Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-04-10
GENERAL NEWS.

with Suleiman, the chief slave Lrauer anu j.,
owner of 25 depots, in which women alone t
to the number Of 10000 were waiting inn =
portation into Egypt. The Egyptian forces a
numbered 5000, a part armed with I'M
proved rifles, and were entrenched. Suiei-
man, with 1000 Arabs, made several as
saults, but were completely defeated and
fled in disorder, leaving ,0s7 dead. The
Egyptians lost 20 men.
NEWPORT, Ind, March 3.-Walter Wat
son was hung here to-day for the murder OF
Ezra Compton last January. His young
wife, weeping bitterly, accompanied lin to
the scaffold.
NEW YORK, April 4.-Miragon was de-
stroyed by fire on the night Of the 10Th OF
March. The Haytian government is send
ing relief.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.,, April 4.-Frank New
ms, correspondent Of the Chicago Tribune,
was sentenced to-day by Speaker James, OF
the House, to the county Jail tor refusing to
answer questions OF a Committee OF the
House regarding his reasons tor making
certain %affir1nations in his special dispatches
regarding the character Of members Of the
assembly.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, March 3.-The volume
of west-bound travel through this city is
unprecedentedly large for the time of the
wear. To-day the Union Pacific took out
twenty full cars of passengers, including
nine of emigrants, and this number is not
greatly in excess Of the general average. A
large proportion of the persons going west
are destined for Colorado and the territories.
CHICAGO, April "a scandal was recent
" occasioned on the North Side by the at
tention paid to Mrs. Henry Gelderman by
DR.. Henry Meyers the improperly OF his
addresses arising from the fact that Mrs.
Never and Mr.. Gelderman had shortly be-
fore died. under circumstances which, taken
ia connection with the subsequent conduct
of the surviving ones, were deemed suspi-
cious. The bodies of tha,two deceased We're
therefore exhumed, and after a careful anal
ysis, which has just been completed, large
quantities OF strychnine were toundi in the
. stem Of Mr.. Gelderman, and the stomach
of Mrs. Meyer was found to beimpregnated
with deadly colchicine. The %coroner's jury
to-day, after hearing the testimony of the
chemists, found q verdict recommending
that DR.. Meyer and Mrs. Gelderman be held
for murder.
SAN FRANCISCO, April SIT is reported
tat the Pacific Mail and the Central Pa
c:fc are negotiating for the sale by the
f,rmer of its Australian line to the railroad
company.
RAGooN, April 3.-Some powerful chiefs
have renowned their allegiance to the King
of Burmah. This probably will be pre-.
sented as the result Of British intrigues, anG
may precipitate a crisis. Burmese war yes
sells are posted on the river, with the evi
dent intention of preventing the British res
ident at Mandalay from escaping by water
ROME, April 3.-The Pope has summoned
to the Vatican several eeclesiastics wins hae
been punished in Germany for infraction:
of the May law. His Holiness desires tt
find a line of conduct calculated to avoi(
any conflict with the law.
LAHORE, April 3.-The British under
Capt. Cough defeated 5000 Afghanistants
killing 400. The British lost 3 officers and
men killed and 81 wounded.
New York, April 4-Last evening i
leaked out that Washington Nathan, a sol
of the wealthy ~Israeiite who was murdered
i'll 23d street nine years ago, was shot som,
time yesterday by Marion Ward, and &C
tress, at the Coleman House. in a fit of jeal
ousy. The details are conflicting, but it i
generally believed that the wound is not ia
tai. The name of Miss Alice Harrison, an
other actress, is mixed up in the affair.
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