The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-11
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

! TELEGRAPHlC Mules.
| A Canadian sloop has been seized at
Port Townsend, ". T., charged with
smuggling in Chinese from across the
| border.
MONTREAL August 9.-Major Nicker-
son. of the United States army, looked for
here by detectives, was seen in the city
few days ago.
Knight Templars in strong force have
left the principal cities of the east to at
tend the grand conclave of the order to be
held in San Francisco.
CHICAGO, August S.-A special from
Talequah, Indian Territory, says that
Running Bird was hanged there to-day for
the murder of Running Water.
WASHINGTON, August 9.-The treasury
department purchased 435,000 ounces OF
fine silver for delivery at New Orleans,
Philadelphia and San Francisco.
There Waa severe storm IN Shelby
Cass and Pottawattamie counties, Iowa, on
Thursday evening which injured growing
crops and did other minor damage.
AUGUSTA, Ca, August 9.--The strike
in the third district of the southern di-
vision of the Western Union Telegraph
system is practically ended. The opera
tors are returning to work.
SAN FRANCISCO. August 8.--Fearing
the introduction of cholera from China,
the Japan Board OF Health adopted reso-
luton that all Asiatic ports be declared
inflicted and that all vessels arriving be
quarantined until the fullest examination
was made
New YORK, August 9.-There is no
particular change in the telegraph war.
There was no cutting of wires last night,
and the Western Union business is going
on smoothly. The strikers are still con-
fident of success, and exhibit no indica-
tiOns of weakness.
DODGE CITY, Kansas, August 9.--TEe
severest storm ever known in this section
struck this city after midnight last night.
The wind gauge at the signal Office was
blown down, but good judges estimate the
velocity Of the wind at ninety miles an
hour The storm was accompanied by
far the grandest display of lightning ever
witnessed here; it being one continuous
sheet of angry flames. A very heavy rain
prevailed; the water stood over foot deep
on Front street.
MoscAr1NE, Iowa, August 9.-Willow
junction, twelve miles from here, is much
agitated over an alarming fatally supposed
at first to be cholera infantum, but which,
though mainly confined to children, has
attacked grown persons. There were
seven deaths yesterday, all children. One
Mrs Amell and several grown persons are
now seriously ill, including DR.. Sherwood,
prominent physician. Including chill
dren nearly hundred persons are down
with the disease. No deaths are reported
to-day. The disease is said to be ma
lignant dysentery when it attacks grown
persons.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 9.-Concern-
ing the important opium smuggling case
now on trial in this city before the United
States circuit court, an official of the
United States treasury informed an Asso-
ciated Press representative this afternoon
that during the last ten years over six
million dollars worth Of opium had been
smuggled into this port. The business
had been Systematically conducted by a
ring of snugglers, assisted by govern
ment officials, who had been receiving
thirty per cent of the spoils; the SNUG
glers getting seventy per cent. That in
addition to their 80 per cent. the officials
have received bribes ranging from $50 to
$1,000, and is notorious fact that many
men in this city, reputed wealthy, have
made their money through smuggling
opium. The present stock of opium in
the market, large as it is, is not more than
three months supply. Under the stimu-
lus of increased duties, smuggling will be
greater than ever. The treasury agent
says that million dollars worth can be
srnuggled in easily, and unless the govern
ment takes decided steps to suppress it
opium smuggling will continue to be a
gold mine to some officials and their
tools.