The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-03-12

ing near OTTAWA, that State. q
REUBEN EIsENHART, foreman OF the
Cameron mine, Shamokin, Pa, which
has been on fire for several days, was
overcome by black damp while in the
mine on the 9th. He was taken out
alive but died soon after.
AN epidemic Of black diphtheria pre-
walls at Stockdale, Ind, which threat
ems to carry of all the children OF the
village. On tho 9th twenty were down
with the scourge and new cases were
being constantly reported.
THE Kalamazoo (Mich.) college fac
ulty have punished the twenty-one stu
dents who kidnapped Prof. Il. 8. Perry
and Instructor Trowbridge few days
ago. One senior was expelled; another
senior and freshman were suspended
for one year, and the other eighteen
were suspended for the remainder Of the
school year.
AFTER two days deliberation upon the
vexed question Of reducing the number
of clubs from ten TO eight, the National
League, in session at Cleveland, o.,
finally adopted a ten-club schedule and
adjourned. ~
BAeGAGEMAsTER FRANK p. RHEA. OF
the Philadelphia & Reading road, was
arrested at Allentown, Pa, recently,
charged with robbing the mails.
The trotting stallion Bayonne Prince
was sold at New York few days ago to
to Alfred Cordova and E. R. Browne for
$4,000. The horse is eleven years old
and has record OF 2:21H. d.
BURGLARS entered the jewelry store
Of Robt. ]. Dunning, of Kansas City,
Kan, early on the morning Of the 5th
and directly underneath the full glare
OF an electric light, broke the safe open
with a ten-pound sledge-hammer and
secured $4,000 worth Of diamonds, rings,
watches and chains. The entrance was
effected by forcing open the front door
with a crow-bar.
PATRICK MITCHELL and Patrick Fitz-
gerald, employed as laborers at Thomas
Nevins' eagle rock quarry, Orange N.
j., were killed by premature blast on
the 7th.
JUDGE LAcoMBE, OF the United States
Circuit Court in New York, on the 7th
granted the foreclosure Of $4,000, 900
mortgage in the case Of the Boston Safe
Deposit and Trust Company against the
American Rapid Telegraph Company.
The business failures throughout tho
country during the seven days ended
March 7th number 260, as against a
total Of SOl the previous week. For the
corresponding week of last year the
| figures we're ISL.
CHARLES Z. VAIL, charged with insur-
ing his wife for $40, 900 and then delib-
erately shooting her to obtain the
money, has been indicted at st. Louis
for murder in the first degree.
AT Evansville, Ind, on the 7th an ex-
plosion in the dust room OF the Arm
strong furniture factory wrecked tho
building and then fire completed the
ruin. Three boys, Fred Sachs, Willie
Cheatham and George Crawford, werein
the dust room eating their dinner aiil
were burned TO death. Charles Shelby,
the engineer, was blown twenty feet and
had both legs broken and his head badly
crushed. The explosion was caused by
the fame Of a lantern coming in contact
with the powderlike dust.
The town OF Curry Hill, Pa, built over
an abandoned mine, caved in on the 7th.
The family Of Thomas Kolly were in
jured by their house toppling over.
Many other buildings were wrecked.
Damage to property will reach $4,000.
AT the session OF the Evangelical
Church Committee in Chicago on the 7th
Bishop Bowman was deposed from his
position and expelled from the church.
All the charges against him were sus.
tanned.
JAMES McINTosH and two young la.
dies, daughters OF James Evans, were
driving across the East okoboii Lake,
near Mason City, Ia, on the 7th, when
they drove into an air hole and all were
drowned.
WHILE trying TO GROSS the river al
Johnson's Island, sixteen miles above
Knoxville, Tenn, on the 9TH, three
boys were drowned. They we're in n
frail boat which capsized and the lads
perished before help could reach them.
OK the 7th the explosion Of boiler in
L. b. Ames e. Bros handle factory at
Eaton, Ind, demolished the engine
room and fatally injured the engineer.
Samuel Parker. Five other employees
were more or less seriously hurt.
MUNRoE, EcKsTElN & Co., brewers ai
Four Corners, Staten Island, havo made
an assignment. giving preferences az,
gregating si2S, ,OOi.O9. They were rated
at from $500, 900 to 1,00O.O 900.
The caving In OF sand bank near
Petersburg, Va, where large force OF
men were engaged on the 7th in loading
a train with sand, caused the death Of
three colored laborers.
AT Uniontown, Pa. in the case Of
Captain Cate Abrams. charged with the
murder OF J. M. Bowel, the jury on the
7th brought in verdict OF not guilty.
In personal quarrel, several months
ago, Abrams picked up a cobblestone and
struck Bowel, killing him at once.
REpoRTs regarding timber dcprcda-
tions on Government land in Southern
Alabama and Northern Florida, resolved
by tho Attorney General. state that
more than $500, 900 worth Of timber has
been cut from Government land by pri-
vate parties, several Of whom have been
indicted.
GRoRGE W. BLANK, letter carrier at
Camden, N. j., has been jailed in do
fault OF $1,000 bail on the charge OF rob
bing the mails. lie was caught by dc.
coy letter
j. c. MoGREGoR, reading clerk OF the
Ohio House OF Representatives, died az
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