The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-11-23

ctaASe yesterday morning. Que 10 inter
est felt in the Brazilian situation. Up
1l:30 O'Clock the usual Rio cable had no
arrived and all attention was centere,
on the expectation Of the news it woul,
bring. Coffee advanced from - to .:
points over Saturdays closing. On th,
first call % 100 bags were sold.
The limited mail west CT the Penn
sylvania road ran into q landslide neal
Bessemer Sunday night. The engine
and baggage ear we're wrecked and Fire
man John Good was fatally injured
The engineer was badly hurt, but will
recover. Had the engine fallen 70 the
right, instead Of left. the entire train
with It's load Of 200 souls, would have
gone down an embankment 100 feet
high.
The new Brazilian government has
announced that L alll firmly maintain
order. 1t is preparing a circular to for
eign governments relative to the over
throw of the empire, which viii be tele-
gFaphed to them throu u the Brazilian
representatives, abroad. Province of
Bahia has signitiai It's adherence to the
republic News from other provinces
shows that they are also in favor Of q
republican form Of government.
At least 5000 people witnessed the ball
game between the st. Louis Browns and
Bostons at Denver yesterday, Every
body was delighted. 1t was work from
the beginning to the finish. The Bos-
tons did their best, but they we're not
equal to the wonderful playing of the
Browns. A good play was wildly re-
ceiyed. There were no favorites and
even justice was meted out. The score
by innings was st. Louis s, Boston 2.
The Omaha Bee Of Yesterday says: Tt
was learned here to-day that at the
meeting held in Boston on Saturday
last, at which the officials of the Union
Pacific, Denver & Texas and Fort Worth
agreed upon the consolidation Of the lat
ter with the Union Pacific branch lines
in Colorado. The action must be rati-
fed by the directors and stockholders of
both roads, but there is little question
but what that will be done.
A ST. Louis Republic special from
Mexico, Missouri, says: E. c. Collins, a
prominent farmer Of this county. was
shot and killed this morning while asleep
in bed. Mrs. Collins was in the same
bed. Before the killing the house was
robbed. The affair is surrounded in
mystery and all sorts of runors are
atioat. There has been trouble in the
family for some time and interesting de-
velopments are expected.
Reports are received from Ohio of an
alleged illegal election in Mapleton pre-
cinct, Ashbury township, which cast 12G
re publican and 5G democratic votes at
the late election. The charge is that all
the judges were republicans. Owing to
its isolated position Mapleton cannot be
re ached for several days. The demo
cratic managers think it possible. IF
true it would lose Lamson. republican,
sixty votes and elect Marquis lieutenant
governor.
Gen. Fitz John Porter makes pablo
two letters addressed By him to Messrs
Hay and Nicolay, protesting against
their statements about him il their
Century articles CT Lincoln. The gen
eral says the authors have refused 10
mnhe the corrections requested by him
and consequently he is obliged to place
himself right before the public BY stat
ing the facts. He then gives his side of
the controversy over the conduct of
Pope's campaign, and quotes Lincoln as
having favored reversal OF the sentence
gainst him (Pocter) growing out Of that
The report of the civil service commits
sion for 1889 will be submitted to the
president in a few days. 1t is written
in Theodore Rooseyelt's terse style. and |
is much shorter than reports heretofore
It Is understood to severely !
criticize, without mentioning names,
certain members Of congress who have |
themselves as opposed to the
1ox.r no IL Is,
ioing and the prospects for improving
5ne service with larger appropriations
ire dwelt upon at some length. The /
commissions report viii say It is Grip /
oloe; TO a great extent By the small ap-
with which It has to work.
More employees and clerks are needed to
carry on the work At least
100000 is asked for the ensuing year.
The land department officials are
,uzzling their brains over the dividing
inc between North and South Dakota
The enabling act divides the states upon
he seventh standard parallel. This IS
surveying, not q latitude parallel, aud
where it has not been surveyed, there it
nds. In the case Of the Dak1tas it
nds at the Missouri river. never having
,een carried across the Sioux reserFa-
ion. Although Dakota is divided and
wo states admitted, yet the line of di-
ision beyond the Missouri is not estab-
shed Technically Dakota is not d.
ided and the president did right in ad-
aittlng them as twins. Not only are
hey twins, but until the seventh paral-
el is carried across they are Siamese
wins. Of course, this presents no ser;-
us difficulties. An act Of congress may .
nd no doubt will establish the bounda- ,
les through the reservation on a line
18th the seventh standard parallel.
Another Judge FOR Silver Is..w.
Butte special, 18th: Silver Bow county
as now duly authorized and legal dis