The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1885-12-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

in New Mexico are reported.
| Judge H. F. French, ex-second assistant
secretary Of the treasury, died at Concord
! Mass, on the 29th.
It is said that Gen. Caceres, the Peruvian
| revolutionist, is the victor and has organ
lied new government.
Fred Gebhardt's horse, jolly st. John,
won the Metropolitan Steeple Chase near
London on Wednesday.
Geo. Steel has rendered his resignation
as postmaster at Sun River. HIS success
or has not yet been named.
Turkey is occupying Eastern Roumelia
with troups, while Bulgaria is walloping
Servia to her hearts content.
Four men were fatally injured al
Owensville, KY, by the unexpected explo-
sion of blast in an iron mine.
County Clerk Crane of Westchestel
county, n. Y, has gone to Texas leaving
$50, 900 in unpaid debts behind him.
A new island two miles long is reported
to have been thrown up in the Pacific
ocean right in the track Of commerce.
The ParnelIites threaten to use their
balance of power in the British parliament
to block all legislation until their demands
are satisfied
The weekly bank statement shows a
reserve decrease of $596,OOO. The banks
now hold SIC, ,593, 900 IN excess of the rs
per cent rule.
r. D. Kelly, editor of the Deadwood
Times, has been appointed deputy United
States marshal at Deadwood, In place of
A. A. Raymond.
Near Pittsburg the tug boat Iron City
ran upon and rupturcd natural gas main
which exploded and blew the tug to atoms.
Two men were killed.
King Theb aw, Of Burmah, has person
allv surrendered himself to the British
and has been conveyed into British India.
His respect for British arms came too late.
A boy aged IA years, named Synder,
living near Gallery, ILL.,, was killed and
eaten by hogs on Wednesday, while sleep
inc on a straw stack near his fathers house.
An accident occurred in the shaft OF a
new aqueduct at Merritt's Corner, N. T.,
on Saturday last which resulted in the in
slant death of John Edwards, James
Burke, NJ. Doyle and the fatal injury Of
an unknown Italian.
Gov. Zulick Of Arizona reports that
thousands of gallons of mescal, hundreds
Of thousands Of cigars, great quantities OF
tobacco to say nothing of cattle, horses and
mules are annually smuggled into that
territory from Mexico.
In accordance with telegraphic instruc
tions received at San Francisco on the 2Sth
inst, from Chief Signal Officer Hazen,
from Washington, weather reports for the
Pacific Coast are suspended until further
notice. No reason is assigned for this
action.
The customs report just issued shows
since the passage of the Chinese restric-
ton act in 1882 that $4,000 Chinese have
landed at the San Francisco port, and out
Of that number nearly 1000 have been
permitted to land without legal customs
certificates.
The execution of the eight Indians
found guilty Of murder at Frog Lake and
at Battleford, N. W. T., took place at the
latter place on the morning Of the 9th
inst. Seven of the eight Indians executed
were active participants in the terrible
massacre at Frog Lake on the 3rd Of April
last which resulted in the almost COM
plete determination of the settlement. The
massacre is believed to have been a result
Of the Riel uprising, the news of the
Duck Lake fight having reached the In
dians only few days previously.
A dispatch of the 2nd relating to the
English elections says: There have been
elected 239 liberals, 1913 tories and A
Parnellites. In the old constituencies the
tories have gained 38 seats and the liberals
6, while in the newly formed constituent
c1es the tories have won 1O8 seats and the
liberals 1O7. The net tory gain is 33.
For the first time since the beginning Of
the elections there is likelihood of the
liberals exceeding both the tories and
Parnellltes. 1t is admitted that Saturday S
vote will decide the contest.
Advices By the City of Pekin which ar
rived at San Francisco on the 28th ult.
state that the steamer Greyhound, trading
between Hong Kong and Pakshio, lett the
former port Oct. 18th with 1870 passengers
and general cargo. When about 70
miles from Hong Kong about 40 of the
innocent looking Chinese passengers open
ed fire on the officers, which resulted in
the killing of the captain. The vessel
was then taken in charge by the pirates,