The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-13
Latest News Notes.

noratio Seymour, of New York, is report
ed to live very long.
By the census just taken the population IS
| shown to be so, 152, 900, an increase In ten
y.ars of II ,59s .629; a little over 80 per cent.
1t is estimated that about s3 ,OOO, ,OOO-1O
per cent of The whole amount of pension
appIopriation-is paid out on fraudulent
claims.
Elijah Pierce, Of Huron, applied muriatic
acid to corn on his foot. The acid ate into
the flesh to the bone, producing modification
and death.
1t is said that the vice President Is soon to
marry Mrs. Woodwork, the widow of an
eminent physician who lost his life two
years ago from yellow fever.
SUIT for damages in the sum of $50, 900,
against two members OF the firm of Morgan
& Root. for reporting that the former firm
were about to fail.
Mrs. Jonathan Barchey, of Kent, died of
fright. She was recovering from lung fever
when the house caught fire, and the snock
produced spasms and death. Her remains
were brought to Chatham for interment.
The adjourned meeting of the Lorain
County Medical Society was held in Elyria,
Jan. 5th. DIR. Cnderhill, OF LsGrange, was
elected President; DR.. Smith, of Wellington,
Vice President; DR.. Gushing, of Eyria, read
an able paper upon the Progress of Medical
Science" The next meeting will be in
April next, at which meeting papers will be
read by Drs. Hathaway, of Wellington,
Maynard Of North Amherst, and Bryant, of
Ridgeville.
The Heraid's Norwalk special says shock
ing accident happened at Havana, ten miles
from there. Mrs. c. G. Galley and Mrs. E. D.
Ellis, were riding in sleigh, and when ap-
preaching the B. * o. Railway through a cut
in the road, the bells drowned the noise of
the approaching locomotive with o caboose.
The cutter and locomotive reached the cross
! ing at the same time. Mrs. Galley, seeing
her peril, stood up in the sleigh. She was
| struck by the pilot in such a manner that
she was thrown over the cab Of the engine
and fell in the arms of the fireman, standing
on the tender. Mrs. Ellis was thrown forty
|
was also killed, and the cutter ground to
fragments.
The United States District Court grand
jury, at its recent session, found two in
dictmonts against John Moore, postmaster
at Spencer, Medina county-one for un,aw-
fully OBTAINING a letter, and the other fol
unlawfully opening letter. 1t appears that
q woman in Paw Paw, Mich, addressed to &
female friend in Spencer a letter that wa.
never delivered. Shortly after the letter was
mailed in Michigan copy of it was in cir
crlation In the village of Spencer, although
it Is said to have never been seen by thu
| woman to whom it was addressed. TIL,
writer refers to an intimacy that had for
merly existed between herself and the post
master, and bemoans the fact that she can
not be as lavish of writing paper as former
ly, as she now has no 'P. NJ" to supply he
wants in that direction. The Michigan
woman learned of the use being made of he
rather gushing episple, and complaint wal
made 10 the nostofiice tiicials, who hav'
fastened upon the postmaster the guilty
party. Moore was arrested on a capias yes
terday, and gave bond in the sum of $50;
for his appearance from day to day during
the present term OF fcourt.-Cleveland Herald