The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-06-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

A fire at Reno, Nevada, on Sunday af-
ternoon destroyed property valued at
S25O,OOO. Insurance Sl2oUU.
Roger G. Spooner of Wisconsin has
been appointed consul to Sprague. He
: is brother of John G.. Spooner senator
from that state.
First assistant postmaster Clarkson
appointed 985 fourth class postmasters
last week One hundred and fifty seven
were appointed on the 25th.
William Webb. Edward and Walter
Fallett and Bud" Henderson, four more
Of the robbers of Paymaster Wham in
Arizona, have been arrested.
Sam Zip Jah, one of the Cinnamon
charged with ravishing little children at
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been found
guilty. The penalty is thirty five years
imprisonment.
The Spokane & Palouse branch OF the
Northern Pacific, it is announced, will
build from Wayland station by Potlach
creek to Clearwater river, and down
Clearwater valley to Lewiston, Idaho.
The vault in the registered letter divis-
ion of the Chicago postoffice was enter
ed Monday night and eighty-six regis
tered letters stolen. 1t is believed to
have been the work of some one entirely
familiar with the office.
Interest in the Smell murder case has
been revived by the announcement Of
Mrs. Henrietta Smell that her reward OF
$4,000, heretofore offered for Tascott.
will hold good for sixty days longer on
the same terms and conditions.
Ex-president Cleveland was banquet
ted Monday night by the Young Mems
Democratic club of New York city.
Over five hundred of the leaders of the
democratic party were present, all fac
tions Of the democracy being represen-
ted.
AS the east bound passenger train on
the Texas & Pacific railroad reached the
outskirts of Dallas, Tex, on the night Of
the oath, two masked men with drawn
reyolvers entered the express car, beat
the messenger and robbed the safe of
600 and escaped.
Tuesday night Chief Inspector Stew
Chicago postoffice, under arrest for the
theft of eighty-tive registered letters.
The amount involved is not known, but
in the office are imminent.
Adjutant General Drum, having
reached the age of Ga years, has been
formally retired from active service in
the army. General Kelton, who has
been assistant adjutant general, will act
as adjutant general until an appoint
ment is made to fill the vacancy.
Laura Bridgman, deaf, dumb and
blind from two years of age, made wide
ly famous by Charles Dickens in his
"American Notes." and also by many
public references to her wonderful intel
ligence, died on the oath inst. at the
South Boston asylum, where she had
long dwelt, aged 60.
By the breaking of wire rope used in
hosting at the Pettlbone shaft near
Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, a bucket
loaded with rock was permitted to fall
to the bottom, distance of over 11OO
feet. Ten men were working in the
shaft at the time, one of whom was
killed outright and five others fatally
injured.
Nine years ago John H. Hillman dis
appeared from Lawrence, Kansas. HIS
life was insured for $4,000, and after
long litigation his wife was awarded S37,
900, the dead body of a man having been
brought to Lawrence from Indian terri
tory and identified as that OF Hillman.
It now transpires that Hillman is alive,
he having been arrested at Tombstone,
Arizona, this week.
u The Times special from Emporia,
Kan, reports that disastrous cyclone
passed over Clements, Chase county,
on the 25th. Captain Brown and his
daughter were killed and his wife had
one leg almost torn off and his son had
an arm and leg broken. 1t is reported
that six or seven other persons were
killed, but the wires are all down and no
reliable information can be obtained.
| In the Bishop inquest at New York
Tuesday morning deputy coroner Jen-
body of the mind reader, re-openlng the
incisions previously made, and found
the body we'll preserved. In the chest
cavity he found many of the vital organs,
including the brain. ALI seemed healthy
and in appearance presented no cause
for death. Portions of the brain and
other organs were missing.
"Old, childless almost friendless,
Land Bill Allen, the originator OF the
homestead act, now resides at NewAl
bany fourteen miles from Columbus, y
says the Cincinnati Enquirer. George
w. Allen started many newspapers,
made good deal of money, and spent
his whole fortune in advocacy Of the
homestead act and the abolition of
slavery. He is now in his eightieth
year.
Detective Dan Coughlin of the Chicago
police force has been arrested for com
plicity in the murder of DR.. Cronin OF
that city. Since the finding of the body,
. Investigation has disclosed the location
of the building in which the murder was
committed. Among claims made by the
Chicago police is one that the Clan-na-
Gael society, faction of which was
hostile to Dr. Cronin, is responsible for
the crime, having ordered his removal.
Lorenz Laopez, sheriff of San Miguel
county, New Mexico arrived at Trini-
dad, Colorado, on the 25th, with six pris-
oners. who had stolen 500 horses from
ranches in the above county. Three
hundred and fifty head of the stolen
horses were found in their possession
and the herd was being driven toward
Montana. The names Of the prisoners
, are, Tom Friedman, Jim Williams (col
/, ored), H. W. Bunting, Chas. Martin, e
A. Perkins and Sam Martin Cook.
A passenger train on the San Fran
cisco & st. Louis railroad was wrecked
near Sullivan, Mo-, on the 24th, by ti.s
removal of spikes and fish plates from
the rails. The work is supposed to have
: been done by robbers, although no at
tempt was made to rob the train. Forty
r five passengers were badly injured, sew
: eral Of whom have since died. Genera
: Manager Morrill, has offered reward o.
: $1,000 for information that will lead tt
: the detection of the perpetrators OF the
crime.
Ex-Treasurer Louis Constans of New
port, KY, has been indicted by tht
: grand jury for embezzlement, the amoun
e being fixed at s35,OOO City Clerk VIM
5 F. Mcclure was also indicted on the same
+ charge. Surprise is felt in both cases
e Both men are of high standing in th'
n community, and neither has been sus
d pected Of any Intentional wrong doing