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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-11-06

ANTHONY SHARPE assured us a few days
since that he would contribute $40 towards
the construction of the Deep creek and
White Sulphur Springs road, besides would
do several days. work. Who is the next
man that is willing to aid this much-needed
project? Let him speak up. Every one in
terested can afford to give something.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-11-06

p. MOORE, of the Musselshell, is on q
visit to Helena.
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CASUALTIES.

Two more cases of small pox were re-
ported in New York June %.
Hugh McPhalen was drowned in
Heart river, at Mandan, D. T., june %, while
attempting to rescue a boy from drowning.
The boy was saved.
Two children OF Mr.. Wiswall master
mechanic Of the Halerm railroad company
was killed by lightning on Saturday afternoon
June ~, in Morrisania \. York
June "a, by the breaking of speader
chain VIM. Savage and Louis w. Snyder,
machincsts, aud James markings, boiler max
er, were prccipitated to the bottom Of the
slope at Wtlliamstown eolliery. Savage and
Snyder were killed and markings was serious
~ wounded.
The engineer of the i'll fated steamer,
May Queen, which exploded on Lake Mime
tohka, on Saturday June %. died Monday
morning June 80 Capt. Rockwell and Mrs
Bukcy are in a very critical condition, and
their recovery doubtful The rest Of the in
jured are doing well.
A san Francisco telegram of June "a,
saws Reno dispatch gives an account Of the
burning of the snow sheds one and a hall
miles east of Cisco. The east bound train ran
through it, but the west bound was detained
six hours. Nine hundred feet Of shed burned
Fire supposed to have been set by tramps.
\ son, aged II years of Mrs, Raymond Pat
chowski, Of ST. Paul, Mimi, was drowned in
the forenoon of June % in the Mississippi
river. while crossing over to West ST. Paul, by
the upsetting of a boat. Two other boys, with
him in the boat, were saved. The body had
not been found at late hour on the night Of
tie disaster
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

The body of the prince imperial will
reach London about July a
Rev Thomas S. Williamson, of St. Pc
ter, Mimi is dead. Age 50 years
Monday June 80, Bancroft, the historian
was injured at Newport, r. l., by being
thrown from horse.
The viii Of the lately deceased Baron Roths-
child disposes Of personal property to the
amount of e2,7O00O0.
NJ Routhers organ, L'Ordne, contra
diets the report thrt Prince Jerome Bonaparte
viii issue a manifesto.
The body of Madame ROLAND, who
was swept over Niagara Falls while visiting
there with her husband, has been recovered.
The lack Of appropriation in the legis-
lative bills has made necessary the discharge
Of Is lady department clerks at Washington.
The Ohio Democratic State committee
has decided to formally open the campaign
early in August with speeches by Pendleton
Thurman, Ewing, Steadman and Others.
The body Of Frank POtchowski, who
Was drowned in the Mississippi river at st.
Paul, on Wednesday, June D. was recovered
on Friday evening June 81, and taken to the
residence Of his grief-stricken parents.
A dispatch from Paris says Prince Jer-
ONE Napoleon will publish a manifesto after
the funeral of the prince imperial, urging all
Bonapartists TO submit TO the republic, and
HAT he has already assured President Greyy
lie will not become prctender to the Imper-
ial throne
The troopers with the Prince ] .perial
of France, when killed, declare in contradic-
ton to Lieutenant Carey's statement that the
survivors galloped two or three miles without
stopping. \ correspondent says the quarter
u.aster general disobeyed Lord Chcmsford's
orders by sending the prince on dangerous
cxpditon with an escort which deserted its
duty. In the whole affair there is not one re-
deeming feature.
The story that bargain was made be-
tween the President and certain Southern
members of the House, that if the former APP
proved Of an appropriation for the survey of
the Mississippi river, they would vote to pass
the bill making appropriations for United
States marshals without political riders is
openly denied by gentleman said to be i'm
plicatcd in the agreement.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

