The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-07-31
WEST AND souTh.

The engagement is announced OF Miss
Helen Newell, daughter Of John @. Newell,
general manager Of the Lake Shore rail-
road TO James R. Garfield, second son OF
the late President Garfield. t
A fire In the mammoth six story building OF
the Atchison, Topeka q Sante Fe railroad
in Topeka, Kan, on the 2eth caused 90, 900
damage 70 the building, besides loss 0f
valuable papers, records, &C., that can not
be estimated. The two upper floors were
destroyed.
A number Of children playing doctor"
at Goshen, Ind, on the 26th administered
dose Of strong medicine TO Mamie, the two
year-old daughter Of William Popke, frdA
the effects Of which she died the next day.
On the 27th the Pennsylvania lines isau-
guratsd forty per cent reduction In pas
senger rates between Chicago and Indien-
apolis, New Albany, Louisville and Gin
cinnati.
At Frankfort, Ind, on the 28th freight
train ran into an open switch In the railroad
yards and the engine and hye oars were de-
molished. When Bngineer oreon saw The
danger he threw his little fourteen year-old
son through the window and then jumped
himself. Neither were badly hurt.
A dispatch from Port Huron, Mich, an
Of A. H Welch, associate professor Of the
English language In the Ohio State Univers-
ity. His age was thirty -asven. rs
The jury In the SApoo libel suit Of the
Rev.. Frederick A. Howard, Of Jackson,
Tenn, against several members Of his for
mer congregation and three religious publ
cations, rcturneds verdict for the plaintiff
on the 26th and assessed the damagesat one
cent.
Douglas O. McRea editor Of the London
Financial Times, was In Chicago on the 9oth
en- route 70 London. He IL returning from
a trip through the Northwest, where he has
been making extensive purchases OF Ameri.
can grain elevators for British syndicate.
RcRea stated 10 reporter that he had
purchased seventy Weight elevators In the
Northwest for the syndicate.
Near Waterloo, Va, ON the 96th apassen.
ger train on the Midland railroad collided
with freight train, badly wrecking the en-.
gine and Ave freight cars. Engineer Mat
thew Acton and Conductor Finks were
seriously hurt. An unknown negro supposed
TO be a tramp stealing ride, was found
crushed TO death In the wreck.
The two young sons Of Fred Droenkt
| were run over and instantly killed on tho
98th, while playing upon the tracks Of the
Northwestern railroad at Elmhurst neal
| Chicago.
Near Wabash, Ind, on the 9th ult ar
explosion OF dynamite occurred In q build
ing, in which q number Of railroad laborer'
had taken refuge from the storm. Five
were instantly killed and a number serious
| ly injured. I ral
The Southern Pacific Railroad Company
has discharged $50 Of It's employees at Sacra
mento. Cal, 100 Of that number being ma
chinists. The officials allege that the action
is taken TO lessen expenses on the road.1I
The negotiations Of the English syndicate
for the Indianapolis Qnd.) breweries hav,
terminated in a failure 10 agree on terms.
The steamer Colchester, on her way from
Baltimore TO Deal Island, ran down sail
boat near Fort Carroll on the night Of th'
2Sth ult There were five persons In IN.
boat, three Of whom, Mary Kolb, Mar
Weiner and John Biibe, were drowned. Tn
captain Of the steamer Is blamed for the &C
cident.
Prof. J. Howell, wei known educate
Of Rutledge, Tenn, was on the 9sth uli
dying Of hydrophobia. He was bittel