The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-06-08
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EAST DURANGO, lex, WuS WrcShCu
by q hurricane on the lst Not house
is left standing. The house Of Tom
Wethers was crushed like an eggshell
and Wethers, his wife and six children
were instantly killed. About twenty
other people were seriously and some
fatally injured.
A CYCLONE swept through Belcher-
vile, Tex, on the LIST, wiping out one
street, containing twenty houses, en-
tirely. Several people are reported
killed and many were injured.
A CONSERVATIVE estimate OF the
amount Of damage from the recent high
waters from Kansas City to New Or
llspps reaches the enormous figure Of
2D,0O0,OOO.
POLLY MCDONALD, an actress In Les
ter G Williams company, was burned TO
death at hotel in Providence, r l..
on The 1st, lighted match falling on
her clothing and igniting IL
DURING a fight between factions OF
Cinnamon in the Chinese quarter Of Sac
ramento, Cal, ON the 1st, two China
men were killed and several wounded.
Tue robbers who held up train on
ths Santa Fe road In Indian Territory
on the lst secured only $500 or s4oe. II
ise~ident they were professionals and
believed 10 be members Of the old Dal-
ton gang, which held up train near
the same place year ago.
AL the employees of the New En-
gland granite works at Concord, N. H..
400 In number, struck on the lst The
bill Of prices which was signed on May
81 1891, having expired and the com
pany refusing torenew IL except on oon
dition that II terminate with the calen
dar year, the men refused 10 remain 81
work
FouR inches Of snow fell at Hugo
Col, on the night of the 8Oth ult
SMALL-Pox in violent form prevails al
Pomeroy, Mason City and Letart, OF
the Ohio river. On the LIST twenty-sil
cases were reported at Pomeroy will
four fatalities, and a dozen cases a
Mason City, with several fatalities
The disease appears 10 be spreading W
and down the river.
The thirty-fourth general assembly
Of the United Presbyterian church con
cluded its labors at Pittsburgh on th'
list and adjourned to meet in Mon
mouth, ILL.,, May 4, 1891. The report o
the committee on Sabbath-school
showed totol enrolment Of $1,000, in
,l,,ltnar nA,narc aud tnanhavu
The propeller Progress, OF Milwau
kee, coal laden, collided with the pro
peller Britton, Of Cleveland, near Wy
andotte, Mich, on the I'd, and the Pro
gress sank In twenty-five feet Of water
disappearing in less than three minutes
The crew were saved and brought TO De
troit The Progress was l,30O-ton yes
sci, valued at Ss7, 900.
AN explosion Of chemicals occurred o.
the I'd in the plant Of the Pittsburg
Plate Glass Company at Creighton, Pa
The building burned rapidly and with
in an hour the entire plant was dc
stroyed. The loss is $4,000; insuranc
$4,000. One thousand men are throw
out Of employment
THE public debt statement for Ma
shows decrease during the month {
S5,512,275.
A GREAT throng witnessed the ded
cation Of the "high water mark" mon,
ment at Gettysburg, Pa, on the I'd. TIL
monument consists Of broad marb
pedestal flanked on either side by cal
non and surmounted by great ope
book Of bronze, the left page of whiC
gives the names Of Confederate con
manders involved in that grand charg
and on the right the names Of the cor
manders Of the Federal regiments whic
annihilated II.