The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-12-25

river bb6hIner Olty OI hlnBSJons WHICH
left New York December 8 for pugel
Sound, via Capc Horn, has been LOST
with her crew of forty-two men. She
was recently bought by the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company.
A general resumption OF work in the
coal mines Of the Monongahela Valley
is looked for by the first of the year. A
number Of operators have conceded the
advance OF one-half cent per bushel de-
manded by the strikers and have al.
ready started their works. The strike
was inaugurated about six weeks ago
and affects O,OOO men,
The Harvard University catalogue for
1Ss9-90 shows that in the current year
the net gain in students is 1s0, the
largest annual increase since DIR. Eliot
became president. Tho total number Of
students is 2,079.
The elegant residence OF Commodore
Henry w. Grinnell, United States navy,
was burned on the 10th at Fall River,
Mass. Mrs. Grinnell was barely rescued
by hostler. The house, valued al S12,
600, was total loss, the insurance hav-
ing just expired.
Governor Beaver has issued a charter
for the new city Of Johnstown, Pa. II
includes the boroughs Of Johnstown,
Grabbtown, Conemaugh, Woodyale, Pros
pect Millyille and Cambria, these
boroughs having population Of at least
10000.
Timothy ]. Coe, one OF the best known
hotel proprieters in New York, suicided
by shooting himself at the home Of his
daughter in that city on the 10th.
Temporary insanity, owing to i'll health,
was the cause.
On the 10th all the paper and envelope
factories at Saugerties, N. Y, were
without warning shut down. No cause
assigned.
At South Acton, Mass, on the 10th q
cylinder burst in the coke room Of the
American powder mills, killing Charles
ii. Sanders and fatally injuring Joseph
Hurd. a. af
II Alta delegate convention OF ConneIls-
Vile (Pa.l coke workers on the 10th a
new schedule Of wages was adopted,
which will be presented TO the operators
on January Q. It is understood that the
scale is an advance over the present one.
Work was stopped at the Nelson
shaft and Buckridge collieries near Sha-
mokin, Pa. on the Goth, owing to the
state Of the coal trade. The mines em-
ploy 1000 men and boys.
An incendiary fre on the night OF the
goth destroyed the American hotel
block az Baldwinsville, N. Y. Gussts
Of the hotel escaped in their night
clothes. Three stores were burned out.
Loss $50, 900. ,e
William B. chaffry, member Of the
firm OF Heideger & Co., grain and pro-
vision brokers of Allegheny City, Pa,
suicided on the Goth by taking lauda-
mum. Domestic and financial troubles
the cause,
New York City was on the Goth enyel-
oped In fog so dense that ferry boats
had to stop running. The Brooklyn
bridge was crowded in consequence and
collision between two trains caused a
serious blockade on the structure. There
we're several collisions between crafts
In tho harbor and on the rivers, but no
serious damage resulted.
Warren b. Kelley, cashier OF the
Pennsylvania State treasury, died at
Reading on the Goth. He was forty-six
years old and had held positions of trust
under the State government for twenty
two years.
According to tho New York Medical
Record, prescription for influenza,
which was sanctioned by the New York
board Of health, is not only worthless
but absolutely dangerous.
Mrs. Mary Brunner, believed to have
been the Oldest persons in Eastern Penn
sylvania, died Ct Reading, Pa, on the
2oth, aged lO2 years. She had 1875 great
grandchildren.
Near Carlisle, Pa, on the Goth Mary
LOWS and her son we're instantly killed
while attempting TO cross the tracks OF
the Gettysburg railroad in front of an
approaching train.
Business failures occurring through.
out the country during the seven days
ended December 20 number for the Uni
ted States SO6, Canada SO; total 349,
compared with 300 the previous week.
For the corresponding week last year
the figures we're Sl1.
Eastern bar-iron manufacturers held
meeting at Philadelphia on the Goth
and decided that the base price Of bar.
iron should remain at two cents per
pound at the mills. A resolution was
adopted providing for the appointment
Of committee Of nine TO confer with
the Western manufacturers with view
to forming national schedule Of extras
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