The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1890-05-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


death Of Samuel j. Randall. The elet
ton will be held next Monday.
! Russias trade with China has suffere
an enormous decrease. Trade return
show falling off of 100000 rubles il
exports and 100000 rubles in import
in 1889, as compared with 1888.
George Francs Train sailed from En-
gland for New York on the Etruria Sun
day, expressing confidence in his abilit
to complete his trip around the UOrlt
BY reaching Tacoma in sixty or sixtyon
days from the time Of his departur
from that city.
The Pennsylvania railroad is about t.
erect plant to manufacture ice to sup
ply all it's lines throughout the countr,
and also it's building, and depots. Th,
company uses immense quantities of ic'
and does not propose to pay the higt
prices asked by the various companies
The Louisiana legislature convened
Monday. The governors message
which was very lengthy, was principally
devoted to the opposition of renewal o
the lottery charter and suggests legisla
ton to prevent recurrence OF defalca
tions like Treasurer Burke's and en-
dorses the levee system.
A Santa Fe special says: Lee White
and Frank Cody, the young desperadoes
who have terrorized southern New Mex
leo for several months past, and who
held up and robbed the freight men al
Lamy junction last Wednesday, were
arrested in the Sandia mountains Sat
prday. They were brought here and
| held for trial.
The current number of the RailwayAge
will show in an article on railway con
struction that over LOO miles have been
added to the track mileage in the United
States so far in 1890 There have been
in all 744 new roads begun or incorpo-
| rated since the first of January last
The paper predicts that the construc-
tlon in 1890 will exceed that of 1889
when 500 miles were built.
A wholesale poisoning Of a colored
family near Brownwood, Georgia, is re-
ported. George Johnson's wife, in pre-
pairing the bread for breakfast for her
husband and eight children, used by
mistake strychnine for soda. The whole
family was stricken down and four
children have died. The doctors appre-
hend that the poison consumed will kill
the rest of the family, including the
mother
Washington dispatch: The house
committee on postoffices has consented
to give Postmaster General WanamalSer
one more opportunity to present his
DR.. Green, of the Western Union, to
meet him before the committee some
time next week, but there is no possibil-
ity of approval of his plan by the com
mittee Or by congress. There will be no
telegraph legislation at this session.
In the upper house Of the Prussian
diet last Saturday Count Pifeit of the
extreme right moved that the govern
ment take measures to remedy the evils
arising from the largo number of Jewish
pupils in the superior schools. He de-
clared the existing condition constituted
social danger. Herr Won Gossler, min
lister of public institutions, said it was
impossible to exclude the Jews from any
educational establishment Such an at
tempt would force the nation into DO
s.s. N leading to disruption instead of
union.
News received by the Zealandia states
that in the great storm of the 4th the
schooner Eliza Mary was driven on the
reefs at Mallicolo, New Hebrides. There
were on board at the time crew of
two passengers, forty-f four re-
cruits and fifteen returning labOrers. 4
boat was lowered and manned by four
whites and several blacks. The four
whites were drowned. Several of the
recruits swan for the shore and were
either drowned or killed by the natives
after landing. In all four whites and
forty-seven blacks were lost.
The formal opening of the new dry
dock of the Brooklyn navy yard took
place last Saturday afternoon. A large
delegation from Washington and Balti-
more was present to witness the trial. as
were also many citizens. 1t required an
hour to fill the dock, and when the cais
son was removed to admit the passage
Of the monitor Puritan, she was slowly
pushed forward ana foated within. The
caisson was ther laced and the dock
pumped dry. A ie conclusion of the
ceremonies there a luncheon. The
cost OF the dock H. the government was
100000.
Superintendent Porter has sent an
order 20 all supervisors of census stating
that it had been called to his attention
that city councils and boards of trade of
certain western cities have appropriated
certain sums of money to aid their CEN
sus supervisors in the enumeration of
population. One portion says, while it
may be urged by some that such a pro-
ceeding is legitimate and merely intend
ed to help the government, he is com
PEELED to look upon it as an almost ire
sistable temptation to fraud and conse-
quently dangering an honest count of
people. Supervisors are warned against
any compensation or allowing
to do so in any manner ex-
cept for the government.
A Vernon, La, dispatch says: Nor
mon elders hailing from Utah have been
tramping through Washington and
Holmes counties distributing their re-
ligious tracts. They had proselyted to
a considerable extent, and especially
among young unmarried females. A
party of eight women were secured.
Abram King had two daughters in the
party. King and son with some
1eighbors pursued the Mormons, cap
turing them. They tied them to trees
and after fogging them numerically
oosened them and began firing on them.
The Mormons ran into the swamps. |
They have not been seen since and un-
loubtedly perished. The young women
we're returned home and everyone of |
hem well switched, their parents max
ng each whip the other.
By vote of 80 to 13 last week the
United States senate amended the army
appropriation bill so that hereafter there
'annot be sold in any canteen, or build
ng in garrison or military post,
llcoholic liquors of any kind; and that
lothing of this character shall be furn-
shed enlisted men. The vote was
trictly partisan, the republican senators
'oting in favor of the amendment while
t was opposed by the democratic SEN
tors present. This is probably the first
tep ever taken by the government
oward carrying prohibition into the
rmy or navy. For years it has been
that there was exhaustive
rinking in the army and that the en-
sted men often became intoxicated;
lso that the canteens or store houses
ave been converted into veritable grog
hops.