The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-04-17
The EAsr.

THE EAST.
The lOSth ballot for United States
senator was taken by the Delaware
legislature on the 18th, without any
choice.
Two American ships, the Tam
O'Shanter, of Portland, Me- and the
Wandering jew, of Camden. Me-, left
Hong Kong on January 25, the Tan
OShanter an hour or so in the lead,
and both arrived at Sandy Hook light
ship on the 18th inst, the Tam O'Shan.
ter still in the lead. The race lasted
ninety-siX days.
At 0lneyville, R. l., on the 11th when
the $500 operatives of the Atlantic
mills went to work, intending TO labor
fifteen minutes and then go out on
strike, they discovered that their plans
had been forestalled by the managers.
Signs were posted notifying the en-
ployes that the mills would be closed
until further notice.
On the night of the 18th the building
in New York City occupied on the first
floor by the Colonial bank was burned
and number of families who occupied
the four stories above the bank mar
rowly escaped cremation. Loss, $780,.
600.
A bill providing for an appropriation
of SCI, ,434 to pay the expenses Of the
Lexow committee was introduced in
the senate at Albany, N. Y, on the
18th.
At Wrentham, Mass, on the 11th
Mrs John Hobbley killed her 7-year-
old boy by crushing his skull with
heavy stone. She then went to her
husbands place of business and in
formed him of what she had done. She
gave as her excuse that the boy had
worked too hard and would be happier
dead.
Notices have been posted in all the
mills of the Grosvenordale Conn., Com
pany that they will increase wages in
all departments after April 20. The
company has four mills, employing
1900 hands.
Hon. James H. Campbell, who was
minister to Norway and Sweden under
President Lincoln, is dead at his home
in Wayne, Pa. He was IS years of age.
He was born at Williamsport, Pa, was
elected to congress in 1874, 1858 and
1860, and was appointed minister to
Sweden and Norway in 1864 and served
until 1866.
On the 10th Kate Fretz, the 11-year-
old daughter of John Fretz, of Shan
nondale, Pa, was accidentally shot and
killed by her sister Mary, aged Is years.
The latter was removing a gun from a
shelf when it was discharged. The en-
tire load of shot struck Kate in the
head, killing her instantly.
At the Warren pipe foundry, Phillips
burg, N. j., on the 18th Charles Schein-
stein, molder, met with a terrible
death. While he was assisting to pour
a ton of molten iron in mold the cham
holding the ladle broke and Scheinstein
was jerked into pit with the metal on
top of him. His eyes were burned out
and his legs and hands were almost
severed from his body.
For the week ended April 12 the
business failures in the United States
numbered 2O7, against 21S for the cor
responding week of 1894, and 81 in Can
ada, against "a last year.
Escaping gas from burner in her
room at New York City on the 18th
caused the death by suffocation of Irene
Livingston, aged 81, Of Cleveland, 0.
On the night of the 18th three
masked men entered the home of Jere-
miah Pitts well-to-do farmer living
near Russell, Pa, and attacked Pitts
and his wife. After threatening to
torture them the robbers succeeded in
making the farmer reveal the hiding
place of $50, with which they escaped.
Much excitement was caused at
Pittsburg, Pa, on the 18th when John
D. Bailey, receiver Of George M. Irwin's
discretionary pool, announced that the
books which Irwin turned over to him
contain no record of the transactions
on the Chicago board of trade in which
the funds of the pool are alleged to
have been lost. Bailey believes there
is another set of books and served no.
tice on Irwin to produce the other books
inside of thirty-six hours Irwin will
appeal to court.
While driving home from a whist
party with her litSle son on the night
of the 18th Mrs. William Hall, wife of
prominent resident of Sinclairville,
N. Y, was drowned in Mill creek in
that village. While crossing bridge
the horse was frightened and backed
down thirtyE E2ot cmbarl;iacnt.