass Squirrel in the Sequoia
Forests.

The Duglass squirrel, the 'schickaree''
OF the west, is the happy harvester of
most of the sequoia cones. Out OF every
hundred perhaps ninty.nine fall to his
share, and unless cut off by his sharp
ivory sickle, they shake out their seeds
and remain firmly attached to the tree for
many years. Watching the squirrels in
their Indian-summer harvest days is one
of the most delightful diversions imagin-
able. The woods are calm then, and the
ripe colors are blazing in all their glory.
The cone-laden trees poise motionless in
the warm smoky air, and you may see
the crimson-crested woodcock, the prince
of Sierra woodpeckers, drilling the giant
trees with his ivory pick, and ever and
anon filling the glens with his
careless cackle; the humming-bird, too,
glancing among the pentstemons, or rest
ing wing weary on some leaness twig;
and the old familiar robin of the orchards /;
and the great, grizzly or brown bear, sc
obviously fitted for these majestic soli-
tudes-mammoth brown bears harmonic
ing grandly with mammoth brown trees.
But the Douglass squirrel gives forth
more appreciable life than all the birds,
bears and humming insects taken together.
His movements are perfect jets and flashes
of energy, as if surcharged with the re-
fined fire and space of the woods in which
one or two snips of his keen chisel teeth,
and without waiting to see what becomes
OF them, cuts of another and another,
Daily globe., 1878-11-24

shore, with the boat in tow. The canoe
as well as the boat, has cable secured to
It, by which those ON the bank regu' ate
It's drift down stream. How strongly it
struggles up and out into the full flood
Both cables are secured round trees and
paid out by numbers.
Fighting up and across the tide, drift
ed dowl it as the cables slack their
length, watch--with what hungering
eyes! The canoe steals inch By inch to
where it and the boat holds it are in
line with my feet. The set Of some cur
rent drlfted me to the rock | stand on.
The boat is detached, straining on the ca
BILE, guided, too, by rope from the near
~ stationary canoe. The current sets it
toward me. It is brought up by the
strain of the cable ashore. Still it drifts
nearer and nearer.
"There are moments in life that swal-
low up all the rest of existence in our
memories. They haunt us awake. We
dream them always. If I should be
Methuselah with centuries of breath it
seems to me one thought would always
absorb all others, as Aaron's snake de-
voured Pharoah's magician's serpents.
l remember nothing else but that I
woke out of dream of hell in bed at
Forsyth's was told had been in death
agony with brain fever. What mattered
thats I was out Of the torment of the
damned. felt the blessedness of peace,
OF safety, of life wrung from death.
''They dared not tell me it was real
that all am now telling you had been
awful reality--that l had dared as the
boat drifted abreast Of me to risk leap
into it--that, on the very edgd and utter
Drink of perdition, the strength of scores
ashore had overpowered the rushing flood
that amid the shouts and tears and sobs,
not of women only, but of bearded, iron
nerved men, I had been lifted senseless
from the boat and borne to enjoy brain
fever safely in the hotel yonder.
"Do you think | have told you lie or
bellevable truth--the bare fact? know
it IS plain truth, and yet only half credit
myself. Well, stranger, dream or truth,
| never forget it; it's part of lne always
"God save any one from ever trying, in
fact or fancy, such an experience as mine!
"Now you know why | don't see any
thing of beauty in Niagara. leave that
to be discovered by those who never came
SO near to being real part of it as did.
Daily globe., 1878-11-24
The Dog that Worried the Cows that
Nearly Killed the ParsOn.

