The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-11-16
General News Summary.
Interesting Home and Foreign Esw,.
DOMESTIC.


.HoN. Cyrus W. FIELD, of New York,
received the following letter from Mrs. Gar
field, on the 9th, accepting the fund raised
for herself and children: "Your letter Of oc-
tobcr 26th received, giving me hnal state
ment regarding the fund for General Gar
fields family, SO kindly supervised BY you.
As I have heretofore made only q verbal &C
kuowledgement, now wish formally to com
muuicate to you and through you TO al who
have contributed to it, my thanks for this
generous testimonial, as an expression Of the
high esteem In which my husband was held,
and as O tribute to his memory. Ny children
Join me In this gratitude, and in the desire
that AZ we accept this trust In .heir fathers
name, We may be able to use It in way wor-
thy OF him, and satisfactory 70 those by whom
IL has been bestowed With sentiments OF
high regard, and with sincere regard to you,
my dear friend, remain. very truly yours,
LUcRErIA R GARFIELD"
The Marysville. Cal, Savings Bank
suspended on the Sth, with liabilities of
nearly 100000. Its outstanding loans on
real estate amount TO sSSo, 900. shrinkage In
real estate ca sed the suspension.
The State Capitol at Austin. Texas,
burned on the 9th. The archives of the re-
public of Texas, the battle flags and the
Alamo monument were destroyed. Incendi-
arism is the supposed cause.
TIE French and German visitors to
the yorktown celebration have sailed for
home.
BILL LrrrENBoRN and Sandy King,
two cowboys under arrest for stealing stock,
were lynched at Shakespeare, A T, on the
night of the sth-
The bonded Pacific railroads earned
during the last year for military transporta-
ton $3.50, ,63S, which is withheld BY the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury to be applied to the
liquidation OF their indebtedness to the Uni
ted States
ATTENTION having been called to the
adulteration Of beer In New York City, Com
missioner Raum says be intends to cause
general examination of the materials used in
The manufacture all over the country.
ARGUMENT ON the information phase
Of the Star route cases closed on the 9th, and
Judge Cox announced that he would proba-
bly give his decision on the following day.
Mas. SARAH MosELY died at Madison,
Iud.. on the 9Th, aged Ill. Her Oldest child
q eighty-seven years old
E G. CARLETON, Chairman of the
Port Huron. Michigan Relief Committee, in
reply to Q dispatch Of the Secretary Of the
Michigan Relief Committee at New York City.
says there 10 much sickness In the burnt dis
trict, occasioned BY defective shelter and ex-
posure. Much OF the stock has been and Is
oelng sold for want OF feed aad shelter. The
people are generally well supplied with farm
mg I'm plements of immediate necessity. IL
the present mode Of doing out relief was
stopped and definite amount OF cash was
given to each sufferer, the people would re-
eording 10 revised sworn statemeuts there
viii be 2200 families In the counties Of St.
Clair, Ssnllac and Huron. Each family
should have at least 500 to tide them over
~ R.Na nF
quIred. The Saginaw and Tuscola district is
not included in the above The Port Huron
committee have distributed SIS cash to each
1amiH fam IN the 0,ss5s 1sTesgaa1E ST NJ
cash to the sufferers -a--'s
In the Washington Criminal Court on
the 10Th Judge Cox announced his decision
In the Star route cases, discharging the de-
PENDANTS from custody. He held that the
crime was Infamous aud the accused should
have been proceeded against by Indictment
As soon rs the Judze's decision had been
made, William E. Cook. assistant TO the At
torney General, read q statement which he
had evidently prepared in anticipation of the
result he denied the statement OF District
Attorney Corkhili that the Attorney General
had been consulted by him In regard to the
adjournment of the Grand Jury, and claimed
that the Information had only been resorted
to after the Government had been prevented
from asking for an Indictment until after the
statute of limitation could have begun to op-
crate On the part OF the prosecution he
promised that the accused would not long be
able to exnlt They would be brought before
q Grand Jury and before = petit Jury, and
they would have all the opportunity they APP
parently desired to defend themselves, upon
proceedings against which no technical OBJ
ject:on could be raised.
ED WILLIAMS, one Of the notorious
Wisconsin murderers, was arrested near
Grand Island, Neb., on the night of the sth-
Lon, his brother. escaped.
The cotton crop in the South Il re-
ported short thirty per cent compared with
last year.
THE New York Produce Exchange
has decided to erect new building to cost
100000
A VIOLENT snow storm occurred at
Lincoln, Neh., on the 10th.
SECRETARY WINDOWS refunding op-
erations were entirely completed on the 10th.
The total bonds continued at 81 per cent
was s57s SEQ $50, aud the total cost to the
Government about $leooo nearly $500 be-
ing for paper and printing bonds. and for all
other expenses, including the cost OF making
exchanges o; about $45, 600 900 Of bonds In
London, "a, ,49a0a This makes the expense
Of continuing each million dollars Of bonds
about $l7.S1.
HENRY T. SIssoN was nominated for
Congress by the Democrats and Henry B.
spooner by the Republicans Of the First
Rhode Island District, on the 10th.
AT San Antonio, Texas, on the 10th,
Julius Clark was sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for ten years for robbing the United
States mails. william Petty, for the same
crime, was sentenced to lie imprisonment
TIE elevator in the Belvidere Hotel,
New York City, fell from the d th floor to the
basement on the 10th. Five persons in the
ear were injured, one fatally. The accident
was caused by the breaking Of steel twisted
rope.
THE Rio Grande river at Browns
vile, Texas, was higher on the 11th than
since 1s4S About three-fourths Of Mata-
moras was under water and much damage
had been done. Since the 18th Of September
IL had rained almost every day in the south
eastern counties OF the State.
TIE Union Pacific Railroad was
blocked by snow at Sherman, w. T., on the
tlth.
I The Choctaw Nation has granted the
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad right of
way through lite territory.
TIE Blanchard. Lawrence, Aldine.
st. Clair, Belmont and Fiske Hotels at Old
Orchard Beach, n. J., were destroyed by fire
On the night OF the 10th.
TIE Orphans Home at Wolmesdorf,
Pa,-burned on the morning Of the 1lIh. The
! children escaped
TIE boot and shoe manufacturers of
Cincinnati have deciied to make slight IN
crease In prices Of their products.
ACCORDING to the report of Joseph
Nimmo, Jr., Chief OF the bureau of Statistics,
it appears that the number of tons of freight
carried on thirteen leading railroads of the
| United States increased from 1857, ,e02 tons
during 1878 to TS 1884, 9i3 tons during 1850 an
increase of about seventy-oue per cent The
receipts from freight, however, increased
frrm 12,O0i, ,64S in 1873 TO si43. 3SS, 172 IN
| 1850. an Increase of only about twenty-eight
per cent This email rate of Increase OF re-
eeipts in rroportiou to The increase OF traffic