Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-02-20

MRS. SHELLY and Mrs. Keaton, of Mis-
souri, valley, are seriously ill.
INQUIRIES in regard to the county by sub
s~tantial men in the states still continue to
crowd in.
EVERY man who has the welfare of
Meagher county at heart desires to see a
commercial center spring up in its midst.
A BRucKET was in from Thompson gulch
a few days ago. He reports the snow very
deep in the vicinity of Birch creek.
THoRBuRN & Co., seedmen, of 10 John
street, New York, send us a paper sack, but
the bottom had fallen out and the seeds were
gone. However, we give them credit for
their good intentions.
A NUMBER of miners of Confederate con-
template quitting their tickle and uncertain
calling and engaging in agriculture and
stock-growing.
WE are indebted to S. E. B. Stone for a
fine specimen of ore from his late discovery,
the Grand Central. The specimen is rich in
free gold.
HUGH Morrow was in town this week.
He lost seventeen head Of sheep n night
last week by smothering. Since then he
has left them on the hills at night to shift
for themselves, and has lost none.
IT is the intention of the new copper
company to develop their mines at Copper
opolis the coming summer, and the proba-
bility is that quite a village will spring up
there, since it is one of the most promising
mining districts in the territory.
The matrimonial market is dull. Little
has been done in the way Of marrying and
giving in marriage in Meagher county the
; past winter, owing chiefly to the scarcity o.
the fair sex.
MARSHALL & SUTTON have got out alarge
lot of logs this winter, and will start uE
| their mill as soon as spring opens. There
will be considerable demand for lumber il
the vicinity of Jimtown this summer, be
sides the company will use 10000 or $4,000
|, feet in its own mining operations.
II. s. POTTER, of Smith river, got badl,
hurt by the o%verturning of a load of wood
;. He was at the Springs at last accounts, an
the hot baths were improving him yer,
fast, and if nothing happens will soon b
able to "tackle" the wood again.
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: THE only serious loss sustained SO far b.
lock-masters has been caused by smother
ing. Sheep sheds should be partitioaed o.
o into small apartments SO. that the entir
flock cannot heap themselves together col
nights, as they often will unless measure
are taken to prevent it.
FREDERICK and VIM. Newkirk, of II
Musselshell valley, have recently closed
= contract with j. G. Sarter to restore hi
dairy near Camp Baker to running orde
the coming summer. This dairy has q c;
n pacity of turning out 5000 POUNDS Of butte
q per annums 1t is the intention of the Jesse
lle to run it OH the most improved plan, and I
its greatest possible capacity. Fred. New
kirk run j. T. Moore's ~well-known dair
4 last year, and turned out as fine an artic
l. of butter AS is produced in the territory, an
we feel confident will make a success !
their management next season.
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st WE are in receipt Of . communicate
A. signed .Smith River on the county-se'
d question, which is not accompanied by II
real name of the writer, and however niue
we may desire to publish the article, we wi
= not deviate from our established rule