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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-07-17
Franks Of Cup d.

Augusta, Ga was the scene of a genuine
S nsation on Tuesday by the receipt of Il
telegram from Lexington warning the
ministers and judicial officers to prevent
the marriage of DIR. James S. Sims with
Mrs. Adkins, oi Oglethor, ,'e county, ON the
ground that the groom, whose age is about
seventy-five, was an imbecile, and not able
to contract a marriage. DIR. Sims is pos
sessed dofconsiderable means, and had been
adjudged lunatic and guardian ap-
pointed on the application ofhis children,
Colonel VIM. H. Sims and Mrs. John B.
Morton, and his son-in-law, Rev. John b.
Morton. Col. Sims is Lieutenant Govern
or of Mississippi. A short time after this
DIR. Sims employed Messrs John G. Reed,
Hamilton McWhorter, j. T. Olive and
Phil Cook, Jr., to make an effort to set
aside the guardianship. A motion was FL
ed by these gentlemen to set aside the
Judgment of the court on the ground that
the doctor had not received ten days no.
tice of the proceeding in lunacy. Upon
the question as to the constitutionality of
the law the ordinary refused to set aside
the Judgment, and the defendant
appealed to the Superior Court,
which decided that the ten days no
tice should have been given. The other
side have appealed TO the Supreme Court,
where the case Is still pending. DIR.
Sims vile died last December, ana some
time in january he commenced paying
attention to Mrs. Adkins who was divorced
from her husband several years ago. Mrs.
Adkins, who is about 40 years. of age,
reached Augusta en- the Georgia Railroad
train. DIR. Sims had gone over to Ham,
burg early ON Monday, and thsre he was
joined by Mrs. Adkins soon after her ar
riyaf and the twain were quickly made
one flesh by Trial Justice Getsen. No
Smarriagc license is required in South Car
ofnaA Mr.. Lumpkin had started over TO
Hamburg, but upon receiving information
he deSnN6 reliable. which led him to he
lieve th,t the parties had gone on to Gran
iteville, Turned back. Col. johnson, who
had gone in another direction, reached the
house whele the marriage took place
about five minutes after the ceremony was
performed. The venerable gentleman has
accomplished his object, but the friends
of his children and his guardian declare
that the marriage was no marriage a. all,
and will be SD held hy the court. The
bride is said To he worth about $3.50 in
her own right. The counsel for DIR. Sims
say they would never have consented To
the marriage if they had not been perfect
" certain that he was Of sound mind and
discretion.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-07-17

A short time ago youth named Buify
murdered schoOlfellow who came TO Wis
it him at a hotel in Zurich, and ten sci
fire to the bed clothes. His motive seems
to have been jealousy, and, after being ar
rested, he managed To hang himself in .
prison cell with strips torn from his bed
clothes. He is the third person charged
with murder who has committed suicide
in Swiss prison this year.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-07-17
French Monarchs and their Sons.

Since the days of Louis XIII. no French
monarch has been succeeded by his son.
Louis XIV, whose long reign of seventy
two years could we'll make this possible,
was succeeded by his great-grandson,
Louis XIV, who reigned in person fifty-two
years, was succeeded by his grandson.
Thenceforward the direct male line pever
reached the throne. LOUIS XVI. was be-
headed in 1898. and his son, the little
Dauphln, called Louis XVII, was done to
death in the Temple in his 10th year. The
young King Of Rome, Napoleon LIS son,
died, like his later, in exile, at 81. Louis
XVIII. the brother of Louis XVI, died
without a successor of his body. Charles
X, brother of Louis XVIII, when he
came to the throne, had already had his
sou, the Due de Berri, ass,ssinated, and
abdicatcd in 1880 in favor of his grandson
the Duke dc Bordeaux, and died i'm exile
The Duke, as the COmte de Chambord, oI
Henry w., is still waiting. Louis Philippe
ran away, and his sons and srandsons ART
still waiting. Last Of all comes Napoleon
I'LL, whose son lies in Zululand.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-07-17
Getting Rid of the Smoke OF Cities
The black smoke which pOurs from the


