The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1884-12-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

| lle failures Tor the week were 04o, as
against $50 for the previous week.
Flrst-class common lumber retails in
Spokane Falls at $40 per thousand.
The safe at the depot at Dresden, Tenn,
was blown open and robbed of $1,000.
jamestown, Dakota, has had another
fire, destroying property valued at 5000.
Fred Archer, the English jockey, visited
Washington few days ago, and paid his
respects to President Arthur.
Dakota's exhibit of grain and vegetables
carried off the gold medal at the exposi-
ton at Amsterdam, Holland.
Two carpet factories at Philadelphia
have surrendered to strikers and work
has been resumed at old rates.
Patti was given dinner in New York
in recognition of the completion of her
twenty fifth year upon the lyric stage.
Governor Stanfords four-year-old filly,
Sallie Benton, trotted mile to rule in
1:17a at San Francisco. This beats the
4-year old record.
The Merchant iron mills, fish plate and
nail plate mills at Bayview, Wis, resumed
work on Monday, giving employment to
fourteen hundred men.
Fox's candy factory at Detroit, Mich,
was burned. Three girls were burned to
death and one was dangerously hurt by
falling from the fire escape.
The Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage has start
ed on special lecture tour through the
south. His opening lecture was on ''In-
gersollism," at Little Rock, Ark.
The executive committee of the New
York cigar-makers union appointed 9
committee to go to Washington to oppose
the ratification of the Spanish treaty.
The Republic Iron works at Pittsbure
have resumed work at a ten per cent re
duction of the wages paid all employees
excepting the amalyamated scale men.
The residence of G. B. Thompson nea1
Lostine, Or. was burned while he and hi
wife were at church. Two children, ageC
six and two years, were burned to death.
A fire at Chippewa Falls, Wis, destroy
ed 100000 worth of property. During
the condagration an explosion occurred
killing several persons and injuring man.
others.
1t is rumored that James Gordon Ben
nett will start daily paper in Lon
don when the Mackay- Bennett cables ge
to work. It is to devoted mainly to Amer
ican news.
During a terrible storm on the Rapa
hanock, Nd, the boats of a party Of col
ored oystermen were oapsized and TWEEN
| ty-eight of the party are known to hav
been drowned.
A Colorado chemist has discovered al
effective method whereby horses and cat
tie may be branded without injuring th
surfaces of the hide so as to depreciate
for tanning purposes.
The sentence of Captain Dudley ant
Mate Stephens, the Mignonette cannibals
who were to be hanged at London, ha
been commuted to six months imprison
ment without labor.
Martin r. Melht, assistant postmaster o
Grand Rapids, Mich, has been arrested OF
a charge of soliciting funds from govern
ment employees for campaign purposes
contrary to the civil service rules.
John Mason, an insane prisoner in tn
Missouri state penitentiary, secured
heavy iron poker and assaulted three 9th
er inmates of the prison, killing two Q
them and it is thought fatally injuring tn
other,
Henry H. Green obtained in Bosto
court judgment for $3.025 against tn
New York Central road for injuries to
base viol at Rochester. The instrumen
was q Stradivarlus, to which fact man
experts were called to testify.
A submarine telegraph cable betwee
Senegal and France has been completed
and the first message passed over til
wire, expressing the devotion Of the colo
ny to the mother country and reciprocs
feeling on the part of the latter.
i Mayer Harrison, of Chicago, has ae
cepted the designations OF Peter Hans
brough, William j. Clingen, and John !
stearns, in the employ Of the city. and ii
dicted BY the federal grand jury for pal
} ticipation in the alleged election frauds.
! The Paris news agency publishes le
ter from private soldier, stating th'
General Negrier, in defeating 1000
Chinese regulars, handed over 200 prison
ers to the best French rilemen for targe1
J in ball practice, and that all Of them wei
I, killed.
Less than twelve months ago Mrs. Hug
Blaine Of Chattanooga, Tenn, gave Dirt
, to three children, all of whom are ivin