The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-07-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from All Quarters
DOMESTIC.

nm HkNoiNNAAO bao ~ ASSg@N~
to Edward Belden, of Kansas, untilJuly
%. He was sentenced to hang June 20.
THE residence of William Huggins, a
farmer living near Grand Forks, $. D.,
burned on the Esd with its contents.
Mrs. Huggins was badly burned and
died within an hour She was the
daughter Of d. P. Reeves, pioneer
settler Of the Red river valley
JoHN CoLgMsS, aged 30, a member OF
the Liberty fire company, was Instantly
killed at Wilmington, Del, on the 25th,
by being thrown from one OF the eu-
gine horses he was riding.
FIRE at C. N. Nelson Lumber Com
pany's mills at Cloqust, Mimi, on the
10Th destroyed lumber and sheds valued
at $4,000. insured for S4OO,0
CONTRACTS were awarded on the 2Sd
for the erection OF the worlds fair hor-
ticultural building at u total cost OF
s2Ol, 200.
THE street ear drivers strike at Grand
Rapids, Mich, which has been pending
since May 10, was declared off on the
23d, the men conceding everything.
THE trial Of the president and direc-
tors of the New York g. New Haven
railroad for causing the death Of the
persons killed in the tunnel accident by
disregarding the law in regard TO heat
ing the cars, ended on the cath. Judge
Van Brunt ordered the dismissal Of the
indictments against aid the defendants
except President Clark who, later, was
acquitted by the jury.
FRED BRoKAw, son Of Isaac V. Bro
l5aw, OF New York City, was drowned
On the cath, while attempting to rescue
The servants of Mrs Herr, at Elberon,
NJ One Of the servants was also
drowned.
AT Orange, N. j., on the cath, Will
lam II. Latimcr was arrested on the
charge of embezzling thessum Of So, ZOO
from the Orange loan and building as
socintion while secretary Of that organi-
zation.
ABOUT 800 cloalsmakers in the employ
of Landesmann, Hirschemier & Co.,
Cleveland, O., struck on the cath for an
advance in wages.
At St Louis, Mo-, ON the cath ALI c.
Green, John c. Jacob, b. and George
Walker and John Lewbaugh were ar
rested on the charge ofpassing counter
felt DC. 1Oc, 25c, soc and 81 silver pieces.
number of molds and considerable
metal was found upon them.
AN arrest has been made in connec-
ton with the recent robbery Of dia-
monds from e. j. Denning & Co., at
New York City. william II. Conlxline,
aged 10, clerk in the employ Of the
firm, was taken Into custody on the 25th,
charged with the crime.
TYPHOID fever is raging at Valley
Falls, six miles from Providence, r. J..
On the 25th thirty-six persons were
down with the disease. The cause OF
the epidemic has been traced to oon-
taminated well.
AT Pottsville, Pa, several hundred
men at the Piopeer iron furnaces struck
on the 25th because the owners OF the
plant refused TO pay them according TO
the Pittsburgh scale.
AT Elmira, n Y, on the 25th fire de-
stroyed Spaulding g. Co. IS planning mill
and sash factory, and damaged the Ell
mira rolling mill and the Elmira, Cort-
land & Northern depot Total loss about
s75, ZOO.
NEAR Hamilton, Mo-, on the gath,
while worlmen were propping up the
roof Of coal mine, a rock weighing n
ton and half fell. killing Paul Blois
instantly Robert Stewart, Frank Doo-
ley, John Lewis and William Hall were
all more or less severely injured
A cLoUD-BURsT occurred in Cherokee
county, Tenn, on the cath doing much
damage 10 crops, etc. Harvey Agnew
and Jacob Newton, moonshiners, were
struck by lightning and instantly killed
BY the explosion Of a barrel OF
alcohol in the basement of the Columbia
college at New York City ON the 25th,
DIR. John 7. Northrop, an instructor in
zoology, and his two assistants, William
Simpson and Thomas Tighe, were seri-
ously burned Dr. Northrop's injuries
may prove fatal
On the 25th the remains Of Count
Lewenhaupt, the husband OF Ellen
Bayard, the daughter Of ex-Secretary
of State Thomas F. Bayard, were
shipped on the steamer Werra, OF the
North German Lloyd line for Bremen.
The body was accompanied by his wife
and Thomas 4. Bayard. jr. II Is being
taken TO Sweden for final interment
THE chief OF the bureau Of statistics In
his statement Of imports and exports Of
the United States, reports that the value
Of exports OF merchandise from the
United States during the twelve months
ended May 81, 1891, was ss79, ,Se4, osl.
The value Of the imports of merchan-
disc was, for the twelve months ended
May 81, ssie, ,s77, ,O32.
A SPARK from tin roofers stove set
fire TO wooden extension on the roof
Of the United States mint at Philadel-
phia on the 25th, but the prompt mr.
rival Of the fremen prevented the spread
of the flames and beyond loss Of $500
TO the roof no damage was done.
THE Wisconsin state land commits
sioners, who for the past three months
have been investigating the subject Of
tresspass on timber lands, have un-
earthed great frauds. Millions upon
millions Of feet Of pine timber have
oeen cut by various individuals off pub
lie lands with no authority whatever
1000, 900 feet having been stolen from a
single township in the northwestern
part Of the state within the past two
years. The robbery has been going on
for twelve years and the loss TO the
state Is enormous.
Ar Toledo o., on the 25th Rev. Dr.
Quigley, the Catholic priest who was
recently convicted OF violatiup the Ohio