The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-11-16

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ing.
NEAR Chippewa Falls, Wis., on the
Wisconsin Central road, special anu
regular freight came into collision on
the 10th, smashing the engines OF ooth
trains and several freight cars. William
Witzig, fireman, was crushed ana a.
most instantly killed. Abrakeman was
also severely injured. =,
MISS NINA CORNING, IS years old,
popular young lady Of Tioga, Pa sui
cided on the 10th by sho oting herself.
Disappointment in love is the alleged
cause.
S. KEAN, the Chicago banker, who
failed two years ago, has been indicted
on a charge Of ieloniously conceahng
money from depositors in his bank
THE Lasalle Brewing Company at ot
tawa, ILL.,, has failed for 100000; assets
$s5, 900.
NEGOTIATIONS for the purchase OF the
Pratt & Whitney fine tool works at
Hartford, Conn, by an English syndi
cate have been practically completed,
and the plant will be in the control oil
the Englishmen within short time
The terms of purchase were ~, 2,5oo,ooo
THE annual report of the naval ord
nance bureau, soon to be made public,
will show that satisfactory grade oil
smokeless powder for all guns up TO
six-inch caliber and high explosive
emmensite-of American invention ana
production, have been OBJ tanned.
A SNOW storm of unprecedented Sc
verity for this season of the year pre-
vailed on the 10th in southern Missouri
Arkansas, Indian Territory, Tennessee
and southern Illinois
THE county almshouse at Sugar
Creek, near Franklin, Pa, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 10th. All the
inmates escaped in safety. Loss, $780,
900; insured for s56,OOO
WILLIAM +. KEcK, condemned MUIR
derer who was to have been hanged at
Allentown, Pa, at noon on the loth'
was found dead in his cell at an early
hour that morning. The cause OF death
was not known.
THE trial of the Rev. DR.. Charles A.
Briggs charged with heresy by the
Presbyterian Church, has been ad'
iourned by the New York Presbytery
! until November IS.
EIeHTY Missouri undertakers met in
convention at Kansas City on tho 10Th
and organized State association. Inc
, organization will devote its energies to
l securing the passage Of a law by the
next legislature licensing undertakers
after the same manner as physicians
THE residence presented to the late
Gen. W. T. Sherman by the citizens oi
St Louis at the close Of the war, was
{ sold at auction in that city on the 1Otf
!, to private parties for $4,000. The resi-
- - dence originally cost $4,000 and thu
money TO purchase was raised at pub
lie meeting in the old Planters hous'
! shortly after the surrender at Appomat
;. tox.
~ HENRY PLANE, recently appointe'
manager of a brewery at San Jose
Il Cal. was found hanging TO tree nea
, that city on the 1lth. His hands wer
tied behind his back, his feet tied tc
: gether and o handkerchief was over HI
: mouth. The affair was shrouded /
a. mystery. I n
OK the morning OF the 18th the mil
,e ing village of Federal, twelve miles iro'
;s Pittsburgh, Pa, on the line OF the fa'
80 handle railroad, was entirely destroy'
by fire. 1t was believed to be OF incel
-. diary origin. Five dwellings and ge
- eral store we're destroyed. Loss, abo
N. 10000; small insurance
THE big strike at New Orleans, Ii
n was settled on the 18th, and business
,c. all kinds was resumed.
=, BUSINESS failures during the sew
an days ended November IL, number Tor I
10 United States 1874, Canada 20, total
- 21O. as compared with 23s for the p
,os vious week and 291 for the correspoI
,se ing week of last year.
S NJ. TEATs, the postmaster at hol
ar Kan, committed suicide on the 10th
Ile- shooting himself in the head with
an yolyer. lie was financially embarras'
ION and feared losing his place under
hat new administration
the AT Buffalo, N. Y, on the llth, i've
vas spectors of election were arrested
Jailed on the charge Of having alte
lily election returns.
sed SMoy FELDMAN, a retired merch
set Of Pittston, Pa, committed SUICIDE
1t the 18th. The deed was prompted
was financial reverses
MIC THE United States circuit court OF
peals at New York City, on the 18th
the armed the decree granted some t
lam ago TO the Edison Electric Light Z
lied pany against the United States Elec
Id Light Company because OF an inirii
ment on patent rights
cry, In his annual report, Il. q. lin
,lph the fifth auditor OF the treasury, st
lam that the excess Of expenditures owe
ceipts in the consular service was .
fell 545, due mainly to falling of in
enn- sular fees.
9th. A BLoopY election fight took plac
Ide- the polls on Big. Rock Creek, Mit'
1t Of county, N. G. About fifty persons
leep- ticipated in the affray, and the n
was was the wounding OF twenty men,
! an eral Of whom will die.
THE dedication Of the Ohio Cot
car National w. X. c. Home at Madison
I sui took place on the 10th. A distingui
10th company from different parts OF
re- nation was present The presents
speech was made by Hon. e. J. Q
uiser and the address Of acceptance by
Iched Margaret Wickens, OF Kansas, nat