Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-01-09
RE-WRITTEN

,,,oress has agreed to order the PRINT
inc OF 10000 copies OF Prot. Hayden 5 '"ei'N
animal report on the survey OF tue 'eii''o'
ries.
IT il suggested that Edison's elec1fic
lipht NAV be used in war, making the oa'-
tie fields as dangerous at night as III Tie
day.
More timber is used under ground In
the Comstock lode than has been employed
in the construction of San Francisco.
Pref Harte is to deliver his lecture on
s.1he Aroonauts of 49, in London and the
nr;nr;,ol provincial towns during the Win
ter.
john Morley's Life of Richard COO
den," founded upon materials FURNISHED ny
his representatives and friends, is Well att
vanced. and will appear at the beginning Oh
May.
Prof. Cox, of Indiana, who recently en-
amined the Arizona mining region. says
that the mining property of southern Nfi-
IONA once developed, would supply tile
world with precious metals.
There were IS bids opened on the loth
milf. for. the construction of the Northern
Pacific railroad from the Missouri to the
Yellowstone. The list of bidders comprise
manv of the best known railroad bidders.
The English duty on tobacco amounts
to some SIS, 600, 0o0a year:
-Albemarle and Nelson counties. Va. are
shipping pippins and other apples to Lon
don. where they command higher prices
than in this country. e... @~
A Chinese Mason was burned the other
day by members of the fraternity in New
York City.
Judge DIVER. of Wisconsin, has recent
Nv decidedsthat trade marks are unconstltu-
tional.
1T is estimated that the loss by yellow
fever in the.South this year is about 1o.UD
persons. and of money and trade is from
$4,000. 900 to S2OO.O 900. 00O-as great as the
loss from the Chicago fire. These figures
IRE startling though probably not exagerat-
ed. 1t would not seem possible that the
South, impoverished by the war, could sac,
rifice such a sum in three months, ands not
be in much worse condition than itnoW Is.
The fact-and it seems to be q fact-shoWs
that she was be tier off than was generally
supposed.
The appropriation for the expenses. OF
the approaching session of the Idaho Legs
latare is only $4,000. This is about $4,000
short of the sun required to pay the per
diem and mileage of members, leaving moth
-. g.. 49, ), y q ol,a~ fc, thu ~ \ on M ~, IA.
ting up halls, and other incidentals..
The activity in Nevada county. Califor-
MIA mining affairs. has not been equaled for
years. New claims are being opened, and
old ones worked more industriously and
systematically, and a new era of %prosnerity
is being entered upon.-CommerciaI Adoo-
cate.
MIR. Gladstone hasa daughter who is ia
miliar with the place ofeyery work in his
library and the run oflts contents. When
he desires a reference, she instantly fetches
the book needed, %anutpoints to the passage
required.
Some Spanish, newspapers have an
nouncedlthe marriage of King Alfonso with
the Princess Christine de Montpensier, eld-
est sister of the late Queen Mercedes. Other
Journals have denied The report. The Epoea,
however, seems to contirm il in annonnc-
ing that the King will remain some time
faithful to the memory OF Queen Mercedes
before fulfilling tile duties Which are inn
, posed upon him by the exigencies Of the
monarchy.
1T is thought to be possible to liquidize