The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1888-04-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The estimated reduction in the public
debt for March is $11 100000.

debt for March is $11, 100000.
Major General Terry desires to retire
from the army, alleging ill-health as
his reason.
NJ. e. Sauffley, Kentucky's associate
justice of Wyoming, has been confirmed
by the senate.
Count Tivor Kragi, cousin of the Aus
trian ambassador at London, was killed
in duel at Pesth on Monday.
In the state election in Rhode Island
Tuesday the republicans elected their
gubernatorial candidate by about 1900.
An aronaut at Jackson, Michigan
dropped with parachute from a balloon
from height Of over mile. He reached
ground safely.
The city ticket at Oskaloosa, Kansas,
composed of woman for mayor and
women for the council, was elected by &C
majority Monday.
The handsome residence of William
Walter Phelps, near Ivaneck, New Jer-
sey, was destroyed by fire on the end inst.
The loss was 100000.
1t is officially promulgated that Mrs.
Grover Cleveland has contributed 800
photographs of herself to be sold for the
benefit of the fair for working women in
New York City.
The public land committee Of the
house has decided to support bills forfeit
ing 4O,OOO.OOO acres of the Northern and
Southern Pacific railroads land grants
and the Ontonogan grant.
A. G.. Spaulding is to take double team
of ball tossers to Australia to show the
people of the kangaroo country how ball
is played in America. The venture is to
require the outlay of $4,000.
Prince Bismarck, of Germany, ccle-
brated his seventy third birthday on the
1st inst. Congratulatory notes and tele-
grams and gifts of flowers poured into
the palace during the whole day.
At Rich Hill, Mo-, on the goth, fear
full explosion occurred that entirely
wrecked a coal mine and injured in the
debris over a hundred miners. Nearly
forty dead bodies were taken from the
mine.
The bark British Princess has been
wrecked off Caminaha, Portugal. It is
reported that the Spanish custom officers
prevented the saving Of lives by firing up
on the Portuguese life-boat, which had
gone to the rescue.
Governor Jackson, Of Maryland, has
pardoned the seven democratic judges and
clerks of election who were found guilty
of having perpetrated frauds at the polls
two years ago. They were sentenced or
the 9th of June last to two years IN
l prisonment.
8 A call has been issued for a convention
to he held at Topeka, Kans., May I, .fo1
$ the purpose Of organizing farmers trust
Circulars have been sent to the governor:
!, of all the states west of the Mississippi
? and to Illinois and Wisconsin to send del
9 egates to the convention.
Several villages in Hungary have beer
: flooded and the inhabitants are reported
! to be starving. At Hcttaharus one hun
$ dred and twenty houses were burned, ant
. seven hundred people rendered homeless
!, Two villages Of Nero, Bcreny ant
Hundsdorf have also been destroyed b.
fire.
The Jail at Friar's Point, Tennessee
: was burned Tuesday morning, and fiy
= prisoners perished in the flames. A
effort was made to rescue them but with
out success. The Jail is supposed t
have been fred by one of the inmate
e who was under sentence to the pcniten
tiary.
A terrible railroad disaster occurred o
the Milwaukee s. St. Paul near Ne'
!. Hampton, Iowa, Wednesday. The pas
scnger coaches of an express train wer
precipitated into the Wapsle river by tn
II giving away of bridge. Twelve peopl
q we're reported drowned, besides twent,
:. injured.
Il A dispatch has been received by til
,, department of state at Washington, fror
v the American minister at Copenhagen
IT stating thai the Danish government ha
- - issued an order forbidding the importa
r. ton into Denmark of pork or other ra
products of hogs, including bladders an
TO steam lard.
= A ranchman who got drunk at Whit
wood, D. T., recently, was arrested an
for lack of better ''cooler'' was locke
up in an empty box car. That night
train took On the car, and the ranchnls
- woke up in the morning fifty miles fro
home, without cent in his pocket. He
going to sue for damages.
4 Recorder Smith, of the court of gene