The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1891-08-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK

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wrestler, died in New York Sunday
i. night. He has been i'll with consump-
ton about three months.
z At Adrian, Mimi, last Friday hail fell
e measuring eight inches in diameter kill
ing quite number of sheep and chick
: ems and doing considerable damage to
crops.
An aeronaut named johnson fell from
. balloon at Tacoma, Saturday, to the
ground, a distance Of about 1000 feet and
was instantly killed 1t is said he was
intoxicated.
James buckingham made an ascension
Sunday evening at Syracuse, New York,
; with parachute descent. The para
chute covered him and he being unable
to extricate himself from its folds, was
drowned.
At Grand Forks, North Dakota, Mon
day evening, while bathing in the Red
River, Rev. Wm Carrie, rector of ST.
Pauls Episcopal church, his daughter
Ruth, aged 13, and Laura VanKirk, aged
IA, were drowned.
The American record for ten miles was
broken Saturday in the annual road race
OF the Illinois Cycling club, at Chicago,
kinsley making the distance in 5000
with Gray, another contestant less than
two feet behind him. The best record
heretofore has been BOIL for the same
distance.
Miss Annie Harkness, of Terre Haute,
Ind, was advertised to make balloon
ascension and parachute descent Satur-
day at Coney island. She made the as
cension all right, but while making the
drop the parachute suddenly collapsed
and she dropped swiftly to the ground
800 feet and was instantly killed.
Mrs. James K Polk, relict of the tenth
president of the United States, died at
Nashville on the 14th inst. Mrs Polk
was born September 4, 1903 at Murfrees-
borough. She married Mr.. Polk when
still in her teens, and lived continuously
in Nashville, except when in Washing
ton during the congressional career of
her distinguished husband, and while
mistress Of the white house For tn
past fifty years she lived in seclusion.
A San Antonio, Texas, dispatch says:
Aontip Carrasci, the noted bandit chief
{,ir, IL, l,,i, e
has added another victim to his list
Torribio Pastrango, the deputy sheriff
who secured evidence showing that Car
rasci was the murderer of Charles
Fuchsman, sergeant of the Texas rang
ers, attempted to arrest the bandit at a
fandango. As the deputy sheriff ad-
revolver and shot Pastrango dead, alter
which he made his escape.
Governor Nichols. Of Loulsiona, has
removed the county commissioners of
Calcasin parish for their connection with |
the hanging picnic last month. On July |
10th, two murderers, Dial and Charles
Lange, were to have been hanged in Cal |
casn parish. The event was advertised |
in that and neighboring parishes as well
as in Texas, and a big hanging excursion
gotten up from Houston. The excur-
sionists went with militia brass band |
to witness the execution, and provided |
with refreshments, as though at a picnic.
1t was supposed that some of the parish
officials were interested in this venture
Postoffice Inspector Stuart is in re-
ceipt Of many letters which show that
the national Capital Savings, Building e.
Loan Association was even a gaeater
swindle than at first supposed. Victims
are being heard from from all over the
country. Among others Daniel Homes,
Leeds, Iowa, farmer, writes that not
only did the association get him to pur-
chase stock, but under pretense of
making loan they secured deed to
his farm as well. He anxiously asks
that this be sent back. Inspector Stuart
fears it has been realized on. It has
been learned that Lewis F. Mortimer,
manager of the concern, is in Canada
A dispatch from the City of Mexico
says: A telegram received here from
Colimi states that ashes from the volcano
have ceased to fall in that place, though |
he column of fire is yet the same. The
fall of ashes in some cases attained a
depth from three to six inches on house
tops and in streets. The eruption is on
scale Of magnitude never before OBJ
served. The streams of lava are many |
feet wide and are now coursing down the
sides of the volcano, burning everything
in their course. 1t is stated the COVER
nor of Colimi has sent commission to
the volcano to make scientific report
upon the present eruption.
Important seizures of smuggled goods
were made by the customs officials at
New York Sunday night from passengers
of the steamship Umbria, just arrived
from Liverpool Joseph Zeiter, of Syra-
cuse, N. Y, was found to have thirty
yards of black silk wrapped around his
body and in a trunk was found fifty
yards more of silk, two gold watches, six
shawls, twelve sets of fine cutlery, a
number of meerschaum pipes and a
quantity of lace. Abraham Yester and
Jacob Rosenberg, of New York, were dis
covered passing package to friend on
the pier. The parties were arrested and
the package found to contain various
articles of jewelry valued at $1,000.
Information regarding important
changes in customs regulations by the
South American states is made public
through the Bureau of American Re-
publics. 1t appears that the Brazilian
government, by decree which goes
into effect January 1. 1892, includes
consular invoices among the documents