The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-08-20

noted horse thief in the West, was agaii
arrested st Leroy, Kan, on the 14th TO
horse stealing. Waterman Is eighty
eight years Of age, but has spent twenty
FIVE years in the penitentiaries Of Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Illinois. He compile
ted ten years term in the Missouri
penitentiary. q few days ago.
The hrst contention Of the Quarry
mons National Union adjourned after {
three days session, at Quincy, Mass, OF
the 14th. Delegates were present repre
senting 1000 organized quarrymen. A
national constitution was adopted, and
Edward Flood, Of Barre. Vt, was elected
president. Biennial conventions will
be held, the next one at Concord. N. H.,
on the first Wednesday in August, 1902.
THE New England Homestead says
apples will be scarcer and more costly
this season than for many years. There
is but half crop OF winter fruit in the
famous Annapolis Valley Of Nova Scotia
and still greater reduction m the APP
pie belt Of Southern and Western On
tario and Michigan along the lakes.
Throughout Southern New England,
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey
and the interior States generally the
promise Of winter fruit is worse than
ever before known. The apple belt Of
Western New York, along Lakes On
tario and Erie, has almost no crop what
ever this year.
The peach, crop In Southern New Jer-
sey has been . disastrous failure this
season and the farmers are greatly dis
,ouraged. ~.
aoN the 18th Alfred Ludington and
George d. Rpssiter. Of Philadelphia,
two Of Pinkerton's detectives stationed
st West Albany, N. Y, were run down
and killed by passenger train.
Col @. D. ROGERS, the wheat expert,
estimates the spring wheat crops Of the
Northwest at 9S,00o 900 bushels-43, 00o.-
900 in Minnesota and $4,000. 900 in the
Dakotas. This Is based on careful acre
age and threshing reports.
BUSINESS failures occurring through
out the country during the seven days
ended August is number 1877, as COM
parod with 2os the previous week. For
the corresponding week Of last year the
figures were 91a
A COLLISION occurred on the race track
at Lawson, Mo-, on the 18th between
horse ridden by Eugene Arthur and
trotter and sulky driven by George
Sweet Drivers, horses and sulky were
thrown into confused mass. Arthur's
neck was broken and injuries TO Sweets
spine and head will cause his death.
The horses were so badly injured they
were shot
By the explosion Of n centrifugal
hydro extractor in the cleansing room
at the Tillit silk mills at Pottsville, Pa,
on the 18th, Theresa Leibner was In
stantly killed and Frederick Specht was
fatally injured.
ALL OF the switchmen employed by
the Wabash Railway Company at Chi
cago. TO the number Of 200. left their
posts on tho 18th, completely stopping
all trafic. The trouble is over nom
payment Of wages
AUGUST MoHS, who has been an in
mate Of the Berks County (Pa.) aims
house since 1865 under the name Of
John Kaufman, has fallen heir TO an
estate valued at SIS, 900 in Germany.
d. B. MARTIN, general passenger agent
OF the Big Four railroad, was arrested
at Cincinnati on the 18th on complaint
Of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. He Is charged with violating the
interstate law In providing free trans
portation over the road.
A cLoUDBURsT at Colorado Springs,
Col, on the 18th resulted in the loss Of
two lives and damaged property in the
city and vicinity TO the extent OF $780,
600.
AT North Platte, Neb., on the 18th
Ed Newman shot his wife and then
turned the weapon upon himself. Both
were instantly killed. The supposed
cause was Jealousy.
j. II. WARD, a we'll known member OF
the Baltimore Corn and Flour Exchange,
suicided on the 18th by cutting his
throat He was forty-eight years old
and unmarried.
VIOLENT hsilstorms in Lancaster
County, Pa, have seriously damaged
the tobacco crop Many acres in the
southern part Of the county were COM
pletely ruined, being cut 10 pieces
The feature Of the annual convention
OF the Photographers' Association, which
has been In session at Washington, took
place on the 18th. when the memorial Of
Daguerre was unveiled by Secretary
Noble In the rotundA Of the National
Museum In the presence Of large num-
Der Of enthusiastic knights Of the camera
and others. . Gl t' iltf-iJ1 ilI
.PRELnuSAElks for the forpation Of
the tableware glass factory combine, IN
which Q wealthy syndicate isintsrested,
have been closed st Pittsburgh. 1t is
stated that thitty-one Of the ffty-four
factories In this country have Joined ths
combination. Among the number are
all the leading factories Of Pittsbuffh,
together with extensive plants in Ohio
and Wsst Virginia. .loill NJ as
The Census ofiice has completed the
rough count Of the State Of Delaware
II shows the population TO be 1o7, 7,S6i,
an increase since 1880 Of 21,f6s. Y VIZ
cuARLorTE SMITH, president Of the
Woman's National Industrial Loague
Of America, has issued call TO the
women OF the civilized world, inviting
them 10 attend the Woman's Inter-
national Industrial Congress, 10 meet at
Chicago during the quadro-cente tennial
celebration In 1893.
THE executive board OF Locomotive
Firemen, closed two days session at