Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-05-16
Colorado beetle has made good his

Wales. He may prove 1af more lollliuaoie
than the Bashi .Bazouks in, Thessa.y. lie is
not so cruel, but is more rapacious
-Thetpresent Earl of Leitrim has offered
q reward of elO, 900 for information which
will lead to the arrest of the men who KILLED
his uncle. This is by,far the largest reward
ever offered in Ireland. A"tarmer with a
shattered hand has been arrested.
The London Post Office building must
shortly be enlarged, and it is theintehtion
of the Government to make an offer to the
| Governors of; Christ's Hospital for their
property in Newgate street. S5,00o,OOO
would probably purchase It. Three million
dollars were offered some years ago for the
five acres OF land.
The Western Union Telegraph Co now
own over 200, 900 miles of wire, whereas,
when the late William Orion became Presi-
dent it owned but 1921 miles. They then
had $3.50 offices, now over 5000. This year
the number of messages forwarded will eX-
coed SO, 1000, 900, while then they were but
5.S79, 252. The profits have increased over
ilIIt a III IId HSa ltt
Several torpedo boats, of private manu-
%facture. made trial trips Oh the Thames dur
ing February, and attained the extrnordin-
airy speed of n knots an hour, which is
about the speed now attained by the fish
torpedoes at the Royal Arsenal. This speed,
which means range and precision as we'll as
a saving OF time, is three knots faster than
that of any other torpedo yet produced.
Marquis Antinori, now at the head ofan
exploring expedition in Equatorial Africa.
writes to his brother, from Mahal Nonza. in
the kingdom of Shea; II am very happily
residing among this raw-flesh eating people.
The King, as the lowest of his subjects, goes
barefoot, dresses like the rest, uses his fin
gers for knife and fork. and wears only a
gold pin in his greasy, curly hair asa sign
of his royal rank"
On May 9th the Senate Committee on
Railroads unanimously agreed to recon-
mend the passage of Senator Mitchell's bill
to aidsthe construction of the Portland, Salt
Lake and South Pass railroad by II grant of
land equal to the numherof acres-estimated
at 7,000, 0OO-restored to the public domain
by the abandonment.o of the Northern Pacific
railroad branch across <,the Cascade Noun
tains to Puget Sound.
A Savannah man pursued his clipping
daughter, and found hertin a hotel with her
husband. She was Of age, and therefore he
could not torce her to. return home; but, he
was the lawful owner. of her clothing, and
he compelled her to go to her room and take
off every shred of it, Then he went back to
Savannah with a large~bundle under his arm,
and the women in the hotel contributed
something for the bride, to wear.
South Australian flour has a very high
rank in the English market, being much
used to mix with inferior grades. Advices
from Adelaide, the capital, dated the Goth of
January. state that the fatal red rust has
played havoc with the wheat crop,this year,
and that the yield will be % per cent. less
than it promised to be in November. 1t is
an i'll wind that blows nobody good, anu
California will hear these tidings with equa-
nimity.
MIR. Gladstone, in speaking the other
day at the annual meeting of the Coffee
Tavern Company (Limited), expressed his
conviction thatit was by unpretending meas
ures, of that kind, thoroughly sound in their
basis, and affecting good and nothing but
good. as tar as they went, that they would
make. the surest and greatest progress in
contending against the monster evil of
drunkenness. 1ie9recognized drunkenness
as such, and held thatit could mot be alto
gether checked by what were calleds .:.thero-