The black smoke which pours from the
chimneys of manufactures, disfiguring
houses and making life in such cities as
Pittsburg disagreeable, represents great
waste offuel Part of this loss can not be
prevented, though some of it can but it is
practicable by the use of an English in
vention to wash the smoke and make it so
clean that when passing from the chimney
ton, it will no: soil a white handkerchief.
The washing is done by passing the smoke
through the spray caused by paddle wheels
revolving in tank of water holding soda
ash in solution. The tank and wheels are
placed in the hue, between the furnace
and the chimney, and, the wheels being
made to revolve in the direction Of the
chimney, the draft is increased. tits said
that the saving in the cost of constructing
lage chimney stacks now necessary, but
which can be replaced by smaller chin
neys, will cover the cost of the apparatus.
The Impurities of the smoke collected in
the tank can probably be utilized as arti-
cles of cpmmercial value. At all events
they are much better in the tank than
floating about in the atmosphere. Atten-
tion has been heretofore directed to inven-
tions desig1fSd to secure a more perfect
combustion OF coal in order to save money
and get rid of the smoke nuisance, but
there are more limits beyond which such
inventions can not go, and when these
have been reached, the washing of the
smoke and detention of impurities must
be great boon to manufacturing cities--
Philadelphia Ledger.
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OHIO NEWS.
Clarke county farmers have already
commenced threshing wheat.

; Clarke county farmers have already
commenced threshing wheat.
The corner stone of the new Catholic
Church edifice was laid at Fostoria Sunday.
Judge William Bigger, of Springfield,
died Saturday at the age of seventy eight
years.
Dayton is making an effort to have pub
lie baths. erected on the river, within the
city limits.
A young child of Gen. Hickenloo,,er.
is lying dangerously sick with scar
let fever.
A widow residing at Chillicothe, had
her house robbed of $75 in cash, Sunday,
in broad daylight
Lieut. Col Deardorff Bucyrus, of the
Twelfth regiment o. N. G., has received
orders to disband the regiment.
! The Champion Manufacturing Compa-
ny's new buildings, in Springfield, will
have front of six hundred feet.
The trial of DR.. A. v. Gates, for the
murder of his wife by poisoning, at Proc
torsville, began at Ironton on last Mon
day.
All the cells in the Chillicothe CITY
Prison are full, but fortunately most of
the occupants are only charged with mi
nor offenses.
Vincent Worstell one of the old pioneer
settlers of Elk township, Noble county,
aged rs years, dropped dead on the 5th
inst.
The new M. E. church edifice at Ripley
one of the finest in the state, was dedicat-
ed last Sunday; President Payne, of the
Wesleyan University, delivering the
sermon.
G. X. McMasters, a temperance lecturer
of Pittsburg, died suddenly of heart dis
ease, on board the Panhandle railroad
train, soon after it left NewcomerstoWn.
Monday morning.
Hon Henry Shideler, of Montgomery
county, died last Sunday morning, aged
S6 years. He came to Ohio in 1905, and
was man of much influence, and highly
respected during his long life.
Six million pounds of wool are raised
within radius of forty miles surrounding
35 cents, will realize 81, 100000 This inn.
mense sum, in return for SO little labor and
expense as is required in the keeping of
sheep, ought to be suggestive to our
farmers.
The Commissioners of Muskingum
county are considering the question Of re-
mitting Eaton's, the body snatcher, fine of
500, he having served his term of incar-
ceration, and thus setting him at liberty.
A request to this effect was also sent TO
Governor Bishop in letter presented by
the wife Of Eaton, who personally made
the appeal to the Commissioners
Richard James of Wayne county who
is a student at POughkeepsie, N. Y, a.
though but twenty three years old, weighs
359 pounds. His mother weighs over 800
pounds, and hi his brother ,oh who is only six
has an ordinary appetite. He weighed
but SO pounds at birth, and did not be-
gin to grow fat till he was three years old.
He gets all his proclivity to fatness from
his mother, as his father weighs only 1876
pounds. During most of his life he has
wofked hard on farm.
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Human NIonstrOs,tics.

