The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-10-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Gathered from All Quarters
noMEsIIo.

postponed by the post Office depart
ment, owing to the fact that the ap-
preparations for the year will not be
sufficient to maintain the service in
any more towns.
The twenty-sixth annual meeting OF
the Society of the Army of the Tennes-
see convened at Council Bluffs, Ia, on
the 3d.
REPORTS from Georgia show that the
populists made gains all over the state
In the election held there on the 3D.
and the democratic majority will prob
ably not be more than 10000. Indica-
tions are that the populists will have
thirty or forty members in the next
Legislature.
DURING a cloudburst on the Sd, the
depot at Rickenbach, Pa, on the Phila-
delphia & Reading railroad, was blown
on to the track. An express train came |
along Immediately afterwards and
crashed into the depot, completely de-
molishing it. No one was hurt.
AT Pawtuclset, R. l., on the Sd, the
weavers in the Lorraine mills, $50 In
number, struck against reduction OF
10 per cent. in their wages.
A WAGON drawn by four horses was
struck by passenger train near Will
mington, Del, on the Sd. The wagon
contained ton of smokeless powder
and the driver was badly injured. That
the powder did not explode and cause a
frightful disaster is almost a miracle.
ADvIoEs from Key West, Fla, state
that fifty dead bodies, victims of the
wrecks occurring on the reefs during
the recent storm, have been washed
ashore on the islands. The dead are
evidently sailors from the We, 7els de-
stroyed.
WORD has been received at Grants
burg, Wis, that fire swept over the
Black Brook country, twelve miles
north of that place, burning everything
in its path Hundreds of tons of hay,
together with other property, was de-
stroyed. Some buildings were burned.
As this section is composed of new set
tiers, it leaves them in pitiable condi-
tion.
AT Cincinnati on the 4th ex-United
States District Attorney Burnet was
sentenced by Judge Sage to six months
imprisonment for contempt of court.
His contempt was neglect to pay over
a sum of money which he held in trust
when ordered by the court to pay it.
ANTONIO CEREvAs, noted scientist,
recently discovered deserted village
in the state of Tabasco, Mexico, which
is surrounded by eighteen large pyra-
mids built of brick and stone.
CAPT HowaATE, the defaulting ex-
.hief of the signal service, was brought
back to Washington on the 4th, after
an absence of thirteen years. He was
taken to the city prison and lodged In
the cell once occupied by Guiteau, the
murderer of President Garfield.
CHEF HAzEN, Of the secret service,
has discovered new IS counterfeit
note. 1t is on the Citizens National
bank, of Niles, Mich, series of 1889. 1t
is a Photographic production, the treas
ury and bank numbers being colored
with pen and brush.
CHARLES e. DAY, of Boston, Mass,
on the 4th, while trimming an electric
lamp on top of pole, received shock
which killed him. A. ]. Mumes at.
tempted to take down Days body and
had almost reached IL when he received
shock and fell from the pole to the
ground, fracturing his skull. He died
iu few minutes.
GROUND was broken at Anderson
Ind, on the 4th for new tin plate
mill, which is to be one of the largest
plants In the United States.
AT Chillicothe, o., on the 4th, Flying
Jib, hitched to running mate, paceC
mile in 1:5SA, making the first hal
in 80 and the last half in b9A seconds
NEAR Deshler, o., on the 4th a Biz
Four freight struck at grade crossin,
buggy containing Asa Briggs and hi
wife and Miss Hutchins. Mrs. Brigg
lived but half an hour, her skull beini
fractured. Her husband was fatal,
hurt, but Miss Hutchins escaped witt
broken arm.
FIREat Buckhannon, w. Va, on tn
5th destroyed twenty buildings in tn
business portion Of the town and cause
a loss of $50, 900; insurance, about ont
third.
NEAR Utica, Mich, on the night {
the 4th two masked men entered tn
home of Samuel Hotchlsiss, wealth
farmer, and at the point of revolve
held the entire family up. Hotchki:
was struck on the head with club an
fatally wounded. The men then raj
sacked the house, securing about $3I
in cash and large amount of jewelr,
AT st. Louis, Mo-, on the 5th M. /
Keith, local agent for the Banker
Life association of Des Moines, la
took dose of poison and died shortl
afterward. He left letter stain
that there was nothing for him to liv
for. Dependency over debts he WI
unable to pay caused the suicide.
THE vexed questions arising in Il
wool schedule of the new tariff bi
will be finally settled in the court
This decision was reached by Secretal
Carlisle on the 5th as the most sati
factory method of disposing of the ma
ter.
On the night Of the 4th burglars BILE
open the safe at Schweyer & Leis' ma
BILE yard at Bowers, Pa, and set fire
the Reading railroad station, near b
The station was completely destroye
AT Burgettstown, Pa, on the mig
Of the 4th, "a pocketbook was stol
from Joseph Matchett, which contain