The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-01-21

| bTdi1pS were bUIuCh Wy a lihih Nv A'S"
Florence, Pa, ON the 18th and instantly
killed About the same time James Nc
Fall, of Connellsville, was struck by the
limited express at Irwin, Pa, and killed.
The schooner William d. Daisley, OF
Gloucester, Mass, before reported over
due, has been given up for lost by her
owners with all on board. She sailed
for Fortune Bay November2 and has
not been heard from since Her crew
numbered seven.
JOHN c. HALL, formerly of the law
firm of Hall & Rogers of San Francisco,
and trustee of the estates of John Haw-
ley and Marvin A. Baldwin, deceased,
has confessed to embezzlement of sums
aggregating $3.50, 900. He lost the money
in stock speculation.
THE Richmond (Va.) locomotive and
machine works were partially destroyed
by fire on tho 18th. Loss, Sl25,000.
SECRETARY WINDOW has decided that
all foreign cattle imported into the
United States, whether for consumption
or for transit. must undergo veterinary
inspection by the officers OF the Agricul-
tural Department. This rule does not ap-
ply to American cattle passing through
Canada in bond.
JOHN A. GARRITY, general manager
of the Fort Wayne Transfer and Storage
| Company committed suicide in his Office
at Fort Wayne, Ind, on the 18th by
blowing out his brains with n pistol.
/ Continued ill-health was the supposed
cause.
LEONARD PERRIN, the wealthy New
London wis., banker, was on the 18th
convicted of completely in the Hurley
bank robbery of September, 1889. Per-
rim was charged with receiving and dis
I posing of part Of the $40, 900 stolen from
the bank.
AN air ship has just been completed
at Mount Carmel, ILL.,, and works sue
cessfully. 1t has been taken TO Chicago
and will be placed on exhibition in the
exposition building 1t is 30 feet long
and l6H feet in circumference and
weighs 100 pounds. II will lift 1855
pounds and will travel as rapidly as de-
sired. The buoyancy chamber is made
of silk and aluminium. The blades, rud-
der. propeller, car, ETC., are made of
| aluminium.
COMPLETE returns from the furnaces
Of the Pittsburgh district, which includes
all of Allegheny county. show the total
pig iron production for 1890 in net tons
was l,5OS,2j5 us against 1,293,435 tons
for 1880, tn is breaking the record of all
previous years. Allegheny County pro-
duction is larger than any State in the
Union save Ohio.
WHEN I. r. Cornwell, the newly.
elected treasurer of Clark County, ILL.,,
took charge of the Office on the 18th
he discovered shortage of $1,000 in the
accounts of his predecessor. The latter
promises TO make good the money in
few days.
A SEVERE shock Of earthquake was
experienced in Pepperell, N. H., and
adjoining towns on the 10th. No dam
age resulted
ROBERT ART, Of the Cereal Milling
Company OF Chicago, contradicts the
statement of +. Schumacher, of Akron,
o., who said that a combination Of the
leading oatmeal mills OF the country
had been formed. Mr.. Stuart says they
wanted to form q combination with
$500 900 capital, but could not agree
on the valuation OF the various plants
and 10 gave Up the attempt.
THE carpet mill Of John and James
Dobson, near Philadelphia, burned on
the 10th, entailing a loss Of between
100000 and 100000.
BUSINESS failures occurring through
out the country during the seven days
ended January II number Ill. as com
pared with total Of 403 the previous
week. For the corresponding week
last year the figures were 1886.
Mrs. GEORGE w. STEELE, wife of Gov
I ernor Steele, OF Oklahoma, was seri-
ously hurt at Marion, Ind, on the 10th,
by a fall on the pavement. She has
been unconscious most Of the time since,
and there are fears as to her recovery.
A SENSATION was created In the In
diana Legislature on the 10Th when n
special message from the Governor was
read charging Warden MurdoclS. Of the
Northern prison, with embezzling about
$40, ,00O
AT Towson, Md, on the 10th the Jury
in the case of the State against the
bondsmen of ex-State Treasurer Steven
son Archer for sl2l,O 900, which has been
on trial for two weeks, returned ver-
dict OF $50, 900 for the State.
SECRETARY TRACY has addressed a
letter TO Commander Reiter refusing to
grant his request for court-martial in
vestigation Of his connection with the
surrender and killing Of General Bar
rundia on board the Acapulco.
WALLACE LgTHERs, nephew of Gen
eral Lew Wallace, was picked up out
side Of the Lyons block in st. Paul,
Mimi, on the 10th, he having fallen or
jumped from the floor OF his room three
stories above. It is supposed to be q
case Of suicide.
A BILL has been introduced in the SEN
atc by Mr.. Evarts TO equalize standards
{ Of time In the United States. II pro-
vides that time throughout the United
States shall be reckoncd In accordance
with the hour meridian system, com
monty called standard time.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
Mrs. RACHEL STILLwA0oN died ut