Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-09-04

cOnClnueS TO De sent TO the Uulteu DlatoS
for the purchase of wheat, The steamer
St. Laurent which sails to-day tor New
York takes e60O 900, part of which is on
English account. Gold in lesser quantities,
amounting in all to e200, 900, has been sent
to Hungary, Roumania, and other parts OF
Europe for the same purpose.
The cotton masters Of Ashton, England,
district have decided to further reduce
wages five per cent.
The (Berlin) Borseu Zeitung publishes sta
tistics of the wheat harvest throughout Eu-
rope. Taking 100 as representing the aver
age harvest, chat of the present yearin Aus
tro-Hungary may be represented by rs,
Germany IS, France IS, Switzerland so, It.
ally 80, England 76, Russia 70, Rouma-
MIA so.
The London FSnancier of the 30th ult.
says about e4OO, 900 worth bullion is expect
ed to be shipped by the Liverpool steamer
to .day.
The Treasurer of the United States has
sent out checks for the quarterly interest on
the registered stock of the four and a half
per cent. loan, which falls due September
LIST. The number Of the checks is IL 900,
representing $2,s12,5 500. The amount of
four and a half per cents. outstanding is
$50. 0 $1,000.
Dor Carlos emphatically denies in the
newspapers that he has renounced his rights
to the throne of Spain.
On the Both ult., Edward Williams, a
hack driver, Of San Francisco, shot his wife
in a house of ill-repute, where she had ia
ken up her quarters after leaving him, a
few days ago. The murder is due to her re.
fusal to return to him.
At Cambridge City, Ind, on the 30th ult.,
a young man from Connersville named Car
roll, was shot and instantly killed in a
house ofill-fame by Lee Morgan, son of the
proprietor. The murderer escaped. A mob
of citizens burned the house down.
A N~arragansett Pier dispatch of August
81 says: Mrs. Sprague left Canonchet, the
residence Of her husband, near here, this af-
ternoon. 1t is understood that she did not
go with the consent OF Governor Sprague,
but she took her three little girls with her,
the son remaining with his father. 1t has
been generally understood in the village
and at the hotels that since Mrs. Sprague
concluded to follow her children to Canon
Chef, after the interview atCondlctor Hale's
when it was decided that they should be
placed under the control OF their father, a
certain espionage has been kept over her
movements by Sprague.
A Boonville, Mo-. dispatch of August 81
says: Friday night a body of unknown
men went to the cabin of a negro named
Cason, some five miles from here, called
him out and riddled him with bullets. He
was a rough character and made himself
generally disagreeable to the %neighbors.
The immediate cause of the affair was Ca
son went to the house of a neighbour dur
ing his absence, insulted and slapped his
wife, and otherwise abused her, which SO
enraged the community as to cause the
above result.
Charles Harris was hanged on the 30th
ult., at Montgomery, Texas, for the murder
of his brother in January, 1877.
Mr.. Bonner says his purchase of Rarus
has put an end to the possibility of that
horse appearing in the West, and all his en-
gagements will be cancelled. Mr.. Bonner
is at present undecided whether he will ex-
hibit Rarus in harness with Edwin Forrest
in the East.
A Memphis dispatch OF August 3Oth
says: Thirty-eight cases in all were report
ed to-day, 81 whittier and IL colored.
The total number of new cases reported
for the week is 171-whites 81 and colored
81. The total number to date, 84S. The
total number OF deaths from yellow fever