The corner stone of the new custom
house at Memphis, Tenn. was laid June 24
Great distress is experienced in the
west Of Ireland on account Of continued rains
The instruction in Algeria is ended,
and 1000 insurgents are in the hands of the
French.
The troops ship Orontes with the body
Of Prince imperial of Franco on board is cx-
pected to reach England by the 4th of Jul,
The will of the late Prince Imperial of
France was opened june 81 1t contained no
political illusions. His whole property was
left to his mother
\ Berlin dispatch says the directors of
the Imperial bank of Germany have passed a
resolution declaring that an increase of the
silver coinage of Germany is imperatvely nee
essary.
Adviccs from Fort Buford represent
that hostile Yankton Indians are making de-
monstrations Of an attack on the Poplar Creek
agency, and that great alarm is felt there.
Troops have been sent for to protect the
agency.
The spinncr's strike at Fall River, Mass
continues. Matters begin to look serious and
the question now is, viii the weavers strike
and make the strike general, or will they
leave the spinncrs to fight out the battle alone
begun by them.
Receipts from internal Ieveuue last tis-
cal year, Sll0,033 9SS; for the fiscal year which
expired Monday, over $113036,O00; an increas
OF $4,000, 900 despite the reduction of the tax
ON the tobacco. The excess of exports over
imports of merchandise for the twelve months
ending May 81, 1879. is $3.50, 709S76; for the
twelve months ended May 81, 1873 $24l, $50
~. The excess Of exports over imports of
gold and silver coin and bullion was, for the
twelve months ended May 81, 1879. S5,2S4,616:
for the twelve months ended May 81, 1873
s. ,24S90l
At Tarboro, n. c. June %, Robert
Jones (negro), who murdered Rudolph Eaton
twhite) in the village of Rocky Mount Dec. s.
1877, was publicly executed The sheriff left
the jai with the prisoner in au open wagon,
the Edgecomb guards accompanying with
negro fire company. in red shirts. Jones
talked, laughed and poked fun at the sheriff,
dwelt long on his religious experience, said he
was going straight To heaven He was the
coolest man ever seen on the gallows, drank
wine in remembrance OF the brethren in
Christ and shook hands all round. The moose
and cap were put ON, and the drop sprung.
Death from strangulation in twenty-six min
utes
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Judicial sympathy.

Recr ltly suit was tined before an In
diana Jus lice Of the Peace wherein lady
was plaintihf. and bank the defendant.
The evidence showed coBclusiyely that
the fair plaintiff had no right 10 recover;
Of this no one could have the shadow of
a doubt Her learned counsel knew
well that unless he could ret the sympa-
thy oi tho esquire his client would
have "a "lost cauen lie therefore labored
hard in applying the sympathetic pro-
cess" lie gushcd with eloquence of
great warmth in referring 10 his clients
rights, until finally great tears came
tnckLiHg down bis chez s, al the sight Of
which the Justice (who was very tender
hearted indIyid uaiJ was also moved to
tears This satisfied the attorney that the
sympathy Of the Court was IN behalf Of
The lady, and he closed bis argument by
saving, 1T does ms heart GOOD to be-
lieve That this honorable Court, in the
eNercis, Of a sound discretion. will not
allow the rights of pure and noble
lady 20 he trampled beneath the cloven
feet Of "A soullass cOrporation;' and took
his seat as confident that be would Get
Judgment as ever poor Miss Elite vas.
iHtISuIoD uie squire Fendtfed the fOl-
lowing comprehensive and satisfactory
decision. He said "The plaintiff in this
case is a woman, and her counsel has for
the last hour touched the sympathy Of
the court in her behalf, and am glad OF
it, bus think, under the law, that Juice
is ON the side of tire bank. | therefore
will find in favor Of tire bank. and let ne
rec9 Il she5o thGs UFs.----aof ne fHH
sympathy Of the Court"
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Betrayed by Music.

For nearly two years past a young
man wearing the garb of a Highland
piper has been wandering about in the
coal regions of Pennsylvania, playing his
pipes in the streets, attending picnics and
dances, and apparently depending on his
instrument to make him a living A few
days since he was playing in mining
village on the outsk irts of Scranton, Penn.
A crowd had gathered around him. among
them a mine laborer named Brady
Suddenly the piper ceased the music, and
stepping from the crowd seized Brady by
the shoulder, and announced that the
laborer was his prisoner At the same
time he produced papers which he said
were his authority for making the arrest.
Brady seemed entirely overwhelmed
by the arrest, and made no opposition to
the authorities when ii was revealed that
the piper was detective. For two wears
he had been on the track of his prisoner
who is charged with having murdered a
wealthy man named Findlay, in Scotland
in January. 1871 Brady was in the en-
ploy of Findlay. Early one morn
ing the latter was found dead BY the
roadside, his skull crushed with club
Brady had been discharged the morn
ing before for drunkenness. He had
been heard to make threat that he
would get even with Findlay. He was
nowhere 10 be found. but was traced to
Glasgow, where, il was believed, he had
taken vessel for America. William
Male, detective, was employed by the rel
atives of the murdered man to come to
this country and search for Brady, who,
II was thought, would bring ap in the
Pennsylvania coal regions, where he had
friends working. One of Braidv's pecu-
llarities was his love for the bag pipe, so
the detective, being piper. adopted the
disguise OF Scotch piper, played about
IN the coal towns, in the hope Of some
day attracting the attention of the man
he was seeking, he being sure from in
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-07-03
How Dick TAYLOR snubbed a Prince.

