The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-04-24

The viii OF the late W. J. Syms, the mill
ionaire spec ilator and contractor. Of New
York, bequeaths $3.50 900 to Roosevelt Hos
pital, that CITY.
Powell & Co., of Towanda, Pa, the heavi-
mia, have failed. It is stated that the assets
and liabilities about balance.
The death was announced ut New York on
the 18th Of Excise Com missioner Jonn Cum
ningbam, who has been known as Honest
John" for the reason that he always turned
his face against any thing savoring OF cor
ruption. His death was caused by cancer
OF the throat, similar that which caused
tho death Of EXPIRES dent Grant. He used
neither tobacco nor liq Tor.
The one hundred and fourteenth ami
vcrsary Of the battle OF Lexington was
celebrated at that place on the 10Th. Sa-
lutes were fired and the church bells rung
ut sunrise. About 900 persons partook OF
old.fash ,oned breakfast served in Massa-
chusetts Hall. Later the Massachusetts
Sixth Regiment As 'ociaton celebra ell the
anniversary Of its march through Baltimore
in 1861 by reunion.
Rev. DIR. Bradford Bishop u. D., the
noted Methodist minister, professor, editor
and author, died on the 18th at Newton,
Mass, aged seventy-seven years.
The will Of Mrs. W. L. Vanderbilt Allen,
daughter of the late Commo lore Wander
bilt, bequeathS the estate, valued at &, ,000,-
! 900, in six equal parts, one TO each OF her
five living children and one to the children
Of her deceased son.
Rumors are current in the shirt trade that
D. II. Downs, senior partner OF the firm oi
Downs & Finch, which failed at New York
recently for t50o0 has gone TO Canada.
Henry G. Pearson, postmaster Of New
| York City, died at the home Of his father
in.law, ex-PostmAster General Thomas l.
James, at Highwood. N. j., on the GOTH
aged forty-sevcn years. His disease was
cancer Of the stomach. Mr.. Pearson's bonds.
men have designated his father-in-law, Mr..
james, TO take charge Of the post-office until
May l, when Senator Van Cott, his success
sor, will take possession.
The assignments were announced at Bos-
ton, Mass, on the 2sh Of Dawson, Williams
& Co., hide AMI leather dealers wth liabili
ties Of 500, 00J, AMI Is uic Reich q Co., fish
dealers, with liabilities OF S35o,0O0 assets
S2)1,OUO.
| hS W. NJ lpoN w ili0 ANt" iOih 1907
week foots up s3,0OO,O0O, OF which the New
York Railroad Company loses sl,4C0,00O
mostly covered by insurance
Colonel Dan Lamont and ex-senator
Thomas &. Filtt Of New York, have been
elected directors In the Tennessee Coal
Iron and Rsiroad Company.
Sir Julian Pauucefole, the newly up
pointed British Minister 10 Washington, ar.
rived at New York on the Etruria on the
2lst
The managers Of the Standard Coke
Works at Mt Pleasant Pa, have ordered
l75 Of their coke ovens closed and reduc.
tion Of fifteen per cent In the wages Of all
empioyes.
| Five steamships landed 3,273 steerage
passengers ut Castle Garden on the 2lst
At Dunmore, Pa. on the 2)th two little
sons OF Michael Cunningham, ared nine and
ten years, ate some wild parsnips and died
soon after in great agony.
The following changes appear In the
weekly statement OF the New York associa-
ted banks, issued on the 20th: Reserve In
crease, t6.o2i 100; loans decrease, S5fs. 200;
Epeeie increase, q, ,537, 800; legal tenders In
crease. tl,l0s. 600; deposits increase, 1880
80; circulation decrease, tl38 100. The
banks held sl20s6,65o In excess Of the
twenty-five per cont rule.