The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1885-09-05

In Lane county, Oregon, Daniel Churc
and his wife were found murdered an
Andrew Boggs, a ncighbor, hanging to til
rafters of his own barn. 1t is suppose
that Boggs committed the murders but n
motive is assigned.
Rev. Mr.. Schaffner, Baptist minis
ter of Dickinson, Dakota, has been sent
the penitentiary for six months on convic
ton of assault with deadly weapon
The offense grew out of a neighbor pas
turing his COW in Schaffner's garden.
The interest of Methodist camp meet
ing in Galloway county, Missouri, wa
somewhat marred by the arrest of tn
presiding elder for horse stealing. Hi
name was Talbot, mulatto, and he stol
the horses before he went at preaching.
Citizens Of Buffalo, Wyoming, are going
to contest the title to the townsite whicl
now rests in Mrs. Hart, widow of COL Har
who located the ground. There was orig
inally contest to the widows CLAIM
which was withdrawn on conditions tina
she has not fulfilled.
In late speech Parnell, the Irish lead
er, declares his policy to be for Irish in
dependence. This supersedes his home
ule policy just on the eve of its fruitio1
and either deposes Parnell from the lead
ership or postpones legislation for such
relief indefinitely.
Two ladies of high rank we're abducted
by brigands In the mountains of European
Turkey, and ransom of 100000 each
paid for their return in safety. This is
richly romantic; there ought to be quite
a mi grafton of aspiring American youths
to that quarter of the globe.
Heavy frosts are reported in Minnesota
The corn crop in some parts of the state
is said to be entirely ruined and oats bad
ly damaged. Gardens are wholly des-
stroyed in the vicinity of Brainerd. The
frost was the most severe and damaging
in many years. Ice is reported at Will
mar.
The coroner's jury in the case of Hon.
J. H. Walkup, who died mysteriously at
Emporia, Kansas, returned a verdict that he
came to his death by arsenical poisoning
and that the evidence indicates that the
poison was administered by Minnie Wal
lace Walkup, his seventeen-year old wife
to whom he had been married only a
month.
A horrible drowning accident occurred
at the st. Paul railroad bridge at Oshkosh,
Wis. Tuesday morning. The draw bridge
being open eleven persons, nine girls and
two men, attempted to cross the open chan
mol in boat. They were caught in the
swells of tug, just passed through, and
the boat upset. Only five were rescued
and six drowned, aged 10 to 20.
Agent Gossman of the Crow creek
in Dakota has received from
Indian commissioner Atkins the follow
ing letter: "The secretary has granted
you authority to remove all settlers and
persons from the reservation,
and if necessary to call upon the COM
officer at the nearest military
post for force sufficient to effect their
removal. Proceed at once to remove
them and their effects" This letter
comes after the settlers have been repeat
edly warned to remove.
John L. Sullivan of Boston and Domi-
nick McCaffrey of Pittsburgh, met for a
prize fight at Cincinnati on Saturday last.
Six rounds were fought and not only did
McC Caffrey stand up to his work but un
gave Sullivan the worst of it.
At the end of the sixth round Sullivan
'etired and the general conception was
hat he was beaten and McCafrey was
made the hero of the occasion. But after
;ome delay the judges gave the fight to
Sullivan on the ground that he had scored
he greatest number of points. McCaffrey
challenges him to fight to finish with
,are knuckles for $4,000 side.