The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-05-07

70 count the supposed money, tounu IL
to contain tissue paper wrapped in few
good bills.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has
ordered the release Of the cargo Of the
steamship Citygof Berlin, which was
seized BY the custom-house authorities
at New York for failure to enter.
JOSEPH H. FORD, formerly bookkeeper
for H. B. Clafin & Co, and lately cashier
Of the Chicago Beef Company at New
York, has been missing several days.
He had considerable money on his per-
son and valuable gold watch and
chain.
THE settlement among the creditors
OF Henry 8. Ives & Co. for five cents on
the dollar is about to be consummated.
An application for an order for authority
to examine the accounts was made. 1t
is shown that ninety per cont of the
creditors have signed the compromise
agreement ....
The New York Assembly, by q vote Of
rs to 90, has passed the bill to abolish
capital punishment in that State.
THE Gloucester City IN. J.) National
Bank closed Its doors on the 1st. The
suspension is supposed to be due to the
failure OF the Bank OF America; in Phila-
delphia, with which 1t had dealings.
AT Benzonia, Mich, on the 1st, c. 7.
Wright, the wealthy lumberman and
president OF tho Otter Creek Lumber
Company, who was convicted Of murder
in the second degree for killing DR..
Thurber and Sheriff Marshall, was SEN
fenced to life imprisonment at hard
labor in Jackson prison.
AT Omaha, Neb., on the 1st the tailor
shop OF N. b. Drake was set on fire by
the explosion Of can Of gasoline and
the proprietor was burned to death.
Forty girls we're cut of from escape
from the building, and had the chemical
engine been FIVE minutes later all OF
them would have lost their lives.
OFFICERS went to the home Of Henry
G. Raymond at Sing Sing, N. Y, on the
1st to arrest him for bigamy. Obtaining
permission from the officers to go to his
room to change his clothes, the accused
man drew revolver and shot himself
through the breast, inflicting fatal
wound.
The wealthiest convict who ever wore
stripes in the Joliet (Ill.) penitentiary
was discharged from that institution on
the 1st and left at once for Switzerland,
- ,txs. .ooon41,, follax hot. 60 oxar half
. million dollars In that country. The
officials admit that he was sent up from
Rock Island for one year for forgery,
but there is mystery surrounding his
record.
The Baptist and Catholic churches,
also the Catholic parsonage, at West
Boyleston, Mass, were burned on the I'd.
FIVE Of the men who signed aftidavits
Of alleged illegal registration in the
Fourth and Sixth wards Of st. Paul,
Mimi, at the recent election, have been
arrested on the charge OF perjury.
THE Merchants Bank OF Atlantic City,
N. j., suspended payment on the I'd, on
account Of run caused by published re-
ports that their branches located at
Elmer, Pleasantville, Egg Harbor City,
and Mullica Hill had closed up on ac-
count Of suspension OF the Bank Of
America in Philadelphia.
BUSINESS failures occurring through
out the country during the seven days
ended May were 21l, as compared with
2ls the previous week. For the corre-
spending week OF last year the figures
were 214.
IT was announced at New York on the
I'd that negotiations were in progress
for the purchase OF the Alton & Terre
Haute railroad by the Cleveland, Chi
cago & st. Louis Railroad Company, at
the price Of $40, 100000.
AT San Francisco, Cal, on the ID
Frank Williams, convicted Of robbing
the stage at Downieville, CAL, Of United
States mail some months ago, was sem
fenced TO imprisonment Tor life.
A FIRE at the West Albany IN. "
stockyards on the I'd destroyed structures
covering six acres Of ground and en-
tailed loss OF $50, 900.
THE accounts OF Charles Ebers, ex-
Auditor Of Henry County, O., have been
officially Investigated and are found TO
be about $40, 900 short
CoNGREssMEN SAYERs, OF Texas, and
Bland, OF Missouri, have returned TO
the Treasury the drafts made In their
favor for the money they lost through
tkn AaNainottoo - giioott A. tha.a ,,,,.
no other way for the Treasury Depart
ment TO accept the money 1t was turned
into the conscience fund. &.
The Sioux City Qa.) committee that
guaranteed $4,000 toward the erection
OF 10 temple for the National Order OF
Railway Conductors, has withdrawn the
offer and ordered the money returned 10
the subscribers, because OF the failure
Of the conductors 10 begin work by May
I, as agreed.
c. w. MILLKR, . route agent on the
Northern Pacific railroad, was recently
arrested in Chicago for robbing the
United States mails between Duluth and
Brainerd, MINI. "i
REroRTs from Rice. 0lmstead, Fair
bauh and other Southern Minnesota
counties indicate that winter wheat is
practically all killed and farmers are
industriously engaged in reseeding
spring wheat, oats and fax.
B. r. WHirTHoRSE, late cashier OF the
National Bank at Shelbyville. Tenn.
has been indicted by the Federal grand
Jury on the charges OF periurv and at