It is related Of General Dick TAYLOR.
that during the Derby races the Prince
of Wales took him to his own THE
Princess stand, and as they were ascend
ing the stair the Duke of Edinburg came
hastily up and said:
20 Wales, do you know Forester is
booked To winEf
"0h, yes, said the I&ince, .sthe Genef-
al and | have just been to the betting
stand and laid fifty guineas for me on
him.
Turning to Taylor, the Duke said:
'Now, wont you please go to the
stand and lay fifty guineas for me on
himl''
''Partlon me, your Highness,' said
Taylor; the stand IS quite as near to YOU
as to me.
II am so glad you told Edinburg that. y
said the Prince eWhag deal of check
he has to be asking my guest to lay his
bets for HIM. "
TAYLOR had a sincere respect and hiking
fnr the Prince, and hearty contempt.
for tie Duke of Edinburg, whom he snub-
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Deathbed Reparati0n.

Apropos of the rise IN Mammoth, they
tell capital story about General Dodge
Some time ago A. G. Brown, a we'll
known operator here, bought 900 shares
OF Mammoth from General Dodge al
three dollars share. This was when the
company was first organized, about eight
or nine months ago, and three dollars was
bed rock. The thing hing fire for a
long time. The Sierra and Nevada ex-
eitemeht came along, and nobody gave
Mammoth a second thought. 1t was not
on the Board; it had no valtte, and you
couldn't really give it away. 1t went by
the name of "Dodge's pup" Assess
mcnts were levied regularly. Brown
talked long and loud, and the streets re-
sounded with his curses He swore that
Dodge had swindled him, and by the
gods he was going to get even with that
warrior some day, come veal, come woe.
The day before the news of the strike
in Mammoth leaked out Dodge, who was
living very low at Oakland, sent tcle-
gram over to Brown that he would like to
see him at once. Brown had heard that
the General was at the point Of death and
a feeling of sympathy prompted him to
respond at once, so he took the next boat
Arriving at the Generals elegant home
he was shown up to the Invalid chamber
Nobody was there but General Dodge
and his secretary. The General lay prop
ped up by pillows, looking, the picture
of ghastliness He was very fcebie-hIs
breath came quick and short, his eyes
were glittering and his hands lay help
less beside him.
II have sent for you, Mr.. Brown" SAID
the General, with much difficulty of
speech, "to ay-that--that~-I am very
i'll; and | fear may not get over it.
With view to that contingency-I-I-
have been arranging my-busness affairs.
Here the general was overcome with
weakness, and pause of five minutes en-
sued to enable him to recuperate] am
-told-that you are not satisfied with
the sale-1 made to you of that Nam
moth. Now | don want--to go out
Of world feeling that | leave any
body-behlnd who believes that have
ever wronged-him. surely did not
mean to-wropg yot-I believed the
stock-was worth the morey and | be-
lieve--so yet, but do not want anybody
now to think that | have got the better
of them. l am-very-ill, | don't know
what-the stock-is worth, or if it is
worth anything-but If you like | will
call our trade off Give me your stock,
and l will give you your $4,000 back"
4 Here the General sank pack utterly ex
hausted.
In very pity Mr.. Brown would not pro
long the conversation. In few words
he expressed his sympathy for the Cen
eral; and then with the remark that
though he did it with some reluctance,
he would accept the offer.
"Antone, gasped General Dodge, faint
ly, from his pillow, to his secretary, "give
Mr.. Brown a check-and take his-stock.'
The next morning at nine o'clock every
body knew that a big strike had been
made in Mammoth, and before night $40
was freely bid for the stock. To-day fifty
shares-all that could be got-were
bought at $40 share General Dodge IS
slowly recovering and on Monday was in
his office
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The shade in Gardening.

