The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1884-12-13

with shotgun, shot three men, one o1
them, policeman, and was then shot ir
the wrist and captured. The police off
GERS wound will probably prove fatal.
A delegation of the woman's suffrage
party called upon Sir John A. Macdonald
prime minister of Canada, in New York
and thanked him for incorporating women
suffrage in the pending Canadian franchise
bill, and rendered him public reception.
Verien's bank in Bremen has suspend
ded. The former manager committed sui
eide i'll prison. The present manager is
under arrest. The suspenion OF the bank
caused the suspension of the firm OF
Bruning Of Bremen, who were large share
holders in the bank.
Miss Eva Mackey, daughter Of the Ne
vada millionaire now in Paris, who has so
frequently been declared to have been en-
gagged to different princes and noblemen,
is now authoritatively announced as en-
gagged to Fernando de Colonnia, Prince Of
Gallatro.
A pearl weighing ninety three carats
and valued at $17, 900, has been shipped
to London from Guaymas, Mexico. 1t is
believed to he the largest in existence.
1t was purchased from an Indian for 800,
who recently found 1t at Mullejo, Lower
California.
The London Telegraph has purchased a
large tract Of land in the Mojave Desert,
for the purpose of using the yucca plant
which grows on it for the manufacture of
paper. The plant will be ground into
pulp at point on the Colorado river, and
shipped by rail to New Orleans.
Failures throughout the country, as re-
ported to r. G.. Dun & Co.'S mercantile
agency, number for the last seven days in
the United States, 294; Canada, 26; total,
$50. This is an increase of seventy one
over last week. The increase is general
in all sections of the country, but particu-
larly noticeble in the southern and west
crn states.
Fielding G. Brown, generally known
about Wall street as "Colonel'' Brown,
was killed by throwing himself from a
second story window of his apartments,
No 2O1 East 99th street. New York. He
Was insane from suffering, produced by
congestion of the brain. He was .forty-
niner,n and had lived in California thirty
years.
A mob of twenty men took VIM. Pitts
charged with having clubbed J. O. Harris
to death with wagon spoke, from the
officers at Doggett CAL, and hanged him
to telegraph pole. Pitts was deserter
from the United States army, having en-
listed under the name of VIM. H. White
in the I'd cavalry, company F, stationed
at Fort Ellis, Montana.
The Federal grand jury at Chicago has
returned an Indictment against B. T. O.
Hubbard, and In default of bail he was
committed to jail. Hubbard was cashier
of the First National bank of Monmouth,
ILL.,, which failed last spring for about
100000. The charge is that he embez-
zled Or lost in speculation about $379, 900.
He disappeared for time, but was arrested
at Waukegan, Ills, in September.
Ammen NJ. Tenny. P.J. ChristoHerson
and c. I. Kemp, were tried and convicted
of polygamy, at Prescott, Arizona, apd9 q
sentenced to three years and six months
imprisonment at Detroit, Michigan, and
five hundred dollars fine each; and W. j
Fade and j. n Skonsen, who pleaded
guilty, were sentenced to six months I'M
prisonment at Yuma, and five hundred
dollars fine each.
San Francisco experienced terrific
gale on Monday. Ferry boats were run
with great difficulty, street signs blown
down, windows blown in, several vessels
broke their moorings and were washed
ashore, and many others were seriously
damaged. Two sections of the sea-wall
was smashed in and the breakwater at the
foot of Greene street was completely
washed away. 1t is impossible to esti-
mate the damage
Oscar Kauffet Harris, for twenty-five
years prominent Washington Journalist
died yesterday of consumption. Mr.
Harris edited the National Republican
National Intelligencer and Evening Critic
at different times, and for fifteen years re.
ported the proceedings Of congress. He
reported the Surratt trial and the execution
the impeachment Of Andrew johnson
and other important events, and continued
his active journalistic career up to thu
time of his death.
More Cinnamon Drowned.
Some days since it was reported tina
the three ton sloop which left Victoria, B
| c., with nineteen Cinnamon. who were t.