The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-09-24

THE grand jury at Troy, N. Y, has
indicted Caine, Buett and Reed under
Section eS5 of the penal code, charging
them with misplacing switch two
miles abovet the point where the Mon
treal express on the Central road was
wrecked recently.
THE strike Of goldbeaters in Boston,
Philadelphia, New York and Chicago
has been settled in favor of the men,
they having obtained their demands,
which enables them to earn from SlS. 30
to S25 per week.
AT New York City on the 18th the
explosion of pitch kettle set fire to a
frame stable and twom men who were sleep
ing in the building were burned to
death. Nineteen horses were cremated
and two persons severely burned. Loss
$25, 900.
THE parade Of hremeu at Chester,
Pa, on the 18th was participated in by
5000 men and was the most imposing
demonstration of the kind ever wit
messed in the State. Companies were
present from New York, New Jersey,
Virginia, Maryland and Washington
City.
THE tin box which is claimed to have
contained $4,000 belonging to Messrs.
Carlsn & Saunders, bookmakers, and
which was missing from the safe Of the
Hotel Vendome, New York, where 1t
had been deposited for safe e-keeping, was
discovered on the 18th open and empty
in waste can on the third floor OF the
hotel.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
railroad have closed deal for the pur-
chase OF the Milwaukee & Northern
railroad. The price is said to be SlO,-
900, 900.
THE total population of Arizona -
go, 9,69l-increase 10,2
A New YORK millionaire named Hill
gard has given 12o,OOO marks for the
erection OF an orphanage in his native
town Of Zweibrucken, Bavaria.
AN attempt was made the other even
ing to assassinate DR.. X. D. Davis, su-
perintendent OF the Etna Coal Com
pany's mines at Whiteside, Tenn. He
was shot in the right shoulder, the ball
penetrating his right lung. The assas-
sin y supposed to be one Of the striking
miners
AT Glons Falls, N. Y, the jury in the
Cal Wood murder trial rendered YER
dict Of guilty Of murder in the first de-
gree, and the prisoner was sentenced to
be executed by electricity at Dannemara
prison during the week Of November 8.
A FIRE at Whitehall, Mich, on the
10th swept path through the town for
half mile, destroying at least thirty
buildings. The losses aggregate 500, 900.
BUSINESS failures throughout the
country during the seven days ended
September 10 number 100, as compared
with 1893 the previous week. For the
corresponding week Of last year the
figures we're 1913
ASoRTH-BoUSD passenger train on the
Valley road jumped the track near Pine
Bluff, Ark, on the 10th. Only eight or
nine passengers were aboard, one Of
whom was killed and the others were
moro or less injured
THR United States grand jury at Min
neapolis, Mimi, on the 10th returned
nineteen indictments against alleged
census padders in that city and In St
Paul, six for Minneapolis and thirteen
for ST. Paul The six Minneapolis emu
we're arrested at and gave
81, 900 bail each.
THE public school at Washington
suburb OF Chicago, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 10th, entailing o
loss OF $40, 900; insurance $4,000.
Two families Of gypsies, numbering
nine persons, camped on creek near
Evansville, Ark, few days ago. During
the night II is supposed cloud burst,
for the next day the bodies OF six OF
them who had been drowned were re-
covered The victims were two women
and six children.
THE passenger steamer Norwood was
burned on the 10th while lying at her
wharf at Chester, Pa. No one was in
jured.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has issued a
proclamation extending until November
1 the time for the removal OF livestock
from the Cherokee strip in the Indian
Territory.
THE double team trotting record for
mile was broken at the Philadelphia
Driving Park on the 10th. Belle Ham.
lin and Justina, driven by Mr.. Hamlin,
made the mile In 2:l5K, beating all
previous records by quarter Of
second.
HARRY J. DEWEY, real estate broker
Of Detroit Mich, recently traded $751;
In mining stock with James Hatch, OF
for $500 acres OF land in
the Northern Peninsula OF Michigan.
looking up his property Dewey
disposed OF the entire block to different
parties, but when the deeds were sent
On for registration 1t was discovered
that the land in question lay miles of
the shore OF Lake Superior under 600
ieet OF water. Mr.. Hatch has disap-
peared. ~
A FIRE at South Haven, Mich, on the
10th destroyed eight business houses,
The post-otice and . fine residence, en-
tailing loss OF $50, ,o00
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.