The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-04-15

Sl7,5Oo. Fifty men were thrown out Of
employment.
SARAH PENDER, a prominent lady oi
Bedford, Ind, while standing before Q
fireplace on the sth, was suddenly taken
i'll, tainted and fell into the fire, She
was fatally burned.
ALL the business houses on the north
side of the square at Stephensville,
Tex, including the post Office, were
burned on the 9th. All the mail and
post Office fixtures were saved. The
fire was incendiary.
MILTON Kaufman, a young man ot
Lancaster, Pa, died few days age
under mysterious circumstances and on
the 9th his brother Harry died from the
same symptoms, which resembled ar
senical poisoning. Their father states
that Harry had confessed to him that
he and his brother had taken poison
with the object Of dying together. The
boy would give no explanation OF the
act
The McHale bill, which prohibits the
wearing Of tights on the stage in Min.
nesota and compelling the use Of at
least short skirt, passed the senate Of
the state legislature on the 9th.
SIX steamships landed $3.50 immi-
grants at New York on the 9th. Among
them were 2,197 Italians.
AT Russellville, Ky, on the 9th seven
prisoners escaped from jail by cutting
bar in the window. Four are murderers.
For one Of them, John f. Porter, who
assassinated George Grim, wealthy
farmer, reward of $1,000 for arrest
and conviction was offered.
LEWIS BOOKER, who was arrested at
Richmond, Va, several days ago charged
with embezzlement Of funds OF which
he was trustee, was on the 10th admit
ted TO bail in the sum Of $4,000.
BY collision between Rock Island
passenger train and wild freight train
at Vincent, Ia, on the 10th, postal clerks
w. H. Hope and E. ]. Brown were badly
crushed and several other trainmen in
jured.
IT has been definitely determined that
on May the 5000 carpenters in the
Pittsburgh (Pa.) district Of the Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners Of North
America will cease work until the build
ers concede the eight-hour demand.
AT Philadelphia, on the 10th, Messrs.
William Redmond, NJ. p, and John
o'Connor, NJ. p, addressed 1000 Of Mr..
Parnell's friends at a meeting in Horti'
cultural hall. The proceeds Of the meet
ing-amounting 10 Sl,OOO-will be sent
TO Mr. Pnrnell.
THE treasury department was in
formed on the 10th OF the arrest in San
Francisco Of Lewis Cadarvilla for rails
a 81 silver certificate TO $40 and passing
il.
BUSINESS failures during the seven
days ended on the 10th number for
the United States 30 and Canada 32, a
total Of 242 as compared with PAS the
week previous. For the corresponding
week of last year the figures were 2Oe.
THE fiftieth anniversary Of the birth
Of the New York Tribune was cele-
brated by n jubilee at the Metropolitan
opera house at New York on the 10th.
Addresses were made by William Nc
Kinley, Jr.; c. NJ. Depew, c. A. Dana,
r. G. Horr and @. w. Curtis.
AT ST. Louis, on the 10th, the police
arrested two men giving their names as
Clarence S. Wells and William Whyte.
The men carried complete outfit for
the manufacture Of counterfeit silver
coin, together with about $40 in counter
felt silver dollars and dimes
AT Bathgate, N. D., on the 10th, Mrs.
Robert Houston was drowned in an at
tempt to save her young son, who had
fallen into the river. The body was not
recovered.
DURING a furious rain and thunder
storm at Princeton, Ill, on the 9th the
wife Of August Gustaison, farmer,
was instantly killed by bolt Of light
ming.
Two negroes have been arrested and
Jailed at Evergreen, Ala, charged with
being members Of the band of train
wreckers who have been operating on
the Louisville & Nashville railroad.
AT Montpelier, VT, the jury in the
stoncutters' conspiracy case returned a
verdict finding four Of the respondents,
Joseph B. Dyer, secretary Of the Ma
tional union; Patrick Morrison, Frank
Morril, and E. p. Sherbourne, members
Of the union, guilty Of conspiracy to
prevent Jacob McClue from working as
stonecutter because he was a non.
union man. The respondents will take
the case TO the supreme court
]. M. ScHooSNAKER, OF Pittsburgh,
has been appointed receiver Of the
Columbia Iron and Steel Company, with
directions to flle bond in the sum OF
800, 1000.
WILLIAM s. SKAeGs, a United States
prisoner en- route TO the Columbus, O.,
penitentiary, escaped from the car by
jumping through window while the
train was moving at a rapid rate, near
Lebanon, Mo-, on the 10th.
AT Richburg, n. c., on the 10th Clar-
ence Robertson, aged years, and
Emma Straw, aged years, disputed
over 4 game in which they were en-
gagged and the boy, in rage, picked up
stone and killed his playmate. About
a year ago the boy attempted 10 set fire
TO his home because his father had
whipped him.
CHARLES WILSON, a tramp working for
Jacob Wendock, in SchuyllSill county,
Pa, has disappeared, taking with him
SIC, 900 of his employers money, which