The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-08-31

Benninghoff, private In company H.
Sixteenth regiment, was accidentally |
shot and killed in his tent by Private
Smith, of the same company. Smith
was cleaning revolver in his tent,
when one of the cartridges went on
The bullet struck Bennington In the
left side, passing through the liver lie
died In few minutes
AT Eau Claire, Wis, on the 2oth the
mill of the Dell Lumber Company was
started up on the eight-hour basis. The
company acceded to all the demands Oh
the strikers and will pay the same
wages for eight hours labor as 1t dld
before the strike for u longer day. Inc
other companies are still holding out
THE st. Louis quadro-centennial car
niyal was inaugurated on the evening
of the 25th by the first OF series OF
grand street illuminations About 40
600 electric lights and $4,000 gas jets
were used In the illuminations.
AT Cincinnati, o., on the 25th Miss
Lena Kloppel was found dead lying In
front of a large trunk with her head In
side and the heavy lid on her neck. She
was subject to epileptic fits, and IT IS
supposed she had one when looking
into the trunk and that the cover fell
on her and cut off her breath.
ENocH MAY, sR, the oldest printer In
the west, died at Burlington, Ia, on the
25th, aged 81 years. He was born In
Boston in 1901 and was connected with
the early journalism of that city lie
came to Burlington in 1910.
MARY BURNS, aged %, was arrested
in New York City on the night OF the
gath, and locked up. The next morning
she was found in her cell dead. She
had torn her dress into shreds and
hanged herself to the bars Of the win
dow.
BUSINESS failures occurring through
out the country during the week ended
August 20 number for the United States
1875 and for Canada 10, total OF lsO, as
compared with 1877 the previous week
and 226 for the corresponding week last
year.
JAMES r. MORTON was hanged in the
iail at Camden N. j., on the Goth. llls
neck was broken like pipe stem. lie
killed Mrs. Hyatt, colored, last May.
The steam yacht Wapiti, having on
board II. w. Sibley, his wife, daughter
and son, two young ladies Of Rochester,
N Y, and a crew Of four men, was lost
ON the 25th In Georgian Bay. The cook
and one other person, 1t is not yet
known whom, were the only ones saved.
The Wapiti left Saginaw, Mich. about
two weeks ago on apleasure triparound
Lake Huron.
EraHrY employees Of the Meader Fur
niture Company in Cincinnati struck on
the Goth. They demanded decrease in
the number of working hours from ten
TO nine per day. 1t is feared that the
trouble may extend to other factories
JUDGE BREGY, at Philadelphia on the
10Th, appointed District Attorney G. S.
Graham receiver of the Iron Hall for
the state OF Pennsylvania
; A SHOOTING affray occurred at Happy
Hollow Ky.) coal mines on the 2oth In
, which Bon Howren was shot and killed
. by Sam Erp. The killing was witnessed
by man named George Postle, who
shortly afterward cut his own throat
Q apparently without any other cause
! than witnessing the killing OF Howren-
THE northbound passenger train on
e the Evansville & Terre Haute road wal
e wrecked ut Farmersburg, Ind, on tbs
8 Goth. A wild engine came along ane
u crashed into the train while 1t wa
o standing still Some Of the passenger
= got out Of the cars, two or three climb
D ing out Of the windows The engin
, struck the rear coach, smashing ever.
Is car In the train. John T. Beasley, I
prominent democratic politician, wa
n badly crushed and may not recover
y Others were slightly hurt
N THE American Bar association at Sai
" atoga, N. Y, on the Goth, elected tn
al following officers President, j. RaI
IS dolph Tucker, Virginia; secretary, EC
n ward Otis Hinkley, Maryland; treai
10 urer, Francis Rowle, Philadelphia
o. OK the night Of the 26th Rev. X. n
al Brow, pastor Of the First Luthera
church ut wynantskill, N. Y, WI
@ knocked senseless by stroke Of ligh
ve ming while addressing the young peop
ne Of his church. His injuries were NJ
TX considered fatal
OF SAM YEAGER, one Of the Cooley gar
re OF outlaws that make their headqua
10 ters in the mountains in that vicinit
US was captured and brought to jail
w Uniontown, Pa, on the Goth.
% AT Buffalo, n. Y, on the Goth numb
of the Rochester g. Pittsburgh railroi
ut strikers called upon Superintende
as Bartlett and asked TO be reinstate
he They were told that there was no u
We of their applying, as not one OF the
as would over again be employed on I
Be road
THE collector Of customs at New Yo
OF City has been instructed TO refuse ent
rie TO iicorice root from Batoum, Russia,
ect that "a the center Of the infected distri
en of Russia. The licorice root Is not lii
ng ly TO convey the infection, but the ba
uc- ging used in covering the bales Is
len source Of danger.
ep OK the night Of the 25th q str'
nd sewer at Louisa, KY, caved In, ouryi
in five men. The sewer was eleven Il
deep and very narrow. II took
hours hard work 10 recover the bodi
'ch Oscar Hughes was dead; Abe Webb W
OF rescued more dead than alive, with be
ew legs broken; will probably die. lie
nee Wilson was fatally injured.
,So THE United States Glass Company,
' Pittsburgh Pa, the largest makers