Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-10-23

porter that he Intended to 60 direct to Ga
lena from this coast. He would remain
there a short time before attending the re-
union of the army of the Tennessee at Chi
cago, and would in all probability make Ga
lena his future home.
Five thousand dollars worth of United
States bonds, stolen from the Manhattan
bank of New York, were received at the
Treasury Department tor redemption on
the 18th. i
George Baumgarten, the farm hand who
brutally murdered and butchered little San.
dy White, near GAINESVILLE, Wis, has been
tried, convicted and sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for life-the extreme sentence of
the law in Wisconsin.
Five prisoners made their escape from
Middlesex county Jail. at East Cambridge
Mass, October Is. Two of the prisoners.
Mortimer johnson and John Bnzzle, were
under indictment for murder, each having
killed illegitimate children.
A party of Indians who passed near Eagle
Pass, New Mexico, ell route to Mexico,
killed some cattle and drove off a number
of horses. Indian signs are becoming III
merous thereabouts.
A Wichita, Kan, dispatch of October 18th
says that Wild Hog, Old Crow and other
Cheyenne Indian prisoners, released at Law
renee, arrived here last night. They were
met by a large delegation of Cheyennes and
their squaws just up from the agency after
supplies, and there was great rejoicing
among the sons.and daughters of the plains
after the long separation.
Bush fires are so extensive along the line
Of the st. Lawrence and Ottawa railway,
that Il gang OF men are engaged night and
day battling the flames.
Inspector w. J. Pollock telegraphs to the
COMMISSIONS Of Indian Affairs from Den
yer, Colorado: The Governor and leading
citizens here unanimously affirm that the
Indians must be removed from the State or
be exterminated by the State, if not by the
federal forces. Confidence, they say, can
never be restored, and it is only a question
Of time, whether the result be attained at
once Or by slow and tedious. warfare.
A Simla telegram Of October Is says: The
following details have been received OF the
attack OH Camp Ali Kheyl by the Afghans
on the 18th inst: -Four thousand Afghafls
made a desperate attack ON the British
camp, but were repulsed at the point of the
bayonet, leaving 40 killed and 200 wounded
and two standards. The British pursued
them two miles. The British loss was two
killed and Ii wounded. The latest intelli-
gencc is TO the effect that tile combined from
tier tribes are retreating.
A Sparta, Ga, telegram Of October 18th
says: Accounts OF the outlaws in the east
ern portion of Baldwin, county are greatly
exaggerated. The trouble is political. The
outlaws burned the gin and cotton houses
and fodder stacks of Mr.. Robson for the
purpose of drawing him out OF his house to
shoot him. They killed a negro man for re-
porting them to che grand jury, burned the
) tannery and barns of Luke Robson, and
whipped a colored woman and her daughter
Mn Hancock county. The gang have taken
refuge in the swamps Of the Oconee and
Ogechee. The grand jury of Hancock coun-
ty, now in session, have investigated the
outrage and are determined to bring the
perpetrators TO justice. The people of Han
; cock county are indignant at the ontrages
and are determined to protect the white and
black from further outrages and to infiict
summary justice on the perpetrators: Judge
PatLle. presiding Judge, will ylndicate the
majesty of the law throughout his circuit.
A Madison, Ind, dispatch of October 18th
says that VIM. Howard, ex-City Treasurer,
who was shot in an alteration with Major
Simpson. editor of the Star, Thursday night,
died at 8 O'Clock this morning. Simpson,
who was out ON bail, was rearrested also,
81 .Inhn T.. MrEAtridre. local editor of the Star.