Springfield (Mass) Republican.
A thrilling occurrence is reported from
Evanston. H., and, as it is probably the
first instance on record in which the hustle
OF lovely woman became an implement
of crime, the case is thus immortalzed by
the Cleveland Leade1. There was boy
in that town named Daley. The boy had
dog, which he was accustomed to take
with him on his daily excursions to Ger
tain suburban pasture fields to drive home
the cows. On the 9th inst, young Daley
found, on his way TO the pasture, some
thing white and rufied and mysterious.
He did not know what it was, but it was
too beautiful to throw away, and the hap
py thought struck aim that it might be
intended as an ornamental portable avn
ing for dog. So he called his dog and
tied the gay device around his body Just
behind the fore legs. This held the wayv
frills of the tournure aloft like canopy.
Thus caparisoned the dog pranced along
gayly in front of his master to where the
cows were quietly grazing in the field.
Immediately there was a wild commotion.
The cows knew in a general way some
thing about dogs, but an animal half
dog and half bird, with towering ban
ner of whalebone and wire and muslin
floating in the aummer wind, was to
them new and terrifying spectacle.
They eyed the approaching terror mo-
ment, then tossed their heads, turned tail,
and broke in wild stampede for town.
The frantic herd burst from the end of
the lane into the main road just as grave
and serious ex-minister of the Gospel
whose sands of life had nearly run, etc.,
came driving along. Him the COWS heed
ed not. The dog, with his phenomenal
attachment waving up and down, was be-
hind, and they cared for nothing in front.
One jumped across between the horses
and the vehicle, two others dashed against
the wheels, capsized the Elder into ditch
full OF muddy water, and left the buggy
standing ON its beam end with two wheels
in the air Then the horse caught sight of
the dog ran after the cows, smashing the
vehicle to atoms and distributing it along
about two miles of the public high
way. The cows reinforced by the flying
steed, carried the village like an invad-
ing army, and such was the terror and
surprise OF the people that they have since
done little else but talk about it. The
minister crawled out of the ditch and be-
gan legal proceedings against the boy.
who came into town by side street and
slipped up the back stairs supperless to
bed. The dog with the hustle saw that
he had overdone the thing, and crept under
barn. The problem that absorbs Evan
ston is where to classify the crime of that
boy under the statutes of Illinois.
Daily globe., 1878-11-24
When the Woods Turn Brown.

How will it be when the roses fade
Out OF the garden and out of the glade?
When the fresh pink bloom OF the sweet-brier
wild,
That leans from the dell like the cheek OF q
child,
Is changed for dry hips on thorny bush?-
Then, scarlet and carmine, the groves will
flush
How will 1t be when the autumn flowers
Wjthor away from their leatless bowers:
When sun-hower and star-Aower and golden
rod
dlimmer no more from the frosted sod,
And the hillside hooks are empty ard cold?-
Then the forest-tops will be gay with gold
How will it be when the woods turn brown,
Their gold and their crimson all dropped
down,
And erumbled to duste-
o then, as we try
Our ear to Earth's lips, we shall hear her say,
~in the dark am seeking new gems for my
crown;"--
We will dream OF green leaves, when the
woods turn brown.
--Lsey La'-co,,s, in st. Nicholas tor November
Daily globe., 1878-11-24

keeping up dripping, Dumping shower
for hours 'gether. Then. after three or
four bushels are thus harvested, he comes
down to gather then, carrying them away
patiently one by one in his mouth, with
jaws grotesquely stretched, storing them
in hollows beneath logs or unoer the
roots OF standing trees, il many different
places, so that when his many granaries
are full, his bread is indeed sure. Some
demand has sprung up for sequoia seeds
in foreign and American markets, and
several thousand dollars worth is annual
ly collected, most of which is stolen from
the squirrels.-Jo1,. Mair, in Harper's
Magazine for November.
Daily globe., 1878-11-24

A little girl was visiting the country
and for the first time witnessed the ope1
alton of milking. Watching the pro
ceeoing intently for a while, she inspected
the cow minutely, and then launched out
the poser. "Where do they put it ing"
Daily globe., 1878-11-24

A little girl was reproved for playing
outdoors with boys, and informed that
being seven years old, she was sstoo big
for that now" But, with all Imaginable
innocence. she replied: "Why,the bigger
we grow, the better we like 'em.o
Daily globe., 1878-11-24
Meeting.
FROM TIE SPANISH.

