The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1886-03-13

Secretary Lamar has decided that j. E
Haggin, the millionaire, has no title to tn
: swamp lands claimed by him in Califor
mia in the vicinity of Lake Kern and Sal
Bu~naventura and has ordered suit to b.
brought to cancel the patents. The tw'
are an area of forty square miles.
A fire at Jersey City. New Jersey, OF
Sunday last destroyed the Monarch steam
ship company's dock, filed with European
freight, which was also destroyed, togeth
er with five cars loaded with milk and the
Erie company's milk depot. The losse:
aggregate fully half million dollars.
i A collision occurred Thursday between
two trains on the railway between Monte
carlo and Mentone. The train from Men
tone was filled with English visitors. A
number Of carriages were smashed and
fell into the sea. The number of deaths
is unknown, but it is believed at least
twenty persons lost their lives.
Mary Blocker. relict of Ex-Governor
Seymour, died at the residence Of Mr.
Roscoe Conkling, Utica, New York, at
80 Monday morning last. The late
governor removed Mrs. Seymour from his
country home to Mr.. Conkling's on ac-
count Of her illness. and while attending
her was attacked by his fatal illness.
| A Portland dispatch of the 9th inst.
says: Mrs. Miller, mother of Joaquin
Miller, who two years ago married boy
aged 20, and was deserted by him, obtain
ed divorce at the last term of court.
On Friday she married again at Eugene,
Lane county. the groom being a young
man named Kline. The ceremony was
performed by justice of the peace.
On Saturday last at the Baily Beach
gold mines in Curry county, Oregon, a
large slide suddenly came down on the
men while at work. All escaped but five.
Pour men were buried to their waists and
the fifth completely covered with stone
and earth. The others escaped with more
or less injuries, but the fifth man was so
badly crushed that he died soon after be-
ing extricated.
The register Of deeds at Brookings, Da-
kota, has received letter from man in
Alleyan, Michigan, who claims to hold
deed for an undivided half of $4,000
acre Spanish grant in Dakota. A descrip-
ton of the grant seems to locate it where
the forty-fourth parallel crosses the Mis-
souri, river, near the big bend, which would
place it in Buffalo county. He claims
that the grant was confirmed by an act of
congress in 1858. "a -------.---'-
Reeds Coal Works, near Dunbar, Penn
sylv ania, in the Connelsville region, was
the scene of terrible explosion of gas
Monday afternoon about three o'clock.
AT the time of the explosion sixteen men
were at work. Eleven have been taken
out badly burned. The others are still in
the mine and are believed to be dead
Those taken out are seriously injured but
the physicians are of the opinion that
some of them may recover.
The commissioner of customs has recon-
meuded to the secretary of the treasury
that suits be brought by the United States
against x-President Arthur and ex-Col-
lector Robinson for balances claimed to
be due on their accounts as collectors of
the port of New York. Both the gentle
men claim that the shortage arose from
causes for which they were not officially
responsible. The balance claimed from
Mr.. Arthur is $7,473, and from Mr.. Rob-
inson 81 1904.
The motion for the release of "Bull |
Dog" Kelly Under the law providing that
after prisoner awaiting requisition has
been confined two months more than the |
time actually required to convey the pris-
oner out of the United States, any Judge
may, upon receiving proper proof that no.
tice to make such application has been
given to the secretary Of state, was argued
and was denied by Judge Nelson on the |
5th. Kelly's counsel gave notice that they |
would apply for writ of habeas corpus.
A band of 80 Apaches attacked party
of travellers Is miles southwest of Nocosa-
ri Sonora, Mexico, Sunday night last, kill
ing one Mexican and an American named
Zezes. The Indians who, it is believed,
belong to Geronimo's band, then proceed
ed to William Browns mine, where Nc
Kerton was killed last September, and
killed Brown and his companion, James
Moser. The band then started north and
one mile south of San Pedro,
where they stole 80 horses belonging to
settlers and then went in the direction of
the Sierra Madre mountains.
Capt. Bogardus won the shooting match
at jacksonville, ILL.,, last Saturday. It
was closely contested and excited cousid-
erable interest. His opponent was J. A.
Stice of that city. The terms were thirty