Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-12-18

Inc rope has sent fresh dispatches to the
Bishop of Chill and Peru recommending
them to use their influence in favor of
peace.
The Commercial Bulletin says: Engin-
GERS, marine underwriters and others, to
whom q knowledge Of the fact has come,
are deeply eXercised by recent successes in
the application of the giant motor obtained
from hi suIphide of carbon mixed with Pc
troleum. A patent was taken out last April
by a pittsburg firm. 1t promises to reVo-
iltiolize machinery. The motor method
consists in the transmission Of the above
chemical agents from a chamber or conden-
ser to the boiler of an ordinary non-con-
densing steam engine, the boiler being fill
ed with water heated to about 200 degrees.
A pressure as high as 200 pounds per square
inch is rapidly developed from the vapor
thus generated and is easily controlled.
A New Haven dispatch Of the 10Th says.
There was a dramatic scene in the Hoyden
trial to-day during the cross-examination of
Mrs. Eoyden, when MIR. Waller asked the
following question: "Now, madame, you
need not answer this question until you are
told to by the court Mr. Hoyden, you
say, is your husband, the father OF your
thee children. and he has been a devoted
husband to a loving wife for between eight
and nine years. You have constantly main
tanned pleasant relations, and there has
been and is now the utmost confidence eX-
isting between you. You are convinced OF
his innocence and know that if he is found
guilty he must suffer ignominious punish
ment. Under these circumstances would
you not, under oath as you are. make a
misstatement in order to save him from
punishment?' There was no answer. The
witness burst into tears as did nearly every
woman. in the court ana tears glistened in
the eyes Of members of the sterner sex, ST.
lence as Of death peryaded the room and
the council in defense hissed out, cit is an
insult to the Witness" Waller defended
his action, but the court ruled the question
an improper one. y
A New York dispatch OF the l1th says :
The police here were notified to-day OF the
mysterious disappearance, while on a visit
to this city, of 7. S. Spaulding, a wealthy
IOiCl htcpGI VI oVioi aAo spiih1c, "AoSc III
explained absence has puzzled his relatives
and friends. lie left Syracuse on the 10th
of last month to come to this city, and said
he would return in a day or two, but has
never returned.
A Los Pinos dispatch Of the 1lth says I:
Ouray brought in to-day one of the Indians
who are to be tried, and promised to bring
the others as soon as secured. He was
locked up. The loss OF property by the
outbreak will be paid for out Of the Ute
fund Oh deposit at Washington.
The President has nominated James B.
Senior, of Virginia, Chief Justice of Wyo-
ming.
An Amhurstburg, Ont, dispach of the
18th says: An explosion of three tons Of
nitro glycerile and mica powder on Fox Is
land shook and broke things here as If a vi
client earthquake had occurred. The re-
port of the explosion was heard forty miles
away. At the scene OF the explosion to-day
nothing whatever can be found of the mag
azine. In its stead is a hole sixty feet in di-
ameter and fifteen feet deep. a good mum.
Der of the mica powder cartridges are ly.
ing around unexploded. Yhe shock was
felt so severely at Fletcher. on the Canada
Southern railroad, forty-four miles from
here, that the people abandoned theil
houses in alarm.