The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-01-27

AT DeauWoou, ,. u, III Jne case OF
Mary Nevius Blaine VS. James G.
Blaine, jr., an order has been made by
Judge Thomas fixing temporary ali
mony a& $500 and attorneys fees at
S4oo The former sum, granted by the
court a month ago as temporary ali
mony and attorneys fees, was $500 for
alimony and 5000 for fees.
Miss Frances E. Willard, president OF
the National w. c. T. u, 'has tele-
graphed President Harrison, in the
name of 100000 members protest
against war with Chile.
AT Frankfort KY, on the 2lst II was
discovered that Hugh Gaines, city trea-
surer had been missing since the 18th.
Hasty examination of his books showed
that he is at least 81, 500 short.
A REPORT that James G. Blaine was
dead was circulated at Des Moines, Ia.
on the 21st and caused intense excite
ment 1t was announced by one Of the
clerks in the house of representatives
and stopped legislation. The flags on
the state house were ordered lowered
at half-mast II was afterward found
that the report originated in a Des
Moines bucket shop and was probably
done to affect the market.
The Cedar Bluff College for Women,
near Franklin, Ky, burned on the 2lst
The sixty inmates escaped uninjured.
A FIRE at New York City on the 21st
destroyed the five-story building, Nos
8 to Union Square, occupied by Bren-
tanos, importers of books and fancy
goods; Schneider & Campbell dealers
in gas fixtures, lamps and fancy bronzes,
and o. r. w. Worms, dealer in diamonds
and jewelry. The losses aggregate
$500, 00O
AT Topeka, Kan. on the 22d, n freight
train standing on the main track 1t
Clinton, ten miles west, was run into
by the second section. Eleven cars
were ditched. The caboose and combi-
nation cars were burned and one pas
senger named Oldham, was burned to
death. The trainman escaped by jump
ing.
DR.. r. M. GRIswoLD, Of Portland,
Conn, purchased a mansion at Savin
Rock on the 22d for Kelley institute.
He will prepare it for use Immediately.
AT Wilmington, Del, on the 22d, the
court refused new trial for the prison.
ers convicted of burning the Dupont
Powder Company's barn and sentenced
them to terms ranging from three to
eight years Imprisonment They are
Edward, Mary and Joseph Clarke and
William Gibbons.
BUSINESS failures occurring through
out the country during the week ended
January 22d, number for the United
States ga and for Canada 81, total Of
32s, as compared with n total of $50
last week. For the corresponding week
of last year the figures were All, repre-
senting 500 failures in the United States
and 81 in the Dominion of Canada
SILVER ore assaying from S95 tc $40 a
ton has been discovered on farms near
Lexington, Mo. The ore is found in
free state on the surface and iu con-
glomerate of fire clay, magnetism lime
stone and flint, sixteen feet below the
surface.
WESLEY DRAKE, a Sunday-school
superintendent and teacher in the city
school, recently disappeared from Yu-
kon, Okla. He is charged with the be-
trayal under promise of marriage Of
Miss Mary Weller, aged l6 years The
relatives Of the young girl are search
ing with shotguns for Drake.
DIR. EUGENE GRAVES was given a sem
tence Of twenty-five years in the state
prison in the superior court at Boston,
Mass, on the 22d for performing a
criminal operation on the wife Of John
b. Currier last April.
THE biggest gold strike ever made in
Colorado was made on the 22d at Cripple
Creek, eighteen miles east OF Floreis-
SAINT in the Elpaso mine. A vein Of ore
seven feet thick assaying 81. 900 per ton
was uncovered. The camp is wild over
the strike.
TELEGRAPH connection by new cable
was on the 22d opened between Jupiter,
Fla, and Nassau, n. p. II is the first
cable 10 the Bahamas and belongs TO
England.
THE horse and mule market of Spark
Bros, at Kansas City, Mo-, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 22d. Two hundred
md ninety-six horses and mules were
cremated Loss, $50, OOO
THE jury in the famous criminal libel
suit of Senator Quay against the Pitts.
burgh Post Publishing Company on the
o2d brought in verdict of guilty as
charged in the Indictment
1T is learned on good authority at
Washington that this government Is en-.
to arrange for an interna-
tional silver convention and that nego-
tlations to that end are now In progress
with Great Britain, Germany and
France.
A TRANSACTION by Carnegie, Bros. &
Co, with two western firms, involving
over So, 600, 900 for upwards OF 1, 200, 900
tons Of iron ore is announced
AT n convention OF paper manufac-
turers held In Springfield, Mass, on the
ED, II was decided not to curtail the
production of loft-dried papers, but the
mills will run as they have. The
amount of stock on hand and in the
is found to be less than last
year at this time.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
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