The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-02-12

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delphia letter carrier, while intoxicated,
threw his bag of letters into the fire,
where most Of them were burned before
theycould be rescued. He was arrested.
The Pennsylvania & Reading Coal and
Iron Company's largest colliery at Mt,
Carmel, Pa.--the Alaska shaft-closed
indefinitely on the 7th. One thousand
hands are thrown out of employment.
The recently suspended Lenox Hill
bank at New York City resumed busi'
ness on the 7th.
The New York Legislature will inves'
tigate Judge Bookstaver's relations to
the Flack divorce case.
After several years of idleness, Fur.
mace No. OF tho Chestnut Hill Iron Orc
Company at Lancaster, Pa, has resumed
operations. The firm will manufacture
Bessemer pig ilon.
A two-thirds interest in Forepaugh's
circus has been sold to an English syn
dicate. The show will remain in this
country.
The libel suit of Rev. DR.. Ball against
the New York Evening Post ended al
Buffalo, N. Y, on the 7th, the jury re-
turning a verdict of mo cause fol
action"
At Rhinebeck, N. Y, on the 7th Sam
Morgan was blown into such small frag'
ments by the explosion of dynamite that
no part of his body could be found.
A Pittsburgh dispatch of the 9th says
the coke scale has been agreed upon, the
men getting an advance of twenty-five
or thirty per cent. This is the highest
scale Of wages ever paid in the Connells'
vile coke region.
Two hundred and twenty-five girls
employed in the corset factory Of Mayer,
Strouse & Co., OF New Haven, Conn,
struck work on the Sth owing toa rcduc-
tion Of ten per cent. in wages. They
have been making from 81 to 81 per
week.
Colonel L. c. Turtlot died at Woon-
socket, r. l., on the Sth. He was the
Oldest cotton manufactur' in the coun-
try, and served during the war as cap
tain OF the Third Rhode Island Artillery.
George Fleming, alias VIII Morris,
alias "The Pin" who is wanted for bur-
glary and other crimes committed in Ohio
and Michigan, has been arrested at
Southbridge, Mass, where he was wo.k-
ing at the trade of cigarmaker.
Five miners were seriously burned by
the explosion Of gas in the East Boston
mine, near Luzerne, Pa, on the sth.
John McKechnie and his brother Charles
will probably die from their injuries.
The weekly statement Of the New
York associated banks, issued on the
sth, shows the following changes: Re-
serve decrease, S4, 40g, $50; loans increase,
Ss, 1856, 100; specie decrease, Sl,7sl, 900;
legal tenders decrease, 50, ,204. 900; depos,
its increase. So, 200; circulation in.
crease, S35, 400. The banks held $685..
$50 in excess of the twenty-five per cent.
rule.
Washington Hall, an immense three
structure at Patterson, N. j., burned on
the Sth. The first floor was occupied as
stores and offices. The armory Of the
First Battalion New Jersey National
Guard and ball room were on the
second floor. A ball was in progress
at the time, but all the guests got out
safely. The loss is estimated at $780,
900.
General w. T. Sherman celebrated
his SEVENTEEN birthday on the Sth, by
giving private dinner party to few
intimate friends.
Wingate Hall, one of the buildings
the State college at 0rono, Me-, burned
on the 9th. The students, number Of
whom lost their effects, we're - church
in the village at the time. Loss, ~. EA
The Massachusetts, Humane Society
has awarded gold medal tc Captain
Norman H. Farquhar, of the At4smer
Trenton, for bravery displayed in tho
rescue Of 140 OF the officers and crew OF
the United States steamer Vandalia at
Apia, Samoa, last March.