II a person has only small garden IN
closed by Il fence, as is generally the case
III cities and villages, team and pillow
should never be brought into it. The
reasons for excluding them are many.
In the first place, the horses are likely to
do considerable damage to the shrubbery
bushes and vines A pillow does not work
to good advantage on small plat OF
ground surrounded by fence. 1t cam
not turn all the soil, and that which is
urncd is left in bad shape, ridges liter
mating with dead burrows. Even under
the best circumstances, as when very
long burrows can be turned, the pillow is
not equal to the spade in preparing land
for root crops, which comprise the bulk of
the things raised in small garden.
When one has less than a half acre to till,
he should prepare the soil in the best
manner possible.
For preparing small plats of land for
crops, there is no implement equal to the
spade. With it the soil may be loosened
to greater or less depth at will. With
a spade the manure that was thrown on
the surface NAV be buried out of sight
and put in a position where it will not
only decompose quickly, but be of the
greatest use to the plants it IS intended
to benefit With the spade for turning
the soil. there will be neither ridge nor
depregsions like those caused by the pillow.
If there are natural depTessions to be I'LL
ed up and small elevations to DO leyeled
down, the work may be accomplished
with very little trouble while the opera
ton Of spat,ing is gong on. For prepar-
ing hills for squashes, cucumbers and
melons: for digging about the roots OF
trees vines and bushes, and Tor properly
mixing the different portions OF the sou,
there IS no implement equal to the spade
For gardening purposes it is not best to
have all the soil prepared for planting at
one time, though this course is desirable
when a plat of ground is to be sown with
Grain. or planted with one crop through
out. The period for planting in which a
variety of Vegetables are TO be raised ex-
tends through six or eight weeks, and
there is economy of time in planting seeds
in freshly prepared soil. II land has been
plowed i month before it is planted 1t
will be quite hard, while the chances are
that the surface viii be covered with
weeds. To get the soil in a suitable con-
dition to plant will call for as much time
and labor as would be required to prepare
it had it never been plowed. The spade
in the hands of an expert IS not sdifncult
implement to handle, and every gardener
Who expects to reach the highest success
should become an expert IN the use q
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A Birds Wing Merchant.

One of the customers of this curious
coffee seller must speak ut, since / noted
his bundle and inquired the cause of his
Wearing feather in his sombrero. See
ing at a glance, that / was stranger he
became, perhaps, more polite and commu
NEGATIVE than he otherN Use would be.
. Yes, sir; wear this feather because
it is the symbol of my trade, and this bun
ale, too, contains feathers that you speak
of as giving an odor. And, sir, | am
proud of my calling. Do you know that
the martyr King Louis XIV. delighted
in Strengthening swallows, and killed as
many as two hundred III a single day. But
kill them not. only tear off their wingsr
''What, tear them off the live bird?" !
remarked in horror
Eyes, sir; that is the only way to pre-
serve their luster in the hats of the fair
and fashionable ones"
''But bow do you catch the live swal
lows
Fish fer them, sirl'
/ begin to be incredulous, but the pale
coffee slipper at once relieves my doubts,
and tells me that he sets series of fine
silk threads pendant from poles in the
quarries OF Arcueil and GENTLY, and to
the ends of those threads are attached flies
fluttering in the air. Tire swallows, in
their rapid flight overlook the artificial
nature OF these snares, and swallow the
bait, when they are speedily caught and
Invested at once of their wings Some
times, when the weather is warm and
stormy, and the swallows fly low as many
as three hundred are caught per day in
this way and cruelty mutilated this ex-
plains what have more than once noticed
in the suburbs of Paris, the writhing body
of a wingless bird. l could not help sug-
costing to this ''tearer of wings,n that he
might at once relieve the poor birds of
their agonizinr pain by killing them out
right, after plucking their pinions.
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THE LITTLE ANGLER.

so softly lay dreaming meath the willows
When, sharply limned athwart the evening
Perched high above the streamlet's tiny bill
ows,
A dainty urchin form l CHANGED tospy,
His silken sash showed loving hands had
bound It,
His curls were such as soft lips nestle in;
That awkward pole, where had the youngster
found it?
HIMSELF of course, devised that crooked pin
saw him gaze with such an air Of longing
st specSled shapes beneath the glancing
wave.
Not cen the tiniest minnows round him
thronging
Would taste the awkward meal the young.
ster gave
But soon saw him as an allegory;
fancicd that held that road and line;
There lay riddle of my weary story,
And all the happiness that was not mine
/ was the awkward fisher, vainly trying
To lure my prey with neither hook nor skill
And every prize, my stupid might defying,
Was leaving more forlorn and helpless still.
All, me! what boots the spirits proud endeay
or?
The gifts from Fate we fondly hoped to win
We find alas when they are lost forever,
We tried to lure them with crooked pin.
=-Hdrper's Weekly
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Fashion Suggestions.

