Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-05-01
GENERAL NEWS

King, of Pittsburg, Pa, were destroyed
April "a by fire. A number of fine horses
persisted. Loss, $4,000.
Stranahan's block, Union City, Pa, was
destroyed by fire ON the 9th ult. Loss,
$50, OC0.
A large part of the village of Coscob,
Conn.,, where Edwin Booth resided, was
burned Oh the 9th ult.
A Portland dispatch says: In the U. S.
Circuit court on the oath ult., Kat-koo, a
Sitka Indian, was sentenced to be hanged
on May 9th for the murder of Thos. j.
Brown, OF Sitka.
Chas. Ell. Hartwell, conductor Of the Old
Colony railroad, charged with m%anslaugh-
ter in causing the accident at Woolaston,
has been found guilty.
A New York dispatch OF April 9th says !:
Albert C.. Deffarge. druggist, 5his morning
fatally poisoned his son aged I years and
himself. A younger child will recover.
Jealousy ofhis wife is attributed as the cause.
A large meeting was held in Faneuiel
hall. Boston, on April oath to provide relief
for the Kansas immigrants, Governor Tai
bot presiding.
In the U. S. District court, Edward Ber-
trand, on trial for the killing of Captain
killman, of the bark Masonic at Manila,
was found not guilty, the evidence showing
that it was done in self-defense.
A disastrous hurricane visited the Friend
]y Islands on the 9Th of March.
The Army bill passed the Senate by Al to
30-a strict party vote.
Henry Smith, colored night Waterman at
the mint has been arrested, changed with
stealing $40, 900 OF gold bullion $4,000
worth of gold ingots were found buried in
the prisoners garden and ST. 900 in coin on
the premises.
A dispatch from Victoria, dated April "a,
says: Parliament has just risen. The dis
e~ussion, which was long and exciting, was
concluded with closed doors. 1t has trans
and directed to be cabled to London the
same night. It demands that failing in the
fultilment of treaty obligations, that the
province shall be allowed to secede on May
1st. The action OF the house seems to meet
with the popular endorsement.
Mrs. A. N. Sterling. whose husband is
now in Arizona, was probably fatally stab
bed by a man named VIM. O. Smith, whom
she had formerly raised from the position OF
q tramp to that of foreman of her farm in
Summerfeld, III. 1T is stated that an init
macy had sprung up between them, but
finally they quarreled, when she came here.
he following her.
Gray, who attempted to shoot Booth in
Chicago, was known as a quiet young man.
stage-struck and somewhat e%rratic, claiming
to come of a family of actors. He has been
heard to remark that his Gather is alive but
will not own him, and that he would gel
even with him yet, d-n him !" One of his
friends thinks he believes Booth is his IA
ther, but does not regard him as RESPONSE
BILE for his acts.
Six thousand Cinnamon are now employ
ed in the construction of the South rn Pa
cific railroad of California, which is being
pushed forward at the rate OF three miles q
day. The track is laid to Maricopa.
The Senate has confirmed Edwin W
Keigtley, of Michigan, as Tlurd Auditor o
the Treasury, and w. w. Goldsboro, of Bal
timore, as United States Consul at Annoy.
New York has organized a colony aid so
ciety to assist families and workingmen t.
homes i'll the great West.
The funeral Of General Dix took place at
Trinity church April Oath, andawas largely
attended by distin guished citizens.
APort Townsend dispatch says: Til
ship Otago reports that a few days ago., il
latitude 42:14 north, longitude 1890 west
she sighted q schooner watnr-logged ant