The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-24
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The death OF Rev. u. ii. HoughtOn.
pastor of the Church of the Transfig-
uration, better known as the Little
Church Around the Corner" occurred
at New York City on the 18th.
An appeal will be made to the pub
lie at large for subscriptions to a me-
mortal for Henry George.
Austin Pryor, colored, 45 years old,
who had just been elected president of
the Hotel Brotherhood of the United
States, dropped dead at Philadelphia
on the 18th while receiving congratu.
1ations of the members of that organ
ization.
Owing to the explosion of a kerosene
lamp Mrs. Terrell, aged 70, and her
nephew, Edward Mason, aged so, were
burned to death ON farm few miles
from Peru, N. Y, on the night of the
18th.
An cdict against football has been
issued by President Fetterolf, of Cir
ard college, Philadelphia, and hence
forth the students of the institution
must keep off the gridiron. The ban on
football was the result of boy having
his leg broken during a practice game.
The wages of the employees at the
Jesse Eddy woolen mill in Fall River,
Mass, will be increased 10 per cent. +,
beginning December l. Several hun
dred hands are affected.
The Jim Brown, towboat owned by
W. II. Brown & Sons, coal operators,
struck the channel pier of the Penn
sylvania railroad bridge, near lock No
2 on the Monongahela river, on the
18th and sank in ten feet of water. The
crew were rescued. The boat cost
S45, 1000.
The application for a recount of the
votes on the anti-gambling amend
ment to the New Jersey constitution
has been denied by the supreme court
of that state
Fire destroyed the large brick build
ing at Philadelphia occupied by s
Pack & Sons, wholesale dealers in mat
resses and bedding, on the 18th. The
loss is from $50, 900 to S75, 900; insured
The story that Speaker Reed is going
to New York to reside and practice law
is denied by that gentleman.
While endeavoring to save the life of
her e-year-old son Henry, Mrs. Arthur
Fortin was struck by train near VAL
ley Falls, R. l., on the 18th. Both
mother and son were killed.
tits the intention of the directors of
the Rochester, N. Y, Savings bank to
place that institution in liquidation.
The banks business has been grad
ualiy falling off, until the deposits
amount to less than 100000.
The plan for the consolidation of the
New Amsterdam, the Consolidated, the
Mutual and the Standard gas compa-
mics of New York City is said to be ap-
preaching consummation. The entire
field of Greater New York will then be
covered by one gas company.
In the supreme court at Boston on
the 10th Judge Allen made permanent
the appointment of two tenn porary re-
ceivers for the Bay State Beneficiary
association and personally enjoined
the company and its agents from do
ing further business. The assets are
about $3.50, 900; liabilities S45O, 200.
At Poughkeepsie. N. Y, the new
Recreation hall which John d. Rookie
feller has just built for Vassar college
at cost of 500, 600 was dedicated on
18th.
For the week ended November 10
business failures in the United States
numbered 267. as compared with 3S4
for the same period of 1896, and 80 in
Canada, as against 40 for the CORE
spending week last year.
On the 10th the board Of canvassers
of the election returns in Brooklyn, N.
r., finished it's count on the vote cast
for John E Thorne. republican, and
Samuel E. Hubbard, democrat, candi-
dates for the assembly from the Tenth
assembly district, and declared Hub
bard the winner by one vote. The
number of votes cast was as follows:
Hubbard 1850. Thorne 4,3ta
The death of John Britton, aged go
years. late major of the Eighteenth
Pennsylvania cavalry, occurred in New
York City on the 18th. A sabre wound
he received at Hagerstown, Nd, in
1888 caused Maj Britton TO lose the en-.
tire use Of his eyes during the last nine
gears OF his life. He was in 40 battles
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