Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-08-21
Sheridan, Aug. l4th.
TERRITORIAL NEWS.


Telegrams from Pleasant valley, state
that yesterday morning, a shotgun fell from
it's place in the carriage of Mrs. Freeman,
while travelling on the road between Rex
Rock and Watson, the charge striking Mrs.
F. above the knee and ranging upward.
Friends decided to bring her on to Wat
sons. Mr.. Freeman lett by stage to-day
with DR.. Holmes and q spring bed, with
the intention of moving her to Butte If the
weather will admit.-Frontier Mden.
The Union Pacific and Utah 6 Northern
railroads have raised their rates of freight
70 Bozeman merchants not holding season
contracts, from 1.75 to 4 cents on freights
of the fourth class, from Chicago to the
terminus of the Utah and Northern.
We were most agreeably surprised on
Monday last by Mr.. Brigham Reed laying
upon our editorial desk a slip of a currant
bush literally loaded with ripe. luscious
fruit. Seldom, ii ever, have we seen in any
country, such an abundance of currants on
a single stem. The slip was only about Is
inches long, and not much larger in diane
ter than Il good sized lead pencil, yet, with
~the..clusters of currants attached, it weighed
over ~three-quarters of pound, Mr.. Reed
informs us that he has but two currant
bushes in bearing, yet they are so large,
thrifty and prolific that this season they
produced about eight quarts each.-Co1ser.
The Olive Branch lode. as reported some
time ago, is becoming wider and more clear
ly defined as greater depth is reached. Not
only this, but the ore is getting richer and
more base as the lode Increases in size. The
frst-class veia is now worked with some
thing of the care observed in handling the
precious metals, the ore being sorted and
sacked in the drist as it is cut from the face.
as it is considered too precious to be shoy
eled into a car and sent up in bulk. Of the
frst-class ore, averaging over 600 ounces of
silver to the ton, as much as a ton and a
half a day has been taken out by two men.
A tremendous forest fire was raging yes
'terday afternoon. near the mouth of Basin
gulch, on the other side OF the valley from
town., The flames seemed to stream np-
wardabove the tops of the trees.-Miner.
A C%oulson, Montana dispatch of August
10th says: MIR. Gibson, an employee in the
mill at this place. while putting on a belt
near the shafting, came very near losing his
life. A loose belt lying under his feet in
some manner caught in the shaft and was
quiclly wound around it. The loose end
caught Mr.. Gibson's foot and dragged him
toward the shaft. He cried out for the en-
gineeE to, stop the machinery which was
done as quickly as possible, but had not the
belt canght against a projecting beam. and
snapped, the machinery could not have
been stopped in time to save his life. AS it
was he had his clothing torn to shreds and
received severe but it is believed not fatal
injuries.-Herald.
Scott Sheriff., who left Bitter Root last
summer with the intention OF residing per-
manently in southwestern Missouri. called
Tuesday. He was satisfied to. return after
he had been there a week. He brings back
with him a band of horses and mules.-Nis-
souiida.