The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-04-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Chas. E. Monteith of Idahs has bee
appointed agent of the Nez Perces Ii
). dians.
George L. Shoup and E. J. Curtis bot
Of Idaho have been nominated for govel
| nor and secretary, respectively, of tina
J territory. ..=..-....
The nomination of Murat Halste6
editor of the Cincinnati Commercial,
be minister to Germany was rejected b
, the senate, 25 to 10.
A rumor is current that King John, O
Abysslnia, is dead. 1t is said his dealt
is due to wounds received in battle will
the forces of Lono, by Dervish Mettema
A thirteen year-old boy named Harri
was riding on larry used to charge Cox
ovens at Uniontown, Pa, last Saturda,
and was pitched into the top of an over
and burned to crisp before he could bt
extrlcated.
Citizens of Winnipeg caught music
teacher named Erest, who had been toe
intimate with another mans wife, dosed
him with palegoric and axle grease and
gave him a coat of feathers and ran him
out of town.
The special committee on relations with
Canada has decided to start for Chicago
May 31st. From there they will go to
Tacoma and Seattle, w. r., returning
through British Columbia and Canada by
the Canadian Pacific railroad.
Complaints have been lodged in
Washington against Receiser Maginnis,
brother of ex-Delegate Maginnis, of Mon
tana, alleging bad state of affairs in the
Duluth, Mimi, land office, that number
OF fraudulent entries have been made
that the business of the office has been
conducted in a hap hazard manner, etc.
A hurricane at Apia, March 18th,
swept every vessel in the harbor on shore
except the English man Of war Calliope,
which got to sea. The Trenton and
Vapaalia are total losses, The Nlpsic is
beached and the rudder gone, but may
be towed. The chances are against it.
The Vandalia lost four officers and thirty
nine men.
The secretary of war has directed
Second Lieutenant Frederick r. Day, of
the signal service corps, now on duty IN
this city, to proceed to Fort Assiniboine,
Helena, Fort Custer and Fort Maginnis,
Montana territory; Boise City Idaho;
Fort Washakie, Rawlina, Cheyenne and
Fort Laramie, Wyoming territory. and
inspect the signal service stations located
there.
Letters from Capt. Durham, of the
whaling schooner William Grcsier, at St.
Vincent, West Indies, say that on Febru-
ary 2Sth she sighted wreck, which
proved to be the Boston bark Albert
Russell from Australia. She rescued
two sailers who had been on the wreck |
thirteen days, the balance of the crew,
together with the captains wife and two
little girls, being all lost.
A medium sized whale OF the gervavis
species, became stranded off the beach |
near Chelsea, New Jersey, and was cap
tured by the crew Of the life-savlng stat
ion after severe struggle. Upon being
dragged ashore it was found to he ten
feet long and estimated at from 5000 to
1000 pounds in weight. As the monster
was captured by government employees it
will probably be sent to Washington in
few days.
AT a meeting of the Central Labor
Union of New York on Monday COM
was read purporting to come
from Jay Gould, through Washington
Davis, railroad contractor, stating that
Gould was willing to hand over to the
union $l1, 100000 in gold, with interest
from 1889, if the Central Labor union
would be willing 10 adopt the plan for
cooperative industry proposed by Gould.
The secretary will wai upon Davis
to see what the communication means.
The president made thefollowing nom-
nations on Monday. James N. Huston,
Of Indiana, treasurer of tie United States.
Ellis H. Roberts, Of New York, assistant
treasurer at New York city. Chap. Geo.
B. White, U. S. Navy. chief Of the bureau
Of yards and docks, to fiji a vacancy. L.
Bradford Prince, of SAINT, Fe, to be Gov
srnor Of New Mexico. Louis 4. Walker
If Helena, to be secret,ry of Montana.
Chas. R. A. Scobey, of Montana, Indian
agent at Fort Peck, Montana. VIM. F.
Wharton, of Massachusetts, assistant
secretary of State. Geoge H. Shields, Of
Missouri, assistant adjutant general vice
Richard Montgomery, resigned.
A destructive prairie fire swept over
The country south of Scotland D. T., on
Tuesday consuming many fern buildings
and serious fires in Other parts of the terri-
tory are reported. A young lady aged II