The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-12-28
LATER NEWS.

In the Guiteau case on the Path the
cross-examination of Mr. Stearn was resumed
by scoville. The witness stated that the fac
ulty OF memory generally first shows impair
James Strong. of Newbursh Insane Asylum,
Cleveland, o., had visited the prisoner and In
ss mental s.ss asd ss@
Superintendent of the Connecticut Hospital
| forthe insane, stated that be had made two
the purpose of discovering his mental and nd
physical condition, and had noticed the con-
nSe q ee and 'hs saS SOur or%sd
the opinion that he was sane DR.. Orpheus
Eyarts, superintendent of a private asylum at
of the head, neither as regards size or forTIi
| in either sane or insane persons. Tbe ex-
| In no sense sure indication In Seterminin9
the sanity or insanity OF rerson The wit
ness had examined the pr!soner at the Jail and
conversed with him. and had closely watched
his conduct duriSr the trial and had formed
| the opinion Fiat he was on the I'd of July sane.
d,g G2on NJ &c=soss.eaapination, = witness stated: ~
lieve him to be sincere, but do not think he
journed tothe z7th..
PETER RHERRINe and his two sons were
swept over the Government Dam, on the Kan
awha River, w. Va, on the Gath, and drowned
The bark Helenslee, from San Fran
cisco to Queenstown, was run into on the
latter place by the steamer Catalonia, on the
oath, and nine Of her crew drowned
EDWARD HOPPE. aged fifty-three, of
College Point, N. T., while under the influence
of liquor on the 25th, shot his wife and then
killed himself. The aged mother of his wife
when she saw the bodies fell nearly dead 1t
is feared she cannot survive the shock.
DURING the celebration of high mass
| in the Church Of the Holy Cross, London, on
the 25th, man was seized while picking pock-
cts. In order to effect his escape the culprit
| cried 'stire !" A panic seized the congregation,
sion twelve women were crushed to death and
forty other persons seriously hurt.
The banking house of Haskell & Har-
ris, of Hilsboro, H., closed its doors on the
ON the 26th. It made an assignment to Judge
Z. Lane The liabilities are reported to be
over 500, 700; assets about $4,000.
DIR. EDWARD REYNOLDS, the oldest
physician Of Boston, died on the 26th, aged
eighty-nine.
The firm of Phillips, Marshall & Co.,
of London, have purchased 800, 900 acres of
land from the State Of Mississippi, 76O, 900
acres of which is known as levee lands, To-
Gated mostly in the Yazoo delta.
AN Ashland, KY, dispatch says that
Mr.. and Mrs J. W. Gibbons, who resided near
that place, went visiting on the night Of the
23d, leaving their daughter, fourteen years
| old, Miss Emma Thomas, seventeen years old
and their son, Robert Gibbons, at the Gibbons
homestead. During the night williams came to
the house, outraged both girls, saturated their
clothing with oil, set the house on fire and
/ killed young Gibbons, who was attempting to
| give the alarm. All three of the dead had
their heads split open with hatchet. No clue
| to the murderers. One thousand dollars re-
ward has been offered for their capture The
house was burned to ashes, only the chimney
being left standing.
| COLONEL C. B. MOORE, Superinten-
dent Of Insurance Of Ohio, rendered q very Inn
portant decision, on the 26th, relative to the
| assignment of cooperative or mutual insur-
ance certificates. The decision Is to the effect
that such certificates can only be assigned to
| the relatives or members of the family of the
party taking out the certificate. 1t is estimated
| that there are In the State at least 5000 GER
tifcates of this kind, which have been as
signed TO parties, who, according to the view
taken by Colonel Moore, could not collect a
dollar on them.