The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-03-11


81, 1000, 900 appropriation.
The schooner Elsie Smith, Of Phila-
delphia, is reported lost with all on
board on the beach OFF Cape Cod, be-
tween Newcombs Hollow and Nausett.
On board were eighteen men and the
latest report is that twelve bodies have
been washed ashore on the beach.
AT the sale OF the Brayton Ives col
lection Of books and manuscripts in
New York City on the 5th, J. w. Ellis
worth, Of Chicago, secured the Guten-
berg Bible for U,4o0. Elliott's Indian
Bible brought $1,e5o; Balbus' Lexicon,
81, 700, and Cartier's Voyages $1,000. A
letter written by Columbus to SAINT Ant
gel went for $500, and later Colum-
bus letter brought 81, 600.
THOMAS MOORE, an old and prominent
citizen of Franklin, Pa, shot and In
stantly killed his wife at their home on
the 5th in At of insanity. He is now
a raving maniac and has been placed in
confinement. =.
H. b. CRAGIN, agent Of Washburn d
Moen, the great barbed wire manufac-
turers Of Massachusetts, announces Of
ficially that the company has purchased
between 800 and 1000 acres Of land ad-
| Joining the town of Waukegan, ILL.,, and
will begin work on its manufacturing
plant there this spring.
A BULLETIN on the subject of the ra-
cial increase in population Of the coun-
try during the past decade, soon to be
issued from the census bureau, will
show that the increase during the past
ten years of the white race has been "a
per cent, while that of the colored race
has been 10 per cent
The Ohio supreme court on the 5th
admitted thirty-seven out of class OF
fifty-six applicants for admission to the
bar.
THE report of the worlds fair com
mittee on ceremonies provides for a gi-
gantic military display and parade under
the direction of the major general Of
the army, Tuesday, October II, 1892;
| the regular dedicatory exercises We'd
nesday, a grand ball Thursday, and the
whole to conclude with general civic
and military demonstration Saturday.
A PARTY of United States officials
from Georgia, Florida and Alabama
have Just completed q raid through
West Florida, resulted in the capture
and destruction of twenty-six Illicit
stills engaged in the manufacture OF
rum from molasses.
THE fruit preserving and canning es'
tablishment of Il. ]. o'Schimmel, Phila-
delphia, was destroyed by fire on the
9th, entailing loss on stock and build
ing of $3.50, 900; fully insured.
The court house at Archer City, Tex,
was burned on the 9th, together with
nearly all tn county records. Loss esti-
mated at $4,000.
THE case against Charles Nichols,
former president of the defunct Nichols
bank OF Kansas City, for receiving de-
posits after the bank was in bankrupt
condition, has been continued, and in
default Of new bond which he could
not give, Nichols was sent TO jail
EDWIN ToNKIN, city ticket agent OF
the Northern Pacific railroad at Seattle,
Wash, was arrested on the 9th for en-
bezzlement. He is s5O,OOO short in his
accounts, and is said TO have lost that
amount in the past two months in
gambling.
THE North Carolina legislature has
refused TO pass bill appropriating $685.
900 for North Carolina's exhibit at the
worlds fair.
AT Pittsburgh on the 9th an un'
known man entered the Duquesne bank
and presented check for $500. II
was cashed and the man quickly de.
parted. A few moments later IL was
discovered that the check had been
raised from S25 TO $500.
THE treasury department has reaf-
firmed its decision that Koch's lymph is
dutiable at the rate Of 25 per cent. ad
valorem.
STATISTICAL articles based upon the
agricultural department reports have
been publish ed in which it is shown
that the total number of sheep in the
country is 43,431, 1856, against A, 336, o72
in 1890, and consequently the wool clip
will be 5,00O,o0 pounds less than last
year, when IL was 276, 900, 900 pounds.
RECEIPTS Of the internal revenue de.
partment show that the manufacture OF
oleomargerine is rapidly on the increase.
For the month of February there wai
received from manufacturers Of thii
product over 5000, 900, the largest amount
ever received In one month
BUSINESS failures occurring through
out the country during the seven dayi
ended March number 285 as compared
with total OF 2T0 the previous week
For the corresponding week OF last yeai
the figures were 900.
SECRETARY PROCTOR has issued g"n
eral order authorizing the enlistment In
the army Of not more than 1000 Indians
AT South Bethlehem, Pa, the two
year-old daughter Of MIRA Ludwig Sa
bul recently fell from her crib into I
bucket OF water and was drowned. A
similar death occurred about year agC
in the same family. The authorities
are investigating the case.
WILLIAM FERGUSON, rs years old, |
farmer Of Montgomery county, KY, an'
his son-in-law, B. C. Watts, died on tn,
9Th from poisoning, and Miss Grace
Boyd, the granddaughter Of Mr.. Fergu
son, is at the point Of death from tn
same cause. A chemical analysis dis
closed arsenic in the coffee pot.
The abandonment Of the military
post in Southern Arizona has creates
great alarm n the territory, as a ris
ing Of the Indians Is feared. A bill ha