The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-02-06

.LINGTON, OHIO, TIL
sion granting the instructions asked for by
the plaintiff, and refusing instructions on
| some points Of law prayed for by the defend
ants. The Judge held that the Supreme
Court had in two contested cases settled the
| principle that owners of land subjected to d.
rect taxation by Congress under the act OF
1852 and 1868 had the right to pay the tax at
any time before a tax sale through friend or
agent, as well as In person, and that tender
OF payment, or practice Of the Commission
ers refusing payment of tax by friend or
agent prevented forfeiture, and irvalidated
the tax sale made after such tender, or after
the adoption of such practice.
A BILL was filed in the United States
Court at Memphis, Tenn, on the 2sth, by
John W. Gerret & Sons and other holders Of
Memphis bonds, to secure the appointment of
a receiver for the city I'm conformity with a
law passed by the Tennessee Legislature in
1877, and to provide for the payment of the
debts of the city out of her assets. The OBJ
ject Of the bill is to thwart the scheme Of the
repeal Of the city charter which is threatened
by Legislative action.
ONE OF the wheel-mills at the Austin
Powder Works, located about five miles from
Cleveland, Ohio, was blown to pieces on the
2sth. William Bartlett, laborer at the mill,
was fatally injured.
WILLIAM c. MERRICK, convicted of
wife murder, and John Ackey, foi killing a
companion because he had won his money at
card, were hung at Indianapolis OF the 29th.
Merrick was convicted almost entirely on CIR
cumstantial evidence, but there was no doubt
of his guilt. He protested his innocence to
the last.
DURING the progress of fire at the
Garfield Planning Mill, Cleveland, Ohio, on the
morning of the Goth, an engineer and two
iremen were dangerously hurt BY a falling
wall. The building and contents were entire
ly DESTROYED.
The charter of Memphis, Tenn. has
been repealed by the Legislature, ard the city
remanded to the territory Of Tennessee.
AFIRE at st. Joseph, No., on the 29th,
burned the furniture house of Louis Hax, and
the wholesale dry-goods house Of J. w. Bailey.
Total loss, $235 900; insurance about SIS, 900.
ARRESTS of persons for violation of
election laws in Louisiana, against whom true
bills have been found by the United States
Grand Jury, continue to be made by Marshal
Wharton.
A FIRE at Mason, Tenn, on the 30th
ult., destroyed thirteen business houses.
IT was rumored in New Orleans on
the 30th ult. that j. Madison Wells, Surveyor
OF that port, had been indicted by the United
States Grand Jury for malfeasance in office.
A SPECIAL to the Cincinnati CONNER
oial from Iuka, Miss, gives the particulars of
a tornado which destroyed part of that town
on the 2Sth ult. The storm came from the
southwest, striking a portion of the town
situated on a hill occupied mostly by colored
people. One colored woman and five children
were killed outright Two Of the latter were
other colored people were wounded, one Of
whom has since died. Four houses and one
church were blown down
j. j. INGALLS, was elected to the
United States Senate by the Kansas Legisla-
ture on the 31st ult.
B. F. JONAS was elected to the United
States Senate from Louisiana on the 3lst ult
A TERRIBLE boiler explosion oc-
CURED at Secor, Ill, on the 3Oth ult., in a
grist mill. The mill was destroyed and four
persons killed and two fatally injured. The
Coroner's verdict was negligence.
The Louisville, KY, Aims House was
entirely destroyed by fire on the 3lst ult.
Three hundred and forty persons were In the
place at the time, nearly all Of whom escaped.
J6meS nllley, lmDecllc, WAS IaL8ly
Fred Meyer, IN escaping broke his neck;
Thomas Dixon was killed by fall and Henry
Keller perished in the flames. Several others
were seriously hurt. Nearly all the inmates
were aged invalids, imbeciles and cripples.
WILD Hoe, the Cheyenne chief who
is confined, heavily ironed. at Fort Robinson,
attempted to commit suicide on the 3lst, hav-
ing stabbed himself In four places in the re-
gion of the heart. The post surgeon pro-
nounced the wounds very dangerous If not
fatal. He preferred death to removal to the
South.
A DISPATCH from Deadwood, on the
LIST, says that a scout who had arrived there
from Fort Keough reports that several of
Sitting Bulls band had arrived at the Fort
but the chief himself is still in Canada and
declares he will never again cross the line.
The intention of the hostiles is a matter of
speculation. 1t is certain, however, they are
nearly starved and some of them are anxious
to make almost any terms.
A TELEGRAM from Lansing, Mich,
on the LIST, states that Senator Christiancy
had not yet rendered his resignation to the
Governor and 1t was still doubtful whether he
would accept the Peruvian mission or not.
Unless he can arrange bis business affairs at
Lansing satisfactorily he will not accept the
mission.
THE New Orleans Mint, which has
been idle nineteen years, restarted on the LIST.
The committee appointed to receive
and audit the claims Of depositors against
Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, have al
ready received evidences of Indebtedness
amounting to over 81, ,000. 900, exclusive of in
terest, and all Of the claims have not yet been
presented. The property in the trustees
hands is estimated to be worth about $500, 900.
THREE brothers, Herman, Frederick
and Arthur Heinrich, were drowned in the
Ohio River at Louisville, KY, on the LIST, by
the overturning of a skif.
In the United States Circuit Court at
Baltimore, on the Sd, the case OF Policeman
Louis Norris was called to answer an indict-
ment, charging him with having stuffed a
ballot-box at the late Congressional election.
Defendant entered q general demurrer, alleg-
ing that under the statutes of the United
States stuffing ballot-box is not q penal Of
fense. The demurrer was sustained and the
prisoner discharged.
The Sheriff of Yakima County, w.
T., attempted to arrest Chief Moses, on the
Sd, on a warrant issued by Justice of the
Peace, but the Indian Agent Of the reserva-
tion refused to deliver Moses, stating that he
had orders from the authorities at Washing
ton and the Prosecuting Attorney of the Ter
ritory to hold him. The charges against Chief
Umatilla Indian known to have committed
murder.
Foreign Intelligence.
A FRESH outbreak of the rinderpest
is reported in Prussia.
STANLEY is announced for another
African expedition.
SEVEN thousand miners are idle in