The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-08-12

at an interval of five minutes 1T Is
dangerous" he says, land not in accord
with soupd judgment and public
safety"
FIVE hundred skaters in the Bangor
and Pen Argyle (Pa.) slate region went
on strike on the 9th for an advance of ten
per cent and eight hours. 1t is ex-
pected that others will follow shortly.
A long contest is anticipated There
are over 1900 skaters employed in this
region.
The coroners's inquest upon the
bodies Of the victims of the West Shore
collision at Byron, N. Y, resulted in a
verdict finding Conductor 1obin and
Flagman Connolly guilty Of criminal
negligence. Both men have fled.
The scale conference Of green glass
bottle manufacturers and workmen
came to an abrupt ending at Pittsburgh
on the 9th and strike or lock out is
probable. The men wanted the wages
of two years ago restored and the man
ufacturers refused to make the conces-
sion.
A NEW national organization with the
title Of Comrades of the Battlefield" 4"
was brought into existence at Detroit
on the 9th. Its membership is TO be
limited to veterans who were under the
fire Of the enemy not less than ninety
days. or who were wounded and dis
abled from further service within that
period.
The large cooperage factory of Hutch
ins & Co. at Peoria, H., was completely
destroyed by fire on the 9th. 1t was one
Of the largest factories Of the kind in
the west. The origin Of the fire is not
known, butts supposed to be incendiary.
The loss on stock is about S65,0Oo and
on building $50, 900. There Is an insur-
ance Of 100000.
The famous Moqui Indian snake
dance, which is held every two years,
has commenced on the reservation sixty
miles from Winslow, Ariz, and will
continue sixteen days 1t is reported
that the government is taking steps to
discontinue the dance aud that this will
be the last one held.
THE earthquake near Yuma, Ariz., on
the 9Oth ult resulted in changing the
course OF the Colorado river. II left its
old course and now flows through
crevasse forty feet wide and 1000 feet
long.
A HEAVY hail storm passed Crook
ston, Mimi, on the 7th, laying waste
and destroying grain in strip five
miles wide by fourteen in length.
Everything is destroyed and there will
be no harvesting In that belt of country
this season.
Four negroes, two men and two wo-
men, were arrested in Henry county,
Ala, on the 7th, for arson. On the way
10 iail mob overpowered the officers
and took the prisoners and shot them to
death.
AN inmate Of the county hospital at
Reading, Pa, named Hiram Troxell,
escaped from his attendants on the 18th
and drowned himself in water trough
containing only fifteen inches Of water.
Troxell's face was almost eaten away
by cancer and he was driven to desper-
alton by pain and hunger He had eaten
nothing for nearly month.
PENSION COMMISSIONER RAUM states
that during the year just closed 1853, 49,
original certificates were issued, which
is s9, ,S45 more than has ever been issued
In any one year. There are pending
99s, ,4se claims, but the Office is working
them off at the rate Of $4,000 per month.
THE business failures occurring
throughout the country during the
seven days ended Aug. number 2a1, al
compared with total Of 247 the previ
Gus week For the corresponding week
OF last year the figures were 2OS.
AT Comanche, Ia, on the 7th fire de
stroyed H. W. Early's sawmill lumber
yards containing 100000 feet Of lum
Der, the dry sheds, and several adjoin
ing buildings, entailing total loss o.
$3.50, 900; insurance, $4,000.
GEORGE j. SMITH and Frank Smith
cousins, aged 23 and SO years, respect
lively, on the 9th attempted TO cross th,
track of the Old Colony road at Dor
chester, Mass, and were struck by |
train and fatally injured.
w. L. ScHMEBTz, extensive she
manufacturer and the hoad Of severa
financial and mercan tile institutions II
Pittsburgh, has confessed Judgment
aggregating s3OO,oO0.
! II. SEToN-KARR, member of the En-
, glish house Of parliament and one o
, the directors OF the Herney Peak Min
ing Company, whose interests are Il
the Black Hills Of South Dakota, is au
thority for the statement that there ar
500, 900 tons of tin ore in sight and OF
, the dumps at the mines at Hill City
DAB.
THE American Dental association I'D
journed at Saratoga, N. Y, on the III
10 meet at Niagara Falls next August
W. w. Walker, of New York was electe
|, president; H. A. Levi, New York, col
. responding secretary; George H. cush
ing, Chicago, recording secretary; A. II
Fuller, St Louis, treasurer.
THE state department has received
= dispatch from the consul at St Stept
ems, N. b., saying that the British go,
. ernment has released the seven fishin
vessels recently seized of Eastpor'
: Me-, for fishing In British waters. Thi
action was taken because q fog pre-
vailed at the time OF the seizure and th
boats, II fishing In British waters, wer
!. doing SO unintentionally.