The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-03-25
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The A. Burritt Hardware Company, Of
Waterbury, Conn, made an assignment on
the 10Th. Liabilities, exclusive of capital
stock, $4,000; assets, S195,OO0 One hun
dred and thirty-five men are thrown out
OF employment.
Brindle & Reiswangler, dealers in dry
goods at Mechanicsburg, Pa, have made
an assignment. Their liabilities are re-
ported at $4,000 with assets as yet un-
known.
At New York on the 2Oth Chief Drum
mond, of the Secret Service Department,
arrested two Polish Jews on the charge Of
making counterfeit coins, and on search
ing the premises found presses for manu-
featuring pennies and five, ten and twenty
five cent pieces.
The business failures reported throughout
the United States during the week ended
March 90 numbered 247, against 80 in the
preceding week and 1872, 1G6 and 11s in the
corresponding weeks Of 1884, 1888 and 1882
respectively.
A Pittsburgh dispatch says the miners
employed by the New York and Cleveland
Coal Company made demand on the Goth
for three cents per bushel for mining. The
company refused to pay the advance and
on the 23d shut down their works. Over
10000 men are employed in these mines.
The strike for three cents is now nearly
general, and fully 10000 miners are idle.
Coal for local consumption is very scarce,
and prices have been advanced one-half
cent per bushel.
The Schoharie National Bank, at Scho-
harie, N. Y, closed its doors on the 10th
and announced its suspension. The capital
stock Of the bank was $4,000, held princi-
pally by Franklin Krum, the President,
and members Of his family. The deposits
are said 10 be $4,000. The amount of
assets is not yet known.
In the case OF Alfred r. Bacon VS.. the ex.
ecutor Of Eliza +. Eddy's will, the Supreme
Court Of Massachusetts, dismissed the COM
plant with costs, thereby sustaining the
provisions of the will, which bequeathed
Mrs. Eddy's property equally to Susan b.
Anthony and Lucy Stone, with the request
that II be used In the cause Of woman suf-
frage.
NV. Klein & Co., private bankers doing
business under the name Of the Cambria
County Bank, at Johnstown, Pa, closed
their doors on the Goth and posted q notice
that It was because Of their inability to
make collections or realize on securities
The Dunkards are the chief depositors. The
liabilities are said TO be about $4,000.
Robert Perry, postmaster at Ringgold,
Jefferson County, Pa, was arrested few
days by United States Inspector Speer.
PerTy's accounts are short $500.
John Mallen's boarding house at East
Bridgeport, Conn, was destroyed by fire
on the night of the 10th. Mrs. Mallen, who
slept on the second floor, was burned TO
death. Jerome Bowen, boarder, is miss
ing and is supposed TO have met similar
fate. George Rutherford, an old fireman,
in endeavoring to save Mrs. Nallen was
horribly burned on the face and hands.
Mrs. James Heintz was vanishing the
hearth Of dining-room, at Pittsburgh,
Pa, on the 10th, when the can OF varnish
ignited, and In her efforts 10 extinguish the
flames her mother in law, aged sixty, was
fatally burned. Mrs. Heintz, the daughter
in-law, was painfully burned, but will re-
cover.
An explosion Of dynamite which some
unknown person had placed under skat-
ing rink at Girardsyille, Pa, on the even.
ing Of the 2lst, seriously damaged the
building. A large crowd was in the build
ing, but no one was hurt
Statement of the New York associated
banks for the week ended March n: Loans
decrease, $2,45O. 400; specie increase, $780,
600; legal tenders decrease, S423,700; de-
posts decrease, $l,S76,OOO; circulation In
Grease, $4G,tO0; reserve increase, $s30, 800.
The banks held A7,923,tOO in excess Of
legal requirements.
The magnificent cathedral at Garden