The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-02-10


THE dedication OF the flood memorial
hospital took place at Johnstown, Pa,
on the 4th, in the presence OF large
assemblage of people
NINE men fell sixty feet at the Sloss
furnace at Birmingham, Ala, on the
4th, and two of them were instantly
killed. Three more are perhaps fatally
injured The men we're working on
scaffolds, riveting sheets of steel. Be-
sides the men were portable forge for
heating the rivets and three kegs ofriv-
cts. This great weight caused the scat
folding to give wey.
THE Cincinnati division of the Adams
Express company has dropped twelve
men who We're found to be members OF
the Brotherhood OF Express messen-
gers. 1t is understood that number
of other dismissals will follow.
THE braiding building of the John A.
Roebling Sons & Co.'S wire works at
Trenton, N. j.. was destroyed by fire
on the 4th. The building is three
story brick and was used for the pur-
pose of putting braid on telephone and
electric wires. Loss, $3.50, 900.
wills HOWARD, the famous Kentucky
desperate, who killed thirteen men in
the famous Howard-Turner feud of two
years ago, has been convicted Of muir
der at Lebanon, Mo, and will hang.
JUDGE JOHN RITTER, cashier of the
Deposit bank of Glasgow, KY, which
failed few days ago, is a defaulter
and insane. He was found to be
in debt to the bank for $3.50 which
he had lost by injudicious speculation.
He turned over all his property to his
creditors, and is now in an insane asy.
lum.
THE American steamer Minota, which
arrived at New York on the 9TH from
San Francisco, enjoys the distinction OF
being the first steamship which ever
made the round trip from New York to
San Francisco and back. Two other
American steamships are now on the
same trip but have not yet completed
it The Minota left San Francisco No
vember 25.
THE Pennsylvania border raids claim
bill was reported to the National house
on the 9TH, by Chairman Beltzhoover,
with the favorable recommendation OF
the house war claims committee 1t
appropriates SS, 447,945
GoDDARD & SoNs -four mi ling men
Of St Louis have assigned with liabili-
ties of $3.50, GOO, and assets about S97, 900.
THE post Office authorities have Of
fered reward of 1000 for the appre-
hension of the thieves who committed
the recent postal bag robberies at New
York City.
In the court Of general sessions at
New York on the 5th Judge MARITIME
dismissed the indictments for misde-
meanor found against the editors Of the
different daily papers of that city who
published the details of the electrocu-
tion of the murderers Wood, Smiler,
Slocum and Jugiro, at Sing Sing, on
July Z, 1891.
MARKET CLERK DAVID HASTINGS,
the first OF the Allegheny City (Pa) Of
ficials indicted for embezzlement has
been found guilty Of all the counts
His bail was increased TO $40, 900, which
was furnished and he was released
pending sentence. The penalty is
twenty years imprisonment and fine
equal to the amount OF money embez.
zled
AT Valparaiso, Chile, Judge Foster
has passed sentence on three men ar
rested for assault on the sailors Of the
cruiser Baltimore The maximum pen
atty inflicted is 99O days imprisonment
The families OF the murdered seameI
are to be paid damages by the crimi
nails
ANOTHER big mining strike has beer
made at Cripple Creek, Col At thu
depth Of thirteen feet chimney Of or,
was discovered which is a perfect mas
Of shining gold. Samples taken from
II show IL to be Of marvellous richness
mining men estimating the value q
from sl2, 900 to S25, 200 per ton.
The steamer City of Savannah ant
the schooner Lucy Jones collided nea
Woods Holl, Mass, on the 9th. TIL,
Jones sank Immediately. The mate ant
two seamen were drowned
A DISASTROUS fire started at Louis
vile, KY, on the 5th in the Office Of tn,
tobacco warehouse of Edwards, Barn
ard g. Co. W. s. Edwards, senior mem
Der OF the firm, was burned to death
He was asleep in his room at the time
The loss to the building and contents i
estimated at SIS, 600; fully insured.
WILLIAM PUcKET was hanged at Ir
vine, KY, on the 9th for the murder o
Henry Hall during an election in No
vember, 1890 Robert Charlton wa
also hanged at Henderson, KY, for tn,
killing Of his mistress. At Stanton
Ky, Simpson Bush paid the death pen
atty for wife murder.
THE business failures during the weel
ended February number for the Unite,
States 27S, Canada 40, total $40, as com
pared with totals OF 297 the previou
week and 800 for tho correspondent,
week Of last year.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
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