The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-10-29

the treasury Department. mas lnlormou
the collector of customs at ST. Louis
that the internal revenue tax on whisky
was not increased by the recent tariff
legislation, and consequently domestic
whisky which was exported and returned
will, when entered for consumption, be
liable to duty equal to the internal
revenue tax,
WHILE Senator Blackburn was return
ing from a drive near Versailles, KY,
on the esd his horse became frightened,
and running away, upset the buggy.
The Senator was thrown violently to
the ground. His collar bone was broken,
his shoulder crushed and he was other
wise injured 1t was feared that he had
also sustained serious internal injuries.
At last accounts he was resting quietly.
AT Tacoma, Wash, the United States
District Court holds in the case Of Jacob
Mann VS.. the Tacoma Land Company,
that the line OF high tide is boundary
between land and water. The case will
be carried to the Supreme Court The
cause Of the case is the attempt Of
parties to hold tide lands under Yalen-
tine scrip.
!. R. CREIGHTON, Of the banking firm
Of l. R. Creighton & Co., was found
dead in his office on Broadway N. Y, on
the Esd, having suicided by taking poi
son. No cause is known for the act.
Mr.. Creighton was the son Of the late
Commodore Creighton, Of the United
States Navy, and was we'll known on
Wall street for the past dozen years.
JAMES X. Polk, w. w. Polk and Rev.
j, G. Morris, we'll known residents OF
Kansas City. Mo-, claim to be the near
est heirs of Robert Morris, the hnancier
Of the Revolution. They will take lead
ing parts in the suits for the recovery OF
1904, 900 acres Of land in New York,
Pennsylvania and Delaware, granted to
Robert Morris and claimed now by his
heirs.
A COLLISION between two freight
trains on the Northern Pacific railroad,
near Ellenburg, Wash, on the Esd
killed two men.
FIRE destroyed the business portion
Of the town Of Leavenworth, Ind, on
the Gath. Eighteen houses, including
six stores and the Hawn Hotel, were
burned, causing an estimated loss Of
S75, 900; insurance only $4,000.
On the Gath the Pension Bureau made
requisition upon the Treasury Depart
ment for SOS, ,oOO, 900 to meet the pay
ment Of pensions under the act Of June
81, 1890, as we'll as of those under the
old laws, for the next two months
THE New York Supreme Court has
refused TO vacate the order for the ex-
animation OF Colonel William W. Dudley
before trial in his suit for libel against
the World for damages for publishing
the famous BLOCKS of Five" letter.
THE committee having in charge the
erection Of a statue Of President Chester
A. Arthur, has given the commission
for the work to the sculptor, Ephraim
Keyser, who is now at work upon the
model. The statue will be complete in
about two years and will cost S25, 900.
A DISTINCT shock Of earthquake. last
ing perhaps fifteen seconds, was felt at
Anna, Ill, on the Gath. Furniture
shook and windows ratified all over
town.
BUSINESS failures occurring through
out the country during the seven days
ended October 25 number 1876, as COM
pared with 227 the previous week. For
the corresponding week Of last year the
figures were PCS.
ALBERT w. OXNARD, treasurer OF the
Johnstown (Pa.) Lumber Company, has
disappeared, and investigation has de-
yeloped shortage in his accounts OF at
least $50, 200. oxnard left his wife and
child behind him.
A FIRE at East Pepperell, Mass, on
the Gath destroyed Leighton's shoe
factory, three dwellings, seven stores
and block Of boarding houses, causing
an aggregate loss Of 100000.
Ed STEPHEN, notorious counter
feiter, was arrested near Oklahoma City,
l. T., on the cath. Thirty-seven spuri-
Gus dollars were found on his person
and number Of molds in his house.
PARTIES who have returned from
Fond du Lac, Mimi, where they went
TO inspect the silver find on the island
owned by j. C. Scoville, report that q
rich grade OF silver exists on the island
and are confident that the supply is al
most unlimited.
THE works OF the Excelsior Water
proof Company In Cleveland, O., were
destroyed by FIRE on the Gath, causing q |
loss Of about $50, Thirty employees,
men and girls, we're rescued from the
building with ladders
The troops who were called out TO |
pursue the band OF Apaches who mur-
dered two sheep herders about twenty
miles from Silver City, n. NJ, recently, |
met the band in an unfrequented spot |
near the scene Of the murder on the |
Gath. A conflict ensued, but the In
dians beat of their pursuers after two |
Of them had been killed.
Az order has been issued by the Post
master General directing that on and
after November all cases OF mail dep
probation or violation OF law by private
expresses, or the forging or illegal use
Of postage stamps, and all losses or ir-
regularities in the mail, shall be re-
ported TO the Chief Postofllce Inspector
at Washington, and also In Ohio, Ken
lucky and Indiana TO the inspector In
charge at Cincinnati
THE Brotherhood OF Locomotive En-
gineers, in session ut Pittsburgh on the
24th, by . vote Of 270 to 1853 defeated
the majority report Of the committee
appointed TO devise plan OF co-opera-
tion, which was In favor OF q scheme to
affiliate with the hremen. conduotora