The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-03-20
West and South.


eight Indians by settlers near the Umatilla
reservation in Washington Territory, month
ago, is contradicted. 1t was hoax played on
the up country papers.
CARDINAL MCCLosKY has assured
Archbishop Purcell that all of the Catholic
congregations in the country will assist him
to get out of his financial troubles.
JOHN r. ARoNHALr. of Marion, Ohio,
was found dead in his bed on the morning of
the 1lth, with a small buliet-hole in his head
and the bed clothes on fire. 1t is supposed to
be a case of murder and robbery, and arson to
prevent discovery.
FIFTY square miles of forest were
destroyed by fire near Yankton, d. T., on the
9th. A number of farm houses and cattle
were burned, but no human lives were lost.
The loss of property is estimated at SO, ZOO.
SHELF ALsUP, of Douglass County,
Mo-, resisted the Sheriff and posse who went
to arrest him on the Sth. In the melee the
Sheriff was killed by AlsuP and Alsup and &
other persons were wounded. The child was
In the house with her father and her death was
not Intentional.
A VIOLENT wind storm passed over
the southern part of Macoupin County, ILL.,,
on the 11th, destroying houses, barns and
other property. Edward Mcdonald and his
little grandchild were killed, and several other
members of the family severely wounded. One
or two other deaths were reported, but the
facts were not obtainable.
OFFICER JOSEPH RosENFELD of the
Rock Island, ILL.,, police force, while patroling
his beat on the night of the 18th, was set upon
by four desperadoes and murdered outright.
Three OF the men were arrested.
AT large Republican mass meeting
at San Francisco on the night Of the 18th, the
sentiment was endorsed that, while crediting
the President with honesty of purpose in veto
ing the Chinese bill, his action did not repre-
sent the views of the Republican party in
California, and the party declined the respon-
sioility therefor.
TWELVE frame business houses in
the village Of Onslow, Jones County, Iowa,
were destroyed by fire on the 18th. The loss
is quite heavy and insurance small.
A PRAIRIE fire near Abeline, Kan,
on the night of the 18th, came nearly destroy
ing the town. The high wind which pre-
vailed drove the flames directly into the town,
destroying large amount of feneing and
couple OF houses in the suburbs The total
loss OF property in the immediate vicinity of
the town will be more than 100000.
DURING the year ending March 1,
1879, the pork-packers of Chicago slaugh-
tered 4,9l1 ,913 hogs.
HANGINGs on the Pacific coast on the
18th: Victor NUM-, at Pueblo, California, for
the murder of Louis Rosconer, In October,
1877; All Ben, Chinaman, at Marysville, Cal,
for the murder OF John McDaniels last Novem-
ber; Eugene L. Avery, at Portland, Oregon,
for the murder of Louis Joseph last August.
A VICTORIA, B. C., dispatch on the
18th, says the steamer California arrived there
that morning from Alaska She brought news
that the Indians were preparing for war. H.
b. NJ. ship Osprey and the United States
cutter Walcott had reached Alaska. On
board the Walcott are the Osprey's marines
andthe Osprey's Gattling gun. The situation
is reported very alarming. The Osprey will
remain until relieved by an American man
of-war.
A LARGE number of negroes, nearly
all without money, have recently arrived at
st. Louis from Mississippi and Louisiana
under the impression that they would be fur
nished free transportation from that city to
Kansas, where on arrival they were to receive
lands from the Government, money, mules,
plows, etc. As no such provision as above
stated has been made for them they have evil
IDENTIFY been deceived for some malicious pur-
pose.
THE bark Sleipner arrived at the
Passes, near New Orleans, on the 14th, from
Rio, in charge OF the mate, who reported that
during the VOYAGE the Captain. second officer
and boy died of yellow fever. The vessel was
put In quarantine.
Foreign Intelligence.
A FAMINE prevails in Cashmere In
dia- The people are said to be dying off by
the hundred.
A MOTION in favor of an Europeon
Congress to arrange general disarmament was
defeated in the German Reichstag on the
11th. The Socialists voted in the affirmative.
The report that the Pope has as
sumed a more uncompromising attitude is de-
MED by the Rome Voee Della Verita.
A TELEGRAM from Pesth, Hungary,
on the 18th, stated that szegedin was nearly
destroyed by the flood. Two thirds of the
town was submerged, including the citadel
rows of houses had fallen. The orphanage and
synagogue were destroyed, and all the in
mates OF the former were buried in the ruins.
Sixty thousand persons were left without a
roof to cover them. 1t Is feared that the loss
of life has been very great.
RUSSIAN advices report Colonel
Knoop, of the Gendarmerie, has been strangled
by Nihilists.
A CORRESPONDENT of a London pa
per writing from Szegedin, on the 18th, states
that the Government authorities report that