The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-02-27


URSDAY, FEBRUARY
+ A RAILROAD disaster occurred neal
Selma, Ala, on the 18th, on the Selma, ROM
& Dalton Railroad. One white man and fou
negroes were killed, and superintendent Stan
ton and Conductor White fatally injured
Ten or twelve persons were severely hurt.
THE election of United States Sen
ator to NIL the vacancy caused by the resigna
ton Of J. P. Cnristiancy took place at Lam
sirg Mich, on the 18th, the two houses vot
ina separately, and resulted in the election o.
Zacaariah Chandler by the following vote
ss; Henry Chamberlain, Gr., is.
A DIFFICULTY occurred at Jonesville
Miss, on the 18th, between Colonel Holman
DR.. Loury, Dr. Walker and Mr.. Arnold. The
fight began BY Holman shooting Loury. Ar
mold shot Holman, wounding him. then sho'
| and killed Walker, and was himself shot By
Holman. Arnold and Loury have since died
The Chicago & Northwestern Rail.
way Company has declared a quarterly divi
dend of one and three-fourths per cent. OF
preferred stock, and decided to pay quarterly
dividends on these shares hereafter.
The remains of Bishop Foley, who
died in Chicago on the 10Th, will be taken to
Baltimore.
AT THE annual meeting of the stock.
! holders of the Wabash Railway Compa.
ny, held in Toledo on the 10Th, the following
gentlemen were unanimously elected Direct
| ors for the ensuing year: G. X. Garrison, Cy.
| rus w. Field, Solon Humphreys, William NJ.
Bliss, James b. Colgate, d. A. Lindley, II. A.
H. Post, William r. Garrison, all Of New
York; A. L. Hopkins, Toledo; A. NJ. Billings,
| Springfield, H.; James Cheney, Fort Wayne,
| Ind. .. .-.... ... ... ....... .
The Nevada Bank of California sold
| SOC, 900 ounces Of fine silver to the Govern
ment, on the 10Th, to be delivered at the San
Francisco mint. Bids of the Anglo California
Bank and Bank of California were rejected,
though the latter offered to sell lbs, 900 ounces
at $1.09.
A LARGE and enthusiastic meeting
Of patentees was held in Louisville, on the
20th, taking action against the Senate amend
ment to the patent laws.
The thermometer was 35 degrees
below zero at Winnipeg on the Goth.
The Prohibitionists of the State of
Ohio met ut Columbus on the 10th and elected
thC AohOWiuS oihSSiS' AiSSiaShep AsS'' ~'A'
Harrod, Of Columbus; vice-President
Mother Stewart, Of Springfield; Secretaries,
Thomas P. Hopley, of Bucyrus, and Aaron
Evans, of Delaware. A ticket was also put
G. T. Stewart, of Norwalk; Lieutenant Gov
ernor, j. w. Sharpe, Of Delaware; Auditor Of
State, Michael j. Tanning, Of Huron; Treas
urer, Elias Blair, of Bucyrus; Supreme Judge,
J; b. Hardy, Of Cleveland; Attorney, General, S s,l
lie Works, James II. Horton, Of Miami
County.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, colored, who
outraged girl twelve years Of age near the
city limits of Louisville some time ago, was
hanged on the 2lst. When the drop fell the
rope broke, and Washington was picked up,
the rope quickly adjusted, and the trap again
sprung. He was unconscious from the first
fall.
The Opera House block at Columbus,
Ind, was totally destroyed by fire on the
night of the 2lst. Loss estimated at $75, 900,
partially covered BY insurance.
THE West Virginia Legislature has
passed Joint resolution instructing the At
torney-General to proceed by quo soarranto
against the charter OF the Baltimore & Ohio
Road.
AT a fire in Bloomfield, H., on the
night Of the Goth, an aged Iishman, finding
that his wife had not escaped from the build
ing, darted into the flames to rescue her and
was SO terribly burned that he died during the
night. The calcined remains of the wife
were subsequently taken from the embers.
AT Stockton, Cal, on the 22d, a ter
rible boiler explosion occurred near the head
of Stockton Slough, where about 200 persons
had assembled to witness the trial of q new
propeller pump, run by threshing engine.
- aud
gineer screwed down the eafety-valve and
went on with the work. The explosion oc-
Cured about fifteen minutes afterward, and
the body Of the engine, weighing Q, 500 pounds,
was blown distance Of $50 feet through the
crowd. Seventeen persons were killed and
twenty-six wounded, three or four Of whom
are not likely to recover. Many were blown
a considerable distance and escaped unin-
jured.
AT the National Association of Vet
Grams of the Mexican war, held at Baltimore
on the 22d, q committee was appointed to visit
Washington and press upon Congress the
p pensiSn 81 list. ae The % next meeting viii be held
at Norfolk, Va, Feb. %, 1850. Gen. j. w.
Denver, of Ohio, was elected President, with
two Vice-Presidents from each State.
A PARTY of Indians supposed to be-
long to Little VOLTS band Of Cheyennes at
tackled two freight trains few miles from
Rapid City, d. T., on the 23d. The Indians
fired several volleys into the town to prevent
the citizens going to the rescue OF the
teamsters Another band attacked Sulphur
Springs station, on the Bismarck road, killing
one man. It is believed the Indians are en-
deavoring to reach Sitting Bulls camp.
MARTIN BURNS, a judge of election
at Baltimore, plead guilty, on the oath to OBJ
structing United States Supervisor in the
discharge of his duties at the recent Congress
sional election and was sentenced to one year
imprisonment and to pay fine.
MORE trouble is announced in Lin
coin County, New Mexico. II. j. Chapman,
lawyer, at the head of the Sween faction, was
shot dead few days ago in front of the
Court House at Lincoln.
Foreign Intelligence.
THE English Government is sending
large numbers Of troops and munitions of war
to Africa to punish the Zulus for their recent
massacre. ...
TROUBLE is brewing in Germany over
the Wholesale arrests of Socialists. major
ity Of the Reichstag, by a vote on the 18th,
refused to assent to further arrests.
THERE has been a rupture in the Cab
met Of the Khedive Of Egypt.
The reason for which Grand Duke
Nicholas Of Russia has been exiled was PAM
phlet in favor Of the speedy completion Of
railroad in order to force England to abandon
her resistance to Russia's Eastern policy.
The London Times says: Neither
England nor France would be disposed to wit
ness with indifference the success of coup
d'etat which would place Egypt again under
the personal rule Of the Khedive.
AT meeting of the Mersey Docks
and Harbor Board in Liverpool on the 10th 1t
was decided to spend R35, 900 in erecting
slaughter sheds and lairage necessary to the
continuance Of the American cattle trade.