Prof. Pancoast, who has been and still
is, explaining to medical students the Car
olina negro twins, exhibited about the
country under the title of the two headed
girl, regards them as far more wonderful
than the Siamese twins. These were two
distinct human beings, while these sisters
have single back bone below the shOul-
der blades, at which point the spine
branches into the letter Y They were
born back to back: but in learning TO
walk they so changed their original posi-
ton that they now stand nearly side by
side. When either is touched below the
point OF conjunction, both feel it.; but
above that point sensitiveness is separate,
These mOnstrOsitics are not nearly SO un
common as is generally thought, as any
one must know who has read ST. Hillaire's
History of Anomalies of Organization.
There was the twin monster, Bita Christi
ma, born in Sardinia, who was taken to
Paris and died there. Her head, neck,
and other extremities were duplicated,
while the chest and abdomen were single
A child with three heads, born some thir-
ty-five years since in Catinia, Sicily, al
tracted much attention from scientific
men. Ambrose Pare describes two girls
united by the back. belly and forehead.
They lived to be ten years old. when one
of them died. The dead girl was then
separated from her living sister, who soon
died also. The Hungarian sisters, in the
last century, were united by the back and
had one alimentary and urinary canal
They, or she, as you like, did not die for
twenty-five years. Of all. the monstros-
tiles known, none has lived so long as the
Siamese twins. They lasted sixty three
years, while hardly any of those on record
survived half SO long, most of them dying
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-07-17

The Philadelphia Press says that "Lucy
Hooper will dedicate her daughter. who
has appeared a great many times IN par
ior theatricals, to the stage. and MIS-
Julia Ward Howe is contemplating the
same for her eldest daughter, Miss
| MaudI." =
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COAL YARD.
NJ. MCKINNEY

nEALER IN BLOSSBURG COAL, tn,
~ finest article known for Blacksmith
ing. Horse shoeing. repairing. &C., prompt.
y done, and satisfaction guaranteed. Soutl
"a Mechanic street. ll-l5-li
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NEAT MARKET.
T.. G. FULLER.

DEALER IN Fresh and Salt Meats. Bo.
~ logna and Pork Sausage. Highes
market prise in cash paid fer Beeves, Sheep
Hoe, Hides, &C. Market, south side Lib
erty Street, one door west Of Ottsrbacker'
Harness Shop. u-9-l.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-07-17
Spirit Photography.

The apparent mystery in the spirit pho
togIaphy business is one that mas been
puzzling good many people in this and
other countries. Ardent spiritualists be-
lieve i'm the matter firmly. while skeptics
think the matter Is humbug. The only
laboratory where these photographs are
turned out in the city Is Miss Hedlcy's
gallery, on State street Two ladies were
desirous of ascertaining the truth of the
matter. They both sat for a picture, which,
when finished, showed a spirit alongside
of each. In the first Photograph the
spirit was that of young lady on a
balcony with her hand To her face, her
hair and costume being i'm the style and
fashion of thirty years ago. The other
photograph showed the spirit of a woman
dressed in a costume of about the same
period, hor hair done in ringlets, banded
on the top near the temple with strings of
pearls. In her hand is flower intending
to represent a rose. The pictures of the
ladies themselves are clear ard sharply
defined, while those of the intruders are
haZy, but with the outlines clearly defined.
When the pictures were finished the ladies
took them home. and in examining them
closely, concluded they had seen the
spirit part somewhere before, and in turn
ing over the leaves of some old lady's
magazines they had at the house. ran
across the engravings of the originals.
The first one is taken from an engraving
representing "Nourmahal," and the sec
ond Is from an engraving by T. Fleming,
intending TO represent Tho Last Rose of
Summer" On comparing the photo
graphs with the cngravings there can be
no doubt on the subjec., and this discov'
cry has punctured the humbug, at least
SO far AS Miss Hedlcy is concerned.
Yesterday afternoon the photographs
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-07-17
Battle with q Bear.

