The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-22
EAST.

Word has just been received by
Daniel Goodman, an employ of the
Phoenix iron works, of Phoenixville,
Pa, that by the death of his sister he
becomes sole heir to an estate of $780,.
900 in Staffordshire, England.
Ex-Mayor William Sheuler, of Frank.
lin, Pa, went to spring for drink
OF water on the 10th, and while stoop.
ing over, revolver in his inside coat
pocket fell to the ground and was dis
charged. The ball entered his breast
near the heart. The wound may prove
fatal.
The democratic state committee of
New York has nominated Alton B.
Parker for chief justice of the court of
appeals.
1t is shown by the annual financial
statement of the American board of
foreign missions that the receipts for
the month of August amounted to $780,
9s9, nearly twice the amount received
in August last year. The total re-
ceipts for the fiscal year were S643, 2SS,
and the total disbursements S6ss, Ala,
leaving debt of $4,000
The regular quarterly dividend of 8
per cent has been declared by the
directors of the American Bell Tele-
phone Co. This dividend makes 1oL
per cent declared SO far this year.
A powder mill at Lofty, ten miles
from Hazleton, Pa, was struck BY
lightning and exploded on the night of
the 10th. The building was burned to
the ground, but no one was injured.
A diver on the 18th found the dead
body of Mrs. Mcdonald, of West Hobo
ken, N. Y, in the saloon of the steamer
Catskill, which collided with the
steamer st. Johns and sank in the
Hudson river recently.
While jumping from trolley car on
the 18th, Emanuel Sands, of Jersey
City, commander of the G. A. R. in
New Jersey, was instantly killed.
At a street crossing in Newark, N. j.,
on the 18th, Daniel Kauffher, of the
firm of Kauffher & Leonburg, tanners
Of that city, was killed by an engine of
the Pennsylvania railroad. Mr.. Kauff-
her was well known in the leather
business throughout the United States
The hours of labor of the shop men
employed by the Delaware, Lackawan-
ma d Western railroad, at Scranton,
Pa, have been increased from eight to
ten per day. Several hundred persons
are employed by the company at that
point.
For the week ended September II
business failures in the United States
numbered 204, as compared with S17 for
the corresponding week of 1896, and 40
In Canada, against 80 for the same time
last year.
The Coronet Steel Co., of New Jer-
sey, which is said to control process
for the manufacture of steel without
flaws or blow holes, is about to close
negotiations for the purchase of the
two large mills at Fullerton, Lehigh
county, Pa, from creditors Of the de-
funct Catasaqua Manufacturing Co.
The mills will be rebuilt and enlarged.
At Pittsburg on the nth the first an
nual convention OF the Fremonters, the
original members of the republican
party who voted for John c. Fremont.
occurred. There was large attend
ance representing many states. A
national organization was formed,
which will be called the National Fre-
nonters' association of the United
States.
Judge William ]. Wallace, of the
United States circuit court, has been
nominated by the republican state
committee for chief Judge OF the court
Of appeals of New York state.
For mayor of Greater New York Pat
rick Jerome Gleason, mayor of Long
Island City, has been nominated on an
independent democratic ticket.
From the headquarters of the Grand
Army of the Republic Gen. Goblin has
issued orders assuming the duty of
commander-in-chief and announcing
the appointments of Gen. Thomas j.
Stewart. department of Pennsylvania,
as adjutant general, and Charles Bur-
rOwes, department Of New Jersey, as
quartermaster general.
In the store of G, r. Waldron at Im-
iaystone, N. j., a fire occurred which
destroyed property valued at about
elO. 900.
Hon. Henry W. Sage, aged SO years,
Is dead At Ithaca, N. Y. Mr.. Sage was
we'll known through his donations for
educational purposes.