The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-04-24
Neighbour News.

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Neighborhood News.
| Berea has made arrangements for
memorial services on Decoration Day.
Huron and Norwalk papers are con-
fident that the w. & L. E. Ry., will be
| finished to New London this Summer.
Elder G. w. Allen. Baptist minis
ter quite we'll known in this region,
died March a2d, in California, where
he had gone for his health
Gen. VIM. s. Pierson, who was the
Colonel of the regiment in charge of
the prisoners at Johnson's Island dur
ing the war, died suddenly at Keene,
N. H., of pneumonia, last week.
Rev. I. NICK. Pittinger, pastor of the
Brecksville Presbyterian Church, has
withdrawn from the Cleveland Prcsby-
terry, and entered the ministry of the
Protestant Episcopal Church of Ohio.
-[Berea Advertiser.
The Amherst Free Press says that q
m an calling himself NJ. C. Merrell and
pretending to be travelling in the en-
ploy Of WorthinGton & Sons, hired a
two-horse livery rig at McNeaPs sta
BILE, in that place, and failing to return
it in proper time was hunted up, the
team being found at Oberlin and Mer-
rer at Wellington. He was found to
have been discharged by the Worthing-
ton firm, and it cost a relati,e e from
Sandusky $40 to settle with McNcal
and release the young man.
the Ohio Scale Works. That /, they
insert a five dollar notice for. an article
purporting to be worth dollar and a
half and get something worth only its
weight in old tin for their pay. The
advertisement represents that agents
are easily making IS and Sc per day.
A few months ago the News was silly
enough to publish the same advertise
ment. As response to this five differ
ent men in this vicinity have secured
the exclusive agency for the sale of the
article in this county.5TOberlin News.
We responded to the offer by telling
them to send on their scales, and wc
would then cheerfully advertise the
worth of it, and they ceased to inpor-
tune us.
The business men are signing petit
ton praying the City Fathers to pro-
hibit street peddlers from vending their
wares on Broad street. There is no
good reason why this petition Of our
business men should not receive gen.
erous consideration. The petitioners
pay taxes and rent while the every day
street peddler pays license of few
cents, displays his wares on goods
box or vehicle, obstructs the way, pays
no rent and no tax, and can therefore
undersell the regular business men,
and generally prejudices public senti-
ment in his favor by Misrepresentation
against the regular merchant. This is
especially true of the drug and station
cry trade. Prohibition is perhaps i'm
possible, but a good, stiff license fee
might have good effect.-[Elyria
Constitution.
OF our City Fathers, hoping they will
see the reasonableness and Importance
of taking some action for the benefit of
our own tradesmen.
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TX VISITORS AT THE COOK LECTURES.
I Many ministers from the surround
ing country attended Cooks lectures.
Among the number we noticed Messrs.
McConoughey of Lorain, Clark of Ver-
million, Creegan of Wakeman, Reed Of
Medina, Breen of Amherst, Hargrave
of Brooklyn, Meek of Bellevue, Broad
well of Norwalk, Strong of Sandusky,
DeI.ong of Sheffield, Rice Of Penfield,
Baldwin and Hushour of Pittsfield,
Martindale of Sand Ridge, Weber of
East Townsend, Kinds Smith of Ashta-
bula, j. NJ. Whitman of Chatham, Me-
dina county, Wm. Kepler of Perkins,
Erie county, N. j. Close of Avon, j.
| G. Frazer Of Madison, Roberts of PEN
field, and others.
The special train brought from Ely
ria ~ people, and from Bellevue, Nor
walk, and intermediate stations, 2i7.
Wakeman alone sent over 100, and If it
had been possible to secure more re-
served seats, many more would have
| come from the various stations.
Among the ministers who came by the
specials were Messrs. Williams, Nc
Connell and Backus, of Elyria, Bal
com and Catworthy, of Norwalk, and
Pepper Of Bellevue.-tOberlin News.