The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-05-01
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David ID. Jennings, an old resident and
pioneer of Caldwell, died at his residence
aged "a.
The wife of Lewis Keppler, Of Anna, in
q temporary fit of insanity Friday, fatally
cut her throat.
Robert Cohorr, of Summit county, a well.
to-do farmer, aged about seventy years,
hung himself in his Friday last. -
James Freer, prominent merchant of
Niles, was run overly an Atlantic and
Great Western train, and killed instantly.
Adam Bender, u farmer, hung himself
in the woods in Portage township. He
was about seventy years-Of age. Cause un-
known.
An Intellectual attempt was made Satur
day to release from Jail the cleveland body.
snatchers, Joiner and Minor, on a writ Of
habeas corpus. r 1|
The case of Amanda Schaaf vs. Ohio
Craven ct al. is now on trial at Millers
burg. The case involves about $4,000
and draws forth much interest
Frank Ritter, alias Biddle, arrested at
Fredericksburg, for passing counterfeit
coin, had a hearing before Squire Mackey
He was held in default of $4,000, and sent
to Wooster Jail. ..r
In Bellefontaine, Thursday night, VIM.
Purcells house was entered by supposed
tramps, and two suits of clothes, a watch
and chain a full Set of lady's jewelry and
$25 in money taken. ,s.7... - 5.
Captain w. J. Vance, formerly of the
Canton Repository, retires from the posi-
teon of Appointment Clerk in the Treas
ury Department to take position on the
New York Tribune '-
James Stokes well known in turfcircles,
owner of the celebrated running stallion
Compliment, and the runningmsre Maggie
Taylor, died suddenly of hemorrhage of
the lungs at Urbana, aged fifty years. '
"Dr." Sample, OF Dayton, still lives,
and on Friday received pretty harsh treat.
ment in hxnd-to-hand, or head-to.cane,
tussle with one ]. c. Cox, between whom
and the "Dr." there has been ill-feeling
for season.
A barn belonging to u man named
Heath, living in the northern part of Ur-
bana, was destroyed by fire Saturday. 1t
caught from burning cOrn-stalks. Two
valuable cows were burned up. Loss on
stable about $500.
A colored girl named Julia Winters
died under very peculiar circumstances, at
Circleville, and the coroner directed Drs.
Shafer and Courtwright to make q post
mOrtem examination. Their investigation
disclosed the fact that an abortion had
been committed.
The people of Dayton are to hold a
meeting to take steps toward correcting
the gross violations of Sunday laws in
that city. The pulpits of the city, after
long work, got the public Interested. A
petition for the meeting has been largely
signed, and now it is believed effectual
business is intended.
A twelvc-year old girl in Akron dreamed
that she saw her mother murdered in a
hotel in Warren. The next morning she
told of her dream and was laughed at for
her fears. When the evening paper came
she read therein the details of the murder
almost precisely as they had appeared to
her at the hour of occurrence.
Some person entered John Dickerson's
sheep-pen, near Roscoe, Coshocton county
and killed thirty five fine ewes by stabbing
them behind the shoulders with a large
knife. They also killed a yesrling calf In
| the same way. No reason can be assigned
but pure cussedness. He has not the re
motest idea who did the deed nor why i,
was done. -.t. e.f, ..i-.,-.' .....
A confidence game. successfully
played on VIM. Gallup, a prominent jew
eler of Tifiln, last week, by a well-dressed
stranger, who desired to take three gold
watches to his boarding house for his sick
wife to make selection. The supposi
tion is his wife selected all of them, as
Mr.. Gallup has not yet heard from man
watches or wifs. .a.-..s fi,EE- -t
\ Mrs. J. A. Stout, lady about 2S years
old, and whese husband is about 60, ol
Napoleon, on Friday night went to Tolc
do for the express purpose of poisoning
herself, on account of unhappy relations
with her husband. She took too heavy q
dose of arsenic, and consequently will ne
cover. She had left letter explaining
her course to her husband.
Adam Mong, senior partner of the firm
of Moug, Crawford & Co., of Masslin
while hauling load of sod down Main
street, was seen to fall backward in his
| wagon, and when assistance reached him
he was dead. He was an old resident of
the city, a prominent member of the Odd
Fellows Lodge, and served several terms
in the city council. ~ ...r -.
Ohio national banks, which are depos-
itories of public moneys, are as follows
cinnati, Merchants National of Cleveland,
National Exchange of Columbus, Second
National of Dayton, First National of
First National of Toledo, Champaign Ma
tional of Bellefontaine. l- 4.