The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-11-22
DOMESTIC

DOMESTIC
PORE BARROW was elected United
States Senator from Georgia, on the 18th, to
ill the late Senator Hills unexpired term, and
Alfred II. Colquitt for the term commencing
on March next
NINE business houses in the center Of
shubuta, Miss, were burned on the 18th. Loss
$4,000; Insured for about one-half.
JOSEPH MILLIKN, late professor in
the Ohio State University, at Columbus, died
at the residence OF his father, near Hamilton,
Ohio, on the 18th.
THERE will be fifty contested election
cases to be settled by the next House of Rep
resentItives.
THE Grand Jury at Washington on
the 14th, retdfned five more indictments
against B. r. Bigelow, late teller Of the Bank
of the Republic Of that city.
F. N. BAssErr. stenographer to Post
master General Howe, has been appointed
Chief Clerk of the Postoffice Department, and
A. g. Boswell has been appointed stenogra-
pher.
The Foreign Mail office of the Post
Office Department at Washington was informed
BY the Postal Union Convention on the 14ih,
that Autofagosta, in Bolivia, and the entire
sea coast, had been annexed to Chilli, and that
that post would hereafter be q station from
which the Postal Union will be delivered. The
mails for Peru viii stin be handled by the
Gillian authorities
MARSHALL JEWELL, Chairman of the
National Republican Committee, stated on
the 14th, that he would issue . call early in
December for the Committee to meet at WASH
ingtoa In January to consider the subject OF
District representation.
AN investigation discloses the fact that
there were In Providence, Rhode Island, on
the 14th, within the city limits, upwards Of
ten thousand cases OF fever in different forms,
varying from light malarial to malignant tv-
phoid- The physicians assert that the condi-
ton of Cove, basin and river are the causes OF
this unusual outbreak Of fever.
In the United States Circuit Court at
Providence, r. L, on the 14th, the counsel for
William sprague fled an answer in the suit of
=. d. Moulton vs. z. Chaffee and William
sprague for the disclosure Of the title to the
Canonchet estate and to turn over the proper
ty to the plaintiff. The answer sets forth
Sprague's title to the estate and claims the in
validity Of q trust deed.
JASPER SPAULDNG, well-to-do
farmer, living three miles from Raub, Ind,
knocked bis wife and little son senseless with
a whifietree on the 18th, and then cut their
. throats with razor, after which he cut his
own throat with the same weapon. 1t is
thought the man was insane.
THERE were no new cases of fever at
Pensacola on the 18th. The Board OF Health
issued q proclamation declaring the yellow
fever epidemic in that city at an end.
FRANK HOWARD, prominent farmer
and pronounced Prohibitiorist, of Marshall
town, Iowa, became insane over the result
of the late election. He went to the City
Marshal Of that city and In supposed conf
dence detailed plan for burning all the ss-
looms in that place, and asked help for making
similar arrangements with the Prohibitionists
In all parts Of the country.
BRAVE BEAR" the Sioux Indian
18th for the murder Of Joseph johnson, q
white man, in May, 1879.
WARNER & FUGn's Touring mill, at
Tower Hill, Illinois, was burned on the 14th.
Loss, 5000; no insurance
A MEETING of the Pennsylvania State
Grange of the Patrons Of Husbaudry will be
held at Harrisburg on the 18th Of December
next. About FIVE hundred delegates are ex-
pected to be present.
d. w. COOLIDGE, . commission mer-
chant in grain, at Portland, Maine, failed on
the 18th. The liabilities viii probably reach
$780, 900.
THE Executive Committee of the New
England Cider Makers and Fruit Growers
Association, in session at Boston on the 18th,
adopted resolutions, to be sent to each MEM
Der of Congress, condemning the whisky
vinegar law of 1872" and setting forth in
strong terms the pernicious effect of said law
and the necessity of its repeal
TIE State Greenback Committee of
Maine met at Augusta on the 18th About q
dozen members were prescott, Including Solon
Chase. 1t was decided to thoroughly organize
for the next campaign by q careful choice OF
town committees who will be instructed to ar
range for q school district campaign similar to
the one q few years ago which resulted in q
victory for the party. An address will proba-
bly, be submitted to the people, and every effort
made to unite the ranks OF the Greenback
party. A strong feeling existed against fusion
with any Of the other parties.
TIE bottlers of the United States who
were holding an International exhibition in
Pittsburgh, met on the 18th and formed an
win be to protect the interests Of the trade
and promote harmony. The following officers
were elected: PresideLt w. n. McLymau,
Toledo, o.; First Vice President, Henry Cross,
Rock island, Illinois; Second Vice President,
Otis Neal, Boston; Secretary, W D: Keller,
New York; Assistant Secretary, Willard NJ.
Lewis, Albany, Indiana; Treasurer, John A.
Seitk; Easton, Pa; Trustees, Louis Safs,
Chicago, fop, years; w; J. loSsl1 Cun1ips- aIS'
Jr., staunton, Va, two years; j. c. Bufum,
Pittsburgh, one year. At present, in the
United States, there are 1900 soda bottleries
on an average ten men each, and having an
aggregate capital invested OF se,0oo, 900.
PEAsE & WoLF's shingle and staye
mill at Fort Madison, Iowa, was burned on
the 10th. Loss $4,000; insured for $1,000.
ADULUTH, Mimi, dispatch of the 10Th
says that reports have reached that city OF the
discovery of rich silver ore at point twelve
miles east Of Pigeon River, on the Canadian
side of the international boundary line. It is
said that inch pieces OF almost pure native
silver were picked from the surface of the
veins.
The President signed the extradition
treaty between the United States and the Bel
gian Government on the 18th.
THE Board appointed to inspect the
navy yards left Washington on the 10th for
New York and Philadelphia After inspecting
the yards In those cities they win proceed to
Norfolk and San Francisco.
PETER RoNNAN, agent at the Flathead
Indian Agency, Montana, autographed to the
Indian Office at Washington on the 10th, as
follows: San immense crew of railroad con-
structors are now at work east of the reserva.
tion In charge Of j. l. Hallett, consisting OF
I, 400 men, with camp followers gamblers,
ex-convicts, lewd women, etc, and are RAPIDLY
advancing to the borders of the reservation,
accompanied BY portable saloons and
gambling houses. Merchants and traders
Of all descriptions also advance with the con-
struction party and when the border of the
reservation Is reached the question viii arise
whether this trade can be continued In an In
dian country. win require from your Office
some Instructions as to any modification
tercourse laws" Indian Commissioner Price,
in answer to the telegram, has requested the
Secretary of War to send the troops from Fort
Missoula to the Agency TO keep camp follow