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

hotel at the old stand, a home he made in
1865. MIR. Morrison has a very complete
hennery. His field and yard were alive
with chickens, mostly White Leghorns.
Mr.. Thompson has the champion meadow
field, the largest acreage on the river for
several miles either way. Mr.. Adams and Mr.
Conray are out and out farmers. The fields
of Mr.. Adams covers a large acreage, just
ripening and looking very fine. Mr.. Goet-
schius is also an extensive farmer. He is
the agent for the Osborne self binder, and a
variety of other machinery. He is building
a dwelling and store at Laurin. WILL.
August Oath.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-09-04
REWRITTEN.

-" Ouida,' the novelist, has received a
medal from the Paris Society for the Pre-
,%vention of Cruelty to Dumb Creatures.
Exeter hall, London, so long associated
with May anniversaries, gatherings of dis
senters and plilanthropists, is to be convert
ed into a theatre.
A street car at New Albany, Ind, was
stopped by highwaymen, and the conductor
and one passenger were robbed of their
money and watches.
Mrs. Kempt, of Bridgeton, Mich, named
her boy Christ, not meaning to be sacrile-
igious. He grew up to be a bad man, and is
now in. prison for stealing.
-Eben Waterbury, aged z, fell in love
with a young woman at Ellsworth, Ill, and
gained her consent to marry ; but his stern
son %interposed, and the old man committed
suicide.
Lawyer Dembitz, of st, Louis, is in
yariably polite. A long and terrific roll OF
thunder stopped him in an address to a jury,
and on resuming he said :. "Gentlemen,
pray excuse this interruption"
-llLLiC IeOAupfs VI IOuiSYllC, tudIIltQ
Joseph Drago when she was only fifteen
years old, and within three months obtained
a divorce. At sixteen she was united to
him again by a second ceremony, and this
time six months elapsed before a separation.
She is now nearly seventeen, and Drago is
wooing her anew.
Miss Perkins, of Ebondale, Iowa, used
her artistic skill in drawing caricatures of
gawky Mr.. Filler, who had offended her at a
ball. These pictures were displayed in the
window of a store, to the great irritation of
Mr.. Filer. He was p%erplexed as to a means
of retaliation, but finally decided to whip
Miss Perkins brother, and did it SO thor
oughly that the sufferer was for a week
confined to a bed.
John Nelson, a London actor, burst a
blood vessel while playing Romeo, and died
within a few minutes. He was the husband
OF GarlottaL eclercq.
"A s~even-year-old Philadelphia boy
picked a woman's pocket inthe street, and
spent the money in treating two little girls
to a supper of Goldfish cakes and peaches.
"A nun gave her destitute father a nights
lodging n-her cell, at Prague, and for that
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-09-04

The Madisonsan OF last week gave Col.
Norris, the Superintendent of the National
park, a hit for not improving the roads to
ssWonder-land - It is we'll to keep a watch
after those personages having the expendi-
ture OF money for the Government, but we
hardly think it fair to leave the impression
that the Colonel has done nothing .whatever,
as we learn from parties who have lately
visited the park that some road building
has been done and that there are now nearly
twenty men employed in grading. 1t is
stated however that very poor judgment
has been displayed in locating and building
the road, as In many places, the roads are
too steep to be travelled with teams, while
there are no culverts built to lee off the
water at the crossings Of ~ravines, a very
great oversight. Il is to be regretted that
the Superintendent the park is not a prac-
tical mountaineer, and that he has not labor
cd to the very best advantage, but let us
give him credit tor what he has done.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-09-04

