The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-11-26

A MORTGAGE to the amount OF S7c,-
900, 900 was recorded at Peru, Ind, on
the 10th. 1t was given by the Pitts
burgh, Cincinnati & Chicago railway in
favor Of the New York Trust Company,
and covers all operated and loasod Penn
sylvania lines west of Pittsburgh.
LEE WEBSTER, a wealthy resident OF
Cockeysville, Md, killed himself on the
10th at the residence Of William Rem
shaw in Baltimore. Webster is believed
to have been insane.
AN attempt was made on the night OF
the 18th to wreck train No. 1913 on the
Boston & Maine railroad by putting a
draw-bar weighing 150 pounds on the
track in a short curve near Wakefield,
Mass. The engineer saw the obstruc-
tion and reversed the engine, so dimin-
ishing the speed that when the bar was
struck no damage was done.
A FIRE at Cumberland, Md, on the
10th destroyed the Cumberland Hy-
draulic Cement Company's works, en-
failing loss Of $40, 900.
The assets Of Gallaudet & Co., bankers
of New York, are found to be about
81, 0OO, 900. The liabilities will be over
$500, 600
AsTATEMENT prepared at the Treasury
Department shows that the weight OF
tho coins in the treasurer's vaults Is
4,s00 tons.
A BLOCK OF nine houses in Wilkes
barre, Pa, was destoyed by fire on the
Goth, causing loss OF Sl2,OO0 and rem
dering many Of the families homeless.
LYMAN Bishop, station agent for the
Boston & Maine railroad at West Lynn,
Mass, has disappeared. 1t is charged
that he is short in his accounts to the
amount OF $4,000.
THE w. c. 7. U. convention in session
at Atlanta passed resolution on the
goth endorsing Senator Blair, of New
Hampshire, and praying for his re-elec-
tion. Boston was selected as the next
meeting place Of the Union.
The Commissioner OF Pensions has
completed a statement of the probable
amount Of money required for pensions
for 1S9O-9l in addition to that already
appropriated. 1t is supposed to be
about S35, OOO,O 900.
AT Montrose, Pa, on the Goth the
jury in the case Of George Mattey who
murdered Peter Burbeck for alleged
criminal intimacy with his wife, rem
dered verdict of acquittal on the
ground OF self-defenso.
AT Charlotte, Mich, on the Goth Ed.
Sebold, in a fit Of jealousy, shot his wife
and then killed himself. The woman
will recover.
AT the session Of the Non-Partisan
w. c. 7. U. convention in Pittsburgh
on the Goth Mrs. Phinney, OF Cleveland,
was reelected national president; Mrs.
Harriet G. Walker, of Minnesota, vice
president; Miss Duty, OF Cleveland, gen.
eral secretary; Miss Florence Miller, OF
Iowa, recording secretary; Mrs. G. G.
Afford, OF Brooklyn, financial secretary
knd treasurer
AT Charlottesville, Ind, the jury in
the Rev. +. w. Petit murder case on
the goth brought In verdict OF guilty,
sentencing him to Imprisonment for
life. Petit was charged with poisoning
his wife.
THE grand jury in New York on the
G0th indicted Albert II. Smith, the forg.
ing partner OF the firm OF Mills, Robertson
& Smith, for forgery in the first degree.
AT Chicago on the Goth tin box con-
tanning deeds, notes, mortgages and
other papers valued at 500, 900 belong
ing to Millionaire John Kellar was
stolen from his buggy on the street
The robbers escaped with the booty.
SAMUEL KLINGENsMITH and w. H.
Matthias, members Of shifting crew
were killed on the Baltimore g. Ohio
railroad at Rankin Station, Pa, on the
goth. The men were fooling on the
eowcatcher OF the engine, when both
fell of and were run over.
AT a meeting Of the National Shoe
Manufacturers Association in Boston on
the Goth, a resolution was adopted favor.
ing reciprocity in trade with foreign ma.
1 tions
THE Cherokee Strip Live STOCK Asso-
citation has begun suit against tho
United States for its action in forcing
the cattlemen TO vacate the strip before
the expiration Of the lease with the
Indians
AT the meeting on the Goth Of the Ma
tional Commission OF tho Worlds Co
lumbian Exposition the vexatious site
question was finally settled by the
adoption OF the report Of the Committee
on Grounds and Buildings, with but one
dissenting voice. The report provides
for the main portion OF the fair TO be To-
Gated in Jackson Park, the art gallery,
music hall and electrical display to be
placed on the lake front, and Midway
Plaisance and Washington Park to be
used for the overflow.
A BABY, believed to be the smallest
In the country, is daily attracting hun
dreds OF visitors to the house OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Theobald NJ Donaldson In Fred
erick, Nd. At its birth the baby weighed
scarcely a pound, and now, at the age o.
four months its weight is only foul
pounds. II is perfectly formed and the
physicians say 1t will live II giyer
proper care.
BURGLARS entered the house Of JohI
Anderson at Oil City, Pa, on the 2Otf
and, disappointed at finding but $50 in
stead Of large sum as they expected
bound him, his wife, and step-daughtor
He was then brutally kicked and thu
woman beaten into insensibility. Tn,
burglars then escaped.
On the Goth Frank Vokey, cabine
maker at Pullman, ILL.,, shot himsel
and wife. Both are dead.