Montreal has noted character named
Joe Beef, who keeps a saloon and eating
house. He las a bear-pit under his can
teen ON Common street. 1t extends all
along under the house, and is reigned over
by big black bear, weighing over four
hundred pounds. There are also a she
bear and two comparatively young cubs,
which Joe reckons among his domestic
pets. Recently while a cOlored preacher
was holding services in the "singing
roOm," three American strangers came to
visit the place, and the trap-door was
thrown open to show the bears. While
Joe went into the bar-room his little boy,
six years old, went too near the edge and
fell into the den. The old bears were in q
dark corner, but one of the cubs at once
run toward the child, who had uttered q
the floor. and reached down caught hold
of the little fellow and raised him up.
The she bear had heard the child's cries,
and with u growl rushed toward the trap
door and seized the child Just as he was
being lifted up. The little fellow was in
an instant dragged into the den, encircled
by the claws of the old she bear. Joe,
hearing the noise, came to the door, and
seeing his child as it were in the jaws of
death did not hesitate for a moment to
think, but leaped from the floor into the
PIT, IISueluS Ou tuC uC&u vi VIC VI tlc
bears. He managsd by a frantic effort to
tear his child from the savage menster,
and threw him behind. In another instant
he handed the little fellow up among the
almost paralyzed spectators. The moment
the child was out of the pit the she bear
growled fiercely and sprang on Joe, who
had no arms TO defend himself The saw
age brute seized him by the right knee
throwing him on his back. Her teeth
were driven fully half an inch into his
flesh. He was then fully at the mercy of
the animal, whose tameness had disap-
peared, it being enraged at having the
child taken away. Joe did not loose his
presence of mind, but seized brick which
lay near him, and struck the bear on the
snout with all his might. The brute let
go her hold, and Joe quickly got on his
feet. Joe was then rescued from the pit,
his legs being covered with blood. The
trousers which he had on were torn to
shreds, and his stockings were saturated
with blood. The child had not been in
jured at all beyond slight scratch on the
head.-IToronto Globe.
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BOOTS AND SHOES.
w. H. ASHFORD,

MANUFACTURER and Dealer in Boots
Nl and Shoes and all kinds OF first class
custom work. All work and materials frlly
warranted. Shop, south eide Liberty Street,
one door east Of Ottsrbackers Harness Shop,
Wellington, Ohio. 11-9.ly
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-07-17
A Coachman's Conquest and How 1t
Terminated

Murray Hill society has lately been
agitated over a scandal in which the in
evitable coachman again figures, and
which has thrown shadow over one of
the most prominent and highly respect
able families of that fashionable locality.
In this instance, as in the case of eXGov-
erncr Hubbard's daughter, who married
her fathers coachman,. the young lady
is both beautiful and highly accomplish
ed, and her lover, the coachman, is
young and good looking. but very Hitter
ate. 1t is said to be a case of flove at first
sight. Be that as it may, the couple car
ried on their c6urtship so arlently and
boldly that eventually one of the gentle
mans neighbors dropped him note
through the mail asking him if he knew
of the conduct of his daughter. The IA
ther was astonished upon learning of the
affair, and at once called his daughter to
account. She acknowledged that she
knew the coachman and had spoken TO
him on several occasions, but this was
all. Her explanation deceived him so
thoroughly that he ceased to watch her
movements for time. Subsequent
ly, however. he found among his daugh-
ter's effects, during her temporary alb
sence from her home. several letters from
the love smitten Jehu. which still
further opened his eyes and confirmed all
that had been written concerning the
couple by his friend. The result was a
stormy interview, during which the young
lady's mother was SO affected that she is
said to have tainted. Soon after this, and
despite the vigilance of the parents of the
young lady, she clandestinely met her
lover, and arrangements were perfected
for their marriage, which was frustrated
by the appearance on the sceI C of the
father when the couple we've on their way
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-07-17
An Albany Woman's Coolness and
Courage.