THE DISCOVERY of gold east of the Belt
range marks a new ere in the history of
eastern Montana. 1t will not. only lead to a
thorough prospecting of the tributaries of
the Judith where the new mines are situat-
ed, but all the gulches on either side of the
range throughout the entire extent of this
range, and also the Crazy and Little Snowy
ranges, both for placers and quartz-and
this is not ALT will lead to the settling up
of the vast area Of the agricultural land on
the Judith and Musselshell, and other val
legs east of the mountains, which, owing to
their remoteness from market, nave hereto
fore been regarded only as an empire of
pastoral lands. That the new mines will
prove to be a permanent camp is most prob
able, but even should it prove otherwise.
the stampede now set in and which could
not possibly be checked, will take many
adventures to that section, and once they
get a glimpse of it in all it's native grandeur
many will cast their fortunes with it (; and
should the mines prove good, the adjacent
valley will settle up with such rapidity as
has never before been known in Montana.
We may therefore safely calculate that the
Indian question is virtually settled so far as
this region is concerned, for all time. The
prospects obtained on the north fork of the
Judith are sufficient to warrant the belief
that a large force of men will winter there,
and around this nucleus a sufficient force
will rally to be self-sustaining. This form
cd, and eastern Montana, instead Of being,
as it is to-day, a sparsely populated district,
with not a home to ten miles square and
scarcely a hoof Of stock to a thousand acres,
will TEEN with homes and grain fields, and
herds and f1ocks will luxETiate on every
bubbling stream and green hillside; and.
this vast region, instead of being known
merely as 'the COY country" will be a COW
country, a wool country, a farming country
and q mining country. Fortunate indeed
may we consider those who succeed in Sc
curing the choice homes.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-09-04

The LATEs news from the advance of. the
Northern Pacific is to the effect that only
thirty miles of the road is completed west
Of Bismarck ; yet there is no doubt that the
feeling toward the section through which it
passes has changed, and assoon rs the
!. Northern Pacific company secures a new
lease to their land grant we confidently ex-
pect to see the stock OF the company advance
rapidly and the building of the road prose-
euted more rapidly than has ever yet been
known. The movement this season in
spires confidence, and we have every reason
to believe that the company will redouble
its pace as soon as things are in a proper
shape. Such seem to be the demands of the
country. The slow, %plodding gait of this
year would soon discourage its most SAN
guine friends, but as the interest increases
East, as it naturally must. the company will
build more rapidly. Much, no doubt, de-
ponds upon the action of the next session of
Congress.
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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-09-04

DIR. KALLocH, who was shot by DeYoung
OF the San Francisco Chronicle, is reported
toshe improving though not ont OF danger.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-18
WORK FOR THE UNEMPLOYED.
HON q. ". HARPERs SUGGESTIONS IN
DORSED.
JACKSON, MISS, January 10, 1879.

JACKSON, MISS, January 1G, 1879.
To the Editor Of Tho Comet:
As there are many of our laboring men
in search of work, who are unable to pro
cure profitable employment at this season
of the year, have chosen to address you
this communication with a hope of elicit
ing the cooperation of the press of Kinds
county, in a measure having for its purpose
the means of employing willing working
men of this county.
In an election held last August, the peo-
pie by a two-third vote, subscr ibed two
hundred thousand dollars, to the Natchez,
jackson and Columbus Railroad. Many of
whom supported the proposition for good
reasons, while others were induced to help
because feasible promises of employment,
at remunerative prices per diem, were
offered them. Now, that our bonds have
been virtually subscribed to this enterprise
for reasons already mentioned, and that it
is apparent the intention of the Directory
not to let out the contract in such way as
to enable the laboring classes of our towns,
who are unable to take large contracts, it
seems right, proper and just that the press
of the county should come to the front and
advocate such measures as will give the
honest laboring men employment.
The benefit that will accrue from the
completion of the road to Jackson is well
by those of our fortunate classes
of citizens who have accumulated lands |
adjacent to the survey of the road and |
since it is evident that this fortunate class
are to derive benefits from its early com
pletion, it would be justice to the more I'M
classes of men who gave their
support to the measure, to inaugurate a
o,0dtS operandj by which they can derive
some of the benefits that are to arise from
,he gratuitous subscription of our tax
money to this enterprise. In view of these
'acts, l will reiterate the suggestion of
Hon. George w. Harper, of the Raymond
1azette ''Begin the work in small con-
racts at jackson, Raymond and Utica, and
hereby give employment to farmers who,
It present. have no work, etc.
The distress that now pervades Kinds
ounty, demands, both from the press and
men, an avowal of such meas
re, therefore, / am inclined to the opinion
hat Hon. George w. Harper's suggestion
J good one, and just to the laboring man. {
If the Directory of the Natchez, jackson i
nd Columbus Railroad will not fulfill /
Ieneral Martins promises ''to give to the '
onest laboring men of this county work q
n the road, then the press and the people .
Kinds county should decry the subscrip v
on of bonds to the road and proclaim t
lat their overtures to our working men v
ere fraught with an evil design upon our il
ublic money. b
Yours truly, ETC.,
Pho RoNn p1pTrCn
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2. L. SAUNDERS,
Chief Engineer.

