The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-01-09
The East.

The bryant Commemoration' ser
vices, under the auspices of the New York
Historical Society, on the evening of the 30th
ult., was largely attended by distinguished
persons from New York and other States
Among those present were President Hayes,
Secretaries Sherman and Evarts, Samuel j.
Tilden and Peter Cooper. George William
Curtis was the orator Of the evening, and
spoke for over two hours on the life, charac-
ter and writings of William Cullen Bryant.
The probabilities are that the coal
combination viii fall through.
The first narrow-guage train over the
Erie tracks left Buffalo for New York on the
3Oth ult.
CHARLES p. SrICKNEY, the Fall River,
Mass, defaulter, plead guilty to the indict-
ment charging him with embezzlement Of
$40, 900 from the Manufacturing Gas Compa-
ny, Jan. I, 1873. Sentence reserved.
In an action brought by Ellen Jones
against the Granite Mills Company Of Fall
River, Mass, to recover damages for injuries
received in q fire, she being able only to es-
cape from the burning building by q gable
window on the sixth floor, the Supreme Judi
cial Court decided, on the 30th ult., that IL Is
not the duty Of mill proprietors, in building
property constructed for ordinary business,
to provide means Of escape or to insure the
safety Of the employe from the consequences
Of fire not caused by the proprietor's negli-
gence. --
THERE was coined at the United
States Mint at Philsdelphia in 1873, s25, ,192,- :
1885.
The Greenbackers and Democrats in
the Maine Legislature nominated the follow
ing State officers on the LIST: E. H. Gore, for
Secretary of State; william b. Mcclellan, At
torney- y-General; Samuel d. Leavitt, Adjutant-
-AzA
Chadbourn for Secretary Of State; Henry B.
Cleaves for Attorney General, and George L.
Beal for Adjutant- General. The Senate passed
. resolution that the " National honor, public
credit and private interest alike demand that
specie resumption, now happily accomplished,
| shall be maintained honestly and uninterrupt-
| edly at any hazard, and to this end our Sen
stors and Representatives In Congress are re-
quested to use their best endeayors."
AT South Byfield, Mass, on the night
OF the SOth ult, John b. Caldwell was killed
by his insane wife. He was kneeling in prayer
when she stepped up behind him and split his
head open with an axe. He died Instantly.
| No unusual excitement attended the
resumption Of specie payments at New York
The banks received more gold ON deposit thar
| they paid out. Reports from other cities were
to the same effect
The seat of Joseph Mason, elected tc
i Congress from the Madison, N. Y, district
| win be contested by Sebastian Duffy, Green
back Democratic candidate. He alleges tina
Mason secured his election through bribery
JONI w. FLAHERTY and George C
Bennett, Commissioners of the City Works
and two subordinate officers, we're indicted
by the Grand Jury at Brooklyn, N. Y, on tn
LIST, for defrauding the city.
THE New York Gold Room was closet
I the I'd.
CALEB CUSHING died at Newbury.
port, Mass, on the night Of the I'd.
The banking house of Bennett 4
Co., wilkesbare, Pa, closed on the I'd. Tn
usual announcement is made that depositor
viii be paid in full.
Gov. TALBOT, of Massachusetts,, wa
inaugursted on the 3D.