The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-10-21
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS

workers attended the convention at Elyria
last week.
Steel rails are now laid on the entire trt ck
OF the c., c., c. & 1. Railway between Cleve.
land and Delaware.
The No. 4 Express due here at $40 p. n.
Tuesday was ditched near Lagrange, four
cars being thrown from the track. No one
injured.
! Mr.. Mosier, OF Camden, took one OF
his sons to the insane asylum about two
weeks since, where he died about q week
after.
We are again under obligations to Mr..
NJ. Kunz for late California papers, and q
specimen Of the workingnen's ticket, which
Is q curiosity.
Some of the decorations, after election,
were very effective and handsome Baldwin,
Laundon & Co. displayed red, white and blue
opera aannels in great profusion.
Last year the Democratic majority at
North Amherst was 50. This year, in the
town where Wadsworth received his heaviest
vote, the Democratic majority was only Is.
Mr.. E. Matcham, Of Pittsfeld, brings .
lot Of apples, consisting of twenty varieties,
all choice fruit, fair and luscious. Visitors
will find them on our counter for examlna-
ton.
AS handsomely marked and colored
maple leaves as we ever saw were on the
branch, as they grew, and handed into this
Office by Mise Addie Titus, who has our
thanks.
The twenty y-eeventh annual meeting Of
Cleveland Congregational Conference began
its session Tuesday evening at Brownhelm,
Rev. J. A. DAILY, retiring Moderator, preach
ing the annual sermon.
-Theee is one happy Democrat. T. E.
Feckinpaugh, of the Wayne County Demo
crat, was married to Miss Kate Baker, Of
that city, at the Episcopal Church in Woos-
ter, last Thursday evening.
Smith 4 Jordsu entertained quite .
crowd Saturday and Saturday evening, who
responded to the Invitation to come in and
see the new arrangement Of goods and store
in their very neat and commodious quarters.
The excavations for mammoth cisterns
or reservoirs are being made squares dis
tanoe from the centre Of the village, expect
ing In time they will be filed with water to
be used IN case Of are. 1t il right step in
the right direction.
! Twenty teams and Hfty or sixty men are
| at work on the Wheeling & Lake Erie Rail-
road, little southeast Of town, and have
already graded quite long piece Of road.
They expect . large increase In the number
| Of workmen SOON
"A brother Democrat met the Vice-Presi-
dent of their club the morning after the elec-
ton and said, "Hallo, Doc, are you alive this
mornings" to which he replied, gruhiy,
"No, I'm dead, but I'm just walking around
to save funeral expenses"
"A son Of Mr.. Whitney, Of Camden, shot
himself while out hunting last Sunday, the
ball entering at the wrist and coming out
near the elbow. He had hold Of the muIzle
and drew 1t toward him over . log, the lock
catching and discharginG the gun.
The Medina Democrat has gone mp.
Democratic principles we're so scarce that
its sweet life was wasted In fruitless search
after them. There was, after all, NO very
urgent reason for its living, and we consign
1t to the grave tenderly bat cheerfully.
The Elyria Constitution. in speaking Of
Mr.. wsd.worth's speech in this place, says
that "the opposition had q reporter to take
down his speech, but they did not dare to
print IT." How is thisi Perhaps the Re
publican Committee could give Us some light
en- the subject
The first snow squalls of the season oc-
CURED Sunday the 1Ith, and there was ice
wherever there was shallow moisture, Mon
day morning. The storm on the Lakes and
throughout the Northwest was unprecedent-
| ed In severity for the season, trains being
blocked In snow ten and twelve feet deep.
"A bloody black Republican met neigh
bor on the street and said, "They say the
Democrats got so warmed up, the other day,
that they threw away large portion Of their
clothing, and are now actually suffering on
account OF It !" to which the reply came
promptly, 10 well, it's no matter, they'll
soon be where the lightest summer costume
will be q burden"
| Mr.. James Beldeu, many years engaged
in mercantile pursuits in Wellington, and
well and favorably known to the public
doing business here, died Friday morning of
chronic disease of the stomach. Though
unable to attend to business for year past
he was not confined to the house until few
days before death. He leaves wife and
three children who have the sympathies of
the entire community.
Mrs. Nettie 8. Belden and faraily desire
to acknowledge their gratitude TO the many
friends and neighbors for the attention, sym
pathy, and substantial kindness manifested
in 30 many ways during the sickness and
after the death Of James II. Belden. May the
God Of the widow and of the fatherless abun-
dainty reward them and may they realize
the truth that Inasmuch as ye did It unto
these ye did it unto me-"
1 BY the annual statement Of the County
i Treasurer we see that the number Of mills on
q dollar for townships hereabouts is as fol-
lows Brighton, los; Camden, 1o.s; Pen
field, 100; Lagrange U. 8. D., 11.4 Lagrange
Corporation, 1876; Lagrange Township, 104;
Piltsfeld. 10 8 !; Pittsheld U. s. D., 1Os; Ro-
chester, 11.0; Russia, 1.2 Oberlin U. 8. D.,
1911; Ober,in Corporation, IL O.; Wellington,
"a; Wellington q. s. d, 1874; Wellington
Corporation, 1874; Elyria Corporation, 200
Elyria Township, 40.
/ The Wellington auxiliary OF the Ameri.
can Bible Society held its annual meeting
Sunday evening, at the Congregational
Church. The reports were read, and the
committee ON nominations presented the
names of all the officers for reelection, an
nouncing that they saw no special need OF
"a change" 1t was not q very spirited cam
paign; the voting appeared to be done
mostly by excellent women, and the majority
to have been gained by amiable consent The
officers Of the Society are as before-Horace
wadsworth, President; Walter Sage, secre
tsry; j. w. Houghton, Treasurer and Deposi