The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-30

were fixed at s11, 900
on the 29d Louis Wagner, an electric
street railroad employe at New Albany,
Ind, fell from ladder, came in contact
with charged wire and was instantly
killed Marcus Ruthenburg was struck
by the same,wire and probably fatally
shocked.
JuDGMExrs amounting to over $500 600
have been entered against George IA
Saf,derson, . prominent business man
and banker of Williamsport, Pa The
judgments are in favor of H. L. Taylor.
Buffalo oil operator. Mr.. Sanderson
states that the trouble is merely the re-
suit OF misunderstanding between
former business associates
MRS. CHARLES f. BRowN, Of Bloom
| ington, Ill. has written to Attorney
General Tabor, OF New York, claiming
Charles 4. Brown, the celebrated hu-
morist, known as Artemus Ward, as
her husband
THE first tEHelvetnch gun ever made
at the Washington naval ordnance
foundry was tested at the proving
grounds ut India Head on the 23d. Sue
cessful results were, obtained both from
the rife and the pneumatic carriage
upon which it is mounted.
JOHN p. RICHARDSON, of Chattanooga,
Tenn, one OF the richest men in the
south and probably the greatest cotton
planter in the United States, died few
days ago, a victim TO cigarette smoking.
His wealth was estimated at 81, 00o.0Oo,
and he carried life insurance Of $780,
900.
CAPT. E. L. BAKER committed suicide
at Racine, Wis, on the 22d by shooting.
He was SO years old and veteran OF
the war.
THE oil-calxe department of the Union
mills at Detroit, Mich, was almost en-
titely destroyed on the 23d. The loss Is
estimated at s15O,OOO; insurance nm
known. II was caused by spontaneous
combustion.
THE supreme court Of Michigan has
confirmed the Flint & Pere Marquette
Railroad Company's title to 10000 acres
of land valued at over Sl,0oo,o 600, and
contested by Michigan. -
THE Crescent pottery, covering five
; acres of ground and employing 5OC
, men, was burned at Trenton, N. j.. or
) the 23d. Estimated loss Sl20, 900.
{ THE Lafayette house, frame build
: ing in St Joseph, Mo-, was badly
E wrecked by dynamite at an early houl
on the Esd The building was discov
cred 10 be on FIRE, and soon after th'
: arrival Of the fire department two dyn
o amite bombs exploded in one end OF 1t
The entire front was blown out ant
the house was otherwise badly demol
n ished. The forty persons who wer
= sleeping in the hotel had been arouse
: by the fire alarm and escaped injury.
AT White Plains, n. Y, the jury in
yestigating the condition Of E. M. Fiel
!. after a consultation Of fifteen minute
v on the 23d brought in verdict that b
!, was insane. The jury also found ths
the personal estate Of E N. Field wa
/, valued at $4,000
y MRS ADA THORPE LOTUS, who, 1t
"A alleged, came to New York from FL
- rope with the avowed intention Of xii
=. ing President Harrison, has been a
: judged insane and taken TO an asylum
al THE warehouse at Sacramento, Cal
Of the hardware establishments Of Bak'
2 4 Hamilton was destroyed by fire {
"a the Esd. The loss is s65, 900. -Four toi
20 OF rife cartridges exploded
er AT Troy. N. Y, on the Esd Justi
Fursman signed an order allowing Il
n Ulster County Savings Institute TO T
Al sumo business The order restrains u
e bank from paying out more than 25 p
rs cent Of the deposits until further q
ders Of the court
a. oyKR ffty cadets and about TWEEN
ma officers in the naval academy at Anna
~ oils, Nd, are in the clutches Of
~ grippe. The medical branch Of Z
academy has It's hands full and Z
monthly examination was suspended
"a account of the prevailing epidemic
;r The Illinois supreme court has re
no dered decision declaring unconstii
- tional the alien land law passed by I
IN state Legislature In 1887
- WILLIAM 8. PARSONS and AugI
n. Boning were both found dead at tn
respective residencesin Philadelphia
A. the Esd, their death being caused BY
- iuminating gas
The large new brick building Of
Apollo Iron and Steel Company,
n. Apollo. Pa, erected for electric lie
-, purposes was totally demolished b
' natural gas explosion on the Esd Fc
employees were seriously burned
In the criminal court at ReadiI
o Pa, on the Esd Reuben Rhoad
vi night watchman In the Berls cour
=, jail. pleaded guilty 70 gross negliger
me resulting In the release Of two .pr
ias oners, Beatrice Collins. q counterfeit
ne and John Miller. burglar, was .
len fenced TO one year Imprisonment q
300 fine
aw TIE South Carolina house Of rep
the sentatives has rejected the bill prs
OBJ ously passed by the senate provid
Ion Tor representation of the state at
worlds fair.
cen TEE Bank Of Greenville, at Gre
WI vile. Miss, suspended payment on
ook 22d and has been placed in the hand
and receiver The liabilities are sta
The st 500. 900, and assets exceeding I
ere amount The failure Ia due 70 excesl
overhowk entailing short crops
tin the low price Of cotton
tin COLLECTOR SAMUEL WARMcAsrLE
go, the Twenty-third district Of Penn
The vania, internal revenue service, was
900 ,noxed from office ON The 2ad NV n,