The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-04-01

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Clement, the suicides mother, loses
{ $1,000.
THE full sized portrait Of jefferson
Davis was received in the Arkansas
house on the Goth and placed over the
speakers desk. 1t took the place Of the
portrait Of George Washington that has
been hanging in the hall for the past
twenty years.
A PETITION was filed In the supreme
court of the District of Columbia on the
Goth in behalf of George Q. Merrick and
his associates praying for mandamus
on Secretary Foster to compel him to
receive silver bar for free coinage.
This is renewal of the "silver bar"
suit, which was heretofore brought and
died with the death of Secretary Win
| dom.
PETER DOYLE and Charles Peterson
were instantly killed by an explosion
of dynamite at the South Buffalo mine
in Negaunee, Mich, on the Goth.
THE upper branch of the Tennessee
legislature has rejected the bill appro-
priating S25, 600 for state exhibit at
the worlds fair. The house, however,
passed bill allowing county authori-
ties to appropriate money for exhibits
at the fair.
WILLIAM GARNER died at Mexico, Mo-,
on the 28th of hydrophobia He got so
violent that four men had to be kept
with him all the time. During the last
night his sufferings were terrible. He
gnashed his teeth and frothed at the
mouth continually. II is said that
about twenty years ago he was bitten
by mad dog which the doctor thinks
is the cause.
THE Maine legislature has passed a
bill providing that anyone preventing
by force or intimidation any person
from entering or remaining in any mans
employ shall be liable to fine Of $500,
or two years imprisonment
AT Chicago the deaths reported from
pneumonia and kindred ailments for the
week ended March 2S were about 900,
probably the largest number ever re-
corded in that city. A careful estimate
justifies the statement that nearly $780,
900 people in the city are under medical
treatment Every branch Of business
is crippled by the prevailing sickness.
The Norwegian bark Dictator was
driven ashore off Norfolk, Va, on the
27th, and is total loss. OF the crew of
fifteen, nine were rescued, Capt. Jorgen-
sen among them. Including those who
perished were the captains wife and
little child.
BUSINESS failures during the seven
days ended March 81 number for the
United States 22s and for Canada 2s, or
or a total of 256, as compared with to-
tai Of 275 the previous week. For the
corresponding week of last year the fig
ures were 243.
ZOE GAYToS, the actress, who started
from San Francisco several months ago
to walk TO New York on wager, ar
rived in the latter city on the 27th,
thirteen days ahead of her time. She
has walked the distance, 3,395 miles, in
six months and twenty-six days, ana
will receive for her labor about $1,000.
A TRAIN on the Philadelphia & Read
ing railroad was wrecked near Ashland,
Pa, on the 27th, causing the death Of
three me1 and the serious injury Of
three others.
THE Reading pa Iron Company has
notified its 1000 employees that slight
reduction in wages will be made on
April 1.
In the United States court at Phila-
delphia on the 27th Judge Butler rem
dered decision in regard TO the Uni
versal Order Of Cooperation, one Of the
investment bond schemes Of the day.
The Judge held that the order has no
right to enter into the contracts with
members without having money on
hand to carry them out, and said that a
receiver would be appointed.
THE trial of John Brennan, who killed
Minnie Martleson last December, ended
at Chicago on the 27th In a verdict of
guilty and the pcnalty fxed at twenty
five years in the penitentiary
ASSISTANT SECRETARY SPAULDING has
decided that permission cannot be ac-
corded TO parties to transport from
place to place shipments Of imported
wines contained in the original stamped
package enclosed within an outer cask
upon which the stamp is not visible.
The contract for furnishing two suits
each TO the 10, ,O7O letter carriers through
out the country at sl5, without hat or
cap, has been awarded TO oehm & Co.,
Of Baltimore.
The county officials Of Comanche
county, Kan, including the clerk, treas
urer, and commissioners, have been ar
rested upon information fled by the
city attorney OF Wichita, charging them
with m malfeasance In Office. Several Of
the heaviest taxpayers In the county
have retained lawyers 10 institute civil
suits against those officials for the re-
covery Of money alleged to have been
illegally withheld from the county.
TEE ~ per cent loan, Of which lit,
tie more than $50, 900, 900 Is now out
standing, will mature September next.
Treasury officials say there will be no
trouble whatever in meeting II, and that
II was regarded as matter Of so little
concern that II was not thought neces-
sary to bring It TO the attention Of Con-
gress.
OK the 27th local passenger train on
the Chesapeake g. Ohio River railway
ran into the rear OF freight train In a
tunnel, seventy-fve miles east of
Charleston, w. Va, and both trains
were wrecked. Fire broke out and the