The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-05-01

| minutes, by unanimous consent, ana eacn
was loudly applauded by his own side.
begun by holding up to ridicule the green
backer Representatives, and caused great
amusement by the assertion that If all the
greenback back money demanded by the
bills introduced were TO be supplied, the
greenbackers would have to get their cler-
| gyman, DeLaMatyr, to ask the Deity to
vary the merits of the deluge to open
again the doors and windows of heaven,
and to rain greenbacks for forty days. He
then told tie southern democrats that
what their section wanted was more corn
and cotton and less cussedness, and wound
up by suggesting that one of the best
things that could happen the country
would be the turning on of yellow fever
in congress. Only he would want the di-
vinity TO use great discrimination in max
ing his selection. Horr moved up and
down the area as he spoke, and was much
applauded on both sides, and also in the
galleries. -
An amendment offered = by Weaver
striking out all proposed Legislation excePt
that relating to test oaths, was defeated,
without division.
The legislative bill was then passed
yeas, 140; nays, 11S. . g.
lnSCELLANEOUS.
Napanee, Ont, April 25.-A fourth at
tempt to burn Perry's block caused loss
ST Louis, April a5.-A little before noon
to-day, VIM. o. Smith, who claims to be
from Indianapolis, made a murderous as
sault ON Mrs. A. N. Sterling, of Summer
field, Ill, at the boarding house of Mrs.
Locke, 11S Locust street, cutting fright
ful cash in her throat, nearly severing one
of her ears from her head, and infiicting
serious wounds on her face. Smith was
arrested. The cause of the affair is not
definitely known at this writing.
Laconis, April 25.-Burglars blew open
the safe of the Laconia National Bank
last night, securing about $1,000 and a
quantity Of securities.
Cincinnati, April 25.-John Preston,
white, became involved in a quarrel with
two negroes, at a point ON the Kentucky
Wednesday one of whom shot him with a
musket. Preston ran into the river to
escape when the negroes threw rocks
after him, striking him on the head and
causing him to sink. A large posse are
searching for the negroes.
Richmond, April 24-John Z. Poin-
dexter, who murdered G. G. Curtis. March
Sd, has been found guilty of manslaughter
and sentenced to two years in the peni-
tentiary.
Montreal, April 25.-Ihe building of
Loudwing, O'Neil & Co., wholesale
druggists, was damaged to the amount of
$4,000 by fire. s,yf FT1,,
Vicksburg, April 25.-J. II. Bridewell,
was shot last night. His wounds are prob
ably fatal. He says he was shot by F. NJ.
Andrews brother of w. II. Andrews, who
was killed last month. The cOroner's jury
was unable TO decide who killed Andrews,
and trouble has since been expected be-
tween Andrews's brothers and all present
when Andrews was killed, including Bride
well.
Tuscumbia, Ala, April 25.-Challes
Rush, colored, was hanged here to-day for
the murder of his wife in April 1877. He
protested his innocence to the last. The
execution was private in accordance with
the recent law - SSSSSL
Chicago, April ga fire broke cut in
No. 214 Kenzie street at about o'clock
this evening and for over three hours the
flames were actively; destroying property
in that vicinity, being assisted by the pc
culiarly inflammable character of the con-
tents of the building. Nos 2l4 to 21s
were completely gutted, loss on building
being $27 500 and insurance $12,50O
On contents, about $5OO0 as follows:
Wilson Howe, broom corn, 10000; insur-.
ance, $3.50; .Trumbkey Bros, mould
ings, $500; A. Howe, picture frames;
loss, $25, 1000; insurance, 81 1000; WEIGH
man s. Co., picture frames, $2,500;
insurance $500; A. B. Ferry, broom corn,
$4,000, half insured; Cohen g. Jon, hide
and tallow, $4,000, insurance, 81 600;
Miller s. Klein, hides, 81, 800 The build
ing, is . brick, owned by the VIM. 81.
Brown estate, but is in the hands of the
Connecticut Mutual Life under mort gage
st. Louis, April 25,-Mayor Stockton of
Wyandotte, Kansas, had conference with
the colored relief board here this evening
regarding the condition of refugees from
the south, now at Wyandotte, and the
sending of more of them to West Point.
He stated that the people of Wyandotte
were oyerburdened and could do no
more and urged that whenever
emigrants arrived here in the
future the executive committee of the
freedmen,s state committee of Kansas be
communicated with, and that refugees be
sent to each point or points as may be des-
ignated by that committee. This sugges-
ton was favorably considered, and resO-
lution adopted that hereafter the relief
board will be guided by the Kansas COM
mittee as to the distribution of the refu-
gees
Cincinnati, April l25.IThe Cincinnati,
Gazette will celebrate, tomorrow, the
completion and occupancy of its new
building. The paper issued will be double
the usual size, and will contain besides a
description of the building and its ap-
pOintments, a history of the Gazette from
its Inauguration in 1913 to the present
time. The daily has been published
without interruption for 81 years. The
new Gazette building is located on the
corner of Sixth and Vine streets, the for
mer site of Woods Theatre. 1t Is six
stories high and is one of the most cam
pletely equipped newspaper offices in the
country. ..- .f
Memphis, April ga telegram re-
ceived this morning brings intelligence
of the death of BenedictLOwenstein, senior
member of the firm OF B. Lowenstein j.
sided in Europe for the past eight years.
Baltimore, April 25.-Bishop Edward
r. Ames, of the NJ. E. church, died in this
city this morning, aged "a, after protract-
ed illness.
New York, April 26.-Six thousand
Cinnamon are now employed in the con-
struction of the Southern Pacific Railroad
OF California, which is being pushed for
ward at the rate of three miles day. The
track is laid to Maricapo. s3-.
! New YORK, April 25.-The Tribune To.
NOR will publish the following: The
friends of Col. John Groesbeck. of Ohio,
brother of VIM. Groesbeck, and brother-in-
law of Gen1 Joseph s. Hooker, are great
ly distressed over hisunaccountable disap
pearance from Fifth Avenue Hotel where
he has boarded for many years. He left
the hotel two weeks ago, saying he was
going west and since that time ali trace Of
him has been lost. His personal effects
he left in his room. -. ,..rf =,
Baltimore, April 25.-Loril,ard has
bought "Problem"-a steeple haser foI
81 500. The horse goes to En-
appearing at jerome Park. ff,.y.- ..-.
}. Columbus, o., April 25.-Both branches
Of the legislative adjourned over until next
week without transacting any business ol