The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-06-03
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS

Hoffman's and A. II. Fa,mer's store.
Finder please leave at this office.
ALI standard makes of prints re-
duced to ~ cts. per yard at
36-4t. WIN. RININaER.
The roll Of honor read at Shelby, O.,
on decoration day numbered 154 names.
Is there q town of Its size in the State
that can show larger roll?
IS. K. Laundon has put up a neat
iron fence iu front of his residence on
Main street, adding something to the
appearance and to the apparent security
Of the premises.
Primitive man, as shown by the
several pictures of him in Mondays
Leader, do not make him out as being
one could look up to, or lean upon, or
adore, or cherish, or obey to any great
extent.
-WANTED.-Old saw plates. 75 cts,
for old saw plates feet and over long,
inches and over wide at narrow end.
w. r. SANTLEY & Co.
Entering second story windows by
means of ladders Is the favorite method
Of summer burglars. Two burglaries
in Wayne county lately, of most das-
tardly character, were accomplished by
way of the chamber windows.
r.. j. Robinson, real estate agent,
has made the following sales B. Col
yer to DIR, J. Rust, house and lot on
Prospect street; consideration, $4,000.
DR.. j. Rust to E. Wells, house and lot
on Taylor street; consideration, $1,000.
"A great slaughter in the prices of
Boots and Shoes at
374t. WM. RININGKR's.
-Dimmock & Morrow have sold q
thresher this week, to Geo. Roller Of
Lattasburgh, o., for $3.50, made by
Robert Thorp & Co., Three Rivers,
Mich. The engine and thresher men,
toned in last weeks issue, was also
sold by them.
The strawberry and ice cream fes-
tival, Wednesday evening Of last week,
which was a lawn fete OIL the grounds
of DR.. Holbrook and Prof, Kinnison,
was fortunate a. to weather, and very
we'll attended. The receipts were some
thing over $50.
Mr.. Geo. Couch is now engaged
taking the census of Wellington. Far
mer are requested to prepare statistics
In advance with regard to crops and
produce, such MS number of bushels of
grain, and also proceeds Of sale of stock
of various kinds.
The old South School-house lot pur-
chased by A. D. Perkins, and the next
one south by Mr.. Chapman, are being
filed preparatory to being built upon.
From appearances one would judge that
they designed to set their houses on q
hill that will overlook all their neigh
bors
An itinerant professor gave exhibit
tions on the tight rope and trapeze
which were suspended across Liberty
street on Monday evening. A large
crowd were on hand to witness the per-
formance, and u fair sum Of money was
contributed by way Of remuneration.
The rain interfered with the full exhi-
birion.
The cfice of the Citizens Mutual
Relief was moved last Friday from
Foote and Warmers rooms to the first
story of the Boutwell, building, now
owned by s. 8. Warner, on the east side
of the Public square. The room has
been refitted, papered, painted and fur.
nished with CRATE, and makes a very at
tnctive and convenient Office.
4fThat street sprinkler has become 8
fixed fact. A cask has been made hold
ing 81 barrels, mounted ON two-horss
wagon, and fitted up with a sprinkler
procured in Cleveland. Water will bt
taken from the Wellington creek on B
F. Clifford's farm. The cask will b
filled by four endless chain pumps rur
by horse power. The job has been Ia
ken by Chas. Currier at $15 per week
The whole expense for apparatus hal
been $40.5O. Subscriptions have beer
taken from our business men suff1cien
to pay the weekly expense Of sprink'
ling the streets north and west to tn
railroad, esst to Mr.. E. Wells store
south to the brick church, leaving
surplus to meet the cost Of the appara
tus. =
-Messrs. .Whitbeck Bros. agriculture
implement dealers, sold last week q pol
table steam engine and boiler for thresf
ing purposes to Mr.. Culp, Of Chatham
for $500. The boiler Is so arranged a
to use the interior for firc box, givin
large amount of heating surface with
out an excess Of water capacity an
making steam with the least possibl
amount of fuel. The exhaust steam
used to heat the water and 1t also passe
through water jacket which is srrang
ed at one end, and the water is raise
to nearly the boiling point before 1t
. admitted to the boiler. 1t is a very ir
, genious and well constructed piece {
, machinery and must be very serviceabl
! for threshing, feed grinding, feed cu1
ting, and wood saving, and is probabl
much less expensive than horse power
/, The N. e. Church Sunday Scho'
last Sabbath afternoon, after a brief n
view of their regular lesson, used POI
ton Of the centennial Service" put
lished for Methodist Episcopal Sunda
Schools in memory of Mr.. Robert Rake
the founder of Sunday Schools. III
! Board of Managers of the t'Sunda
School Union" of this denominatio
having appointed Nay 3oth for the COT
memoration of this department Of o.
ganized mission work, now grown