The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-09-02

in the shop was suffocating.. The strike
Is virtually one for fresh air. NY 8A
THORNTON, Horton and Braswell, the
three men who entered the Southern
express car between Atlanta and Macon,
Ga, on the night OF August 20 and
rifled the safe of ssS, 600. were captured
on the 27th and the money recovered.
Ar Georgetown, KY, on the 27th, dur
ing free fight, A. ], Montgomery and
John and Burrell Jarvis were shot and
killed by Milton Kendall and his four
sons.
The five-year-old trotting race at In
dependence Ia, on the 27th was won
BY Nancy Hanks in straight heats, the
first and third heatsin 2:i2. This goes
on record as being the fastest three
heats ever trotted in race. M
WHILE workmen were repairing
wooden bridge over the Baltimore d
Ohio railroad at Cumberland, Nd, on
the 27th, the structure fell, instantly
killing Tolbert Minnicks and seriously
injuring Walter Miller.
Hon. D. D. WooD, chairman Of the
executive committee on the improve
ment of western waterways, has issued
q call for convention TO be held in
Evansville, Ind, October IA and 10.
WALTER CARR & Co., produce dealers
of New York, have assigned with LA
bilities estimated at 100000; assets
about the same.
POSTMASTER GENERAL WANAMAKER
has sent a personally signed letter to
the postmaster of each county seat
throughout the United States asking
him for the public good, at his own ex-
pense, to make a personal visit to each
post Office in his county and make de-
tailed report upon its condition.
DETAILS Of the recent disaster on the
Western North Carolina railroad show
that twenty FIVE were killed and twenty
six injured
A CENSUS Office bulletin on irrigation
| in the state of Wyoming shows that
there are 1,9l7 farms in the state that
are irrigated out Of total number Of
a24Z. The total area Of land in these
| LOTT farms Is 1, 500, $50 acres upon 229, $40
acres OF which crops were raised by ir'
rigatlon In the year 1889. In addition TO
/ the irrigated area from which crops
were cut or gathered, there were ap'
proximately 100000 acres irrigated for
grazing purposes :,
SUPERINTENDENT OWEN has directed
that suit be entered against w. +. Vliet,
of Cleveland, o., for violation Of the
alien contract labor law In publishing
In foreign papers advertisements for
contract laborers TO come 10 the United
States. This is the first case Of the kind
In which suit has been entered by the
| United States.
ABOUT 1876 masked men rode into
Georgetown. KY, early in the morning
OF the 2sth ult and taking Frank Dudley,
the murderer OF farmer Hughes, out Of
jail hung him to a tree Just outside OF
town.
JUDGE JOHN F. DILLON, Of New York,
was elected president OF the American
Bar association at their convention at
Boston on the 2sth ult. A report was
adopted urging all the states TO appoint
committees on uniformity Of state laws.
| II. G. SHARP & Co.'s drug store, M. b.
Taylor's millinery store, Wilcox's cloth
ing store and e. II. Farrell's tobacco
store at oswego, N. Y, were partially
destroyed by fire on the 2sth ult The
loss Is about $4,000.
AT Denver. Col, on the 2sth ult., Mad.
anne Astle was committed to prison In de-
fault OF $40, 900 bail for numbering in.
fants by roasting them alive In q stove.
PAUL B. TAFT, Of Omaha, Neb., was
arrested at Pueblo, Col, on the 2sth ult-,
charged with stealing package CON
tanning IS, 900 in gold from the Mer
chants National bank Of Omaha on
July 81.
ADIsPATcH TO the state department
on the 2sth ult. from the United States
consul at Valparaiso, Chilli, stated that {
battle had been fought between the in
surgents and President Balmaceda'i
troops in which the latter were defeated
and that the city Of Valparaiso had sur
rendered TO the Congressional party.
WHILE selling pools at the Detroit ex
position race track on the 2sth ult, VIII
lam A. Armstrong, the well-known poo
seller, was stricken with paralysis ant
will probably die
JOHN BAXTER, his wife and two chill
dren were found dead in their rooms a
85e East Sixtieth street, New York, OF
the 2sth ult. All had been shot Itissup
posed TO be q case Of murder and suicide
BUSINESS failures occurring through
out the country during the week endet
August 2s number for the United 6tate
2o4 and for Canada %, or total Of 2e6
as compared with total Of 216 the pre-
yious week. For the corresponding
waek Of last year the figures were 1850
WADE THOMAS and Bob Reed, botf
colored, were buried In cavern at thu
Alice furnace at Birmingham, Ala, OF
the osth ult, and smothered to death
GEN. r. s. DYRESFURTH. In charge o
recent government rain experiments q
Midland, Tex, has returned 10 Wash
ington, jubilant over his successful ex
pertinent He says In three weeks un
der great disadvantage six rains wer
produced, three OF which were down
pours, and the last one was the heavies
rain In three years Gen. Dyrenfurt'
says the principle Is correct beyon
question.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
THE Pennsylvahia prohibition con
vention held at Harrisburg on the oct