Milton Mobiles and his artistic company
gave at Angeles Hall, last Saturday night,
a fine presentation of "The Phoenix, a
play written by Mr.. Mobiles himself, and in
which he personates the leading character.
The absence of suitable scenery and stage
appliances in our Angeles Hall, marred, to
some extent the brilliant effect of the
drama. But upon the whole it was well
done and well received. All through the
play genius and fun are constantly bubbling
M. And the secret OF its remarkable pop
ularity is, perhaps, found in the fact that
it is thoroughly original and intensely
American. Nothing is borrowed from the
british Drama" and every scene, Incl
dent and character are racy of our own
American soil. 1t Is full fedged Brother
Jonathan melo-drama.
We can't go into criticism of the sew
eral characters. 1t would take too many
types. But we must be allowed to say that
Alouzo Schwartz, in the role of Noses
loolonaOas, who is "the Jew that Mobiles
drew" was an emphatic success.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-18

Notwithstanding the inclemency of the
weather Angeles Hall was filed with a
fashionable, select and appreciative audience
last evening to enjoy the rare treat that was
in store for them, to-wit the vocal and
instrumental concert conducted by Mrs. G.
Y. Hooper.
But for the falling weather the house no
doubt would have been crowed. Every
thing passed off pleasantly, each one PERI
forming their respective parts with great
skill. Where all did SO well it would be
invidious to particularize. Though we
must say, that Mrs. Hooper showed herself
to be the Jenny Lind of Mississippi.
She has the voice of song bird, and her
handsome appearance on the stage lends
an increasing charm to her marvellous
power The programme " as an attractive
one, and we are glad to say will be repeat
ed in the near future. When the weather
is more propitious.
The Jackson Silver Cornet Band was in
attendance and, it is needless to say, added
greatly to the pleasure of the evening.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-18
democratic Senators in Caucus.

WASHINGTON, January 15.--The Demos
cratic members of the Senate held caucus
this morning with view to determining
what course of action should be adopted in
regard to the resolutions recently sub
mitted by Edmunds, which, IN substance,
declare that the three last constitutional
amendments were duly ratified that the
laws already enacted for their enforcement
should be foithfully executed, and that
Congress should further provide for their
enforcement by additional legislation, After
some discussion, the subject was referred to
a committee of seven, headed by Judge
Thurman, to report at a future meeting of
the caucus. The caucus also appointed
of three, with Senator Morgan
as Chairman, to report what further action,
if any, should be taken to secure the repeal
both of the iections of the revised statutes
which prescribe test oaths for jurors in
United States Courts.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-18

The following is resume of the most
important business transacted during this
term of our Circuit Court up to this time,
viz Porter, Day 4 Co. vs. W. H. Perkins
& Co., verdict for plaintiffs; w. S. Ham
ilton VS.. Southern Express Co., verdict for
the Company; N. Van Bell VS.. d. W Rice,
assignee, verdict for plaintiffs; Mississippi
Mills vs.. D. w. Rice, assignee, verdict for
plaintiffs; Schwab & Go. VS.. d. W. Rice,
assignee, verdict for plaintiffs Thos. E.
Helm, President, VS.. E. Bloom, verdict for
defendant Robinson & Stevens vs. A. J.
Classify, verdict for plaintiffs; A. Virden
VS.. W. A. Cabel, verdict for the plaintiff;
C. A. Jigon VS.. Mrs. E. I. Allen, verdict
for the defendant. Wade Bird, for the
crime of burglary was sentenced to the
per,itentiary for six months. Jim Scott for
larceny was sentenced to the penitentiary
for the term of eighteen months. Several
parties for gaming were iLed ten dollars
and costs. Several parties were also fined
for keeping houses Of ill-fame. Mr.. Oliver
L. Garrett was admitted to practice law |
after a thorough and rigid examination.
There are several criminal cases yet to be
tried, and it is not probable that court will
adjourn before the latter part Of next !
week.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-18
Setting n Fas hiOn.

evidence comes the fashions?' is a ques-
ton often asked. Causeur knows where
one fashion comes from. Several years
ago leading New York house imported,
through a blunder, certain very ugly ma
terial which would not sell, and lay dead
upon their hands. Something had to be
done. The proprietors of one or two fash
ion notes were interviewed, The next
week their columns told thousands of eager
readers that there had been recently shown
a new and stylish fabric which promised to
be very fashionable; and the statement was
widely copied by the daily press. Retail
dealers found their customers inquiring for
it. and sought it of the jobbers. The job
bers in turn sought it of the importers,
who quickly unloaded their whole stock at
a handsome profit. The goods were voted
beautiful" and "stylish," and the fabric
was '''the rage" for time. just how much
the fashion papers were paid was never di>
vulged. All Of which shows how one fash>
ion was ''set" and ''what fools these mortals
be -
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Rough Work.

