Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-03-06
GENERAL NEWS.

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three coal cars went down into the river. I
On the night Of the 9th ult., the stage S
containing four passengers was halted near t
Peg Leg station by highwaynien, who Or
dered the passengers out while they took
their %valuables. I
1t Is stated upon good authority that J
the city Of Glasgow bank will pay all its
creditors in full at All early day.
The people of Greenwich and Taylor
counties, KY, are resisting the payment OF
railroad taxes. A subsidy was voted by
these counties some years ago, but the road
was not built, and still the taxes haye been
paid all the m They now refuse to pay
more taxes and threaten to lynch the col
lectors if further effort is made tor the col
lection. .+at
MIR. Ingham and the crew Of the steam
err Bournea, at Brooks Island, were attack
ed by the natives, and Ingham, master sand
owner, Hes, engineer, one European and
two Chinese on board were massacred. Inc
natives seized all the arms which were III
possession of Ingham and Redlick, and 1t IS
now dangerous to, approach them.
There was a disastrous storm at Rome
on the 9th ult. The coast was strewn with
wrecks and at many points small crafts
were blown to sea and lost. The new quay
Mt phosilipho was almost destroyed, In
the interior the storm was equally vlo!len'.
The companile of the church at Puaggnllo
fell while the people were at mass, killing
two priests at the altar and wounding a
persons. A similar catastrophe occurred at
Aconturo, killing one priest and injurlng a
number OF the congregations. A portion OF
the base of Michael Anglo's statue OF David
was swept away.
e "A San Francisco news item of the 25th
ult.. SAYS: Thirty-six Indians, the rem
nant OF the .Bannack band raiding in Idaho
last summer had been surprised and slaugh-
tered in the Salmon river mountains. The
good work was done by a party of citizens
who organized for that purpose. The band
was composed Of the South Fork OF Salmon
river Indians, who are Snakes, a few Fay
ette,s some of the Weiser's and one or two
renegade Nez Perces and Umatillas. For
the last eighteen months no man was safe
to 60 through the region where they roam
unless III COLllpdiy ~ 81 go
j well armed. Their annihilation is a god
send to the miners and settlers in that nc
gion. 4
'-Trobridge a member of the n: I. state
assembly favors the institution of a colony
in Alaska for the convicts of the United
States on the grounds that their labor inter
teres with the honest working men of tn
country.
EEx-Empress Eugene accompanied he
son, Prince Napoleon, to Southampton OF
the 9th ult. to witness his departure to To-
South Africa war. Ra z ~ NJ :
-4InRtbe Chamber of Deputies, of Paris
esDIeMarcere. Minister of the Interior, aske
for a grant Of 200, 900 francs forsthe sufferer
Dy the foundations in the Southern Depar'
ments. He said more money would probS
bly be required The Chamber referred tn
subject to the Budget committee to tx tn
necessary relief f
On the French slopes of the easter
ryrennees there is more SHOW tran the OK
est inhabirant remembers. Between Bour
Madame and Mont Louis, horseback is tn
only means of communication. aGa
A Washington special to the Chlcae
Times Of the 2Sth ult. states .tifat 1T Is a
most certain that three or tour Of the al
preparation bills will tail. and that efforts
prevent the extra session will no doubt !
effected. The President is reporledatoaha'
said that in case a especial session is CALI
he will defer it to the latest possible M
rnent. There are some Democrats who pr
dict that four OF the appropriations bhls@w.