The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1888-02-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

wards erecting crematory IN that city.
Amos J. Smell, millionaire and rea
estate owner of west Chicago, was found
murdered in his bed Tuesday morning.
Two sawmills at Port Blakely, opposite
Seattle, on Puget Sound, burned Saturday
morning. Loss $250,000; no insurance
The father of the murderer of Maxwell
has arrived at St. Louis. The date for the
hanging of Maxwell has not yet been
fixed.
BY the bursting of burr stone in a
corn mill at Broadland, Illinois, two men
were instantly killed and two fatally in
jured.
A terrific explosion of mine gas occurred
Saturday night at slope /, Nanticoke,
Penn, by which four men were fatally
burned.
By the explosion of boiler of saw
mill near Bcrmont, Ohio, on the 4th, four
men we're instantly killed and three others
fatally injured.
Charles Hoag, one of the earliest pion-
ecrs of Minnesota and who gave the city
of Minneapolis its name, died in that city
on the end inst. in his 80th year.
Benjamin E. Hopkins, late assistant
cashier and indicted with Harper for
swindling the Fidelity National bank at
Cincinnati, has been found guilty as in
dicted.
The granulating mill of the Austin Pow
der company at Cleveland, Ohio, blew up
ON the Sd, killing Engineer Wright. The
report of the explosion Was heard a mile
and a half.
Fourteen bodies from the Abercorn,
wrecked on the Washington territory coast,
have been washed ashore. Among them
are Pilot Charles johnson, of Astoria, and
Capt. Irving.
The residence of Lester Singletery,
colorcd man of Clarendon county, S. g.,
was burned during the absence Of himself
and wife, and their six children perished
in the flames.
Fred Newhauser, manager cf Eppin-
gers clothing store at jamestown, Dakota.
committed surcide Tuesday by taking
strychnine. Financial trouble is the sup
posed cause.
A conflict between striking miners and
troops at Rio Tinto, Spain, occurred Mon
day. Ten civilians were killed outright
and five others fatally wounded. Two SOL
dlers were wounded.
A farmer named Trison, living near
Hamburg, Iowa, shot and killed two men
named Holt and Rample while in the
act Of hog stealing. His neighbors gen
orally indorse his action.
A Brownsville, Texas, dispatch states
that Albert Garquez, Felix Gomez, Fele-
ciano Comtres, Antonio Blanco and q wo-
man (name unknown) were frozen to
death on the 18th ult. near Tamplco.
A corporation is being formed in Chi
cago for the purpose Of purchasing and re-
moving Libby prison to Chicago from its
present site at Richmond, Va. This is
new departure in the line of relic wor-
ship.
The residence of George D. Hill, near
Boliver, N. Y, was destroyed by fire
Monday night. Mrs. Hill and two small
children perished in the flames. The
father is 50 badly burned that his recovery
is doubtful.
Old Buckskin, the horse ridden by Lieut..
Baker, of Lansing, Michigan, IN the pur-
suit and capture Of Wilkes Booth, died in
that city on the Sd. His SKIN will be
mounted and placed on exhibition in the
state museum.
The city of Naiyen, China, which was
submerged thousand years ago, has re-
Gently been exposed to view, and num-
Der of vases, plates and other utensils Of
the Sough dynasty have been recovered
by the natives.
Professor Swenson, in charge of the ex-
periments in the manufacture of sugar
from sorghum cane at Fort Scott, Kansas,
expresses the opinion in his annual report
that sugar can be produced fully as cheap
ly in Kansas as Louisiana.
If Pat Killen, the prize fighter: makes
satisfactory arrangements to meet Nc
Auliffe, in San Francisco soon, it is an
nounced that he will go over the Northern
Pacific, giving exhibitions in Fargo, Bis
marck, Helena and Portland.
Editor Ellis, Of the Birmingham, Ala
bama, Hornet, was shot and mortally
wounded on the Sd inst. by Detective Sui
van of that city. Ellis published matter
in his paper concerning Sullivan which
the latter considered libelous.
It is reported that John G. Crowley, OF
Boston, who left for Europe some time
o.o 70 a defanlfcr to the extent OF $75,-