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

penalty q fourteen years in the peniten
tiary. Al the prisoner was being takel
from the court rooom to his cell, Mrs
Young, his mother-in-law, stepped NJ
quickly hehind him, put pistol to hi
for the prisoner, a handkerchief in which
the pistol had been concealed, intervenet
between - hammer and the cap, ant
caused the pistol 70 miss fire. A warran
has been sworn out for Mrs. Young's ar
Stevens has been on trial for thret
weeks, and the trial has created great in
terest Peter Stevens married Mamie
Young when she was but Is years of age
He did not treat her as he should, and q.
a result she sought other mems society
On June 30th, of last year, Stevens ended
his married life by shooting his young
wife, who was then but 16 years of age
The verdict does not give Satisfaction.
Dubuque, Ia, Apr1l 25-N1ck Euchs, a
dwarf, brother of the grocer
in whose employ he has been for years
was accidentally killed last evening by the
horse he was driving running away
throwing him from the wagon and break.
ing three ribs.
Peoria, ILL.,, April 26-John Bradshaw
an old farmer living near Morton, Taze
we'll county, committed suicide Thursday
by hanging himself in his barn.
New York, April 27.-The steamer Rio
Janeiro ran down and sunk on the 26th
IN the bay, the bark Velocity. The cap.
tain and ten of the crew succeeded in
climbing on board the steamer by the an.
chor chain, but the steward and boy
were drowned.
Utica, N. Y, April 27!The Herkimel
paper company's mill at Herkimer, OF
which Congressman Warner Miller, is one
Of the heaviest stock holders, burned Sat
urllay night. Loss, $23 900. Insurance
$4,000. Supposed to be accidentally, as
the engineer Henry Deitz was burned.
Aurora, Ill, April 26.-The directors OF
the Union National Bank this morning
gave notice that the business of the in.
will be closed up May 1st Mr.
H. c. Paddock, president of the Union,
and Mrs. Lucy Coulter, who have bought
all the stock, will continue the business
as private bankers, under the firm name
Of Paddock s. Coulter.
The hardware store of f. B. Rice was
entered by burglars last night, and be
tween $500 and $500 worth of cutlery, re
volyers and silverware taken. I-
An old soldier, William Ford, died in
this city Thursday He lost both eyes al
Pittsburg Landing, and was one Of the
sixty totally disabled soldiers on the pen
sion list of the government.
New York, April 26.-Bank statement
Loans increase, $54, 400; specie decrease
e64, ITO; legal lender increase, $4,552. 400;
deposit increase, $4,259, 200; circulation
$4,000; reserve increase, $2,S4O,.
100. The banks now hold $l2, ,S24 ,05O, in
excess of legal requirements. 1s-
New York, April 27.-The annual re.
union of the surviving members of the
third army corps will be held here on the
5th of May.
Cincinnati, April pa tramp entered
the residence of Geo. H. Ketchen, farm.
er near Lebanon, Ohio, yesterday morning
during the absence of the family, and be
gan searching the bureau where large
amount of money had been placed. Carrie
young girl domestic, who was
in the upper part of the house, heard the
noise, discovered the tramp at work, ap
preached him unperceived, suddenly
him by the hair with one hand
and endeayored to wrench the box of valu
ables from his grasp with the other hand
Finding her efforts unavailing, she releas.
I'd her hold, sprang upon chair, secured
3 revolver from the top of a clock, and
The latter dropped the box
ran into the yard, scaled the fence and es-
capped. Upon examination it was found
nothing of value had been taken.
St. Louis, April 20. : The allegations
relations of improper intimacy
with the man Smith, who attempted TO
Kill her, now seem based wholly ON the
of Smith, who evidently is a
very bad man, If not desperadO. The
reputable evidence all goes to show that
that Mrs. Sterling is very exemplary
woman, but was under Sterling's control
through fear OF personal violence, till by
the aid of friends she was able to break
his influence and get rid of him. He still
pursued her, however, and yesterday &C.
tually forced her to accompany him to his
house. She charges him with
her money to his own use
and in corroboration of this, he was in.
dicted yesterday at Bellsville, Illinois, foI
her house at Summerfield.
Bloomington, ILL.,, April 26.-The Chi
cago and Alton is experiencing a freight
over 700 cars of west bound
freight being now scattered along the line
the bulk Of it at Bloomington, Mexico
and Louisiana. This is the result Of the
five-cent tariff from Chicago to Kansas
City.
Des Moines, Iowa, April 26-Orders
have been received here to ship no corn
to the Michigan Central railroad, as it is
and cannot take it.
New York. April 26.-The steamer Ber
hini, Captain John North, has not been
heard from since : leaving this port on
March Goth for Bristol, England. The yes
sci carried a general cargo mostly grain
and was insured tor $7O,0O0. She had nc
passengers but a full complement of men
in London ask from 80 to
80 guineas on risks. f' .-'a 80
New York, April 27.-Judgs George s
of the New York supreme court
died today.
Galveston, April 26-The News says the
adjourned without passing any
Heavy rains throughout Texas caused
the streams to overflow, railroads washed
and traffic entirely suspended. At Heustor
the water rose 10 feet in three hours, anG
carried away all the railroad bridges ani
many warehouses. Along the banks O
Buffalo bayou the damage was great
Many railroads and buildings are entirely
swept OF.
Philadelphia, April 27.-At Phoenix
vile, Pa, last night, Policeman Webste
March, in an attempt to suppress dis
turbance was dangerously injured will
stones. He then fired two shots at tn,
assailants killing one of them, Franl
Devlin, and wounding the other Jame
McCloskey, who however escaped. Marcl
is under medical treatment
Wilkesbarre, Pa, April 27.-Four thou
sand people visited the scene of the Suga
Notch disaster today. The principal tun
mel in the vein of coal is driven IS feet
but the gangway is not reached. 1t is be
lieved the gangway where the buried mel
are, is filed with water at least breas
high. The pumps are working steadil,
and decreasing the water some.
Charleston, April 27.-General Jane
Simons, prominent lawyer and vic
president of the General society of Cir
cinnati died last night, aged 66.
Boston, April, 25-Company, watcl
and clock manufacture arc financiall-