The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-10-02
EAST,

At Merlden, Conn, on the 24th three
men were buried alive in sewer
srench. Although the trench was ten
feet deep and but three feet six inches
vide no attempt was made to shore up
The banks. When brought to the sur
lace life was extinct.
Fire destroyed the paper mill belong
ing to +. r. Walker & Son at New
ourgh, N. Y. The mill had not been in
operation for several weeks, being
closed for repairs. Loss, $125, 900; partly
insured.
For export to Canada gold continues
20 be withdrawn at New York, fur
her shipment of $225,OOO being re-
ported on the cath. This makes total
If S475, 900 of gold sent to Canada in
four days
Michael Boyle and Benjamin O'Neill
were burned to death on the 25th in
house belonging to Boyle at Chester.
Conn, in which they were sleeping off
The effects of spree.
At their home in New York City on
night of the cath Robert Fair shot and
killed his wife, Maggie, and then ended
his own life by shooting himself in the
breast. Fair was q successful insur-
ance agent. but Incorporate.
Patrick Farrell, Michael Craig and
Edward McCann were struck and in
SANITY killed by train on the Boston
& Maine railroad at crossing in Chi
3opee, Mass, on the 25th. The men
we're walking together on the track
md stepped from in front of freight
directly in front of passenger train.
The New York democratic state con-
vention which met at Syracuse on the
18th nominated the following ticket:
For secretary of state, Horatio c. King,
If Kings; attorney general, Norton b..
Chase, of Albany; state treasurer, De
Witt Clinton Dow, of Schoharie; comp
roller, John b. Judson, of Fulton;
state engineer, Russell R. Stuart, of
Onondaga; judge of court of appeals,
Judge John D. Teller, of Auburn.
VALDEZ & Fosters extensive -four,
mill, at Carnegie, Pa, near Pittsburg,
was destroyed by fire on the 25th.
Martins lumber yard and several dwell
ings were also badly scorched. Loss,
100000.
The well-known Brooklyn divine,
Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, has accepted
the call to be co-pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of Washington.
He will be associated with Rev. Sunder-
land and preach half of the sermons.
Chancellor Alexander McGill was
nominated for governor by the New
Jersey democratic state convention at
Trenton on the Goth. McGill is so years
Of age and for twenty years has been
prominent as a lawyer and legislator.
The death of Charles A. Johnes, once
y famous Wall street speculator, oc-
curred in private sanitarium in Con-
1ecticut on the Goth. He was about 50
years old and became known as "The
great American scalper."
The originator of the Concord grape,
Ion. E. W. Bull, died at Concord,
lass, on the 9th ult. He was born
n Boston in 1906, served in both houses
# the legislature, was for twelve years
members of the state board of agri-
>u1ture and was Mason of high de-
rec.
On the 27th ult. James c. Chambers,
y prominent citizen of PunXsutawney
"a, killed himself on the 27th ult by
jumping from a fourth-story window
.; the st. James hotel at Pittsburg
In the case of the collapse of the Ire.
and building on August at New Yorl,
'ity the grand jury on the 9th ult. in.
icted Thomas Murray, foreman
ghomas Walker, superintendent of con
truction; John H. Parker, contractor
Dennis E. Buckley, building inspector
,harles E. Behrens, architect, and Ed
vardJ. Youdale, architects assistant
The indictments are for manslaughtel
in the second degree.
At Chaddsford, Pa, John A. Silby
gent for the Pennsylvania Railroad
ompany and Adams Express Com
,any, who was under arrest for rob
ling the station safe of 1921, has beer
entenced to Imprisonment for twelve
ears.
The Seawanhaka clubs internationa
,hallenge for small boats sailed the
bird race off Center Island, N. Y, OF
he Goth, which resulted in a victory
or Spruce ". Ethelwynn, the Ameri
an defender, withdrew on account o
he heavy sea after having sailed owe
lalf the course,