Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-07-25


1t is reported that Charles Vivian, the tai
ented Snowman, who visited Montana a lit
tie over a year ago, and will be well re-
membered by our citizens, has been impris-
oned for life tor splitting his wife's head
open with an axe, in Philadelphia.
The new I@nternationa building is rapidly
approaching completion. 1t is inclosed and
rooted, and considerable progress has been
made on the lathing and some on painting.
1t is expected that it will be ready tor occu-
panry by the first of August. The rooms
will he unusually large, airy and light
Independent.
Another carpet-bagger come to town, but
this time it is one who should be encour-
aged. Thos. Deyarnon, OF the Mad5sonian,
is visiting this camp in the interests of his
popular paper. He is having excellent Sue
cess on his canvassing tour OF the Territory,
and we expect that carpet-bag will be filled
with greenbacks before Tom gets back to
Virginia City.
Mr.. Geo. L. Grayson. of the Missouri val
ley, is now in the city. He returned from
the east a few weeks since. He tells us that
he was in no less than twenty-tllree States
during the past winter and spring. but
found business dull everywhere and the UNI
ceasing cry of hard times" and saw much
real distress. He thinks Montana the best
country on the face of the earth.-1nde-
pendent.
There will be a total eclipse of the sun on
the afternoon OF the Goth, (Monday next).
1t will be visible in Montana from 1882 p. nj.
to 1858 D. M, but the total nhase will only
last about three minutes. The government
} has established a station of observation at
Fort KeogT, where a good observation is
considered certain. We can all transform
ourselves into scientists for a short time on
that day by the use OF smoked glass.
A new boat has been put OH the Missouri
, river. The Yankton Press says OF her
4 1.-The new Missouri river packet Eclipse, G
: D. Moore Captain, and A. S. Shepard Clerk
arrived here from below early this morning
:, en- route tor Fort Benton and other up rive
points. This is the first trip of the Eclipse
q she having been built this season in Pitts
i burg. Her length is 40 feet, breadth, 8
s feet and depht 4 feet. She has two engine
1871 inches diameter of cylinder, a 4 foo
4 stroke of piston. is of 100 tons burden, an
capable of carrying % cabin passengers
The Eclipse arrived here with a full load {
up river freight and a number of passenger
Our farmer patrons will have to excus
the non-appearance of the customary agr
cultural editorial on the first page of tn
" paper for the last two weeks. The omissio
is due to the serious illness of the edito
who was taken sick on the 9th. He WI
- apparently better on the 18th, and was alb
III to attend to business for a few days, but Q
+ the morning of the 18th was taken with
- relapse. and has since been confined to h
. room. 1t is hardly probable that he will /
- able to do any Office work for at least tW
weeks, and, in the meantime, the perse
I'd who by his illness has been left temporari
he in charge, hardly feels competent to advi
lis with farmers upon subjects of which thu
must know a great deal more than he doe
IL The steam thresher purchased last whit
H. by Marks & Patterson and John Lloyd, h
arrived at Benton, and Mr.. Lloyd has gol
rk with a four-horse team to that place for Il
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