The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-02-11

hylVunlh railway ran luUO u lTelRHu JrdlI
near New Florence, Pa, on the 5th
Fireman Bell and Engineer Burbanl
were caught in the wreck and quite
seriously but not fatally hurt.
THE ways and means committee Of
the National Columbian Exposition has
decided to ask Congress to appropriate
5000, 600 in aid of the Worlds Fair.
The matter will be laid before the next
b Congress, as the present one is too neaI
the end of its session to get it through.
THE five-story building at Green Point
L. l., occupied by E. d. Church as a
soda water factory, was destroyed by
fire on the 5th, entailing loss on build
ing and stock of $500 900.
AT recent meeting of the Iowa Co
lumbian Exposition Commission q mo-
tion to employ architects to draw up
plans for 100000 Iowa building at
Chicago was adopted. The building is
to be constructed almost entirely of iron
and glass.
A SENSATION has developed in the ar
rest of ]. A. Shipman, prominent law
yer of Ke rney, Neb., charged with
forging notes and mortgages aggregat-
ing $40, 900 in connection with transfer
of Omaha re i estate.
ARTICLES Of incorporation were fled
at Trenton, N, j., on the 5th for the
American Soda Fountain Company.
This incorporation consolidates the
plant, real estate, patents, stocks, etc,
of John Matthews, of New York; James
w. Tufts, of Boston, and Charles Lip
pincott g. Co., Of Philadelphia. The
capital is to be S3,750,000.
A MORTGAGE of S12, 900 has been placed
on the Weldon farm, on which live
George ]. Schweinfurth and his disci-
pies. The name Of Schweinfurth does
not appear upon the instrument, and 1t
is the general opinion that the leader Of
the new Zion is in receipt of about 500
a day in the way of tithes.
THE American Powder Company, Of
Chicago, has purchased the patent and
, exclusive right TO manufacture the EN-
mons explosive or smokeless powder
The factory is located near Greensburg,
Pa.
An Ouray (Col.) dispatch reports the
death of four Virginian miners in a
snowslide at Mount Sneffles. While 90
ing up the mountain and at an altitude
of $4,000 feet a heavy body of snow be-
came detached and the victims were
hurled down the mountain and buried
fifty feet beneath the mass. Their
bodies were recovered.
JUDGE TULEY, of the Chicago Circuit
Court, has practically tied up any settle
ment of the Kean Bank affairs by grant
ing an injunction TO Bishop William
Taylor, the African missionary, re-
straining S. A. Kean and assignees
Jacobs and Shaw from disposing of the
bank assets.
THE large bolt and nut works of j. II.
Sternberger & Co., at Reading, Pa, were
completely destroyed by fire on the 9th.
The loss is estimated at from $500, 900 to
S350,0O0, with an insurance of probably
S250,000. The firm employed $50 meE
and boys who will be thrown out Of EN-
ployment
A FIRE in the Pullman car shops at
st. Louis on the 9th destroyed the shops
and their contents, together with a
number of small dwellings near by.
Loss, S25O,O0O. About 400 men are
thrown out OF work.
Work at the Oriental Mills, Provi-
dence, X. l., has been stopped under A.
tachments now aggregating s337, 900.
A second assignment is looked for.
THE National Bank of Chambersburg,
Pa, has entered judgment against the
Taylor Manufacturing Company, OF
Chambersburg, for sl4l, $780, and issued
an execution on II. The sheriff has
taken possession Of the shops. Other
judgments and suits aggregating $4,000
additional were also entered.
FIFTEEN sticks Of giant powder ex-
ploded at Whitley tunnel, near Kokomo,
Col, on the 9th. William Young and
John Anderson were torn TO piecec.
John Johnston and John Mcleod were
terribly injured and two others slightly
hurt.
BUSINESS failures occurring through
out the county during the seven days
ended February number 3O6, as com
pared with 800 the previous week. For
the corresponding week Of last year the
figures were 81.
The Philadelphia Council has passed
an ordinance for an elevated railway.
THE overdue National line steamer
Denmark, which sailed from London
January Is, arrived at New York on
the 9th.
NEAR New Haven, Conn, gang OF |
stone blasters were shaken up by ex.
ploding dynamite placed on forge TO
thaw. C. L. Barbour lost both eyes,
was much cut, and may die. Three
others were seriously hurt.
THE Pennsylvania House has passed
n bill authorizing the Governor TO ap-
point commission TO revise the mining
laws and inquire into the condition OF
the various miners.
FIVE HUNDRED furnace men in the
employ OF the Illinois Steel Company
nj South Chicago are on rike, and the
Zig works are nearly shut down. They
quit because number Of helpers were
ASSISTANT SECRETARY BUssEY he
written letter TO the Commissioner Of
Pensions calling attention TO circulars
among pensioners and claim.
ants by pension attorneys, which he
characterizes as "unprofessional and