1t is rough work that polishes Look at
the pebbles on the shore! Far inland,
where some arm OF the sea thrust itself
deep into the BOSOM of the land, and lies
girdlcd by the mountains, sheltered from
storms, the pebbles on the beach are rough,
not beautiful. 1t is where long white
lines of breakers roar, and the rafting
shingle is rolled along the strand, that its
pebbles are rounded and polished. As in
nature, as in art, so in grace. The more
the diamond is cut, the brighter it sparkles;
and in what seems hard dealing, their God
has no end in view but to perfect his peo-
pie. Gathrie
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-18

JUSTICE RAPIDLY ADMINISTERED. Last
week we recorded the burglarious adven-
ture of the two tramps, William Anthony
aud Thomas Clark, who were arrested while
almost il the act of plnndering the store
of A. & W. Burnett. They were taken to
jail, and, as the grand jury was in session,
Immediately indicted and tried on the two
charges-that of hurglariously entering the
store of John A. Shreve and the Messrs.
Burnett. The first indictment failed, but
on the second, that of burglariously enter
ing the store of the Burnetts, they were
found guilty, the procedure from the
entrance of the store to the finding Of the
verdict all occurring within forty-eight
hours Port Gibson Reveile.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-18
Congressman schIcicher's Fmn raj.

WASHINGTON, Jan. IS. -Gustave Schleich
ec was buried to-day from the Capitol
| The Government in all its branches, legis-
lative. judicial, and executive, met in the
hall of the House at II o'clock. The
House met and adjourned, and the Senate
soon afterward receiving the formal mes,
SAGE of the House, adjourned, TOO.
The House met at clock The Speaks
err with white sash over his shoulder,
fastened by rosette os black and white,
took his seat before thronged desks and
rilled seats, and gave a single rap with his
gavel The swinging doors were pushed
open. A tall, white-headed man walked in,
so often the head of this procession, and
behind him, two and two, came the Senate,
Sergeant>at-Arms French leading, rosette
of black and white for some inscrutable
reason on his shoulder The door keeper
turned. 'Mr. Speaker, he shouted, as a
man must to be heard one hundred feet.
The Speaker arose. "The Senate of the
United States, said Field, as the head of
the procession passed abreast of him.
"The Senate of the United States" said
the Speaker, like an echo, and his ham
mer fell with a single sharp tap as the
pausing procession moved on. The House
arose, and, through its standing ranks, the (
Senate passed to its seats. Before those
seats, in a curving line, were the green /
chairs set to the left and right of the /
Speaker for the Federal Judiciary and tho /
Federal Executive. Successfully there
came the same simple announcement:
'sMr. Speaker, the Supreme Court of the
United States" aud "Mr. Speaker, the
President of the United States;" and each
time the gavel fell the House and Senate
rose: and first, a file of men in silk gowns,
rustling somewhat, and then another of
men in overcoats, just from out of doors,
stepped to their seats.
There was no announcement at the next
approach The doors were held back, and
the Doorkeeper advanced and turned, and
walked before the pail bearers, with long
white scarfs. Behind them men walked
with heavy burden, tower-covered, and
behind them the dead mans delegation,
the associates of his official life. The great 4,
audience rose. The coffin was slowly low
cred, The mourntrs and the pall-bearers
,at in the seats left them. The gavel fell I
The crowded ranks sat again, and the chap :
ain of the House, rising in the high mar !
BE desk. began Il am the resurrection
md the life" Briefly the chaplain went
rom massage to passage of the simple ser
nee. There was an impressiveness in the
,old absence of music, in the gavel and mace :
,ehind him, the Journal of the House open
,efore him, the notebooks and pencils of
he official reporters below. II was, never
heless, the Senate and House OF Repre- 4
entatives in Joint session assembled. 1t
-as all soon over No word was said.
len stepped forward and raised The coffin. o
,ehind it the guests Of the House followed
D the order they had enteTed-Mr. Hayes
nd the Cabinet, the Supreme Court and p
be Senate. The House adjourned. The v
ublic funeral was over. L
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-18
Interesting 10 Aittse Boys.

