The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-08-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from All Quarters.
DOMESTIC.

On tAiC Gown ulh WIZ hP eAO eseSAh - se@Sf
Kentucky Union Railroad Company at
Lexington, KY, and threw number OF
freight cars into the ditch. A bitter
fight is on and bloodshed is feared.
THERE has been large increase In the
volume of immigration into the United
States during the last fiscal year. The
total number arriving was bb5, 400, as
against 45l,9lo during the fiscal year
1890, showing an increase during the
last fiscal year of lo4,s77.
.THE exports Of gold and silver from
the United States during the last fiscal
year were sfos, ge9, ,ess; and the imports
were $50, ,912, 1884, an excess Of exports Of
S7a, ,516, ,s54. Tho exports Of gold we're
sse, ses, ,e22, and tho imports sis, s4e, ,Sie,
showing an excess ofexports Of gold "
eos,117, llo, the largest excess In any
year Of our commerce.
z Ar Jefferson City, Mo-, Judge Burgess
on the esth ult overruled themotion for
. new trial In the case ofex-State Treas
prsr holland, found guilty Of embezsle-
ment
GEoReE DIXON, Of Boston, and Abe
willis, Of. Australia, fought at San Fran,
cisco on the 2sth ult- for apurse Of y, ,ooo
and the bantam weight championship
a the world Dixon knocked out his
opponent in the fifth round
TWO freight trains on the Pittsburgh,
n Wayne & Chicago railroad collidcd
near Salem, o., on the 2sth ult Two en-
gines and eleven cars OF freight were
demolished Several members Of the
crews were severely injured, but none
fatally.
WHILE the employees Of the Peconic
bank at Sag Harbor, R l., were watch
ing the passing Of q procession on the
Goth ult. thief entered the bank and
grabbed a package containing $500,
with which he escaped.
The culvert at Charlestown, Nd, on
the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Balti-
more railroad was washed out on the Goth
ult. A freight train ran into the wash
out and was wrecked. William Setter
field, head brakeman, was thrown from
the top Of a car and his skull was frac-
tured. The washout was caused by a
cloudburst- Great damage was done To
crops.
AT Brooklyn, N. Y, on the 99th ult,
Judge Cullen, Of the supreme court,
dissolved the Broolxlyn Sugar Refining
Company and appointed the Franklin
Trust Company receiver.
: The president has pardoned Capt
George ]. Armes, U. s. A., under SEN
tcnce of court-martial for conduct nn'
becoming an officer aud q gentleman
The offense was committed during ths
Inauguration Of President Harrison.
THE. St Petersburg police have ar
rested twenty-eight army officers ant
twenty-six nihilists connected with I
plot TO kill the car. The nihilists mad'
a desperate resistance when arrestet
and in the struggle seven Of the con
spirators were killed.
FULLY $4,000 people attended the fu
neral Of the victims of the railway dis
aster at st. Mande, France, on the s9tl
nit There were twenty-four hearses b
the line.
Gov. BUCHANAN will convene tn
Tennessee legislature in extra sessio
August II. He will refer the Who'll
penitentiary question TO that body 10
Investigation and action.
THE fourteenth annual meeting
the American Paper Manufacturer a
sociation was held at Saratoga, N. Y
on the Goth ult. Resolutions againi
the free coinage OF silver and favorin
a uniform bankruptcy law wei
adopted.
THE business men Of Johnstown, Pa
have resolved TO bring suit against u
South Fork Fishing club for damag'
sustained by the great flood.
The new reciprocity treaty nego'
ated between the United States ar
San Domingo under the terms OF u
Mckinley tariff act will be proclaim'
in both countries at an early date
August. The Cuban reciprocity trea'
with Spain will also be proclaim'
about the same time.
IN the grand circuit races at Clev
land. o., on the Goth ult., the free-fc
all pace was won by Hal Pointer
three straight heats, Yolo Maid secol
and Dallas third. Time: 2:1oA, 2:1o,
2:1OK, the fastest three heats ever pac
In race.
AT Erie, Pa, on the Goth ult, Chau
cey Marble, wealthy lumberma
pleaded guilty in the circuit court
having counterfeit money in his poss'
sion, and was sentenced by Judge Rs
70 pay fine Of $50 and undergo ter
Of two years In the Allegheny penits
tiary.
SEVERAL worlrmen In the paint sh
Of the chair manufacturing departing
at the state farm at Bridgewater, MAJ
have been drinking wood alcohol, ui
in that shop, on the sly, and as con
auence two men have died and tn
now lies in the hospital In critical G.
dition.
AFATAL contagious disease has br'
en- out among the cattle In Palo Al
Ehmett and Kossuth counties, Ia, Q
many are dying of. The disease b
hesthe skill Of local veterinarians.
TH9,Spldiers' home for Union veteri
near 4 louisville, KY, was opened
the'5oth ult The main building '
accommodate fifty, and two large wa
houses are being turned into barrac
which will give room for many more
AT Suffolk, Va, on the 3oth ult J'
p, Roper, y manager OF the West
Uniensl TelegFpph Company at I
plSSes was shot and killed by some
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