The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-07-17


crops are generally injured severely, grain
being blown fat.
Geneseo, ILL.,, July IA fatal accident
this morning. Mr.. Horace Mitchell,
freight conductor on the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific railroad, attempted TO
board his train next to the engine. when
his footing gave way and he was dragged
under the cars. The third car severed his
head from his body. The remainder of
the train passed over him, terribly man
Cling him. For years he was yard-master
at this place.
Atchison, Kansas, July 12.-C. NJ. Lang
was fOully assassinated last night about
10 O'Clock while crossing the Missouri
river bridge from East Atchison to Atchi-
son. He was riding, and had arrived to
within 100 feet of the Kansas end of the
bridge, when the assassin fired the fatal
bullet from the shadow of the iron pillars.
The shot took effect in his right side, near
the back, and passed into his lungs. Lang
gave three shrieks, the horse ran fifty feet,
and the rider fell OF dead. The assassin
escaped. No clew has been obtained.
1t is not known that Lang had an enemy
in the world. He had formerly owned a
lumber yard in East Atchison, which he
sold out few weeks ago, but still had
home when shot
dropped dead yesterday from the effects
of the heat. He was fireman at Clarke
Il Co.'S. distillery. One of the horses be-
longing to the city fire department fell
dead last evening while running to n fire.
st. Louis, Mo-, July 12.-Neal Winpush,
| colOrcd, who attempted rape ON Il young
woman in Clayton county last week was
taken from the guard during the night
and hanged on a tree.
| New York, July 12. Weekly Bank
statement; loans, increase, $3.50, 400
specie, increase $S1 800; legal tenders, in
crease 81 ,757 300; deposits increase, 1884,
500: circulation, increase, $33 900; reserve,
increase, $5OS, ,S25. Banks now hold So.
04l 200 in excess of legal requirements.
New York, July 12.-The inquest in the
shooting Of John F. Seymour, brother-in
law To Bishop Seymour, began to day
Many persons were present, besides 80
witnesses. The testimony of Melancthon
Lloyd Woolsey, student in the seminary
was that he was aroused late in the night
by the screaming of female and jumped
up and opened the shutters and heard two
or three voices. The first words that he
heard were "Shut your mouth" i'm the
murder from a woman; then the woman
ran down the path along 2lst street toward
9th avenue, nearly opposite his window
Some ono called out "catch her." and she
then ran back. The woman then cried
out, "Students come out" He dressed
himself and went out and saw people
gathering about MIR. Seymour's body.
Cincinnati July 12.-At a meeting o
the Common Council last evening, at the
suggestion of the health officer $I6,OO(
was appropriated for placing the city in
the best possible sanitary condition ant
TO fill in all outlying points liable to
breed miasma and cause disease. II wa.
also ordered that all streets and alleys bt
thoroughly flushed by the fire depart
mcnt.
Adviccs from points in the interior
and eastern portion of the State indicate
that the storm Of last evening was a very
serious one and many instances of tn,
effects are disastrous. 1t approached
Ohia from the north and northwest
maintained a south and Southwestern
direction and seemed tn have about spen
its force when it reached southern Penn
sylvania.
At Mansfield the hardware store of z
Schulz was unroofcd, the roof being car
RED one hundred and fifty feet, demol
ishing barn and beer saloon. Smith
opera house is partially unrJofed. TIL,
damage to crops will be very great. A
Degraff a number of houses were blcwI
down, and the whole country covered will
water. Crops were lcvelcd at West Salem
A young man was killed by barn doc
striking him.
blocks were unroOfcd, besides numb
of dwellings.
At Cuyahoga Falls the walls of tn
residence of III. B. Sake were blown il
upon the beds of the family. Noon wa
fatally injured, however. All throug
, the State the day had been intensely he
and the air very sultry and oppressive.
Eric, Pa, July 13.-Micbael Hickey
telegraph operator of the E. w. road, wa
found on the track Sunday morning wit
|, his head severed and several yards fror
the trunk. He was 10 years of age, an
: weighed 213 pounds. q.
Cleveland, o, July 13.-A fire to-da
destroyed the lower paper mill of th
/ Cleveland paper company. The loss
I estimated at $4,000. fully insured. Th
cause of the fire is supposed to b. spont
, neous combustion. Three hundred hand
: are thrown out of employment. Til
. company will rebuild Immediately.
Wilmington, N. c., July 13.-.Jamt
, Heaton, who killed his mistress last nigh
, was closely pursued by the police and d
: liberately shot himself through the brai
/ and died in a few minutes. Heaton was
5 desperate character, having been sentence
. to the penitentiary several years ago f.
v melting riot, but was pardoned by tn
i governor. He was afterwards convictc
i in 30 cases of misdcmeanor, as clerk of til
. superior court, which would have sci
| s,t itar rpr l,,t e.,
his tragic death.
A Memphis, July I'm. Mahan, of til
firm of Mahan & Mclaughlin, grocer
r was drowned in the river opposite tn
n city this morning while bathing. HI
!, body was recovered.
< Charleston, s. a., July 13.-Ten whit,
!. and five colored persons died from SUI
z stroke yesterday. A heavy rain and thu
Z der storm tonight lowered the temper
: ture over 90 degrees.
Wheeling, w. w., July 13.-On Saturda
night at 12 O'Clock three masked me
= broke into the residence of John Mel
g vainc, bachelor farmer, near Briston
] station. Belmont county, Ohio, and aftt
e a desperate fight succt eded in overpiwe
= ing McIlvainc pinioning his limbs an
i gagging him and administering
, him severe beating. The
e ransacked the house of valuable
I securing $1O5 in money and a gold watc
| valued at $S7. Thinking they ha nC
Y secured all, they placed n rope around hi
] neck and threatened to hang him if h
( did not declare the hiding place ofthe +
I mainder of his wealth. He was let o
J. however from further injury by solemn
c assuring the villains they had gotten
4 that was worth taking. No clue 10 Ii
e perpetrators
i A simple AnRsthetic.
: Several evenings since / was attackc
1 with a severe dental neuralgia. Aft
D resOrting TO friction cold and hot ami