There is something very ingenious in the
manufacture of marbles. The greater part
of them are made of hard stone found
neat Cobourg in 6axony. The stone is
first broken with hammer into small cubi-
cal fragments and about hundred or
hundred and fifty of them ground at one
time in a mill, something like a flour mill.
The lower stone, which remains at rest,
has several concentfic circular grooves;
the upper store is Of the same diameter as
the lower; and is made to revolve by water
or wind power. Minute streams Of water
are directed into the burrows of the lower
stone. The little pieces are made to roll
about in all directions, and in quarter Of
an hour the whole of the rough fragments
are reduced into nearly accurate spheres.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-18

The Knights of Honor will hold special
meeting ON Monday night for the purpose
of comforting degrees. This order. though
comparatively new, is growing rapidly
popular all over the United States. Here
in jackson nearly every body - preachers,
merchants, clerks, State officers, Jews and
Gentiles-are going into it. We have now a
a fine lodge Of membership, and the num-
Der is increasing to a very gratifying
extent
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-18

OFFICE CHIEF ENGINEER !
JACKSON FIRE DEPARTMENT, :
JACKSON, Miss, Januery 16, 1879. J
The Annual Meeting of the Jackson Fire
Department is hereby announced for
Wednesday evening, January 22d, at .
o'clock, at the Hall of Gem Fire Com
pany No 9.
The election of officers and other i'm
portant business, asks for a full attend.
ance.
Company commanders are requested to
have their Annual Reports ready for pres
entation.
By order: II. l.. SAUNDERS,
Chief Engineer,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-18

An meeting of No. 1 Fire Company
''the old reliable last Monday night,
the following officers were elected to serve
during the year: S. E. Virden, Foreman
F. Nelson, LIST Assistant Foreman; Hiram
Hardy, 2nd Assistant Foreman Warren
Stewart, Hose Director; j. Wesley Fite,
Secretary; A. H. Hilzhem, Treasurer;
Geo. Frazer, Engineer. After the meeting
on invitation OF Foreman elect
Virden, the Company repaired to Rohr-
bacher's and INDUCED in refres hments
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-18

A sad accident occurred yesterday from
the careless handling of fire arms. Geo.
McAdory, about seventeen years of age,
was handling pistol, while a little son of
Mr.. G.. Chamberlain, stood by him. The
pistol went off accidentally, shooting him
through the heart, and killing him instantly.
Young McAdory was much distressed and
shocked, and Immediately rushed off after
doctor, Finding that all help was useless,
he proceeded to the guardhonse, stated the
facts of the case, and gave himself up. A
coroner's jury was summoned this morning
by Coroner LeFevre, which exonerated Mr..
McAdory from any criminal intent, and res
turned verdict that the shooting was acct
dental. Meridian Mercury,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-18

THE best bill ever introduced by the I'M
cody Cox is that concerning the census of
1880. Among the features of the proposed
bill is the substitution Of supervisors, nom
mated by various State Governors, in place
of deputy marshals, The supervisors, 80
in number, are to appoint the enumerators.
The special expert work viii be done by
competent agents selected 10y the superin-
tendent The total expenditure provided
for is -, DOC. 900, or $500, 600 less than ex-
pended in 1870. Many new statistics are
provided for. as the returns by telegraph,
railroad and insurance companies, items of
agriculture. labor, wages, Indebtedness,
etc, and also regarding tie holders of
Uuited States bonds. The census will be
taken June l, 1850, and viii be concluded
in & month.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-18

A desperate attempt at robbery wa. per
petrated in the vicinity Of Red Bone.
Warren county. on Sunday night last. Mr.
Lewis Beard. a resident Of that place while
returning home late the above night was
attacked by two regroes, who knocked him
of his horse with a big club. and we-e
about 10 rifle his pockets, when they were
frightened away by the noise Of the APP
proach II a number Of Mr.. Beard friends
-Vickshurg Commercial