The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-05-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Battered from All Quarters.
DOMESTIC.

ton that VII, UUU IN Unlteu oIdteS Iouo-
ury notes were burned up in the wreck
Of the Baltimore & Ohio express car at
Waring Station, Md, few days ago
The money was in the possession OF the
United States Express Company and
was destined for points west OF St
Louis. The loss will fall upon the ex
press company.
A DECISION was rendered in the dis
trict court at Cedar Rapids, Ia, on the
29th ult. whereby the actions OF Bishop
Bowman of the Evangelical church
were sustained and the rival factions oi
the Des Moines conference defeated.
The case was contest over the posses
sion of church.
AT Mason City, Ia, on the goth ult-
Mrs. Anderson became violently insane
and taking her two little children by
the hand proceeded toward the ceme-
terry, where she intended TO bury them
alive and thus offer them up as sacri-
fee. Some neighbor women discovered
her intentions and took the children
from their insane mother and cared for
them, while the authorities took Mrs.
Anderson in charge.
IRWIN c. STUMP, of San Francisco,
manager for the late Senator George
Hearst, who owned large share in the
Anaconda mines, denies all knowledge
OF the reported sale Of the mines to the
Rothschilds.
]. CoYovER, James Huntley and
James Hall were arrested at New York
on the Goth ult. charged with swindling
the Chase national bank Of that city and
banks at Detroit st Paul and other
western cities by bogus drafts and by
representing themselves as agents OF
prominent horse dealers.
ENGINEER JAMES CUMMINGS, was
killed and fireman Smith terribly in
iured by the explosion of freight loco
motive in the ogdensburg IN. W rail-
road yards on the Goth ult.
THE directors Of the Union Pacific
railroad at Boston on the Goth ult.
elected the following officers: President,
Sidney Dillon; vice president, S. II. Il.
Clark; second vice president G. M.
Lane: comptroller, Oliver w. Minks;
treasurer, c. Harris, and secretary Alex.
Miller.
DIR. r. G. MAUss, one Of the leading
physicians of Washington, d. c., died
on the SOth ult. from self-inhicted
bullet wound, while delirious from an
attack of la grippe.
On the goth ult Redmond P. Dwyer,
a young farmer in Fremont, Kan, was
instantly killed by lightning from a
cloudless sky. The bolt struck him in
the temple, passing down his leg and
scorching the body.
MRS. AMELIA HARNEs, wife Of Henry
Harnes, recently Of the Arkansas Volks
blatt, of Fort Smith, Ark, committed
suicide on the 2sth ult by hanging. Sh'
leaves four small children. II is be
lieyed that she was insane.
+. BLUMENTHAL & Co., leather dealer
at New York City, obtained an attach
ment on the Goth ult. against propert,
in that city belonging to Nathan s
Dodge, Of Chicago, for s2,29l.55 due OF
protested note.
II was discovered on the Goth ult tina
Arthur c. Gilman, member Of the firm
OF d. II. Lagaree & Co., tea merchants
who died suddenly at Flushing, L. !.
on December Is, was defaulter 10 tn
firm in the sum Of s222,934.
WHAT seemed TO be the inauguratio
OF a long and bitter strike between tn
boss and journeymen painters Of 81
Paul, MINI, has been adjusted and tn
men returned to work on the 1st, afte
one days idleness. The men will wor
ten hours day for ten hours pay.
The cost Of the coke strike up 10 th
3oth ult is estimated at about So, 500, 0Ot
The business community has also fel
the evil effects keenly and has los
thousands OF dollars. II has been est
mated that the men have lost owe
1000, 900 in wages, and that the opers
tors suffered the other losses
THE first sod Of the tunnel betwee
Detroit, Mich, and Windsor, Can, wa
turned on the 90th ult., one mile bac
Of the river on the Michigan Centri
line. The mayor and several alderme
from Windsor were present, but ther
was no general celebration Of the even
AT Troy, Ala, on the S0th ult Ii
opera house roof fell in while part
Of young people were rehearsing a
amateur performance. About twent
persons were buried in the ruins. Tw
were taken out dead. and two othei
were probably fatally injured. Near
all the party were more or less bruise'
The accident resulted from the sprea
ing of the roof, which was intended
be self-supporting, but was faulty
construction
As shown by Bank Examiner He
burns statement, the exact amount
money that President John T. Hill sto
from the Ninth National bank Of Ne
York, from 1877 up TO the 1st OF Marc
last, the date Of his death, is s4oS, 900.
THREE Rhode Island dairies, the VIII
Cheer, Oakdale and the Providenc
manufacturers Of butterine and ole
margarine, have formed a combinatit
10 be known as the 0ahdale Manufa
turing Company. The combinatio
which represents capital Of Ssoo,ot
will produce 8oO,o pounds Of butt
substitutes annually.
AT Wheeling, W. Va, on the night
the Goth ult.. James J. Kingston,
tramp, attempted TO outrage three-yea
old Maggie Driscoll, at Benwood, ne
that city. He was arrested and col
mitted TO Jail TO await the action Of q
grand jury.
AT Detroit the strike at the Michig
car shops was reported ended on I