The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-02-27
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g. A. r. He was twice promoted on the
fed for gallantry and lost a leg at the bat
tie OF the Wilderness,
Francis Sherman Moulton, the sister Of
General w. T. Sherman and Senator Sher-
man, and the widow Of Colonel Charles W.
Mouton, died at New York City on the 2lst
in her sixtieth YEAR
The trial at Philadelphia of the civil suit
OF the Government brought 10 recover
81 900 penalty from James Lees Sons, for
al!eg d importation OF contract labor at their
mills at Bridgeport, Pa before Judge But.
Ter In the United Sta es District Court, re-
suit ina verdict in favor OF the Govern
ment in the amount OF the penalty sued for.
At the annual meeting of the Grant Mon
ument Association in New York City on the
2ld, John A. Stewart was elected treasurer
in place of ]. Pierpont Morgan. All the
other officers were reelected. The secre-
tary's report showed the amount Of contri-
buttons to dat and deposited with the
United States Trust Company to be $780,
1881
Ten buildings in the village OF AllcGhany,
N. Y, were destroyed by fire on the 22d,
causing loss ( $1,000; partially insured.
Among the losers are Charles Sproker, gen
eral store; A. w. Blu lock, drug store; j. Q.
Blair, undertaken and Fred. Johnson, furni-
ture.
A free public library building, costing
slOO,0O0, was recently given TO the city OF
Po tland, Me-, by j p. Baxter, appropriate
exerc Sos being held In the handsome hall
connected with the building.
The Rhode Is and Prohibition convention
has nominated H. II. Richardson, Of Bar
rington for Governor; Joshua G. Brown,
of Newport, for Lieutenant Governo and
John T. Blolgett, for Attorney General.
Edward Brown aud Albert Holman, en-
ployes Of the cement works ut COplay, Pa,
while walking along the tracks Of the
Lehigh Valley railroad on the 29d, we're
struck by passenger train and instantly
killed.
Judge ellison. OF the Worcester (Mass.)
District Court, has just closed his inquest
on the body of Lila HOvle, begun nearly a
year and half ago. His ret irn is as fol.
lows: "She came to her death as the result
Of the unlawful act Of some person other
than herself"
The body OF Edward Boyle was found in
the ruins OF the Park Central Hotel at Hart
ford, Conn, on the 23d. This makes the
twenty-third victim OF the disaster. Boyle
was twenty-eight years Of age, vagrant
and slept nights wherever shelter offered.
A misplaced switch near Boyds Station
derailed passenger train on the Maine
Central railroad on III 23l. The train was
badly wrecked ana the baggage, smoker and
Pullman cars were burned. NJ. e. Mudgett
and john CInpbeIl, mail clerks, were
burned TO death; Harry Goodman, fireman,
was killed, the engineer badly wounded,
and several Others were severely injured
None OF the passengers were much hurt.
Mrs. Frank Leslie his sold 10 w. J. Ar
kell, OF the Judge, all her weekly illustrated
papers, both English and German, the trans
RS to be made May |. Mrs. Leslie will
retain and personally direct her other pub
lications.
Wi liam NJ. Merrimau, a New York school
teacher, has willed all hi, property, amount
ing 70 5000. TO the Government G His rela-
tives claim he did it to prev ent their enjoy
Ing the use OF II.
Phillip Welch, ono OF the brightest Of
| New York's humorous writers, died at his
home In Brooklyn on the 24th. de was a
contributor to Puck, Judge, aud the Epoch.
The weekly statement Of the New York
banks, issued on the 23d shows the following
changes: Reserves decrease, $3.50, 40;
loans increase, $95l, 800; specie decrease,
t5l3,000; legal tenders dec ease, 1883, 600;
deposits increase, t9ll,0O0; circulation In
crease, $1,000. The banks held SIS, 40 $50 In
excess of the twenty-five per cent rule.
DIR. Reuben r. Stone, OF the New York
Milk and Cream Company, who claims that
he sells from 1900 TO 1000 quarts Of milk
daily 10 invalids and chi dren. was arragned
in police court at New York on the I'D,
charged with adultcrating milk. An analysis
Of the milk by the health officer disclosed
that five por cent. OF water had been added.
President Patton, OF Princeton co lege,
announces that c. G. Cuyler, OF the class OF
40, will establish an annual prize In political
science as a memorial OF his father, the late
Theodore Cuyler. The prize will consist OF
the annual interest on Sl,0)0 and will be
open 10 members OF the senior class, begin
ming with the present one.
Business failures throughout the country
during the week ended February % number
for the United States 2i9, Canada 50: total
3U2. against 81 for the preceding week aud
ls3 for corresponding week OF last year.
Joseph II. Lenhart Supreme Receiver Of
the Ancient Order Of Unitel Workmen,
| died at his home In Meadville, Pa, ou the
4th, Of congestion Of the lungs.
The exports OF specie from the port OF
New York durngthe week ending February
% amounted TO sl.367,4OS. Tho imports OF
snecie for the same period amounted 10 49,
| 55l.
Four steamships landed s.1 immigrants
at Castle Garden on the 9th.
WEQT ANn nO2lTH