The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1886-08-14

An important decision mas just Deen ren
dered by Secretary Lamar, in which h
reverses the decision of COMMISSIONS
Sparks. allowing applications to be file'
contesting the character of swamp ant
overfowed lands which nave been select
ed by the State of Oregon, under th'
swamp land grant, and which selections
known as the last five, embracing 10000
acres of land, had been approved by tht
secretary and certified to by former
commissioner of the general land office.
A Sarnia, Ont, dispatch says: Fol
some time past the western part of Ontario
has been flooded with 81 and So American
bank notes raised to $40 and $40. The
raisers of the notes have been accidentally
discovered. Saturday provincial detect
i've named Rogers went to Wilkesport tc
arrest Joseph and Gus Witherell, suspect
ed of burglary, but the latter saw him
coming and escaped across the river
Rogers then searched the house and dis
covered some American one dollar bank
notes raised to ten, paints, brush, acid,
paper, etc.
The president is engaged in the con-
sideration of matters which he wishes to
dispose of before he leaves on his summer
vacation. The principal question occupy
ing his attention is in regard to filling va
canc;es existing in the civil service, many
of which are due to the failure of the SEN
ate to act upon nominations. 1t is believed
that in all such cases the persons nominal
ed will be commissioned to serve during
the recess of congress. The president
will probably leave Washington about
the middle of next week and not return
till the first of October.
Editor Cutting was sentenced late Sat
urday afternoon. The sentence is one
years imprisonment at hard labor and six
hundred dollars fne If he is unable to
pay the fine there will be one hundred
more days imprisonment at hard labor.
The judge gives Medina, the prosecutor,
leave to enter civil suit against Cutting
for damages, after the sentence expires.
In reference to the recommendation of the
public prosecutor that Consul Brigham
should be complained of to the United
States and his removal requested, the judge
says that he will refer that question to the
supreme court, in chihuahua.
Milwaukee special: The United States
revenue officers are about to make raid
on large number of illicit whisky stills
reported to exist in the woods of Manito-
woo county. The moonshiners are said
to have aourished there for years, having
heen enabled to avoid suspicion by repre-
senting themselves as farmers. They have
laised their own grain for whisky distill-
ing purposes and have smuggled the pro-
duct to various parts of the state, where
they have readily disposed of 1t to saloon
keepers. One of the principal secret dis
tilleries is owned by an old woman, and
she is said to have made fortune out of
it. A. Kaufman of Manitowoc has been
arrested and his still has been demolished
by the revenue officers. Other arrests are
to follow. 1t is said that the business has
been carried on for years by large num-
Der of the so-called farmers.
The will of Tilden was read at Grey
stone Monday afternoon by Lawyer James
c. Carter, of New York city, in the pres.
cnce of relatives. The document is long
one, containing about 10000 words, and
would occupy about five columns in the
type Of any of the great dailies.
Hon. John ]. Bigelow was seen at his
home and from him was learned the fol-
lowing facts about the will: Mr. Bigelow,
Andrew H. Green and George w. Smith
are named as executors and trustees. All
Of Tilden's kindred are generously pro-
vided for in this way. The whole estate
is put in the hands of the executors as
trustees, each heir to receive an equal
share in the line of his Or her consanguin-
ity, is not as large as estimated by some
people. The value has been placed at
$40 O,OOO,00O, but Mr.. Bigelow says this is
double its actual value.