The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-09-03

/ At Middlesborough, Ky, on the 2Sth
ult, desperate duel took place be-
tween March Turner and Steve Wap-
nick, the former using revolver and
the latter a bowie knife, Wannick was
killed and Turner fatally wounded.
Owing to the strife of the Chicago
switchmen, the price OF dressed beef at
Baltimore, Nd, has advanced from 80
cents to 81 per hundred. There are six
agencies in the city which handle the
Western meats, and the average daily
sales are about Ave car loads each.
INthe case Of Westinghouse, Jr., Of
the Philadelphia Natural Gas Company,
against the CHARTERS Natural Gas Com
pany, for infringement Of patent on the
double safety vent pipe, Judge Acheson,
of the United States Court at Pitts
burgh, has decided that the defendant
company had not infringed upon the
patent Of the plaintiff. and furthermore,
that the ention was not paten table.
The suit involved vast sums OF money.
THE latest site offered to the Worlds
Fair directory comprises 45o acres in
the northern part OF Chicago and borders
on Lake Michigan. 1t is ~ miles from
the center Of the city and is the property
OF various North Side citizens, who have
formally agreed to relinquish 1t for the
worlds fair occupation.
Four members of an English syndi-
cate arc In Providence, R. l., negotia-
ting for the purchase Of some Of the best
mill property Of the State
THE Tunnel House, large frame
structure at the Sarnia entrance OF the
St. Clair tunnel, was burned on the Goth
ult A female employe Unable to es-
cape was burned to death, and two
laborers who were stopping at the house
are missing.
JAMES DONOVAN and an unknown
Italian, both employed in the Wheeling
wv. Va) Terminal Company's tunnel,
were instantly killed on the Goth ult.
by shock from an electric light wire.
The wire had fallen from Its support
and Donovan accidentally touched IL
with his head, throwing IL against the
Italians face.
REPRESENTATIVES, Of all the leading
anthracite coal companies met at New
York on the goth ult. and decided to
advance the price of coal on September
1 ten and fifteen cents ton.
THE City National Bank Of Hastings,
Neb., closed its doors on the Goth ult
The failure is attributed to the poor
character OF loans and was precipitated
by the county treasurer Withdrawing .
deposit Of s25,ooO
The business failures occurring
throughout the country during the
seven days ended August 80, number
1s9, as compared with 1872 tho previous
week For the corresponding week Of
last year the figures were 211.
OK the Goth ult. all OF the rug weavers
employed at tho Bethlehem (Pa.)
merino mills went on strike because
OF the announcement Of % per cent re-
duction in wages.
The Chicago Coal Exchange has ad-
vanced the price Of hard coal fifty cents
per ton on and after September 1. This
means like advance through the en-
tire West
A CALL has been issued for conven-
tion 10 be held at Altamont, n. Y. Sep
tember TO organize permanent State
Farmers League by counties
WALTER F. HoRToN, timber inspector
Of the Northern Pacific line, charged
with drowning his wife and daughter
in the Mississippi river, has been held
for trial at St Paul, Mimi, the coro-
ner's jury having found indications Of
foul play.
IT Is stated that an agent for English
capitalists has for some time been nego.
tiating for the purchase Of all the Mem
haden fishing basins in this country.
He has secured options on every estab-
lishment from Buzzard's Bay TO the
Chesapeake.
TwESTY-osE OF the crew OF tho ship
Parker have been brought to Boston by
the steamer Yarmouth, from Nova
Scotia, where their vessel was wrecked.
GATES & FAY's sawmill at Bay City,
Mich, was burned on the Goth ult, en-
failing loss OF 10000; half insured.
AT New York City on the Goth ult
General o'Beirne and John Simpson
were served with papers in civil suit
for $4,000 damages for false arrest,
brought against them by attorneys rep
resenting Alexander Phillipsen, the
Dane who was arrested and held on
suspicion Of being the murderer OF the
man Meyer, whose body was shipped to
this country in q barrel Of cement.