The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-10-11


criminal negligence in failing to provide
In the tunnel sufficient appliances for
| signaling the trains, and in failing to
provide q sufficient number of employees to
carry out such precaution as the rnles require
| 10 be taken in such emergencies, and is there
| for responsible for the dea hs. They also urge
on the Legislature an enactment of laws pro-
vidng for greater safety in railroad travel, and
recommend that the city authorities assist, as
far as they can, in speedily procuring such leg
islation. The jary also condemned, in the
management OF these roads, a mistaken econ
omy which ignores and dispenses with the
simplest agencies required for the safety OF
their passengers. Rawson, Rood and Robbins
renewed their bonds and were released.
A BRILLIANT aerial phenomenon was
witnessed at Dubuque, Iowa, about 1920
O'Clock on the night OF the 5th, consisting Of
luminous band spanning the whole heavens,
from northwest to southeast, brightest at the
western extremity. 1t lasted a half hour, and
gradually faded away.
GEORGE SCovILLE filed petition in
the county court ut Chicago on the 5th asking
that Mrs. Scoville be adjudged insane and
confined in the asylum for lunatics.
FRANK JAMES, the brother of Jesse,
surrendered to Governor Crittenden, of Mis-
souri,, on the evening of the 5th, and was taken
by Major John Edwards, to Kansas City and
delivered to the jackson County authorities.
Some surprise is expressed at James actions,
as no overtures had been made by the State
authorities toward his surrender. They think
that he had became discouraged, having,
In various ways lost all OF his old con-
/ federates, and concluded IL useless to at
tempt any longer 10 live in outlawry, pre-
| ferring to trus' to the leniency OF the law in
voluntarily giving himself up. lie makes .
| plea that he Is not bad as he has been
| painted; that the outlaw has the thoughts and
impulses Of a man, and his desire is to return
to the house to his parents, and there with
| his fami to pass his days in peace, and thus
| gain he respect of his fellow-men. James is
! five feet nine inches in height, of spare but
/ sinewy build, with rather thin face and promi-
nent cheek bones, light blue eyes, small blonde
moustache and hair somewhat dark. His COM
! plexiou Is that OF q man who has been for
sometime confined. Ills weight is l25 pounds,
because of spare form.
DR. w. II. TRowBRIDGE, who had
climbed to the top of building at Stamford,
| Connecticut, to view the comet, fell and was
Instantly killed, on the morning OF the 9th.
THE failures throughout the country
| for the we ending the 9th, were Ill, eight OF
which were iu New York City. The principal
assignments were those of Blake, McMahon 6S
Co., aud Blake 81 Mahoney, in the iron trade
/ In New York.
MADAM GONZALES, wife of the Presi-
dent OF Mexico, arrived at Chicago on the 9th,
for the purpose of prosecuting the studies OF
| III COuNcTsdIlOu Sie
denied thc truth OF the published statement
| that the Mexican Government had granted
concessions controlling the banking, insur-
ance, express and exchange business to an
| American company.
| JAMES MACK, an agent for n portable
steam engine, was arrested on the charge of
| forgery at Chicago ON the 9th. 1t is charged
that he issued forged paper a9gre9ating
| $500 in linton County, Michigan; 81, 100 on a
bank at st. John; ~ 400 on his employers in n
settlement, and $3,' 90 on Gross Lake bank.
lie had q, 900 on his person when arrested.
In the Criminal Court at Williams
port, Pa, the cases against the Mayor and
Council OF that clty, charged with neglecting
| to keep certain streets In repair, came up for
a hearing. The counsel for the defendants
claimed that sufficient evidence had not been
| given, and the Court ordereda bench warrant
| 10 be served on the Mayor.
THE Touring mill of Bryson, Mayne &
Co., at Lowellville, Ohio, was burned on the
9th. Loss 10000; insured for $4,000.
The Longfellow Memorial Association,
| of Boston, has issued circular to The 'chil-
dren OF America" inviting ten cent subsorip-
tions toward the fulfillmcnt OF the plan of the
Association for the erection OF a memorial
statue In front Of the poets late residence.
GENERAL GARTRELL. the defeated can
i
stated, contest the election OF Alexander II.
Stephens, not with the hope of getting the
seat, but to show alleged frauds and intimida-
ton.
THE Garfield Monument Association
has decided to offer prizes for a competitive
military drill to take place during the fair in
the Capitol a. Washington in November.
PROFESSOR NEwcoMB and party, sent
| by the United States Government to observe
the transit of Venus at Cape of Good Hope,
sailed from New York on the 9th.
A GRAND demonstration of the Lodges
OF Grand Uni.ed Order OF Odd Fellows in the
United States, Canada and the West Indies,
took place at Boston on the 9th. There were
a large number OF lodges In line.
HENRY II. MEYERS, a flour dealer of
PhIladelphia was arrested on the 9th upon the
charge of conspiring with Ellis p. Phipps, ex-
| Superintendent OF the County Alms-house,
and James +. Brown, ex-Stnrekeeper, to cheat
and defraud the county. He was held 10 bail
for q hearing.
TIE residence of a Mr.. Rosecranz, at
Lowell, Kansas, was burned on the 9th, and
two Of his daughters perished in the flames.
INDICTMENTS were found on the 9th,
| against three ex-Commissioners of Lycoming
County, Pa, in a case of forgery and perjury
also in q case against them as Commissioners,
and another against them as individuals.
A CLAUSE In the naval appropriation
act directs the Secretary of Navy to appoint a
committee of three persons, one from the line
| OF the navy, one from the staff and third
| from civil life, to consider and report at
| the next session of Congress upon the
/ question whether II was advisable to sell
sny navy yards, and If SO, which The See
| retary has made the fol owing selections
| Commodore Stephen d. Luco, Chic Engineer
/ Charles y. Loring and A. B. Mullet. The
| Secretary OF the NAVY also selected the follow
ing officers for advis ry ard on the con-
| struction of vessels: Commodore X. w. Shu-
| feldt, Commodore John A. Howell, Lieutenant
| Edward w. VERY, Naval Constructor, Frank
| L. Fernald, Chief Engineer, Alex. Henderson.
| Two civilian experts yet to be selected.
THE Biennial Movable Committee OF
the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows re.
elected their old officers and selected Cincin-
natl as their next place of meeting, at their
session at Boston on the 9TH.
GEoRGE HUNTINGTON, his wife and
four children, were capsized in a sail-boat In
Plum Island River on the 1th and drowned.
THE following weekly statement
| of the Associated Eanks of New York City was
made ON the h: Loans decrease. 81 OIL 900;
specie decrease, sI9S,6 o; legal tender In.
| crease, $50. 300 deposits decrease, s. ~ 400;
circulation increase, 81 $40; reserve decrease,
| 50, $50, $50. The banks held S42i ,S25 less than
the legal requirements.
The reunion of the survivors of the
Union and Confederate armies, engaged at
Culps and Cemetery Hills, Gettysburg, called
70 meet at Boston on the 18th and 18th, has
been postponed until next year.
GORDON MCDONALD and four railro ad
employees, were killed by premature explo-
/ sion OF blast on the line of the Springfield
and Memphis Railroad, near Springfield, Mo-,
| on the 7th.
FROM statistics prepared by the In
spector General of Steam Vessels, Dumont,
for the annual report, It appears there were
5,l17 steam vessels in service during the fiscal