Handsome glngham lawns, sometimes
called cotton zephyrs, are this month
supplied in checks and broken plaids OF
fresh and charming colers. Pink and
blue, red and gray, brown and buff, garnet
and straw color, count among the leading
and popular mixtures. Linen lawns with
white grounds and precise figures, or
cluster stripes OF color, are being popular
ly chosen for summer dresses.
New bouquet-holders are rings and
brooches that supports a fan shaped orna-
ment made up entirely of Rhine crystals
some of these have serpent Of the stones
twined around them The ring holds the
corsage bouquet, and the pm fastens It to
the dress. 1t is worn near the waist ilne
on the left side Large punches OF natur-
al. flowers form such bouquets, and 1t IS
the CAPRICE of the moment to show the
bunch of long stems at the end. Carna-
tons, Marshal Neil roses and the Jacque-
minof roses are the clusters most used.
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~ say John, did you see the circusg
yelled litl,e boy to another last evening
'No-o-o, didn't sec the circas r sneer-
ingly said John, who had been kept in
the house for disobedience. .Humph
Ought to have been there: biggest show
you ever seed, elefants ami .carmels and
boa certwisters and everything. If /
90 to a circus I'd run away
Who wants to see ger old circus, yelled
] ohn. Il had circus all to myself.
Ted the milk pitcher to the cats tail, and
the cat knocked down two flower pots,
and smashed the pitcher and broke a
pane Oh glass. Git away Hid yer old cir
cuses 5een to more'n four hundred, and
diesa't have 50 much fun, and didn't get
licked nuther,n and the boy who had
been to the circus telt Is if he'd got hold
Of the castor oil bottle By mistake.
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HOUSE CLEANING.

A fame Is In her CLASSY eye.
broom is In her cagtI hand,
Aloft she lifts u sudden cry
That echoes like new brass band,
Her dress i. reefed above her knees,
As through the house che cuts path,
And IN her every stranger sees
4 being Of majestic wrath.
Step. ladders scale the papered height,
And iubs u water hood the floor;
Her voice is heard from morn till night,
Rising above the awfu, roar.
Fly from her presence, dog and cat,
Fly frcm her presence, man and mouse;
] is the vcrnal frenzy thar possesses her
Shes cleaning house.
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NEWS SUMMARY.
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.

C. r. Limbke, of Providence, r. l.,
dealer in watches and jewelry, was robbed on
the night of June % of $4,000 in jewelrY.
Mrs. W. Mccormick was murdered on
the night of June %, in house of nlfame at
Griaintown, Canada. The body was found "
ing in pool of blood, the head and hands sew
cred from the body, and in pail.
Boston, Mass, telegram of June %:
Jas. F. Edmunds, aged 60, a well known citizen
and ex-alderman of Newton Mass. a flour and
commission merchant, Of this city, was arrest
ed tonight for forgery of paper in the Waiver
ick bank. The forgeries aggregate $4,000.
Since Tuesday, when the forgeries were dis
covered, Edmunds has suffered severe mental
pros tration. He is now in charge Of three
police officers.
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Take the very best stone-llme. and
slack it in close tub covered with
cloth to preserve the steam. sait--as
much as can be dissolved in the Mater
used for Stacking and reducing the lime
should be applied, and the whole mass
carefully strained and thickened win 4
small quantity of sand, the purer ana inner
the better. 4 few pounds OF wheat -four our
mixed as paste may be added, ana VIII
give greater durability 10 the mass es-
pecially when applied 70 the exterior sur
face If buildiprs With pure lime, prop
erlv Stacked and mixed with twice us
weight of fine and sifted wood-ashes ID
equal proportions, almost aay oesor can
Be made by the addition Of pigments.
Granite, slate, freestone and other shades
may be initiated, and without any d leu!
ment to the durability OF the WASH; lills
covering is very often applled anu win