The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1888-03-03
Representative McKenna, of Callforni

the woolgrowers of that state against
reduction of the duty on imported wool
which, they assert, would PRACTICAL.
abolish wool growing in California, as tn
, competion could not be carried on agains
the cheap labor and cheaper ranges o
other countries.
Martin Irons, the leader of the grea
strike on the Missouri Pacific system
two years ago, and who has been on tria
in St. Louis on the charge of attempting
to tap the telegraph wires and obtair
dispatches going to and from Jay Gould
and General Manager Hoxie, has been
acquitted, greatly to the delight Of his
friends and the Knights Of Labor gener-
ally.
The grecnbackers in the house, Weaver,
Anderson and Hovey, are pushing bill
to pay every soldier the difference be-
tween tile face value of his greenback
money and the value of grecnbacks in
gold at the time of payment. The passage
of the bill would involve the payment of
about $3.50, 100000.
An express train on the St. Louis, Ar
kansas & Texas railroad was robbed on
Wednesday morning near Kingsland, Ar
kansas The express messenger locked
the doors of his car, but the robbers
smashed them in and rif1ed the safe of its
contents, variously estimated at from
s., 900 to $4,000. The passengers and
mail car were not molested.
At the settlement known as Spanish
Camp, in Wharton county, Texas, on
Monday night, five negroes were shot and
one hanged. The affair is said to have
been the outcome Of suit over the title
to land where the negroes resided and
had purchased, and which had been de-
cided In favor of the negroes at the last
term of court in Wharton county.
The house committee ON invalid pen
sions have decided to report favorably the
ex-prisoners Of war pension bill. 1t
grants pensions at the rate fixed by law to
all who were thirty days or more confined
IN confederate prisons, and gives them 50
day outright for each day more than
thirty they were so imprisoned. Favor
able reports will also be made on the bills
increasing the pension for total disabili-
ties to $50 month, limiting the fee of
examining surgeons to 81 in each case.
Snow storms Of exceptional severity are
prevailing in northern Italy. Several vii
lagos in the Alps have been destroyed by
avalanches. Many lives have been lost.
Troops have been dispatched to aid the
sufferers. Many villages near lake Como
are suffering from lack of food. Soldiers
are cutting their way through to their re-
lief. The custom house near Revere was
destroyed by an avalanche. Three guards
and four other persons were killed. An
avalanche covered the village of Sterpone,
near Ivrca. Thirty lives were lost.
A memorial has been presented to the
senate, signed by a large number OF citi-
zens of Minnesota, Dakota and Montana,
in favor of granting pension Of $50 a
month to Pierre Bottineau, an old scout
and guide known to many in tie north
west, who has rendered important service
at great risk to his own life from hostile
Indians. He is far advanced in years
and physically disabled from supporting
himself by manual labor and is, withal,
reduced to poverty. He was first en-
ployed as guide by the government in
1857, and acted as guide to Capt. Fisk's
overland expedition to Montana in 1862.
The Governor of Illinois has issued a
proclamation, to take effect March 1,
1888, prohibiting the importation into
that state of any cattle from the Indian
territory, and from certain counties in
Texas and from the states of Arkansas,
Tennessee, Louisiana, North Carolina,
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia South
Carolina and Florida, between the 1st of
March and the 1st of November Of each
year, unless such cattle be placed in quar-
antine for ninety days upon their arrival
there. This proclamation dees not pro-
hlbit cattle from passing through the
state, or being taken there for immediate
slaughter, but prohibits such being driven
over any public highway or commons.
The Northern Pacific has established
excursion rates between st. Paul and
| Duluth and Portland, which make 1t
possible for residents along the line to
reach the terminal points at very low
rates. The following are the rates: From
ST. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth and Ash
land, to either Portland or Tacoma and
return, all routes, $50; to Victoria and
return. $50; to San Francisco, all rail,
returning same route, sos; to San Fran
cisco via steamer from Portland or Ia
coma, returning same route, $95; to San
Francisco, returning to Missouri river and