The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-10-22


Ar Hunts Point, N Y, on the 10th
the entire stud belonging to Mr.. Will
lam Astor was sold. Breeders from all
over the North and South were present
The sales aggregated Sss, 475.
DAVID c. HENNEssEY, chief OF police
OF New Orleans, was shot down by three
men on the night Of the 18th and died
the next morning. The assassination,
it is supposed, was the work Of Italians,
whose vendettas the chief expressed his
determination to suppress.
AN explosion occurred in the Otis
Steel Works at Cleveland, O., on the
10th, by which three workmen were
probably fatally injured and fifteen
others were badly bruised and burned.
THE President has granted pardons to
Bennett and Garrett Clawson, convicted
in Arkansas Of larceny and sentenced to
Imprisonment for two years on Septem-
ber II, 1889; also to Arthur W. Street,
convicted in Illinois Of violations OF the
internal revenue laws and fined $1,000
and costs.
The funeral OF General Belknap took
place from st. Johns Episcopal church,
Washington, on the 10th. The remains
were escorted to the church by @. A. R
veterans with the Third Artillery Band.
Rev. DR.. Douglas read the Episcopal
funeral service. The interment was at
Arlington cemetery.
The number OF new names registered
in Chicago on the 10Th in preparation
for the coming election was 5S,70S,
against q new-name registration OF 25,-
910 last March. This makes over 200, 900
names on the registry lists. Allowing
for removals and illegal registration the
net list is estimated at about 1s0, 900.
The Illinois Supreme Court has de-
MED the motion to set aside the con-
tinuance OF the case Of O'Sullivan, the
Cronin convict, now confined at Joliet.
CHARLES F. BATE, Of New York, was
fined $3.50 and costs at Newport R. l.,
on the 10th for burning horse with ig.
nited oil.
DURING the seven days ended October
IS the business failures occurring
throughout the country numbered 227,
as compared with 215 the previous week.
For the corresponding week OF last year
the figures were 223.
s. e. r. VoGELsoNG, town marshal Of
Falmouth, KY, was shot and killed on
the night OF the 10th by an unknown as
sassin just as he was entering his gate.
He leaves widow and ten children.
AT the recent annual meeting OF the
Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago
the usual quarterly dividend Of SO per
share from net earnings was declared.
The net earnings for the year amounted
81, 3S2, 14O.
THE tug James A. Garfield was run
into on the 18th, while in the East
river. by the tug Amos C. Barlow. The
Garfield was cut in two and went to the
bottom within minute or two after
being struck. OF the nine men aboard
all were rescued but two. John Lyons,
fireman, and John Steele, shipcarpenter,
we're lost
JUDGE STEvAS, Of the Superior Court
at Cedar Rapids, Ia, rendered decision
on the 18th TO the effect that the State
prohibitory law was null and void as
far as the sale Of original packages is
concerned.
A FIRE broke out on the 18th in the
priming room OF the Tennessee peniten-
tiary, and before the flames could bo ex-
tinguished q loss OF $500, 900 was occa-
stoned. Fully insured.
A FIRE at Ludlow, KY, on the 18th
destroyed foundry, two Pullman sleep
ers, one Mann boudoir car and two box
cars, entailing loss OF about $685.
In the United States Circuit Court at
Topeka, Kan, on the 18th Judges C. G.
Foster, OF Kansas, and J. F. Phillips, OF
Missouri, rendered decision declaring
the prohibitory liquor law OF Kansas as
unconstitutional and void.
THE Census Bureau has announced the
population OF the State Of Pennsylvania
TO be SPAS, 574; increase 965, 6s3, or 22.55
per cent
OK the 18th fire was raging in the
swamp at La Crosse, Ind, in which is
stacked thousands oftons OF hay, all OF
which will probably be consumed. The
loss to the people Of La Crosse will be
incalculable.
A RECEPTION in honor OF the golden
jubilee OF Ri Rev. John Lopyhlin,
Bishop Of Brooklyn, N. Y, was held al
the rink in that city on the 18th. Eight
thousand people were present including
the Catholic clergy Of Brooklyn and
New York. The Bishop was presented
with Q purse OF s2l, 200 contributed by
the lsity Of his diocese, and number OF
other valuable giita
THE Peters Lumber Company at Alec,
Ala. has assigned, owing TO the failure
OF R s. Peters, the lumber millionaire
OF Manistee. Mich. The Peters Lumber
Company was the largest lumber manu-
faoturin z concern in Alabama, II not In
the yellow pine district
AT tho regular monthly meeting Of
the Board Of Trustees Of the Ohio Sol
diers' and Sailors Home al Ssndusky,
held on the 18th, all the officials Of the
Institution, except the commandsnt and
inAtron, were requested to hand In their
resignations at tho next meeting. the
designations 10 take effect November Is.
ALBERT +. EDDKR, formerly Presby-
terian clergyman, was sentenced 10 Ave
years in State prison by Recorder
Smythei In the Court Of General Sessions
at New York City on the 1Tth, for alb
Quoting ffteen-year-old Mary Mccann.
AHEAvY gale prevailed along the New
England coast on the 18th, causing much
damage to shipping