Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-02-21

who escaped from the sheriff, mas soluh'ail-
IL returned and surrendered to the court.
Genet was one of the Tammany ring.
GLADSTONE recently attended spelling
school in London, where in his speech he
made objections to the English spelling.
He said if the English language was as sim
nile As the Italian there would be a saving in
the school lite of every English child OF
1000 hours.
A FIRE at Marshfeld, Mass. on the 14th
inst. destroyed the mansion Of Daniel Web
ster. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000. a
quantity of silver plate and a number OF
priceless mementoes of Webster were saved.
The library had been removed some time
before the fire.
THE Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, of Brook
lyn. says there is more men in high places
who love God and keep his commandments
than was ever before, and gives the ever
~yipilant printing press and the influence of
christianity the praise of thus having great
" elevated the nation.
IT is estimated that persons from New
York can visit the Paris Exposition. remain
ten DAYS in London. and thirty days in Paris
and return for $3.50. This includes passage
fare and hotel bills. OF course it will be
necessary to take a little more than that
sum for incidental expenses.
THE estimated weight of California min
erals to be sent to the Paris Exposition is
500 tons. There is to be a pyramid twenty
feet square and nearly seventy feet high. to
represent the 10000. 900 cubic inches of gold
which has been produced on the Pacific
coast. Its equivalent would be a gold cube
16 feet thick.
POSTMASTER JAMES. of New York. has
been sued for Sl50.0N for using a stamp
cancelling apparatus which had been patent
ed. 1t is stated by the United States Dis
trict Attorney that at least Sl.0O0.0 900 is
involved in the case, because the double
stamp is in general use and actions may be
brought against every postmaster using it.
THE Liberia states that three parties have
formed in the Sacred College, namely-the
i~rreconcilables. the advocates of compro-
mise. and the advocates of the maintenance
OF statu quo. The first of these parties. led
by Cardinal Manning. command twelve
votes. The second is said to have decided
to support the election of Cardinal Moretti,
Archbishop of Ravenna, while the third.
which is the most numerous party. is said
to have selected Cardinal Luigi di Canosfa,
Archbishop of Nerona, as their candidate.
Al FEW days ago two ladies were crossing
Loss creek. Ala, on horseback, one of
whom carried a baby. When toward the
middle of the stream the mother became
dizzy and dropped the infant into the water.
Both ladies screamed tor assistance, but
none coming, they rode off to the nearest
house and got ONE men out. The baby
was found floating a mile below the cross
ing. after an exposure of forty minutes,
with its face upward, fast asleep. 1t was
we'll wrapped up. and the clothing had
kept it from sinking.
THE cotton yield of the Southern States
for 1877 will reach 100000 bales. This is
nearly 800. 600 bales more than that of 1876.
The last season was q most favorable one.
and but few complained of worms, CATER
pillars and rust. The cotton plant contin-
ues to bloom till chilled. and flowers mature
into rolls of cotton in sixty days. In 1876
the killing frost that ends the maturity
season occurred October Sd. while last year
it held off until November II. The thirty
nine days additional of maturity season
were a great boon TO planters.
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