The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-10-14

quehanna railroad Jumped the track
twelve miles east OF Binghamton, N.
Y, on the sth, and fifty-five cars were
wrecked. Engineer James Patterson
was killed. Two other employees were
injured. The loss will foot up $16o,OOo.
The match race at Grand Rapids,
Mich, on the 9Th between the famous
stations Nelson and Allerton for $4,000
. side and the stallion championship OF
the United States, resulted in victory
for Allerton, he taking three heats and
Nelson one. f
In the United States district court at
Abingdon. Va, on the 9th Jack Mullins
was convicted Of intimidating voters in
precinct at Buchanan during the last
presidential election. He was SEN
fenced to six months imprisonment and
to pay fine Of $500.
A DISASTROUS collision between
freight and passenger train on the Cot
ton Belt road occurred near Kingsland,
Ark, on the 9Th. Engineer Daniel
Farrar and Fireman w. L. Wheeler, OF
the freight train, were killed
The FLY "Allie W." died on the 9th
at the Louisville Jockey Club grounds.
She fell in race and post-mortem
revealed the fact that she literally
broke herself in two. She was owned by
McKeever Bros, and valued at $4,000.
10 N WILLIAMS and Peter Cusick, in
mates OF the soldiers home, were run
over and killed by the Rapid Transit
train at Leavenworth, Kan, on tho 9th
The validity of the new constitution
of Kentucky is to be contested In the
supreme court Of the state, on the
ground that the constitutional conven-
ton made numerous changes after the
instrument was ratified by the people.
The census Office has made public q
bulletin In relation to iron ore. Itshows
that the quantity Of iron ore produced
in the United States during the year
1889 to have been 14,5l8,o4l long tons,
valued at S83, ,S51,97S, an average OF
S. so per ton. The four leading states
were Michigan, Alabama, Pennsylvania
and New York, aggregating 1o,9S4, $50
tons or 70. 40 per cent Of the total prod
uct Capital invested, slO9, ,7eo, 19s.
THREE armed masked men entered
the express Office at Durant, Miss, on
the 9th, overpowered the express agent
and his helpers, secured $1,000 in cur
rency and escaped.
THE final crop report on wheat and
oats, issued by the Kansas State board
Of agriculture, shows the yield Of wheat
for Kansas to be 5s, S99, ,el9 bushels, and
Of oats 80, ,6es,045 bushels The proba-
BILE product Of corn is placed at las, 4s6,-
91s bushels.
JOHN and Wade Fielder, half. brothers,
were hanged in the jail yard at Rusk,
Tex, on the 9th, for numbering /.
Thompson year ago.
DURING the month ended October the
pension Office issued 81, ga certificates OF
all classes, the average frstpayment on
each being sl47.
HART BROS, well-known oil operators
Of Washington, Pa, failed on the 9th
with liabilities Of $3.50, 900. II is stated
that they will pay dollar for dollar.
The business failures in the United
States during the week ending October
0, number 240 and for Canada so, or a
total Of 27O, as compared with a total Of
$50 the preceding week. For the cor
responding week Of last year the fig
ures were ai5, representing 1856 failures
In the United States and 20 In Canada.
THE Oliver & Roberts Wire Company,
Of Pittsburgh. one of the largest con-
Germs OF It's kind in the country, on the
9th made request Of its creditors for
an extension pf time.
Miss ANNA HERON, well known in In
dianapolis society circles, committed
suicide on the 9th by hanging herself to
q bedpost with towel
The county Jail ut Omaha, Neh, was
broken into on the night Of the 9th by q
mob Of 5000 citizens who took George
Smith (colored) and hanged him to q
telegraph pole. Smith was confined for
raping q 5-year-old girl
THE town Of Kiowa, Kan, Is In tur-
moil, the citizens being In open revolt
against Mrs Paxton, the lady mayor,
on account Of her warfare against
whisky joints. She has been petitioned
by the business men TO resign and her
husbands name is on the petition.
A. s. MANN & Co., one Of the oldest
dry goods firms In Rochester, N. Y,
made an general assignment on the 9th.
The firms money was tied up In west
ern land and IL was unable TO tide over
the emergency. The liabilities are over
s10O, 900 and assets about S72, ,O0O
The Olympic theater at St. Paul,
MINI, burned on the 9th. Loss $780,
600.
AT Boston, on the 9th, Benjamin A.
Plumtry was sentenced TO pay fine Of
500 for the Illegal sale Of oleomargerine
and was committed to Jail Afterwards
he was released on a writ Of habeas cor
pus. This is test case, and involves
the constitutionality Of the act Of the
legislature which prohibits the expos
ure for sale Of oleomargarine.
L.V. HEARD. a well-known St Paul
lawyer. assigned on the 9th. His liabil-
tiles are slO0, 900, with assets less than
half that sum. Speculation in real es-
tate Is the cause.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
KNe KARL |. OF Wurtemburg died on