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

n S8f-LO00 OF AIum0t1cS.
A special car containing seventeen of the
insane of Dakota, who have been confined
in the asylum at St. Peter, Mimi, passed
threw the city yesterday on its way to
YanktOn, where the lunatics will be con-
fined in the new asylum jus. completed in
that place. The car was in the city for
half day, and during that time was visit
ed by large number of Sioux City ladies
and gentlemen. Ten males and seven fc-
males comprised the number. They were
all quiet and seemingly peaceably inclined.
In the rear of the coach on a mattress laid
on the floor was a woman who was n
curiosity. to say the least. For the two
years that she has been confined in the
asylum she has always been in a state Of
| sleep. She never opens her eyes, which
remain gently closed. She will remain in
any position in which she is pla ed.
Seated in u chair she will remain there
with no other movement than that caused
by her breathing; if placed on her feet,
she will stand motiOnless for hours at a
time. She partakes of but little food,
which has to be fed to her, and then she
eats in a mechanical way. She is evident
ly about 80 years Of age, and was sent to
| the asylum from the Black Hills region.
Another person that was among the mum.
ber was character well known in Sioux
City-Billy Coffey. Those who were &C.
quainted with him in years gone by, and
who saw him yesterday, saya that he has
| neither changed in appearance nor eccen.
tricity. Billy come to Sioux City about
ten years ago; he claimed that at one time
he had been in the service of Queen Vic
toria, and his favorite expression, AMI one
which finally became byword, was
Watch him, sergeant, watch him." He
was finally sent 10 the poor house, but that
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finally Billy went to the Black Hills. He
had been lost sight of, nothing having
been heard from him until he turned uI
yesterday among the insane of Dakota
In the car Billy had taken his position il
a front seat. He seemed to think that ht
had charge of the party, and every once il
a while would give orders to the visitor.
to he careful about approaching this o.
that person, as he was not peaceable. Tht
only noisy one in the whole crowd wa.
Jimmy McGraw, who had been sent t.
the asylum from Elk Point. He recog
niZed number of Sioux Cityans, and was
He made music by singing some old Irisl
songs, and once in IA while as a variation
would dance what he was pleased to call ,
jig.
The party was in the care of ColOne
Hughes and DIR. Rainy, Commissioners o
Insanity for Dakota, whO notwithstandin.
the fact that they were unacqualnted witt
the temperaments of those in their charge
seemed to get along with them in yer,
amicable manner.
| Ohio.
Daniel Funk, of Urbana, died Monday
aged ninety-three years.
The house of VIM. Warren. near Nj
l.,,v, ,asl to,
day. Furniture, etc, all saved loss $40
600. +
Two barns, belonging to Samuel Diyt
Washington county, burned Monday, wit
200 bushels of wheat. 1000 bushels G
corn and 1900 tons of hay.
Miss Charlotte Bruce has sued John I
! Gibson, of the Gibson House, Cincinnati
) for breach of marriage contract and tn
use of her money, claiming $4,000.
John Brown, son of Ossawattomin
Brown, of Putin bay, proposes to devot
his energies and labors to aiding the co
ored people of the South in emigrating t
the West. He thinks now has come tn
second great opportunity for aiding tn
colored race ofthis country.
Madam Anderson, the English walkin
, woman, has made Cincinnati happy d
, last She is there, and next Saturday o
O'Clock p. m. will begin her sO4 mil
walk, To be accomplished in 536 hours. O
twenty-five days andDeight hours, walkin
, one mile and half at the commencement
of each hour.
A great de,,l of oats sowing has alread
: been done Throughout the State ans bre;l
ing new ground has been done and is no.
going on rapidly. Indications are tn,
: the agricultural efforts throughout Centr;
Ohio will be greater than perhaps ev,
before. 1t will be better investmei
: than Congressional debates.