The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-03-27

leased from the Hartsville, Tenn, Jail, by al
armed band of moonshiners on the 10th.
A DECISION was rendered in thu
United States District Court at st. Paul
Mimi, on the 18th, in the case of the Ameri
can Middlings Purifier against John A. Chris
tian et al, being the Minnesota branch of thu
patent cases lately tried in st. Louis. Th'
decision by Judge Dillon is that the paten
originally issued covered only the process fo
Improvement in the art of manufacturing
flour, and that the claim made under the reis
sued patent is expanded to cover the process
scribed in the original patent the claim is un
tenable, and the patent so far as 1t refers Il
the middlings purifier is void. The court doe,
! not enter into the question OF infringement
Judge Nelson concurs.
THE commander of the British gun
boat Osprey, now at Sitka, reports that thei
timely arrival, no doubt, saved the lives o.
the white inhabitants Of that port, as the In
dians were making preparations to commences
hostilities. 1t is his opinion that nothing
short of permanent protection by the Govern
ment will enable the whites to live there with
out molestation from the Indians, and carr,
on their trade and develop the resources o.
the country. The United States corvette
Alaska, which arrived at San Francisco from
New York on the 18th, has been ordered tC
go to Sitka.
THE Sheriff of Wallula, w. T., ar.
rested Chief Moses on the 18th. Moses gave
bond and at once started for Washington
City. Smoholla, the most restless, Influential
and dangerous Indian on the coast is reported
to be I'm company with Moses
The long contest between the Sutro
Tunnel Company and the mining companies
of the Comstock lode was finally concluded or
the 18th, when all parties gave their adhesion
| to the articles of compromise.
The Southern Bank at New Orleans
has suspended.
TWELVE persons recently convicted
of counterfeiting were sentenced at Louis
vile, KY, on the 18th, to various terms in the
penitentiary at Joliet, ILL.,, by the United
States Court.
The pork-packers of st. Louis killed
629, ,o6l hogs during the season commencing
November 1st and ending March LIST.
THE Supreme Lodge of the Ancient
Order of United Workingmen convened st
Nashville, Tenn, on the 18th. Representa-
tives were present from sixteen States.
| There were 406 deaths in the Order during the
past year: amount paid, s64O, 600; yellow fever
during the year is reported to have been un-
| precedented in its history.
The Irish Catholics of the North
western States have formed an association the
chief object of which is to assist poor and
| worthy people of that church to secure homes
| upon lands I'm the West.
THE Mechanics and Traders Bank,
of New Orleans, suspended on the 10Th.
A SHOOTING affray occurred at Vicks-
| burg, Miss, on the night Of the 18th, between
Capt W. F. Fitzgerald, Capt. W. H. Andrews
| and W. L. Greene. Andrews and Greene
were killed almost instantly and Fitzgerald
dangerously wounded. The difficulty origi-
mated about a Hibernian meeting at which
Andrews was elected President. Fitzgerald
claimed to still be President of the soci-
| ETY. ard denounced the election of An
| drews as farce. Greene took exceptions to
| Fitzgerald's remarks and attempted to draw a
| weapon. Fitzgerald drew first and shot
Greene through the heart. Andrews then
shot Fitzgerald and Fitzgerald shot Andrews.
REV. JAMES DEKovEN, Dean of Ra-
cine (Wis.) College, died very suddenly on
| the 18th. DIR. DeKoven was about forty
seven years of age, aud had been connected
with Racine College for the past twenty years.
PINEvILLE, Mcdonald County, Mo-, q,
was almost entirely destroyed by fire on the
morning of the 10Th. Only the courthouse,
one hotel and two business houses escaped
destruction.
MAURICE BARRYMORE, B. G. Porter
and female attache of the Wood and Barry
more theatrical combination were in the
depot at Marshall, Texas, on the night of the
| 18th waiting for train, when James Currie,
a detective, entered and made sighting re-
marks about the lady to which exceptions
| were taken by Barrymore and Porter. After
| some words Currie drew his revolver and
! shot Porter, killing him almost instantly,
and turning shot Barrymore through the ell
| bow, the ball coming out under the left
shoulder. Currie was arrested.
NINE County Judges were indicted in
Judge Rives' Court at Lynchburg, Va, on the
Goth, for refusing to allow negroes to serve
on juries.
The Congressional Apportionment
bin which has just been passed by the Indiana
Legislature gives the Democrats nine dis
tricts and the Republicans four, three of the
latter said to be doubtful il the Democrats
and Nationals combine.
ALL of the Clearing House banks at
New Orleans, fifteen in number. announced a
temporary suspension on the Goth. One mill
ion dollars has been sent to the banks from
New York City.
The Toledo National Bank has been
robbed of about $4,000 in subsidiary coin by
its janitor, colored man.
A TERRIBLE prairie fire recently oc-
sas. About one hundred houses were con-
sumed, also large quantities of grain, farm
ing implements, etc. But one life was re-
ported lost.
ARCHBISHOP PURCELL has published
a letter stating that not more than $500, 1000
was deposited with him, the rest is the result
of compound interest; that for more than
twenty years no general collection has been
taken up Tor the support OF the Diocesan
Seminary, the entire burden of educating
priests falling upon the Archbishop.
KEARNEY, the California agitator,
was numerically beaten on the Goth, by citi
zen of Santa Ana, Cal, whom he had vili6ed
in speech delivered at that place.
In the recent election in Louisiana
for members of the Constitutional Conven-
tion, the Democrats carried one hundred dis
tricts and the Republicans thirtyfour.
A ST. LOUIS Globe Democrat special
on the 2lst stated that another terrible prairie
fire occurred In Lincoln County, Kan, burn
ing the house and all the property Of Mr..
Montgomery, living on Bitter Creek, and do
ing much other damage. A little son of Mr..
Montgomery, twelve years old perished in the
flames, and Mr. Montgomery and Isaac Paff
and a neighbor who attempted to save Mont
gomery were badly burned and died in a few
hours.
THE entire business portion on the
west side of the public square at Tyler, Tex,
was burned by incendiaries on the night of
the Goth.
THE Committee of the Order of
United Workingmen in session at Nashville,
Tenn, on the 22d, elected the following Off
GERS for the ensuing year: John Frizzell,
Nashville, Supreme Master Workman; Rod
erick Rose, Iowa, Supreme Foreman; NJ. w.
Fish, California, Supreme Overseer; NJ. W.
Saekett, Pennsylvania, Supreme Recorder;
s. E. Davis, Ohio, Supreme Receiver; H. G.
Heath, Wisconsin, Supreme Guide; +. w.
Boynton, Illinois, Supreme Waterman; LIE
Roy Andrews, New York, Supreme Trustee.