The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-08-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from All Quarters
DOM EsTIo,

five weeks. The mill employs l,S0O
people with monthly pay roll Of
$4,000
AT Palmyra, Pa, on the 27th ult.,
four houses owned by William Henry,
furniture dealer, and four barns, the
property of different persons, were de-
stroyed by fire, entailing loss OF be-
tween $4,000 and 100000
On the 27th ult. Arbuckle Bros. ,
Ariosa coffee mill at Brooklyn, N. Y,
which closed down recently, resumed
operations on limited scale. The
firms managers denied that the COM
pany was affected by the business de-
preston.
AT Pittsfeld, Mass, on the 27th ult.
Cashier Edward S. Francis, Of the Pitts
field National bank, who had been the
subject of much unpleasant newspaper
talk and who resigned his position re-
sently, committed suicide by shooting.
A. j. MCPEAK, ex-treasurer of Furnas
county, Neb., was arrested on the 27th
hlt., charged with embezzling county
funds to the amount OF $4,000. The
losses cover a period of which he was
in office, from 1888 to 1892, and were i'm
mediately discovered when the books
were turned over to his successor.
AT Spokane, Wash, on the 27th ult
the First National bank closed its
doors and with it an allied institution,
the Spokane Savings bank.
THE American Tube Iron Company,
located at Middletown, Pa, has gone
into the hands of a receiver.
THE Deer Creek cotton mills at Gin
cinnati, o., and betting factory con-
trolled by the Henry Pearce Sons Co,
shut down indefinitely on the 27th ult,
throwing 500 hands out of employment.
Dull trade is the cause given.
THE wire nail manufacturers held a
meeting at Pittsburgh on the 27th and
in view of the depressed condition OF
the business il was decided to continue
the shut down until September I. All
the wire nail factories in the United
States are shut down at present.
In n boiler explosion at Salem, KY,
on the 27th, John and George Dambron
were killed and William Dambron's
arm was torn off.
A SUMMARY of the bank failures in
the United States from May TO July
90 inclusive, shows that S01 banking
institutions, with a capital Of $Ss,95l,-
033, suspended.
AT noon on the 27th II. S. Wilmot
and Samuel S. Smith started from
Philadelphia to walk to San Francisco.
The men expect TO accomplish the
journey in about $50 days.
SECRETARY CARLISLE has replied to
the request of Kentucky distillers for
an extension of ninety days in which
TO pay their internal revenue taxes
upon their whisky which has been held
three years in bond, that the law is inn
perative and leaves him no discretion
in the premises
The directors Of the York mills at
Saco, Me-, met at Boston on the 2Sth
ult. and voted to shut down the mills
for five weeks. This action was in ac-
cordance with an agreement made by
the directors Of all colored cotton mills
in New England.
THE Bessemer steel department OF
Jones & Laughlin's Brownstone mill
closed at Pittsburgh on the 2sth ult.
and 500 men are idle in consequence.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 2Sth ult. q
fire started in the rear of a saloon, in
which Charles O'DonHell, a roller in
the Lindsay iron mill, andan unknown
man were burned TO death.
Or the night Of the 27th ult Lake
Shore freight train broke in two near
Harbor Creek, Pa, and the sections
collided. Five tramps riding on lum'
ber car were caught and Louis Real
and Daniel Egan were crushed to death
AT Port Washington, Wis, on the
2sth ult. the German-American bank
closed its doors. The bank had been
singularly unfortunate, having been
caught In both the Plankinton ant
Mitchell bank failures at Milwaukee
BUSINESS failures during the weel
ended July 2s numbered for the United
States 1856 and for Canada %, or tota
of 400; against 457 the previous weel
and III for the corresponding week o.
last year.
AT San Francisco, CAL, on the 2stl
ult, a statement was published to tht
effect that prominent local business
men had been shipping arms and am
munition to Hawaii to place the ma
tives in position TO make successful
fight against the government.
LOUIS IRIG died on the 2sth ult. neal
Whitney, Neb., after sleeping thret
months. lrig was exposed in snow
storm in April, and after retiring nevei
awoke from his slumbers but twice
once for about an hour and the las
time for only ten minutes.
The Harrisburg (Pa.) Rolling Mil
Company, one Of the largest creditors
Of the American Tube and Iron Com
pany, shut down on the 2sth ult. and {
notice was posted on the door that 4
would be closed indefinitely. Over 4O
men were thrown out Of work.
Col. FREDERICK c. AINswoRTH, II
charge Of the record and pension offic,
of the war department; George W
Dant, contractor; william E. Covert
superintendent, and Francis Sasse, en-
gineer, were arraigned in crimina
court at Washington on the 2sth ult
as responsible for the fatal disaster a
Ford's old theater building, each be
ing charged with manslaughter TIL,
defendants pleaded not guilty. Tn,
case will be called for trial early II
October.
RAY Earl, OF New London, Conn.
80 years old, left that place on the 2Stl
ult. TO walk TO the worlds fair on-i
wager Of 500 that he can cover the dis
tance, about $40 miles, in forty.tw,
daya