FROM TIE SPANISH.
Many years have foated by
Since we parted, she and I.
Now together here we stand,
Eye to eye and hand to hand.
lean hear her trembling sighs,
See the sweetness in her eyes.
Silently l hold and press
Her soft hand with tenderness.
Silence, who shall fathom thee,
Who read the mystery
Hidden between loving eyes,
Burning hands, and answering sighs!
HELEN s. Conant, in Ha,per's .Aago-sss fo
October.
Daily globe., 1878-11-24

tnar existence had room tor nothing but
unutterable horror!
~ looked to this very rock on which
we stand. Here, on this spot, I saw a
throng Of excited spectators. Iwas seen;
and who could see q human being in
such peril, and not family share the
terror that felt?
II could hear the calls of men to me to
have heart. could catch cries to me
that I should be saved. could see
women wild with pity. All, what could
their pity do for me? Yet that, perhaps,
was the saving of my life. Any thing
any thing-to make me forget the ever
rus.4.-e, waters that Increasingly flashed
by my feet and disappeared.
"Men were crowding the river bank.
They were consulting, 1 could see, ex-
citedly, debating what should be Gone.
''There is rush of some from the
crowd. Time passes, ages to me, in my
agony. at last boat comes borne on the
shoulders Of boatmen at q run. They lay
it at the waters edge. Delay! delay
Oh, God! Oh, God! There is rush of
others with coil of cable, not rope: rope
they knew would be murder.
Il see them boring the boats sides
passing the cable throdgh,- h,-knetting it,
mailing it securely.
''The boat is towed along the still side
water far up the stream. The crowd fol-
low it. What will they do? God! what
will they do2 What sane being will ven
ture his life to save mine9 Delay delay
They have stopped. Talk chatterl will
they never act2 Oh, dear God, help him
bless himl A canoe pulls out from
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-06
OFF THE TRACK.

About hslf-past six O'Clock on Saturday evening an
accident occurred the Metropolitan Elevated Rail-
way, at Flftycghth street, which delayed travel for
an hour and half between Fifteen ana Fifty-nin.h
streets. II appears that when tho were washed
early on Saturday morning tho forward trucks OF
OF the cars on the track tho yard 1t Fifty
eighth street was run through tho automatic sprng
switch 10 get the car on another track. The
rear truck however, was lett on the main track, and
this position OF The car was not noticed in tho evening
when tho car pulled out TO thu SIX O'Clock
truius Conseq uently one end OF the car ran tho
main track while he other end was forced to jump
the switch rail- and, IL ran 10 one side few
feet OF the other tracks, passing engine
struck il and slightly damaged the mould ings. AZ
considerable difficulty experienced 10 lifting tho
truck back tho track 1t was found Docessary to
run trans only Fiitieth street until the track was
clear, which hour ana half laaer, and then
tho regular through trips wero resumed.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-06
ANOTHER BOLD CAR ROBBERY.

While car No. 10 OF the Avenue limo was passing
down avenue A last night between nine and ten
O'Clock, a young and we'll dressed man jumped on
when Il reached Twenty fret street and passed hastily
inside There lev passengers within at the
and among them was q lady, WIN a vaise resting
her lap Hc approached the spot where sat, ana,
selling tho vnlize, attempted from her. She
held It TOO firmly, however, 50 the bold thief
dealt her blow on tho face With his
Ast at the time wrestling the
vaIise from her bands and, quick
fash daried from the and ran down Twentieth
street toward the East River Tho passengers who
saw the occurrence but had not time to Interfere
rufiau crying, as they ran, ''Pocel" 3iop tnieti"
Onacer Dunn Of the ghtecnth precinct hoard the
cry ind joined the pursucrs. Down they ran at full
speed toward the pier, with the cupr,t only short
distance In advance OF them. As they nesred
tho waters edge the darkness hid him from
sight, nd they had reached the pier had dis
appeared. lie is SUPPOSED TO have jumped into tho
escaped by swimming away While the officer ana
crowd that had gathered were searching the dark
places tho river bank cltizon picked up from
the pier tho valise stolen from the passengers 1t
was handed over to the lady from whom IL was
stolen and she lett 10. home.
The officer who the lady did not ascertain her
name nor the contcnts OF the vase made no re-
port TO the station house until midnight when Cap
tain Clinehy on learning the facts Immediately sent
out detectives look AFTER The thief The officer gave
as reason for not getting the lady'B
name that he was busy looking Tor the robbcr no
think OF II, and did not suppose she would 20
away until he saw her again. He further states that
fed that he knows him and Will soon havo him In
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-06
RAPID TRANSIT.
THE MErRopoLrrAN's SECOND MORTGAGE 7

