The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1888-06-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

LeprOsy is reported to be spreading
a fearful rate in Russia. Thirty cas-
have been reported in Darfat alone.
The Berlin National Zeitung says: Hel
ry Willard, under powerful auspices,
planning German expedition to the sout
, pole.
ED. White has been elected junit
United States senator from LOUISIANA.
succeed Eustis, whose term expires j
1891.
The Kentucky dlstillers have formed
trust and entered into an agreement to re
strict the production of the season Q
1SSS-89 to 100000 gallons.
Jacob Boatright (colored) was sold a
public auction on the 25th ult., at Mar
shall, Mo-, for term Of six months fo
$3.50. He had been convicted CT va
grancy.
A report comes from Egypt that Osmal
Digna's camp has been burned by incen
diaries in order to compel him to retreat
Two thousand Of his followers are said t.
have perisl,ed.
Ex- Mayor Grace of New York city ha.
announced his intention to 60 before the
democratic state convention and contes
for the nomination for governor against
Governor He'll.
BY an explosion in Merlot's cartridge
and fire works factory between Pointer
and Prest Gervois, France, seven build.
ings were destroyed, fifteen persons killed
and many wounded.
The senate on Monday passed the bill
to revive the grade of general Of the army
and comforting it upon Lieutenant Gen
cral Sheridan. There were only eleven
votes in the negative.
Arthur Harton, negro, was taken from
his bed at Arkadelphia, Ark, by five
men, carried into the woods and mur-
dered. Three of his murderers, who have
been arrested, were preachers.
The edge Of cyclone and hail storm
struck Elgin, ILL.,, Sunday evening, break
ing thousands of panes of glass, blowing
down trees and doing much other dam
age. Hail stones seven inches in circum-
ference fell.
A terrible accident occurred at Fred
erick, Maryland, Monday night from tile
effects of an explosion of barrel of gaso-
line in the cellar of a grocery store. Two
persons were killed outright and from
ninety to one hundred injured, some Of
them fatally.
Erastus Snow, one of the twelve apos-
ties of the Mormon church, died at Salt
Lake Sunday night ut the age Of 70 years.
He was among the earliest converts to
Smith and very soon became one Of the
leading men of the church.
At session of the house committee on
printing a number of employees and ex-
employees Of the government printing Of
fee testified that they had contributed
sums ranging from rs cents to $40 each
to the New York democratic campaign
fund last autumn.
Judge Nash Of Washington Tertiary
has decided the woman suffrage act
passed by the last Legislature Of that ter
ritory unconstitutional, and bases his au-
thorlty on the pred Scott decision. The
Legislative assembly, he says, has not the
right to confer suffrage on women.
AT the conclusion Of the ceremonies at
tending the laying of the corner stone of
the confederate monument at Jackson,
Mississippi, last Friday, Miss Winnie Da-
Wis was handed Masonic silver crown, to
be presented to her father, Jefferson Da-
Wis, on his 8Oth birthday, which occurs |
tomorrow.
The national prohibition convention, in
session at indianapolis this week, nomlna-
ted Clinton B: Fisk of New Jersey as
their candidate for president Of the
United States and John A. Brooks of
Kansas City for vice president. Messena
Rullard of Helena was elected a member
of the national committee for Montana.
The United States treasurer paid $12,-
SOC, 900 during last month on account of
pensions alone, Notwithstanding which
fact the excess of receipts over expendl-
lures during the month was nearly
100000. The treasury surplus, whicl,
fell to 500, 600, 900 at one time during the
month, has again risen to $101, 100000,
Senator Blair introduced joint resolu-
ton providing for the following amend
ment to the constitution: "That no state
shall ever make or maintain any law re-
Bpecting the establishment of religion or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof, and
that every state shall establish and main
tain system of free public schools, but
that no money raised by taxation shall
ever be appropriated, applied or given for
any school, institution, corporation or
person whereby instruction is given in any
doctrine, tenots, beliefs, ceremonials or
observations peculiar to any religious
sect"
Henry George was expelled Monday
night from the twenty third assembly dis
trict of the central labor party in New
York. Charges were preferred against
him to the effect that he had visited
Washington and Immediately afterward
advocated the affiliation of the united
labor party with the democratic party
The following was passed: "Resolved,
That we consider the course pursued by
Henry George as member Of the united
labor party as unmanly, void of the prin-
ciple of gentleman, his action that of
traitor, and not desiring his fellowship
ary iosser, we declare him expelled from
the organization
Capt. 4. s. NcAauglrey, the baodle
county commissioner Of Cook county, Illi-
inois, has been pardoned by Governor
Qglcsby. McLaugArey was tlle only one
of the boodlers who accepted his sentence,