The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-07-09

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q verdict for the plaintiff, The case
grew out OF fraudulent transactions OF
Agent Lorenzo Dimmick, of Buffalo, in
saddling part of the Continenta's ma
rine losses upon the Union.
THE freight handlers strike at st.
Louis is at an end, compromise having
been effected on the I'd. The men de-
manded S1.5O per day. The roads Of
fered $1.40. These figures were accepted
and the men returned TO work.
EIGHT HUNDRED sleeping car and
dining car porters running into Chicago
threaten to strike soon unless they get
a raise to $40 per month. They now get
$l5. The clipping" system is, they say,
on the decline and they are compelled
to ask for an increase in wages on this
account.
The boilermaker's convention at New
York on the I'd adopted the principle of
apprenticeship. James Lappan, Of Pitts
burgh, was elected president for the
ensuing year; A. Z. Douthett, of Allie
gheny, secretary, and b. Hammond, Of
Buffalo, treasurer.
AT Bardstown, Ill.,, on the 4th S. r.
Black, an aeronaut, met terrible death.
When at the height of 400 feet the can
vas OF the parachute was seen to be in
flames and soon after the man was
dashed to the ground. His body was
horribly mangled.
NOTICE has been posted by the Colum-
bia and Susquehanna (Pa.) rolling
mills and the Columbia Iron Company,
OF an advance in puddlers' wages from
1885 to 81 ton and other employees in
proportion. Nearly 7OOmen are affected.
THE President on the 4th signed the
act for the admission Of Idaho as State
OF the Union.
BENJAMIN S. BENNETT, wanted in New
York City for forgeries amounting to
$4,000, was captured at Denver, Col, on
the 4th. Bennett was formerly the book
keeper and confidential clerk of William
w. Hammond, brick manufacturer.
During the latter part Of May he was
given vacation by his employer and
three days after his departure the for
geries were discovered.
THE site question having boen settled,
the Worlds Columbian Commission,
which has been in session since June
20, too recess on the 4th until October
sth, when 1t will again reassemble in
Chicago.
AT Louisville, Ky, on the 4th a north
bound express on the Louisville South
ern railway struck a wagon containing
twenty-one persons returning from a
picnic. Frank Pratt aged twenty-one;
Ben Pratt, seventeen, and Mary Nol-
temeyr, three years, were instantly
killed and the remaining eighteen were
all more or less seriously injured.
The plant OF the Davenport Ia.)
Glucose Company has been sold to the
American Preservers' Company, OF Pitts
burgh, for s1,15OOOO, The Davenport
Company has a daily capacity OF 5000
bushels Of corn and is the largest con-
cern west OF Buffalo.
The cornerstone Of the new capitol
building at Denver, Col, was laid on
the 4th with Masonic ceremonies. Ex-
Congressman Belford made an address.
AT Alexandria, Va, on the 4th Fayette
Lee and George Pines, disorderly ne
groes, while resisting arrest and assault
ing police officer, were shot. Lee was
killed and Pines mortally wounded.
AT Girard, Kan, on The Sd b. G. RAM
and George NJ. White, agents for Kan
sas City liquor store, wrre sentenced in
the District Court to ray fine OF $500
each and to be confined in the county
Jail for sixty days for maintaining an
"original package house.
NORRIS WELSH and John Mccarthy
were fatally stabbed in saloon row at
Gila, Wis, on the 4th by an Italian
named Vegena.
THE grand opera house at Salt Lake
City, Utah, burned on the night Of the
Sd, entailing loss Of $4,000.
lTHMER MERIDETH, OF Monticello, Ill,
was on the 4th tapped for the one hun
dred and sixty-ffth time, and there have
been removed from him ., l2s pounds Of
water Physicians pronounce his case
one Of the most extraordinary on record.
FoR the third time sentence OF death |
has been passed on William Kemmler,
the murderer, whose case has become
famous through the extended fight in
the courts against the electrical exc
tion law. In the Court OF Oyer and |
Terminer at Buffalo, N. Y, on the Sd |
Judge Childs ordered that his previous
sentence be carried into effect at Au-
burn prison during the week OF Au-
gust 4.
EVERY employe Of the Illinois Cen
tral railroad has received circular let |
ter from President Fish, urging all en-
ployes to invest their savings in Ili- |
nois Central stock. lie suggests that |
each one notify the company how
much he wishes to invest each year and
certificate Of stock will be issued for
It, The amount will be deducted from
the mems pay in monthly installments.
HENRY BUTLER, negro serving life
sentence In the Missouri penitentiary,
was the recipient OF pardon from the
Governor on the 4th on account Of good /
conduct as a prisoner. He has served
over fifteen years, and in the sixty years
Of the prisons existence no convict ever
lived out so long sentence.
CHARLES G. SrOwELL and Miss Lottie
L. And rson were married up in bal
loon, which made an ascension from the
fair grounds at Lowell, Mass, on the
4th. Rev. w. W. Downs, OF Boston, per.
formed the ceremony. Ton thousand
people Witnessed the event.
TIE one hundredth anniversary OF
the gpttlpmnnt of MnrriayfiIa We ,,.,