The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-05-29
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Ohio.
Morrow county democrats send dele |
CATION to the state convention solid for |
Bishop.
Hon John Berry, who represented the |
Sandusky district in congress in 1874-75, |
died in that city Sunday, after brief ill
ness
Joseph Jones, of Kenton, was arrested,
charged with criminal intercourse with
one Mary Born, claimed to be of unsOund |
mind
Hiram Skinner, ESQ.,, one of the ablest
active members of the Cambridge bar,
died suddenly Sunday evening Of hemor-
rhage of the stomach.
Ellen A. Cooper, of Akron, aged 20, and
handsome, wants 10000 from Leroy Num-
son, saloonist, aged 40, for breach of
promise of marriage, and has sued for it
in the common pleas court.
The democrats of Crawford county, Sat
urday, after stormy trials, were unable to
''resolve' for anybody, or to make dele
gates, but voted 10 let democrats of the
county present at the state convention
cast the county's vote.
The residence of Robert Carter, Akron,
was entered by burglars during the alb
sence of the inmates, Friday night, and
robbed of silk dresses, silverware, lace
curtains, and whatever could be found up
stairs, amounting to several hundred dol
lars value.
mile east of Spring Valley, was burned,
including valuable papers United States
bonds, &C, to the amount of $4,000. In
sured in the Ohio Farmers for 5000.
Dry weather, wind and a defective fiue,
were the cause. About 800 were saved,
Policeman Mccormack of Bellaire, was
shot in the back of the head by Casper
Powell, a young blood whose step-father
the officer was in the act of arresting. The
ball glanced from the skull, but the wound
is severe, if not dangerous. Powell's own
father was murdered at West Wheeling
two years ago.
The Atlantic and Great Western depot
at Warren, caught fire from sparks from
| an engine and in half an hour was destroy
| ed. despite the efforts of the employees and
the fire department. The loss cannot be
fixed as all the books and records were
destroyed. Considerable valuable freight
was stored in the building. The depot Is
reported not insured. ,.., 80. t-'..,
| The auditors of Muskingum. Perry,
Pickaway, Fayette, Clinton and Warren
met at GAINESVILLE as board TO assess the
property. of the Cincinnati and Muskin-
gum Valley railroad for taxation in 1879.
The board elected Auditor Irvine presi-
dent and Shurz- of Pickaway secretary
They report the road bed (valuation(, $3.50, !.
600; personal property, rolling stock, al
Colonel ]. o. Frankeberger, of the To
ledo Bee, died on the 22nd. of dropsy OF
the chest and heart disease He com
manded the First Ohio Cavalry, and served
prior to that in the One Hundred and
Eightyeighth Infantry, and served through
the whole war. The deceased was an old
printer, well known in Southern Ohio, and
one of the founders of the Bee. His funer
al occurred Saturday at Sidney. He had
been sick several months.
James Hood, of East Ironton, an EN-
ploye of the Belfont Furnace, mysterious
ly disappeared on Thursday evening. He
went to the Office, drew the money coming
to him and two of his sons who work a
the same place, and has not been heard Of
since. Family trouble is supposed to bs
the cause. He is forty-seven years old
and has wife and five children. The
general supposition is that he has gone
West.
The convention of the Ohio Mutua
Fire Underwriters Association adjourned
last Thursday. A large number of tn,
representatives of mutual fire insuranc.
Cos. in Ohio wese present. The followin,
were elected officers for the ensuing year
President, DR.. j. s. Carter, of Urbana
Vice President. j. d. Stubbs, of Ashland
Secretary and Treasurer, D. J. Faust, o
Shelby. Among the most important item
of business was the appointment of
committee of three, consisting of j. L
Spengie, ID. j. Faust, and N. d. Reed
with w. E. Douglass and J, 8. Carter a,
alternates, to meet with the Ohio Under
writers at Cincinnati, June 5th, to con
fer with said association in reference tc
the effects, ETC., Of the "HOwland Bill"
About two O'Clock Thursday afternoon
the boiler in Eberhole s. Mobiles grist mil
at FOstOria exploded, totally demolishint
the engine-room and tearing out one who'll
side of the main building. The fireman
c. Hedly, was literally blown into pieces
undistinguishable fragments of his body
were found buried under the ruins. TIL,
engineer escaped with slight injuries
John Arnold had his shoulder dislocated
a boy named Reynolds had one arm bro
ken Ben Overmeier, a farmer, was foun(
entirely covered with brick and mortar
but was not seriously injured. One end o
the boiler was thrown about one hundred
yards, tearing large hole out of the corne
of the mill. The damage is estimated a
from $4,000 to 5000, with no acciden
insurance. The cause of the explosion il
not known. The mill had Just been re
modelled, and had only been running
few hours when the accident occurred.