The Syracuse Courier has the following
A rare instance of nerve and GOODNESS, un-
der trying circumstances recently came TO
our knowledge. A few weeks ago two
sisters were jOurneying over the Central
railroad en- route hOmeward tO Albany
from Colorado. They belonged to wealthy
Albany family, and one of them, for whose
health the journey to Colorado had been
undertaken, was dying of consumption.
anxious only to die at home. The two
sisters occupied compartment in draw
ing room car. Just before reaching Syra-
cuse the consumptive's life went out, and
the surviving sister, who was attending
her, was left alone, in the compartment
with her sisters corpse. She was aware
of rule of the railroad company
that in case of death on the cars, the corpse
must be removed from the cars at the first
station thereafter. To avoid the delay that
this would entail, she resolved to conceal
all knowledge of her sisters death until
they should reach Albany. To the fire.
quent inquiries made at the door of her
compartment of sympathizing fellow
travellers as to her sisters condition, she
gave evasive replies, as also she did to
train officials. She telegraphed at the
first opportunity TO her brother to meet
her at Schenectady. not, however, men,
tiOning that her sister was dead. He met
her there with her sisters corpse. At
Albany they called hack and assistance
to carry Every sick lady," closely veiled.
They drove to their residence and called
an undertaken. The lady certainly show
cd nerve equal to the requirements of the
battlefield.
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Arc the Polar Regions Hnbitable =

At the reception given the other day hy
the San Francisco Academy of Sciences Ia
the members of the Bennett Exploring
Expedition to the North Pole, Mr.. Charles
Wolcott Brooks discussed the question of
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-07-17
The Negro Exodus.

Why in the world can we not be honest
and truthful to ourselves about this matter
Why not recognize the evil, acknowledge
its causes, appreciate its seriousness, un-
derstand the necessity of averting and
checking the movement which threatens
to impoverish the fairest portion of the
states There is but one way to do this,
and that is for the people whose prosper
ity is at stake, TO rise up and drive the pol
iticiaus to the rear.-pOlitfcIans of both
parties. The Vicksburg convention was
good enough in its way, but to be frank,
It must have looked to the colOred people
too much like "set up job" as they say
i'm the vernacular tongue. Something
more is needed. The times has already
pointed out the necessity of local organic
alton of the planters in parishes interested
with the view of inspiring confidence In
the minds of the people who are effected
by this epidemic,-for in every sense it is
that When prudent physician desires
to remove disease from the body, he
seeks the cause of the ailment and desires
to remove that. Let our planters under
stand that the negroes are leaving their
homes because they fear and believe that
their political, civil, and personal rights
are in danger. Let these suspicious be
removed and the exodus will cease.-[New
Orleans Times (Dem).
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LIVERY STABLE.

WIN CUSHION & SON,
livery AND SALE STABLE. Choic,
~ turnouts furnished, and charges rea-
sonable. South side Mechanic street, on,
door east OF American House. libby
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INSURANCE AGENT.
r. N. GOODWIN,

THE INSURANCE AGENT, will be
found at his Office in Hustled Bros.
Boot and Shoe Store, whore he will be
uleased 70 see his old customers needing
inviting in his line. Standard Companies
r.nrsesnSed and rates reasonable. Losses
Sromplty adjusted and paid at his aRercy
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Nebraska has almost no fences at all.
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PLANNING MILL,

w ELLINGTON PLANNING MILL.
w Manufacturers and dealer in Sash,
Doors, Blinds, Brackets, Battings, Lumber,
Shingles, Lsth, Cheese and Butter Boxes
Scroll Sewing, Matching and Planning done
10 o,der. D. L. Wsdsworth. Prop. Office.
near railroad depot.
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IF YOU WANT 6rst-class Shave, Hair
i CT. or Shampoo, call at Robinson s U.
K.Shaving Saloon, Liberty Stpet. A full
assortment of Hair Oils, Pomades and Hair
Restorstives. We also keep the best brand
Of Raxors, and warrant them. Razors honed
or ground to order. E. T. ROBINSON.
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DRING YOUR PRINTING to the En-
ID terprise Office. All kinds Of printing
done neatly and promtly. Office West Side
Public Square. over Houghton's Drug Store.
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CADDLER AND HARNESS MAKER.
- The best workmen employed, and only
the best stock used. All work done under
my immediate supervision. North side Me-
chanic street. libby