The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-10-19

denouncing the crime in alt It's public and prf-
vate aspects, and extending to the ismny Oh
the murd cred President condolences ana ear
nest sympathy.
THE President sent the following NOM
nations to the Senate on the 18th: William W. |
Dudley. ofIndiana, Commissioner OF fennonsi
Otis Fl. Clarke, OF Rhode Island, First Deputy
Commissioner of Pensions; G. b. walker, OF
Indiana, Deputy Commissioner OF Pensions;
Noah C. Mcfarland, of Kansas, Commission
er General of the Land ONCE; Charles d.
Howard, OF Illinois, Indian Inspector.
COLONEL EDWIN z. B. MORGAN died
at his home in Aurora, N. Y, on the 18th.
He was one of the originators OF the Wens,
Fargo g. Co. Express Company, and had
served three terms in Congress.
THE total value of exports of bread
stuffs for the nine months ended September
80 last was SUI. .452, $40, against sos, 2o4, S7
the corresponding period a year ago.
The Department of State has been
informed that the deficit in the wheat crop OF
France will be IS. .0Oo, ,0oj bushels, which must
be supplied mainly from the United states,
the crop OF neighboring countries being iar
from what was anticipated
Up to the 14th seven persons had
died from injuries received at the fire at
Laudenberger's mill, Philadelphia, on the
night of the 18th. The exact number OF
wounded had not been ascertained, as the VIC
tins were carried on In all diree-
tions, some to their homes, some 70
houses close by, and others TO the various
hos spitals. The total number OF deaths win
probably exceed twenty, there being ten
bodies IN the ruins Some OF the workmen
attribute the firetosparks from electric hgnIs
falling down among the waste; others ascrioe
the sudden spread Of the flames to the iuhu,
ence OF over-heated wires. The same mill
was burned in 1872.
TIE Nebraska Democratic State
Convention, held at Omaha on the 18th, nom
mated W. 81. Munger for Supreme Court
Judge, and Alex. Bear and g. L Bross for
Regents of the University. The platform de-
clares for free trade and honest money.
FULL and reliable returns from sew
enty-two counties of Iowa, on the 18th, gave
Sherman, Republican candidate for Gov
eruor q net majority Of 81, 526. According to
these returns the House stands Republicans
| seventy five, Democrats twenty and Green
| hackers five.
A MAGAZINE containing three hun
dred pounds of nitro-glycerine belonging to
the Roberts Torpedo Company, near Brad
| ford, Pa, exploded on the night Of the 18th
| Two men were seen going towards IL shortly
/ before, and IL Is thought they were tamper-
| ing with the lock when the explosion oc-
Cured. Careful search failed TO disclose
4 ANYTHING Of the men or the iron safe
SENATOR DAVID DAVIS was elected
President pro tenn. OF the Senate by the Re
publicans on the 18th, unseating Mr.. Bsyard,
who had held the position three days- Ma
hone voted with the Republicans
The descendants of Baron Won Steu-
ben, who were invited by the United States
Government to take part In the Yorktown
celebration, arrived at New York City on
the 18th
A BROKER in New York is buying
Confederate bonds, paying s2.5o for $1,000.
He says he is buying them in accordance
with orders from correspondents abroad, o9'
did not care to say where these correspond
| ents are or what they intend TO do with the
bonds. 1t is surmised that this sudden de
| mand for what has been considered q worm
less and dead collateral Is q scheme on the
mart of European and New York capitalists tc
| Jointly purchase the bonds, and, In the fu
ture. TO get the State or General Government
to pay them, the Europeans and New YORK
ers to divide the profit
The commonwealth of Pennsylvania
has entered suit against the Standard Oh
Company for g, O0O, 900 taxes and penalties.
THE California Planning Mill at Sal
Francisco was destroyed by ire on the l4th
Two workmen persisted in the flames
| FT6nCn 0cILudh 1N1etOAo
guests, accompanied by the Ministers an
members of Legation OF their RESPECTIVE
countries, visited the State Department o
; the 14th and were presented to secretar
Blaine and other members of the Cabinet
. Returning to the Arlington House they wer
escorted to the Capitol, where formal re
eeption took place BY the district militia, tn
, Union Veterans, the fire department and sey
eral civic societies The route OF the process
sion was througed with people, and there wa
n A.. nak TtTaaW n
e handkerchiefs. Attwo o'clock they were pre-
n seuted to President Arthur.
d For the week ending October
e there were reported to Bradstreet's director
: l2s failures throughout the United States an
L the Canadas, the largest number for any on
week since March, and an increase OF thirt,
- three over the record of the preceding weel
Failures of general traders in the south cor
4 tiuue on the increase, the result OF bad croF
d and drouth-
THE Garfield monumental fun
: amounted to $40, 1855 on the 14th.
GuTrEAU was taken into the Grim
, nal Court at Washington on the 14th and q
= raigned for the murder OF James A Garfield
v There were many spectators In the coul
y room. No disposition was manifested to M
q lest him. he pleaded not guilty. II
day for the beginning OF the trial was set Il
November 7th, and the question OF jurisdi
n ton is to be argued and determined, prior
+ October 80. There was no unusual excit'
! ment about the court room. Gulteau locke
. very much broken in health and wore vei
= shabby clothes. He seemed Indifferent
: what was going on when asked 70 plead
was prevented by the Court He then plea
q ed not guilty in firm and distinct voic
- The District Attorney wanted the trial 9.
!: for the 17th. stating ssa5s TN that ri. !.
IN but Scoville, counsel for Guiteal
lie presented an affidavit stating that some wi
Is nesses whose evidence is material for Il
IS prisoners defense, had not been summons
W and as the prisoner had no money nor pro-
10 erty and was unable to pay fees or mileage
St witnesses, he therefore prayed that the Cou
N allow such Witnesses ON his behalf as may !
Is shown by the affidavit Of the counsel to
q necessary. scoville's affidavit declares thu
he expects to prove the actual insanity of d
fenoant himself, on different occasions, by
~ 20; John n. Noyes, of Niagara Falls; job
70 A, Rice, of Waukesha, Michigan, and o II
- Bradley Of Chicagoi thathe expects TO pro-
!" by Mr.. Foss, OF Dover, New Hampshire: tn
he was present at the time and place OF q
h. shooting, saw the defendant and heard VIII
he said, and that defendant's acts and Wort
Sc on that occasion showed unmistakab
he that he was inssnei that u Is impoi
the testimony Of experts on the su
iect Of insanity in addition to witnesses
"a facts and that he expects to prove that the
n fendant was insane at the time OF the shoe
- ing by the testimony of the following nam
medical witnesses: Doctors Macdonald Al
ag Fitch, of the insane asylum on Wards Islam
ne New York; DIR. Bradper, late OF Pennsylvau
ee Hospital OF Insane IN tho city OF PhlladI
<e phia, and DR.. Sprague, in charge of the Co.
County, Illinois, Asylcm for the Insane
b. also expects TO prove BY the following nam
an competition OF medical experts: William
III Hammond, of New York; j. Marion Sims,
y New York; Moses Gunn. OF Chicago, and E
ID mund Andrews, of Chicago, that the wopl
was not necessarily fatal and was not Of its
the cause of James A Garfeld's death, b
re death ensued as the result OF malpractice
.et the principal physician in charge OF
I'm wnuRded man
N; A FIRE at Kokomo, Col, on the mig
II; of the 18th, destroyed nearly the whole tow
Il. Less than twenty houses were left standin
Of Tno sra cn,nmunicata3t IN n povder m magaxir