The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1886-03-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK

Monday nlgh..
A fire at Hot Springs, Arkansas, on the
18th inst. destroyed block of business
houses valued at $l5O,OOO.
The Connecticut Legislature has passed
bill exempting from taxation the prop
erty OF Union soldiers to the amount of
$1,000.
The house committee on invalid pen
sions have reported bill granting pen
sion Of $4,000 year to the widow Of
Geueral Hancock.
The Mikado of Japan has signifed his
intention of contributing $500 to the
Grant monument fund as token of his
respect for Gen. Grant.
In the Canadian parliament Monday a
resolution censuring the government for
the execution OF Louis Ricl was voted
down by majority of A.
The house committee on public lands
has agreed to report favorably upon the
bill to repeal the pre-emption, timber
culture and desert land laws.
Ex-Governor Michael Hahn, representa-
tive in congress from the second district
of Louisiana, died suddenly Monday
morning at Wizards hotel, Washington,
of hemorrhage OF the lungs.
The steamer "San Pablo" which sailed
from San Francisco on the 18th for China
took 1900 Chinese. A large number Of
them were aged and INDECENT to whom no
return certificates were issued.
The Chicago Knights of Labor have de-
cided to sustain the striking employees of
the Mccormick Reaper company and to
boycott the firm, which is now employing
nearly full force of non-union men.
John B. Coughs will leaves 10000 in
small sums to large number of relatives,
and 81 900 each to half dozen charitable
or missionary societies. The personal
property and real estate goes to the widow.
The rear coach Of passenger train on
the Michigan & Ohio railroad jumped the
track near Eckford, Michigan, on the 18th.
Two passengers were fatally injured, and
six or eight others we're less severely hurt.
The Atlantic steamer "Oregon" was run
into at A go o'clock Sunday morning by
an unknown schooner off Fire Island, New
York harbor, and the former was sunk.
Her passengers and crew, 800 in number,
we're all saved.
At Logansport: Indiana, while Sarah
Hassett, cook at restaurant, was filling
the tank of a gasoline stove with gasoline
the fluid took fire and the tank exploded.
The Hassett woman and Joseph Heffner
we're fatally burned.
The international billiard match in New
York between Schaefer of that city and
Vignaux of Paris terminated on Saturday
evening last. Schaefer won the five games
straight, with score of 5000 against
1 1855 for Vignaux.
The two great mills of the GAMBIA Pow
der company near Portland, Maine, blew
up on tie 18th inst, killing Clarence c.
Terry and Henry Hooper. There was a
arge stock of material on hand and the
explosion was terrific.
Zelno P. Gorden, the oldest telegraph
operator in the United States, died at
CASTLE, N. Y, on Saturday, aged 81 years.
For a long period he was in charge of the
Erie railroad depot at CASTLE, and was
we'll known and very popular.
In a letter to the secretary of the treas
Try Comptroller Durham states that the
territory Of Utah owes the United States
he sum of $2S5,77e.52 and advises that
Ill payments to the Legislature of that ter
.itory be withheld until settlement is
made.
Henry J. Hall, 72 years old, committed
suicide at the Fifth avenue. hotel in New
York. He was by profession mining
engineer and is said to have sunk the first
shaft in California, the time the gold dis
;overies began. He is said to have been
millionaire.
The house committee on agricultural
las instructed Representative Hatch to re-
port favorably bill prepared by him
of the act establishing a
bureau of animal industry, and providing
means for the suppression Of contagious
diseases among cattle.
All Joe, a Chinaman, and Selma John
on, white girl, who were arrested to-
,ether in Boston few days since, settled
heir case yesterday by being married in
ourt and paying fine of / cent each and
ne half the costs. All Joe is a grocer
nd has considerable property.
George Wilkes, alias Willis, and Joseph
Reilly, alias Elliot, have been arrested in
1ew York on the charge of having swind
ed Rochester, n. Y, banks and others in
Cheyenne, Butte City and San Francisco
o the amount Of $4,000. Reilly is the