The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-06-19

crisp brown are also eaten. Fish and rice
are the staple articles of consumption
among the poor all the year round. Of
shell-fish there are the stump, cross be-
tween lobster and crab, of dullred color
dark blue, with red spots. Turtles are
frequently found; one caught in the same
year that LOngwood new house was pre-
pared for the Emperor, weighed about
eight hundred pounds, the shell afterward |
forming the chief portion of q soldiers |
hut or sea-fowl, that commonly known |
as the tropic-bird, (Phaeton sthereus), |
haunts these-shores. 1t is conspicuous by |
its immense size when on the wing. and by |
its glistening white plumage. In the davs
of the East India company the egg of an
other ea-bird, which was about the size of
q small hens egg. was esteemed a great
delicacy, and was considered by them as
one of their peculiar perquisites, Certain
days of the week were specified when the
public men were allowed to collect them.
The man who caught q "sea-cow" ran u
risk of being fined e5 il he did not offer to
share his booty with the company, or ''the
oyle of the same" Among the live stock,
poultry and fowls flourish, in wild or do
paddy" OF rice unthrashed from the husk.
OF game there is no lack, although the
species is limited, there being q regular
season and license. The wild rabbits bur-
row in the neighborhOod of the luxuriant
furze; partridges and pAeasants abound.
The canary, though not of so pure o
plumage as The English and Belgian vari-
dcis of St. Helena is the cardinal or red
bird, robed in vivid scarlet during the
summer months, but, when mOlting, of q
grcenish grape tint. 1t is difficult to cap
ture, swift and very mischievous, destroy
ing buds and blossoms of fruit trees. has
no song. The only bird considered to be
entirely Indigenous is the "wire- Bird a
sort of plOver, not unlike the snipe in ap-
pearance and size, and receiving ITS local
appellation from its habit of frequenting
the long "wire grass" OF the more sterile
regions. The Java sparrow and few
Foreigners are found at st. Helena, but
no English species.-T Chambers Journal.
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A chime of bells pronounced the finest
the Holy Sepulchre, Gambler, Monday. ar
The Bay Stadt Demokrat, the German
Democratic organ of Sandusky, now comes
squarely out for Foster and the Republi-
can State ticket. t-is fSlsl %. d"
F. w. Strong, an old and prominent
citizen, senior member of the firm of
Strong & Son., of Mansfield, died re
Gently after u short illness.
Joseph Edwards, foreman blacksmith in
the Chicago and Pittsburg railroad shops
at Wellsviile, dropped dead to-day in 1T
ofapoplexy. He leaves large family.
i Farmers Heck and Russell, of Cham
paign county, sentenced to jail Saturday
by the Mayor, for theft, were released OF
paying their fines Monday, by the Mayor
Charles Wilcox, of Dover, fell from his
buggy, while under the Influence of liquor
his head striking a stone and frscturine
his skull. His injury will probably prove
fatal. 7.A fc' = ''---= 40 -s.f
"A Mr.. Everett, sged aeventy years, o
Hooking county, died Sunday from Z
stroke Of paralysis. Deceased was an ole
and highly respected citizen III the com
munity.
Governor Bishop was seren AIDED
Piqua, en- ronte to Chicago Monday even
ing, being Delayed three hours in tina
town. The Governor responded to tn,
serenade in short but impressive speech
At Mt. Vernon Miss Alberta Gonde
filed her petetiOn in the clerks offic'
, against VIM. B. Griffin, claiming $50 OOt
damages for alleged slander of her good
, name. Griffin is a farmer residing in But
ler township, in fair circumstances.
William Coil, his mother, a child ant
two neighbors by the name Of Farmhouse
were dangerously poisoned one day las
week, at Hoskinsville, by eating mea
impregnated with arsenic by some enem,
of the Coil family. No deaths as yet.
Charles B. PettingilI, Internal Revenu,
Collector at Cleveland, has forwarded hi
resignation to Washington, to take effec
on the appointment of his successor. Col
: onel Dcmcy fromCuyahoga, is likely to re
ceive the appointment as successor in tn,
Office.
A young married man named Thoma.
Finley, living IL miles below Gallipolis
shot himself, inflicting a mortal wound
, The cause is said to have been unpleasant
relations with his fatherin-law, and TO he
: ing somewhat under the influence O
, drink.
The GAINESVILLE Street Railway company
mad barn burned Monday forenoon, con
!, suming large amount of hay, harness
and material, and worst of all, seventeen
. head of horses, whose cries were pitifu
. and agOnizing rs they were being burned
to death. Loss about $1,000, and the fir
believed to be the work of an incendiary.
A young married white man named Boil
, Stratton was arrested this morning ant
taken before Squire Smith ON the charge
, of fbastardy preferred by jet black coloret
: woman, who recently gave birth to u near
! ly white child at the infirmary. The wa
A; mans name is Mary Miller. and her chilt
! died u few days ago. II was finally agrcet
E all around to let Stratton off by paying tn
/ bill of the township trustees for Mary
trouble. 4i.. t..t. -r-af ~
Mr.C. H. Goodson, of Mt Gilead, d boo
tailor, has Just received notice of wealth,
relative of his dying in Chicago and leay
ing him a good amount of 100000
estate. Mr.. G. was so poor he could bare
ly gather enough funds to pay his fare t
: the great metropolis of the Northwest l
is to be hoped this is not another of Chi
, cago's distortion of facts" and if SO, MI
: G. is the fifth person from the vicinity o
. Mt. Gilead who has been blest with heav,
: relatives deaths.
: John and Nathan Marsh, two well
1 known farmers and stockmen, Of Moor
: field township, Clarke county, made al
e assignment Their liabilities are estimai
ed at 500, 900, which will barely be cover
+ ed by assets, consisting of 900 acres o
s land and $4,000 worth of personal prop
: erty. Buying large farm on credit
J. paying heavy rate Of interest and beinI
involved in unfortunate stock and pork
packing speculations, are the causes OF tn
disaster. ..--
4 Alva H. Benjamin, Cleveland lawye
Y who has figured before in the courts, ha
!, been arrested charged with an attempte,
Q outrage on the person of q waiter girl
D Benjamin, it is claimed, waited for her il
e the water closet of the block where hi
5 Office Is, and after her refusal to accede {,
his demands, caught her by the arm ant