The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-08-04
General News Summary.
Interesting Home and Foreign Hsw.
Domestic.

Domestic.
A KANSAS CTr dispatch on the 27th
ult., stated that II had been discovered that
the wife and child Of the notorious Frank
James were guests Of the St. james Hotel
there from the 10th to the 10Th Of this month,
and that Frank James was at the hotel with
his family, registered under the name of II.
fore and after the train robbery at Winston.
with which he IL charged with taking active
part. He left the hotel the 18th and returned
the nth. On the 18th the party left for Den
with prominent railroad ofhcials OF Kansas
City, decided to offer q reward Of $50 900 for
the arrest Of the men who robbed the Rock
for the capture Of Frank and Jesse James, and
$4,000 each for the other i've men mprising
the band
JAMES w. SIMoNToN, who has occu-
pied the position Of general agent Of the New
York Associated Press the past fourteen
years, has rendered his resignation and James
c. Huston, at present London agent Of the
New York Association, has been appointed
TO succeed him.
The sickness of the President has
made but slight difference in the progress
Of routine public business. Only twelve ap-
pointments of postmasters have accumulated
since the shooting. Secretary Kirkwood says
the only difference In the interior Depart
ment Is that few minor officials who would
have been turned out are enabled to remain
In Office o while. These are mainly Indian
agents. s.,
COLONEL JOHN C. BURcH, Secretary
Of the United States Senate, died ct WASH
ington on the 18th ult
OK the 2sth ult. the engine of o thresh-
ing machine on the farm of W. T. Sneed, near
Napa, Cal, exploded, instantly killing Willis
rax<
ris Gillian was slightly wounded.
EIGHTEEN buildings in the business
center Of Cataraugus, N. Y, were destroyed
by fire on the 18th ult Loss s75,oo.
AT Reading, Pa, while VIM. G. Det-
rick and family were driving, on the 2Sth
ult, the horses became frightened and ran
away breaking the carriage into fragments
son and Mira w. II. Hall, his sister, were Sc
riously injured.
Miss ELLA Cook. Of California, has
challenged Miss Lizzie Williams, OF Kansas,
for aten-mile riding contest and the challenge
has been accepted. The race viii take place In
Kansas City during the Exposition, Septem-
Der Il According to the agreement neither
lady is to touch the ground, but when chang
ing leap from one horse to the other.
TIE Secretary of the Treasury has
Instructed the Collectors OF Customs in Bos-
ton and New York, from which ports it is al
legged the internal machines and combustibles
which recently arrived at Liverpool were
shipped, to use every endeavor to ascertain
the name Of the consignor OF the packages
Representatives Of the various ship lines say
they are exercising all the precautions In
their power to avoid similar possible occur
rences, and agents In charge of outward
bound freight 10 English ports are watching
strangers, that might contain dynamite
ORDERS have been given to close up
as speedily as possible the London Agency
for the receipt of i've and six per cent. bonds
for continuance at three and half per cent
THE Minister of Foreign Affairs of
the Argentine Republic has sent the follow
ing cablegram regarding the long disputed
boundary question between that Republic
and Chill: The treaty has been signed with
Chill, with the good Offices OF the United
States Ministers Of both countries"
MCLEAN. arrested ut Albany on the
9th on the charge Of threatening TO shoot
Governor Cornell, is regarded rs insane, He
| had several documents from the Pension Once
| and claimed the British Government owed
him $1,000 and the United States Govern
| ment SIS, ,0)0.
The New York Greenback State Con-
vention will be held at Elmira August "a.
GENERAL Pope has ordered. COM
pany Of United States troops TO report to the
United States Agent for duty in the Choctaw
Nation. The troops viii be used In remov-
ing intruders. The order has created great
| excitement
THERE was o marked Improvement
In the Presidents condition on the 18th ult
The surgeons reported his condition as every
| way satisfactory.
The excess of exports Of merchandise
over imports during the year ending June 80,
1881, was s259 ~, ,254 against $167, ,6SS 912 the
previous fiscal year. The excess Of imports
Of gold the past scal year was Sel. .16S, go, the
previous year $75, ,sel ,3e1. During the last
disc amounted to SSo2, ,sls, ,47s, being larger
| than ever before in the history Of the coun-
| try. The total value OF foreign commerce OF
the United States, the imports and exports OF
| merchandise for the same time, was q, ,54, :
912, ,692, exceeding any previous fiscal year.
CONTROLLER KNOX has given notice
to depositors OF the Freedman's Bank and
Trust Company who have not fled any claims
or received any dividends that they must
prove their claims and apply for dividends on
or before the 21st OF August or they win be
| forever barred.
A WASHINGTON dispatch says Mr..
White, Minister TO Berlin, has rendered his
resignation to take effect August Is, at which
time he viii return to the United States. No
| appointment of his successor can be made
while the President remains In the present
condition. 1t is not probable that an appoint
ment will be made until Congress meets.
A PEORIA. IL, dispatch says the re-
port that the Internal machines recently
shipped to England were made in that city
creates general excitement, and 1t Is gener-
ally believed. p. w. Grove, who was sup
posed to be implicated in their manufacture,
denies IL. but says he knows who did the
work. They were OF iron and zinc in sec
tions. The machines and dynamite were sup
piled in New York.
AT fire at Calais, Me-. on the 2eth
ult, George Bradford was killed, Shuball
spinny seriously injured, and four otherl
wounded by falling chimneyL
The Chinese Government has re-
called both Of its Ministers in this country
and viii appoint 4 new man in their places,
being represented By one Minister hereafter.
ONE QUARTER of the public square,
consisting Of eighteen buildings, at Lebanon,
Tenn, was totally destroyed by fire on the
night Of the 18th ult. Loss, tl5o,ooo.
} TIE astronomers at the Naval OBJ
, servatory say there are three comets nov
visible by telescopes.
DURING q thunderstorm at Carbon.
dale, Pa, on the 2eth ult-, Mrs. Van Doors
was killed BY lightning and her husband and
four other persons were seriously injured
SECRETARY KIRKwooD says that ~
investigation is being made to ascertain
whether the murder of Mr. Pugh in Mexico
was really by the Apsone Indians or by Mexf
can maranders, and, IL by Indians, whether o.
| nnt balOnU o "A eOml
rowing band. The Department viii do all II
its power to get at the truth and bring tn,
, murderers to justice.
The Commissioner of Internal Reve
, nue. has furnished the Comptroller Of the Cur
, rency at his request statement Of the ayersg
capital of banks not National, for the yea
ending May 81, 1881, as compared with 1850