The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1890-02-22

Seventeen Sharon, Ga, citizens, ar
rested for interfering with Postmaster
Duckworth, were bound over to the
April term of court.
The Nevassa rioters were sentenced at
Baltimore, Ohio, Thursday. George S.
Key, Henry Jones and Edward Smith
were sentenced to be hanged March %.
The fourteen men convicted of nam
slaughter, were sentenced to terms IN
the pententiary from two to ten years.
A Lancaster, Pa, dispatch of the 18th
says the Lincoln national bank, which
has been plundered by Cashier Bard
and L. w. Hall, has closed it's doors
under orders of the bank examiner. 1t
is reported that the defalcation is much
larger than it was first estimated, when
the amount was stated to be between
$4,000 and $4,000.
1t is currently reported that heavy
negotiations are pending between G.. P.
Huntington and Henry Willard, whereby
the former will become purchaser Of
large tracts of coal lands in the new
state of Washington. The details are
withheld, but it is understood the acqui-
sition of these coal lands will cost Hun
tington and associates several millions.
independent of the money they will ex-
pend for the establishment of a line of
steamers to develop the traffic.
In the English commons on Monday,
Parnell asked for information as to the
governments intentions regarding the
report of the special Parnell commission.
Hon. H. Smith, government leader, said
the government intended to ask the
house to adopt the report and thank
the commission for their just and i'm
partial conduct Cheers and counter
cheers and laughter.) He said the gov
ernment would ask the house to enter
the report on its journal. Cries of Oh!
OhD He said he hoped to make a mo-
ton on Monday next to carry out the
governments intention.
A Dispatch from Jeffersonville, Ind,
says Daniel and Edward Seek, aged re-
spectlvely Is and 16 years, have just ar
rived home to their grandfather afver
remarkable experiences. The Boys ran
away from their home at Tacoma, Wash
ington, Jan. 10. They say they were
unable to get along with their step
mother They had no baggage and pos
sessed only thirty-fve cents between
them. Yet they never entered any
house nor asked for food or assistance
from any one. Their diet consisted of
corn from field, which was eaten raw or
roasted by fire in the woods They
stole or begged rides on trains when they
could, and walked part of the way.
The Northern Pacific has decided
upon % per cent reduction in it's rates
on stock cattle from points in Dakota as
far west as Mandan. Owing to the in
terstate act rates from points in Mime
sofa will be rorrasnon1i, DIV .radn,neei
Ihe reduction is upon rates from the
points Il entioned to the roads eastern
terminals, and is made for the benefit of
the Dakota farmers. 1t will enable
them to sell cattle which are not fat to
packing house establishments for feed
ers. The reduction will also apply upon
| shipments of stock cattle to points as
far as Mandan. The minimum charge
will be SO per car. The Great North
ern has also announced a similar reGuc-
ton between all points on it's line west
of Minot. The reduction will be made
Feb. 20, and the minimum charge will
$40 per car.
In the house Monday, after the read
ing of the jonrnal, Carlisle arose and
said that since the Goth of January, his
side of the house had been protesting
every morning against the approval of
the journal on the ground that 1t con-
tanned an entry made by the direction
of the speaker, showing the names of
certain members present and not voting.
Last Friday the house adopted code
of rules providing for such practice
Against this the democrats protested
and would protest as unconstitutional,
but it was question which could not
be decided in this house, and whenever
the proper cases arose it would 60 to
some other forum. 1t was the purpose
of his side to see that this occasion
should be made in such shape as would
permit it to be finally and decidedly
passed upon. Therefore he now saw no
reason why the journal, the form of
which the house had a right to pre-
scribe, should not be approved. This
was done.