The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1892-03-12
LIVINGSTON MONTANA. SATURDAY, MARCH II. 1892
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Genus returns for the city of New York
are all IN with the exception of two cleo
tion districts. The total population OF
"a assembly districts, according to the
enumeration, is 1,795, ,295.
The contest between Claggett and Du,
bois was decided in the senate on the
3rd by vote of 55 to ), affirming the
right of Dubois to seat as United
States senator from Idaho.
Edwards Pierrepont died at New York
Sunday. In 1873 and 1876, he was at
torney general in President Grants cab
met, and later served for time as min
ister to England. He died at the age of
seventy eight years.
The house committee on irrigation
has agreed to the bill prepared by sub
committee for the cession of the arid
lands to the states and territories for
reclamation. Representative Lapham
was authorized to report it to the house.
The total population of Brooklyn
according to Genus returns, so far as
handed in, with the exception of one
district, is 953,33S. The missing district
will probably bring it up to $4,000. The
federal Genus for 1880 was SO6,342, and
the police Genus, four months later,
S53,945:
A Baltimore daily paper publishes the
personal presidential preferences of
ninety-six editors of Maryland, Virginia
and West Virginia. The total for Cleve-
land in the three states is thirty-six
against twenty five for all other candi-
dates, republican preferences are mainly
for Harrison.
The house appropriation committee
has finished the consideration of the bill
making the appropriations on the ac-
count of pensions for the fiscal year
1893. AS completed it appropriates
Sl34 900, as compared with estimates
s147 100000, and approprl-
ating for the current year s235, 100000
A statement prepared by the commits
sioner Of internal revenue in regard to
sugar bounty shows 1923 claims for
bounty, amounting to S6,914,654 have
been received, and 925 claims, amount
ing to S2,152,O2O, paid. Beet sugar
bounties were 1895, 5,sO4, distributed: Ne
braska, s163,964; California, s139,534;
Utah, s2l,898.
Representative Hermann of Oregon
believes it is possible that the United
States may secure a partial revocation
Of the edict against the expectation of
Angora goats and has introduced bill
the minister to Turkey to en-
ter into negotiations for the purchase of
LOO or 200 pure blood Angora goats
Oregon, California, Arizona and other
parts of the United States, it is said, are
we'll adapted to raising these animals,
and it is proposed to demonstrate them
II CdllIOTDld UrSU.
An Edmunton, KY. dispatch says:
News has been received here that
bloody fight took place at Parks cross
'oads, five miles east, between twelve
white teamsters on one side and eleven
,egro farm hands on the other, in which
our negroes were killed, two fatally,
wo seriously wounded, and two of the
whites also injured. The cause of the
rouble was that white teamster
playfully' touched up negro with a
Whip as he was passing him. The negro
md his friends attacked the whites,
With the above result.
A special from Charlotte, n c., says:
'eter Maher endeavored to cemmit sui
ide today by leaping from the window
t car near here today. The train was
unning forty miles an hour. Maher
lade wild leap for an open window,
ut was caught and pulled back, five
len being necessary to do it. 1t is
tated that he had been on a crazy drunk
yer since his New Orleans defeat and {
! tit OF temporary insanity or utter
ecklessness made wild dash for death.
len aboard the train had hard time to [
eep MIN quiet. One Of the men who
ulled Maher back was Fitzsimmons, his
ecent victor.
A st. Paul dispatch says: John L.
ullivan has issued a challenge to fight
nybody the last week in August or the
rst week in September of this year at {
ne Olympic club, New Orleans, for
urse of $4,000 and an outside bet of {
10000. The winner OF the fight is to
AXE the entire purse. Sullivan ad-
resses the challenge particularly to I
lawn, Mitchell and Corbett. He states,
owever, he will not fight negro. The
ght must be governed by Marquis of :
rules. Sullivan says that $
YER since the existence of his two-season
leatrical contract was made known
lis country has been overrun with a lot )
foreign fighters, and also American
spirants for fstic fame, who have !
ought notoriety and dollars by issuing I
nallenges when they knew his-hands J
ere tied. His turn has now come and
g challenges any land all buffers who !
ave been trying to make capital at my
zpense." He insists on an outside bet '
} show that they mean business. Col.
ockerill, editor of the Advertiser of
ew York, is to be stakeholder.
One OF the most extensive raids Or
anlzed by the Chicago police depart
ent in years was made Monday when !.
hief of Detective Sheave, and twenty :
70 officers surrounded the premises.
z and 269 Clark street, and placed $50 y
en- under arrest. The establishment !"
as a full-fedged pool room, run nv .
rank Shaw, Of st. Paul. Sid N;oh, II