The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-11-02

In the races at Stockton. Cal., on tho
27th Stamboul broke the worlds stall
lion record. trotting a mile In s:oSh,
beating Palo Altos record one-fourth
of O second.
ERNEST KEENARD, 85 years old, res
ident OF Melrose, q suburb OF Chicago,
was found dead In his library on the
27th, his skull having been fractured
by blunt instrument. The furniture
in his home was scattered about in con.
fusion, indicating that the motive OF
the killing was robbery. He lived alone
and ives reputed to have considerable
money.
AT Dubuque, Ia, on the Goth, Engi-
neer Chewning met horrible death at
the Rochdale Touring mills. While ap-
plying resin to the betting he was caught
and drawn up to the low ceiling, against
which his body was dashed to pieces.
His right arm was torn off at the shoul-
der and fragments Of flesh and clothing
were scattered all over the room.
THOMAS ]. CARROLL, young stock
farmer, was killed at Carpenter, on. the
Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis rail-
way on the 27th. He was asleep in the
coach when the blast Of passing en-
gine's whistle caused him to start and
rush out Of the rear door, leaping to the
ground. He died instantly.
A RUNAWAY car on the incline plane
at the Phillips glass works at Mapleton,
Pa, on the 27th ult., ran into crowd OF
passengers at the Pennsylvania railroad
station, killing Archie Dill, William
Temple and John Barclay instantly.
HURON Is. d. dispatches of the 2sth
ult. state that wheat blockade and
car famine exists in South Dakota. The
railroads operating in the state are
sorely pressed for cars and unable to
supply more than one-tenth the num-
Der desired. All warehouses and ele-
vators are full and some buyers have
suspended business.
AT Cleveland, O., on the 2Sth ult.,
Michael Sullivan and Kittie Nolan, en-
ployes of the Cleveland Window Glass
Company, were overcome by smoke or
noxious vapors during fire. Miss
Nolan died soon after and Sullivan was
not expected to live.
QUITE heavy snow storm visited the
vicinity Of Greenup, Ky, ,on the 2Sth ult.
At Portsmouth, o., half an inch Of snow
fell
AT Chicago, on the 2sth ult, the yeast,
baking powder and extract manufactur-
ing establishment of L. w. Gillett & Co.
was damaged by fire to the extent of
ss5, 200. Fireman George Greenhawk
fell from the fourth story Of the build
ing to the ground and was probably IA
tally injured.
A NITRo-eLYcERINE factory blew up
near Lima, o., on the 2Sth ult, killing
three men and injuring several others.
The shock was felt twenty miles away.
BUSINESS failures during the seven
days ended October 2S number for the
United States 067, Canada 90, total 1877,
as compared with 255 the corresponding
week Of last year
WILLIAM Coy, the murderer OF John
Whalen, has been sentenced at Pitts
field, Mass, to be hanged on Friday,
January 81, in Pittsfield jail.
A FIRE at Cleveland, o., on the 2sth
ult destroyed the sash and blind ware
house Of A. Teachout & Co, on Canal
street, and the y -AIittlebergOs block I'D
joining causing an aggregate loss OF
s250, 900. Three firemen were seriously
injured by an explosion during the
progress Of the fire.
The number of trials by genera
courts martial during the year In the
army, as shown in the report Of the
acting Judge advocate general, was
1000, OF which number 1,S47 resulted in
conviction.
SIXTEEN persons charged with murder
are awaiting trial in the county Jail a
Philadelphia
The factories OF the Brockton Mass
Last Company, the largest in the coun.
try, burned on the 2sth ult Loss, $40,
600.
THE collision Of two freight trains OIL
the Wabash river bridge Of the Big Foul
near Terre Haute, Ind, on the 2sth ult
broke the bridge span and piled two
engines and dozen cars into the water
Engineer Westley Allison was killed
and brakeman seriously hurt
NEAR Birdsboro, Pa, on the 2sth ult
while Philadelphia & Reading engine
was shifting some coal cars, Ions
freight train came along and DASHED
into them just as they were going on h
the siding. The freight locomotive
was upset and Fireman Henry Kinse
and Engineer Eli Miller were severely
injured Soon after another freight
train came along and dashed into tn,
wreck. The locomotive plowed int,
the broken cars and was badly dam
aged and many cars were wrecked.
GEORGE c. SMITH, assistant genera
manager of the Missouri Pacific Rail
road Company, has sent $4,000 to tn
families OF the men who were killed II
the aff-ay with the Daltons at Coffey
vile, Kan.
AT Chicago on the 2sth ult, five mel
were badly scalded, one fatally, by th,
bursting Of steam pipe in the Webste
manufacturing works
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