The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1886-07-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK

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If there are no vetoes congress will ad
,, journ by Monday.
! Connecticut courts have declared boy
cotting a crime.
During the year 3,462 postoffices hav'
been established and 22,747 appointments
made.
Marquis Salisbury has been appointed
prime minister of England by Queer
Victoria.
Hubert 0. Thompson, the well-known
New York politician, was found dead il
his bed on Monday.
The Wisconsin Central road has com.
menced running through trains between
St. Paul and Chicago.
The theater at Tinnevelly, British India,
has been destroyed by fire; one hundred
Hindoos were killed and many wounded.
The issue Of the standard silver dollars
from the mints during the week ended
July "a was $487, $40; corresponding per-
iod of last year $356,995.
The president declines to pardon, Viii
liam Watts, the captain OF Name vessel
undergoing imprisonment at San Francis
co for ill-treating his crew.
1t has transpired that Rev. w. Sherman,
ayoung Catholic priest, Brooklyn. violated
his oath of celibacy month ago, by mar
rying Miss Matilda Mccoy.
Fred Winkleman. a young druggist of
Cincinnati. has been arrested on suspicion
of having caused his brides death by an
attempt to procure an abortion.
P. H. Kelly, of St. Paul, Minnesota's
Democratic chieftan. arrived at New
York Sunday from Europe. An inter-
view represents him as very tired Of poll
| tics.
Police OfficerWalter Israel, of Detroit,
Mich, was fatally stabbed by Polish
laborer named Spynjac, who had been
abusing his wife when the officer inter-
fered.
The senate committee on the surplus
resolution have adopted new proposition
that the secretary of the treasury may re-
deem bonds in monthly installments of
100000, until the surplus is reduced
to $11O,0O0,00O.
In Comanche county, Tex, mob
hanged a negro boy who outraged and
murdered Mrs. Stephens The mob was
bent on burning him, but the mother of
the murdered woman pleaded for less
barbarous punishment.
The low element of Amsterdam, Bel
gium, have game of killing ellis on Sun
day The police prohibited the degrad-
ing pastlme and the prohibited revolted.
1t is reported that numbers were killed.
Eighteen policemen were wounded.
1t is stated that the Union .Pacifc has
purchased the Oregon Railway & Naviga-
ton company's plant at Portland. If the
rumor is verified it will create something
of a sensation in railway circles, as the
Northern Pacific depends upon its running
arrangement with the Oregon Navigation
to get from Wallula to Portland.
On Saturday the bark Besse, F. B.
Gibbs. captain, was lost on the Columbia
river bar, near Astoria. The vessel was
approaching the city at p. m., with her
pilot signal flying, but came too near and
grounded on the middle bar, and is now
a total wreck. The crew was all
saved. The loss was heavy but we'll
covered by insurance The vessel was
owned by w. N. Besse, Of New Bedford,
Massachusetts,.
The house on Tuesday passed the
Northern Pacific forfeiture bill. The bill
seems to have little effect upon the
officials of that road. They say the SEN
ate will not concur in the bill, and it is
practically new bill, but in such shape
as to make a great showing and accom-
plish nothing. The sweeping forfeiture
takes in all the land vast of the Missouri |
river, and it is just for that reason the
senate will pay no attention. to it.
In the case of Crawford against Craw-
ford and Dixie in the London courts, the |
jury decided after an absence Of twenty
minutes that Mr.. Crawford was entitled to
a divorce from his wife onthe charge of |
adultery with Sir Charles Dixie, as de-
cided nisi by Justice Sir Charles Butt,
February IL, last. A rehearing at the
intervention of the queens proctor for the
purpose of ascertaining whether the de-
cree nisi should not be set aside on the
ground of collision between Mr.. and Mrs.
Crawford, or on new evidence invalidat-
ing the wife's confession No more
shocking outrage upon the obligations of
friendship, the precepts of morality, the
primary instincts of decency, or the
sanctity Of family ties were ever dragged
before disgusted community.
Mr.. Gillfillan, of Minnesota, made an
elaborate speech upon the Northern Pa
cific forfeiture bills on Tuesday. 1t is
generally conceded that it was the strong
est and clearest exposition of facts that
had yet been laid before the house. ut
had the effect Of compelling the house to
use its brains," said western member;
"and when it comes to its senses it will
be in a better position to do these land
grant roads justice, and not till then. The
declaration of labor unions in favor of for
feiture, and the wild demands of plat
forms of state conventions of both parties,
have frightened congressman until they
have lost their heads. There has been
wild demagogue stampede that has swept
aside reason, logic and and all sense of
justice. Mr.. Gilfillan's speech did much
to allay this panicky feeling"
The Mexican troubles have assumed
most suspicious attitude. The excitement
on both sides of the river, among Mexi-
cans as we'll as Americans, bas been so
great that both governments have con-