The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-16

All tne SCHOOLS In Denver, N. H., nave
been ordered closed on account of the
prevalence Of diphtheria. On the l1th
sixty cases of the disease were reported,
and there have been during the year $40
cases and sixty-eight deaths.
The deadlock in the Eighth New York
judicial district Republican convention
was broken on the 18th by the nomina-
tion OF Judge Lambert, of Chautauqua.
On the 11th the twelve-year-old
daughter of Mr. Rudabaugh, near Car
Isle, Pa, was gored to death by an in
furiated bull. Another child was Sc
verely injured.
Business failures throughout the coun-
try during the seven days ended October
II number 2l4 as compared with 20G the
previous week. For the corresponding
week last year the figures were 297.
A statement prepared by DIR. Tracy,
register of the records in the Health De-
partment, New York City, shows that
the total number of deaths in that city
for the year was 4O,175, and that the
death rate was 1913, with an estimated
population of 1,526,Osl.
by the decision of contested will Of
one Of his ancestors in his favor, Pat
Killen, the pugilist, has come into
possession Of about S1S, 900. The windfall
is portion of the estate Of his mother,
who died recently in Philadelphia,
leaving property worth 100000.
The ceremony Of consecrating Rev. %.
Leonard as Assistant Bishop of the Eos
,opal Church in Ohio took place at New
York City on the 18th before the Protest
ant Episcopal General Convention, and
was Of the most imposing and impress
sive character.
James Mckinley, brother of Congress-
man William Mckinley, died at Pitts
burgh on the 18th, of paralysis.
A fire on the 18th in the board yard Of
B. e. Cartright's mill at Horton City,
Pa, destroyed 5000, 900 feet of lumber,
entailing loss Of S175,OOO. The insur
ance is small.
On the 18th passenger train on the
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore
railroad was derailed and badly wrecked
between Charleston and North East,
Md. Pullman Conductor C. A. Lawson
was fatally hurt, and Engineer William
E. Buckley will die Of his injuries
Thirteen others we're more or less seri-
ously injured. The accident was caused
by an iron door which had been dropped
on the track by freight train.
John f.. Donahoe, head clerk OF the
money order department of the Hart
ford Comm post-office, is defaulter to
the amount Of several hundred dollars,
and has disappeared. The amount Of
the shortage is covered by bonds.
Complete returns, from the 1853 towns
In Connecticut show that the majority
against the prohibition amendment at
the recent election was 27,246. Under
the local option law eighty-three towns
went "wet" and eighty-fve "dry."
Following are the changes noted In
the weekly statement OF the New York
associated banks, issued on the 18th:
Reserve increase, s96O,O25; loans de-
crease, S4,070,300 specie increase, s1,-
$4,000; legal tenders decrease, 2,152,-
s00;1 deposits decrease, IS, ,107, 700; circu-
lation decrease, s1S, 200. The banks held
s7Os,o25 less than the twenty-five per
cent. rule.
A number Of the leading paper manu-
iacturers OF the United States held 4
conference in New York on the 18th, at
which 1t was decided to stop production
Tor two weeks beginning Christmas
week. 1t is estimated that a shutdown
Tor that time will reduce the stock OF
finer grades Of paper 1000 tons and the
,oarser grades proportionately.
At Weatherly, Pa, on the 18th Will
lam Stanley shot and instantly killed
Mrs. Wolbert, aged fifty-ave, a lady
with whom he boarded. At last ac-
counts the murderer had not been ap-
pretended.
The steamer La Bourgogne, from
Havre, which arrived at New York on
the 18th, brought Millett's picture, 1.-THE
Angelus," which was recently purchased
Tor the American Art Association. for
s1OO, 900.
William G. Abbott, secretary OF the
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
Company, died at his home in Hartford
on the 12th.