The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-11-30
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CoNsIDERABLE excitement was crea.

CONSIDERABLE excitement was crea-
ted in the oil circles of the Titusvi,le, Pa,
district, on the 29d. on account of an old well
which in former days produced five barrels
per day, starting up zIIe-h and flowing 400
barrels Ter day, after having be n drilled
sixty feet deeper. The well is located at
Warren.
A WAsHIsGToN dispatch says it IS un-
derstood that Secretary Folger has directed
computation to be made for the purpose of
ascertainiDg at what premium the Govern
ment can afford to purchase four and a-half
and four per cent bonds. instead OF calling
In the three and a-halfs, and at the same time
protect the Government from loss This has
been done in view Of the fact that the iour
and a-half and four per cents are not redeem
able until 1891 and 1907 respect vely. III the
surplus revenue should enable the Govern
ment to call in all outstanding three and a-half
per cent. bonds. which will certainly occur
previous TO the time the next loan natures,
it 10 maini aimed that there will then be
no use for the surplus revenues ietween the
periods at which the four and six per cent
bonds are redeemed, and the four and q halls
and the fours fall due.
The New York Michigan relief fund
aggregated $l3S, 734 on the sd. The Cover
nor of Michigan says $5Oo,Ooo additional is
needed.
The Washington headquarters trust
ees propose asking Congress and the New
York State Legislature to provide for q
proper celebration at Newburg OF the dis
bandment of the Revolutionary army and the
declaration Of peace with Great Britain.
GENERAL LoNGsTREEr had long in
terview with the President on the 23d. He
says the President left the impression on his
mind that no nomin atoms for the Cabinet or
other important positions will be made until
January. General Longstreet says he has no
aspirations for place In the Cabinet and no
expectations that any such offer will be made
70 him.
THERE were seyenty-two cases OF
smallpox at Richmond, Va, on the 25th.
JONES. Guiteau's assailant, has been
indicted by the Grand Jury on the charge OF
shooting with intent to kill.
A CHICAGO dispatch says so far fro m
Mrs Abraham Lincoln bsing short Of funds,
as alleged In recent New York dispatch,
her friends IN Springfield say she has had an
/ income of So 000 arising from her per sion OF
IS, 600 per year, from the interest on 69,00C
Government bonds, which have recently been
called, thus reducing that-source of revenue
somewhat, and from other private sources.
and q half ago, she has saved IS. 900 from heI
income
Two hundred and fifty more Russian
Israelites arrived in New York on the a5th
Many Of them will be sent South by the Rus
sian Immigration Aid Association.
A FIRE at Martinsburg, Mo-, on the
25th, burned about half of the principal bust
ness block OF the place.
TIE extensive tannery of Kiefer,
Kiefel & Co., at Allegheny City, Pa, was de
stroyed by fire on the 25th. The loss is esti
mated at $l25, COO on which there was an in
suraEce Of $4,000.
DR.. HAMMOND, of New York, says he
is not going to Washington to testify in the
Guiteau trial ain spite of fifty subrenas."
THE Indian Territory Legislature has
voted the right of way for new wrailroad.
JOHN n. STEVENS. chief surgeon tc
stonewel jackson during the war, was fuuui
dead in his office at Dallas, Texas. on the
evening Of the 25th.
THERE was q severe frost in Louisi
ana on the night of the 24th,
A WASHINGTON dispatch says it il
cure emily reported that President Arthur viii
recall both Ministers Fitzpatrick and Hurlbu
from their respective missions in Chilli anG
Peru. 1t is claimed they have broua ht dis
grace upon the United States by their med
dl.nRs in the strife between these two coun
tries.
The town of Hartford, Conn, has
voted $4,000 for a monument to the soldier
OF the late war.
The Standard Oil Paraffine Works a
Cleveland, Ohio, we're destroyed by fire OIL
the night of the 9th ult, Estimated loss
$4,000,
THE annual report of the Director o
the United States Mint shows that the gol
. and silver received and operated upon by a.
mints and assay Offices, exceeding By NOR
than $50 900, 90 the receipts OF auy previou
year, amounted to 81 g. 225. .522, OF whic
sl93, 81, l01 was gold aud $32 s54. .42l silver
The large increase was due to tue continues
7 influx of gold from abroad, over $4,000, ,0)
deposited being from that source alone. Tn
l coinage facilities OF the mints have been test
: ed to their full extent in converting the hull
, ion into coin. The gold C IMAGE amounte
to Si4, 733 S64, of which $I5,S45 So was il
, double eagles, and the remainder in coin
! OF lesser denorainations. The coinage o
liver was cunhnsl TO the minimum value q
silver bullion required TO be coined by tn
D law author ng the coinage of the standar
silver dollar, S27, 81, ,955 of which were struck
5 OF subsidiary coins only S12 oil were co N,
! The total coinage OF 81 yer dollars Since th
passage OF the act for their coinage up 4
November LIST was $l0O,d12,7 5, of whic
50, ,0pa,32f are In o orcnlaiioa and $5S, S33, "a
, held BY the Treasury for the pay menI of Oui
standing silver certificates, leavin.s 81 737, 60
for disbursement by the Treasury in orlinar
] payments. Dr., ctor 3 irohard estimates ia
worlds production of gold for the calenda
: year 1Ss0 at sl07 O0l,0O0, aud Of silver at SS1
r 5o0,c0
The Superintendent of the Ney
: Hampshire Asy lun for the Insane has bes
! summoned in the Guiteau trial.
; SAMUEL HoALD, one of the pionee
settlers of Oh caEo, died on the 95th ult- II
r was postmaster in Chicago during Lincoln
! admin stration and had held many importar
positions
PROFESSOR F. B. HoUGH, Chief c
I the ID. vision OF Forestry in the Agueuitur.
: Department.. has returned from irole ali
T. at an early day will make report OF his II
9 vestigations, with a recommendation Ia Coz
E gress for the planting, preservation and matt
. tenance of forests un the III lie and Gesel
: lands OF the United Stats
The resignation of Assistant Unite
S States Treasurer llillhouse WIS received at Ll
. . Treasury Department on the Goth ult. 1t
i understood the Office will be rendered ger
}. tieman OF high standing IN commercial circle
d In New York City,
A WASHINGTON dispatch says tn
computation recently ordered by Secretai
Folger, with view TO ascertaining the pr,
. mium which might be pa by the Cover
ment for four and one-half and four per cen
, bonds, and still protect the Government frol
q loss, has b -en completed, and shows that tn
i Government cannot buy four and one-ha
b and four per cents, at the present mark'
D rate without loss as compared with the ca
e of three and one-half per cents
4 Ar Philadelphia on the 9th ult., th
borsas attached to n steam fire enpina IN