The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-03-02

AT Pittsburgh on the 25th Judge Por-
ter passed sentence in the Quay Post
libel case as follows: That the Post
Publishing Company pay $500 to the
commonwealth; A. ]. Barr $50 to the
state and James Mills $50 to the state.
Two passenger trains on the Lebanon
q Northern railroad collided In q tun-
mel at Cincinnati on the 25th, wreclsing
both locomotives and killing one OF the
engineers. Several passengers were
badly injured.
The freight steamer British King ar
rived at Baltimore on the 25th with a.
11S boxes Of tin plate. This is the
largest amount that has been brought
to that port in one cargo since July
last About 5000 of the boxes pay
duty at Baltimore. The remainder will
go west in bond
AT Meadville, Pa, the jury in the
Delamater case came into court on the
96th and announced that they were un-
able to agree. They were accordingly
discharged.
AT SAN Francisco, the jury in the
Curtis murder trial failed to agree and
were discharged on the 25th. They
stood ten for conviction and two for ac-
quittal
The expert examination Of the recent
terrible coal mine disaster at Krebs,
/. T., made by the state mine inspectors
OF Kansas, Missouri and Illinois, has
resulted in finding the calamity was
caused by disobedience of orders by
Entrymen Ed Kibble, ]. II. Williams
and L. Hunt, who began firing shots
before one-half of the miners had left
the mine.
The Knights of Pythias of Ashtabula,
O., have undertaken to raise fund for
the erection Of monument in memory
OF the unrecognized dead who perished
in the terrible railway disaster in 1875
at that place. A circular containing a
long list of names Of the lost passengers
Is issued by committee whose busi-
ness 1t is to receive all subscriptions
and answer all communications The at
tention Of the public generally is So
licited. All communications or inquiries
should be sent to T. w. McCreary, sec
retary, and all contributions to Lucien
Seymour, treasurer, Ashtabula, o.
The death sentences of Andrew
10th, Michael Sabol and George Rus
nolS, Of Allegheny, Pa, whose execu-
ton was fixed for April next, were on
the 25th commuted TO Imprisonment for
life by Gov. Pattison.
THE German post office department
has made report to the post office de-
partment at Washington that all but
fifteen bags Of the 597 which were on
board the steamship Elder, wrecked on
January 5, have been recovered.
Gov. MCKINLEY in proclamation is.
sued on the Goth ult officially called the
attention of the people of Ohio to the
Russian famine, and appeals to the peo-
pie to send aid to the starving millions
in the czar's empire.
A DESPERATE affray occurred at New
Orleans on the Goth ult. which resulted
in the death of Pat Hanley and John
Cople at the hands of Mike Walsh.
The men met on the street, Hanley
drew revolver Walsh pulled a razor
and with one blow almost severed Han
ley's head from his body. Cople then
interfered and had his throat cut from
ear to ear.
AGENTS ofthe Reading Railroad Com
pany have secured control of majority
of the mines near Wilkesbarre, Pa
The Pennsylvania company was q COM
petitor Of the Reading for the control
Of these mines, but the latter bid high
er than the Pennsylvania and secured
the mines.
THREE hundred staff workers at the
worlds fair grounds in Chicago struck
on the Goth ult because their employ.
ers refused their demand of an increase
in wages Of two cents an hour.
BUSINESS failures occurring through.
out the country during the week ended
February 90 number for the United
States $3.50 and for Canada "a, n total Of
270, as compared with totals of 900 the
previous week. For the corresponding
week of last year the figures were 300.
w. S. 0'BRIEN has been arrested at
Emporium, Pa, by order of Insurance
Commissioner Luper, for collecting pro-
miums for three mythical fire insurance
companies and one company whose cap
italization was misstated.
1T is reported that preparations for
another Cuban revolution are In prog
ress in New York and other American
cities, as we'll as upon the island itself.
The movement is stated on good au-
thority to be the largest and most COM
pletely organized ever inaugurated for
Cuban independence. There are said to
be 5000 Cuban patriots in this country
ready to join in the war In Cuba the
revolutionist party is also actively pre-
pairing for the outbreak.
The York Match Company, of York,
Pa, has sold out their plant to the Dia-
mond Match Company, of Chicago, for
100000. The works of the York Match
Company were the largest in the United
States outside OF the combination.
Col. ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, worlds
fair commissioner TO Australia and New
Zealand, has just returned from an ex-
tended visit TO those countries, and
brings back assurances that they will
be represented at the worlds fair by
magnificent exhibits.
The West End mill Of J. Painter &
Sons, at Pittsburgh, has been closed
down on account Of dullness In the iron
trade. The employees have been dis
charged as there is no prospect OF an
early resumption.
A SHIPMENT Of 9S4 pigs Of California
tin from the Temescal mines in San
Bernardino county was made to New
York on the Goth by steamer San Juan.
The weight was 2O,o4o pounds; value,
81 900