The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-09-09

THB treasury department montnly
statement Of changesin the circulation
during August past shows anet increass
during the month Of 80, 10s,821
THE annual reunion Of the veterans
Of Susquehanna, Lackawanna,L Luzerne,
Wayne, Wyoming and Columbia coun-
ties Of Pennsylvania, and Of Broome
county, N. Y, was held at Susquehanna,
Pa, on the Sd. 1t was attended by
large number Of veterans, There was
great parade in the afternoon and
banquet in the evening.
LIeHTNISe struck cotton house near
Magnolia, Ark, on the I'd and killed
four persons who were in the building
engaged in weighing cotton.
THE business portion of Alfalfa, Ark.
burned on the Sd, causing a loss OF $780,
oo0
THE worlds fair commission on the
9Th referred to the Judiciary committee
q communication from President Baker,
lndorsed by the executive committee,
asking the cooperation Of the commits
sion in securing loan Of 81, 900, 900 from
the government for the use Of the fair,
10 be repaid out of the first receipts.
AN unsuccessful attempt was madeon
the night Of the Sd by two masked men
TO rob the express car Of passenger
train on the Southern Pacific railroad
near Modesto, Cal. The trainmen and
detective on board the train finally
compelled the robbers to take to fight,
but not until they had shot and serious
ly wounded the detective.
THE president and secretary OF the
Elder Publishing Company, were ar
rested at Chicago on the 4th, charged
with using the mails for fraudulent
purposes. Both prisoners were held in
%, 400 bail each. II is claimed the con-
cern has swindled thousands Of persons,
the company extending its operations
to Canada and Australia
THE steam yacht Albatross, owned
by ]. Eggleston, of Boston, has been
wrecked on Gull island, near the New
foundland coast, and is a total loss She
was valued at 500, 900. A large num-
Der Of guests were on board and all
were landed safely except DIR. j. b. Eg-
gleston, son Of the owner, who was
drowned.
THE dynamite factory owned by F.
A. Reynolds & Co, near White Pigeon,
Mich, exploded on the 4th. There were
about twenty tons of dynamite in the
building, which was three-story brick.
Scarcely vestige Of It remains. Six
teen workmen, mostly Swedes and Nor
wegians, were completely annihilated;
not an atom Of them is TO be found
The business failures throughout the
country during the week ended Septem-
Der number for the United States 100
and for Canada 81, or a total Of 217, as
compared with total Of 22e the pre-
ceeding week. For the corresponding
week Of last year the figures were 2oS,
representing 1T failures in the United
States and 20 In Canada.
ENOUGH peaches have arrived in Bal
timore during the past FIVE weeks to
supply almost four peaches to every in
habitant Of the United States The
number OF packages received has been
about 200. 900, averaging 200 to the box.
The first severe frost Of the season in
Iowa fell on the night Of the 3D., materi-
ally injuring corn. From the present
outlook ninc,tenths of the corn Of
northern Iowa will be soft
The B. v. Page Company OF Chicago,
oil and lard refners, have assigned. The
assets are said 10 amount TO about $780,
900, aud the liabilities 100000.
THE published volume OF acts Of the
last session of the Ohio Legislature has
been issued and forms the largest book
that the lawmakers ever succeeded In
making In one session. There are 600
pages Of general laws and 800 pages Of
local enactments
THE National Association Of Station
ary Engineers, at its session In Omaha,
Neb., on the 4th elected the following
officers william Powell, Of Cleveland,
O., president; Thomas j. Holmes, Of
Chicago, vice president; William II.
Crowley, Of Jersey City, secretary, and
r. J. Smith. Of San Francisco, treas
urer.
HARMON MURRAY, notorious colored
outlaw and desperate, who has terror
izeda wide section Of country in Florida,
was shot and instantly killed on the 3D.
In q swamp near Archer, that state,
by Hardy Early, colored boy aged II.
Murray had killed seven men within
the past few months and there were re.
wards amounting to s1,5o0 on his head,
which will be paid TO Early.
SYDNEY OLD, formerly secretary TO
Fisher, Renwick & Co., OF the Dry Dock
and Jetty Company, Of Newcastle-on-
Tyne, England, was arrested at Detroit,
Mich, on the 4th on the charge Of en-
bszzling R5, 900 from his employers. He
will be held TO await extrAdition papers.
AT Manchester, N. H., on the 4th
Judge Smith fled his opinion In the
case Of Rayburn against the Granite
State Provident association. The Judge
refuses the application for permanent
injunction and finds the institution sol
vent and conducting legal business
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.