The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-10-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
A General Summary OF Events at Home
and Abroad.
Compiled from Daily Reports up to the
Hour OF Going to Press.
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
THE new laundry at the Soldiers
Home at Dayton, Ohio, was destroyed by fire
on the morning OF the 18th. The building was
Just in the process o: completion, aud the new
machinery had not yet been put In. The fire
originated In the embarrassing house ad-
Joining. Loss $4,000; no insurance.
FIFTY Mormon Bishops left Salt Lake
City on q proselyting tour OF Norway, Swe
den and Denmark, on the 18th. This is the
largest number of Bishops that ever left the
" City of the Saints" in body TO prosecute
missionary work abroad They expect to Sc
cure most OF their converts in the countries
above named, but they will also prosecute their
work in England aud Scotland.
In the United States Circuit Court at
Portland, Oregon, on the 18th, Judge Dealy
called the attention of the Grand Jury to the
law in regard 10 political assessments, and in
structed them II any violations of law were
found IL was their duty TO indict the offenders.
FRosT's large Touring mills at Mime
sofa City, Mimi, six miles from Wiuona, was
burned on the morning Of the 18th. Loss
$4,000; insured for $4,000.
AsLIGHT frost occurred in South Caro-
lima on the morning of the 18Th.
A REVOLVER carelessly left on the
shelf of q closet in the house OF Thomas Goff,
at Louisville, KY, was knocked down by cat
and exploded, killing his only child.
THE Massachusetts, Germans have or
ganized Personal Liberty League, and disap-
prove, in their platform, of sumptuary and
prohibitary laws, and laws for the enforcement
Of religious observance.
The General Convention of the Uni
versalist Church of the United states, met at
Philadelphia on the 18th. Rev. E. L. Rixford,
OF Detroit, preached the annual sermon.
Among the delega es present were eN-Gov-
ernor Washburn, OF Maine, z. J.. White and
Rev. DR.. Miner, of Massachusetts.
r. o. STAIRS & Co., manufacturers of
woolens, at Dedham, Mass, failed On the
18th. Liabilities, $3.50, 1000; nominal assets,
s225, 200. 1t is alleged that up to within few
days the creditors had been misled by false
statements concerning its resources.
A TERRIBLE shooting affair occurred
at Knoxville, Tenn, on the 18th, between
Major Thomas O'Connor and General James
A. Mabry, and his so Z, in which all three were
killed. 1t appears that General Mabry and
O'Conuor had a dispute at The fair grounds the
day previous, during which, IL is alleged, that
Mabry threatened. 70 kill O'Connur the next
time he met him. This threat was communi-
Gated to Mr.. O'Connor, and as the General
was passing along Gay Street O'Connor
stepped out of the Mechanics Bank and
raising his gun fired and Mabry fell dead on
the spot without utteriug word. James A.
Mabry, Jr., son of the General, who was and
ing near, took In the situation Immediately,
and, drawing revolver, fired on OConnor.
In the meantime, O'Connor. in anticipation OF
an attack from Mabry. Jr., again raised his
gun and fired at The son. Both OF these dis
charges are said, by those who witnessed the
scene, to have been Simultaneous, and when
MF-n~.
Jr., lay dead on the ground, both men III
clutching the weapons which had dealt such
terrible destruction. The Mabrys are the same
parties who some time since were impli-
which resulted in the death of the Lusbys
Major O'Conner was man of National repu-
tation, and was beloved in Tennesseea as a man
of high intellect and unbiemished character.
THE Treasury Department purchased
on the 18th 424, 900 ounces Of silver for San
Francisco, Philadelphia and New Orleans
mnts.
The Presbyterian Synod of Pennsyl-
vsnia met in the Market Square Church, Har-
risburg, on the 10Th. There were $50 min
listers and elders present Rev. ii. c. Butler,
of Clearfield, preached the Moderator's SER
mon. Several foreign missionaries were also
present aud took part In the proceed gs.
THE Secretary of War has submitted
TO the Judge Advocate General, for an
opinion, the question whe her persistent re-
fusal, on the part OF an officer of the army, TO
nay Just debts does not make him liable to
trial BY court martial upon charges of conduct
unbecoming an officer and gentleman.
THE New York Post of the 18th says
it is beyond question that several of the spec
ulators who were prominent in the recent
downward movement in stock have turned
and become "bulls."
THE Carriage Builders Association
at their session at Philadelphia, on the 18th,
adopted q resolution asking Congress to pro-
tect timber.
THE large grist mill of Heine Hell
Ticker, at Erie, Pa, and the dwelling adjoin-
ing, was DESTROYED by fire on the 10Th. Loss
$4,000; no insurance:
The Presbyterian Synod of New York,
in session at Utica, on the 10Th, decided by a
vote OF liz 10 ITO 10 become a representative
body.
A BILL has been introduced in the
Vermont Legislature providing for q penalty
of ten dollars fine for giving cigar OF cigar
ette to q person under theage OF fifteen. A
petition has been introduced ask e for the
prohibition OF the sale or giving of tobacco
to minors
The National Convention of the Sons
Of Veterans held their first annual session ut
Pittsburgh ON the 18th and 10th. The next
Convention will be held at New York. The
following officers were elected to serve during
the ensuing year: Chief, L. II.
Rowley, ri isburgh; Lieutenant-Co Commander,
Charles Durfee, Decatur, H.; Vice Lieuten-
ant Commander, w. c. Wico1, Columbus,
o.; Chief of staff. Walter E. Morris,
Pittsburgh; Adjutant General, II. w.
Wilkes, Pittsburgh; Quartermaster General,
FEE. Arbogast, Pittsburgh; Inspector Gen
eral, j. b. Stanton, Amsterdam, Miss. Judge
Advocate General, Charles Chenowitb, Chi
cago, ILL.,; Chief Mastering Officer, w. H.
TAYLOR, saltwater, Mich; Chaplain in Chief,
win r. Byers, Columbus, o.; Chief Ordinance
Officer, Charles Bowling, Albany, N. Y; Sur
geon, Henry Wills, Brooklyn, N. Y.
JACOB LINK shot himself through the
head, at his residence at Cincinnati. on the
morning of the 10Th. He had been suffering e
severely 4 some ime back from infammatory
rheumatism, and the family assign this as the
cause or his suicide. He leaves wife and
two children.
Hon. JOHN d. DEGREES, late Public
Printer under Hayes administration, died at
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, on the 18th.
The Hintz planning mill and furniture
factory at Appleton, Wisconsin, were destroyed
by fire on the 18th. Loss $4,000; partially
insured.
THE National Liquor Dealers Associa-
tion in session at Milwaukee, on the 18th,
adopted a resolution thanking Ohio for her
late victory and urging prompt and thorough
organization t. meet the aggressive advance
of the Prohibition party.
The free mail delivery system will be
established at sandusky, Ohio, aud Bay City,
Michigan, on December |.
The hair of A. B. Cornell, which was
Jet black when he was committed to jail at
Leaveuworth, Kansas, me four weeks ago,
for completely in the Star route frauds, has
turned pure white.
FIFrY-THREE new cases of fever and
nine deaths were reported from Pensae Ia on
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