THE .rErRopoLrrAN's SECOND MORTGAGE TO
THE NEW YORK ELEVATED RAILROAD
on the 9th ult the Metropolitan Elevated haiiroao
effected mortgage dated July H. 1875 10 the Central
Trustees Company 100000 $780, 600 per mile
OF tho double track Of said Metropolitan Elevated
Railroad as II should be completed This instrument
was recorded IN the Registers Office aud duly pub
hshcd. But this q comparatively small traos-
action, though IL called wide attention at the
tine to tho condition OF the Metropolitan road.
Since then tho railroad company has effected .
second mortgage OF o much moro important charac
ter than the nrsi. THIS second mortgage covers
seventeen pages OF fooscap, and II appears 10 nave
been carefully pigeon holeo In the Registers ONCE.
where tho reporters could not find IT, II was issu0a
July IL, 1878, TO Henry II. Alexander and Charles =;
Franckiir, trustees OF the Metropolitan Elevated
Railroad. 10 secure additional loan OF $90o,Ooo
per mile on lis road Tho mortgage bears seven per
cent interest, coupons payable April aud OCTOBER
free from governments tax -,
The entire road together with the franchises build
or kind soevcr decided the trustees 10 secure no
bona together, with onc-half per OF the Metro
polan road in she New York Elevated road, already
built and that BIO bnlt from the Battery TO Kings
bridge. Tho Instrument is signed by William X. Gar
riso q president, ana John K Body, treasurer. Tho
title OF tho bond is the ''Second mortgage income
bonds Of tho Metropolitan Elevated Railroad. Loan
authorized BY the Board OF Directors uIy j. 1875
This mortgage recorded liber 400, page !, but
the volume has been kept out oil reach OF tho re-
pOrterS
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-06
SUICIDE OR MURDER?

John Nelson, deck hand on the grain sloop
Lady Emma, lying a, the loot OF East Twcnty-
eighth street, while sitting on tho deck Of
tho vessel last night noticed an object float
ing In the water. Looking at It closely he discovered
that Il WIS the body OF man. Nelson thereupon
procured q small boat and towed the corpse to the
pier alter which no informed Officer O'kourk OF hts
discovery. The body was taken from the water and
placed on the DOCK, where IL found that
the throat OF the dead man had been cut
from ear TO ear STARTLED at tho discovery the officer
promptly began investigation, and near the bulk
head on tho pcr straw hat and black frock coat
were found near pool Of blood which sslll warm.
Tho material OF tho coat corresponded with that Of
the trousers and wuistcoat found on the deceased.
wagon procured IN which the body was
placed and carried 10 the Morgue. II Is that
OF about lity years Of ego, five
feet six seven inches in height sanuy hair,
side whiskers and mustachc. He gnitei
shoes and white straw hat There nothing
found on the person OF which would give
tho authorities the slightest c!ew to his identity.
Is supposed by the police that the man committed
suicide by cutting his throat while sitting on the
stringpisce and that his BODY fell into the water
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-06
SHOT HIMSELF.

