The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-03-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

sy'vania, has the backing Of senators Cam
eron, Quay and German for public printer
and will probably get it.
The man arrested in the northwest sup
posed to he Tascott, tine murderer of Mill
ionaire Smell, proved to he the wrong
man.
John G. Hardy, familiarly known az
"Honest Jack" Hardy, one of the best
known sporting men in tine country, died
suddenly of paralysis Of the brain at New
Orleans.
Many large meetings have been held
in the cities of Australia and resolutions
adopted congratulating Parnell Oh his
victory over the Times. Large sums ere
raised for the Irish cause.
The Paradise Club of Anglers, New
York city, Of which Judge Gildersleeve is
president, just concluded the purchase of
10000 acres Of forest and fifty trout lakes
in various parts of the country. This
makes the largest fish and game preserve
in the world.
Senator Stewards special committee to
investigate tho subject of irrigating and
reclaiming arid lands will enter upon
their duty in August, meeting IN st. Paul
and proceeding first to Montana. The
chairman expects the trip will occupy six
weeks and cover most of the territories.
W. II. Morrell of New York is in Lam
sing, Mich, endeavoring to induce the
legislature to grant charter for ship
canal across the upper peninsula connect
ing lakes Michigan and Superior. The
route is 36 miles long and will save 27l
miles between Chicago and Duluth.
The formation of salt trust now seems
assured in Michigan. Manufacturers met
last week in secret and agreed to form a
combination. The idea is to shut down
all works where fuel costs so much, where
there IS only narrow margin of prof; ;
and the product of cacl, district to be
regulated by the area it can control. The
entire salt producing territory of the
country will be included, to have capi-
tai of $25, 100000.
indianapolis Tribune: There is no
mistake about it; President Harrison in
tends to carry out the pledges of his
party, as far as it lies within his power to
do so. This is something unprecedented,
and that is why the Office seekers are dis
mayed, and why they have found it nee
essary and profitable to study a document
which they regarded as safely buried in
the archives of the past.
Lower California is entirely quiet now
and Governor Torres has sufficient troops
to preserve order in case they are wanted.
Conservative papers insist that Mexico
will lose Lower California, and the infer
ence IS that the United States will absorb
it. The government, however, Gays there
is no probability Of losing Lower Cali
fornia. Rich copper and silver mines
have been discovered on the Ramirez
Varela concession in the state of Guer-
zero.
A dispatch to the Inter- Ocean of March
18th, says the Santa Clora mines of
Lower California are not myth or
failure. That there are 1900 Ameri
cans, ESQ Indians and about 100 Mexi-
cans at present at the mines. The first
corners we're disarmed by the Mexicans,
but this has been given up. The Globe
Democrat cditorially speaks of this dis
cevery as possibly producing such an
abundance of gold that silver will go up
again as in the days Of CALIFORNIA; album
dant production.
The condition of Miss Mary Anderson,
the actress, is reported to be somewhat
worse. All her engagements for the sea-
son have been cancelled, and her English
company of fifty-six people is disbanded.
A rumor to the effect that Miss Anderson
is insane has gained circulation. Drs.
Weir and Mitchell, under whose care the
lady has been since her arrival IN Phila-
delphia, when requested to affirm or deny
this rumor, positively refused to say any
thing about the patients condition.
The Masonic host of New York, nearly
100000 strong, are going to hold special
thanksgiving celebration April Gath to
celebrate the extinction of their temple
debt. When the present Grand Master
Lawrence was elected head of the craft,
there was debt of over $500,000 in
Cured in the erection of their great
temple, which cost upwards of $1,000,-
900. To the extinction of this debt tho
Grand Master devoted himself with all
his energy, and so successfully that the
whole has been paid of aud the temple
is free from any incumbrance.
A Boston dispatch to the Now York
Herald says: Union Pacific affairs ere in
a curious shape again. There is activity
in the construction department, strangely
out of place in company which has
been posing as bankrupt, and asking con-
gress for an extension of its debt. Sur
veying parties are out, and number OF