Anton August Ankamp. thirty-Ave years old. Oh
garmaker by trade, attempted suicide yesterday by
shooting himself In tho head IN the house Of = Mrs
Snmxberger No. IS Allen street, where he was a
boardcr. He had been out Of work for
some time. On Sunday evening no went 10
the root OF the house, and would have
jumped of had he not been prevented. He,Ieft homo
oary yesterday morning dressed In his best clothing
and returned at to his dinner without his coal.
At his request the Andlady went out to purchase
some milk for him. and whom she returned found him
lying upon tho floor bleeding, and a revolver lying
near bim.
The following letters, written in German, were
found table in tho ROOM
My name Is Anton August Ankamp. came to this
country In 1859 lived in Baltimore eleven years. have
a wife and three children My father-n-iaw's
Jacob Brennan am tired OF life have been
cuted badly ated especially by Henry Schultz Miss
smitbergs Of No IS Allen street. and Henry schultz OF
No SO Bridge street Georgetown, d. g. My blood clngs
fingers OF the above parties May they have
peace for my ghost will forever haunt them.
ANTON AUGUST ANKAMP.
DEAR BROTHER -As you know have peace with this
man use your influence to send him where belongs
G. BOHME.
In one Of the suicides pockets was found
q pawntcket for his coat, which he had pledged in
Brooklyn Tor seventy five cents. He was removed TO
the hospital in critical condition, and died eleven
O'Clock Al night.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-06
NEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY SUPPLEMENT-

sem ANN TwsxLI from GsSrge.own pc rsposs. "a that
In the fotomac River. William Morris, OF hicnmond va,
seaman, fell overheard and frowaed
Scum CARRIE SAUNDERS. Chester from iiayt reports
ashore the south Long Key Crooked Island Pas
sage.
A BARK and full rrged brig were seen ashore July
20 on the south end Of Long Cay Island Passage
by schr Carrie Saunders. ut Chester. Aug l.
DELAWARE BRkAKwATER, Aug 5-Tse sunken schr Bessie
Norris has been lifted ny and towed ON the oar
she will DO pumped out and hoate
SAsryokxr. Aug 2-Larse pieces Of the Italian bark
Guilio D. wrecked tho ''Oid Man" Oh Friday OF last
week, have drft1d ashore this week.
QUrnEc, Aug 3-stesmcr copa sBr. Tucker, from Mon
treal for Shnrpness with of corn fs ashore Con
rscoeur Astexmcr and barge have been 70
her assistance later despatch tho Copa was got
o6wIthout DAMAGE
vt THOMAS, July 24-rhe bark Joshua Loring has re-
eeved orders repairs and proceed 10
New London for orders
Schr Tho Star (Br) csRdemucd and sold here At anc
ton has now been bought by an American ctisen, the
bill oil sao recorded she has LETT under the name OF
tho loo Hughes flag to load salt in
Turks Island for halifax.
FREMONT Mo- July Silt Is reported that scfr OF about
40 driven ashore In tho gale tho south
side OF Psncis Island and sunk In about OF
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-06
STORM IN WASHINGTON.

EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO PUBLIC AND orHER
BUILDIHGs-A CoLoRED WOMAN KILLED
DISASTROUS EFFECT OF THE HAIL.
WASHINGTON, August s, 1873.
AT three O'Clock this afternoon this city was visited
By the most terrific storm which has prevailed here
for many years. Some forty Atty houses, in differ
spt OF the city, unroofsd and extensive
damage done to many buildings In process OF
tiop Castle Stewart, which has been rented to tho
Chinese Embassy. damaged to the extent Of
ST. 500. Mary Sharp. colored, who resides near the
river was blown INTO the river with her house and
killed. Several persons reported injured by
lightning. Tho Patent ONCE the Smithsonian Iusti-
.ute tho Office of the Post and the Holy Cross Church
II the Communion struck by lightning, but not
periously damaged The throughout the city
were greatly damaged and the cellars OF many bust
ness houses in tho neighborhood OF Pennsylvania
avenue ana Seventh etreet were flooded. During the
storm the avenue front Of the Exclusive Mansion
and Treasury Department rcsemblsd rapidly flowing
rver IL with the utmost difcuev that street
cars or vehicles OF any description could lace wind
and rain.
DAMAGE
Hundreds OF sparrows wero killed by the hail.
which fell with great violence Shade trees in all
ssctsops OF the o,ty were breken and blown dows.
Tue amount . dsmsge 10 public and private prop
oi Inc Baltimore ana Potomac depot this afternoon
vas about cigheon inches deep, and passengers for
tho train were ferrcd over thcI flooded streets IN