The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-12-13

| sary.
JUDGE SAMUEL T. WORCESTER, ex-
| member Of Congress from Ohio, and a member
OF the judiciary of that State died at his resi-
dence in Nashua, N. II on the 9th in the sew
enty-eiRhth year OF his age
FRANK BAUER and Joseph Border,
miners, were killed by fall OF coal in Cables
mine, at Reading, Pa, on the 9Th.
ONE of William Arrott's twin wooden
mills, at Philadelphia, was destroyed by dre on
the 9th. Loss $4,000. The Girard iron
foundry, adjoining, was also damaged to the
amount OF $4,000.
THE December crop report of the Ohio
State Board of Agriculture gives tho following
final estimates for the year, based on reports
from 200 township correspondents: Growing
damaged by ny. per cent corn, total bushels
for 1882, 93. 527, ,94S, oats 16, 732 1884, potatoes
6,l3l, ,S35, tobacco "a, ,224,5ol pounds, hay
2,9oS 295 tons, sorghum 4s7 900 gallons. Per
81 tobacco iOl, hay la sorghum,
lol, condition Of farm animals no
| higher than the September estimate owing to
| the excellent fall weather for the ripening of
that planted late. The estimate OF potatoes
is much lower owing to the damp weather and
| rot The pastures are in better condition than
they have been for many years. Reporis wheat
| badly damaged in stock aud will reduce the
total of sound wheat below the September
| estimate of Is, 200, 600.
JAMES BRADLEY, negro, was. about
to be married to woman In Pitt County,
N. C., some time ago, when two
other women, claiming to be his wives,
made their appearance. Bradley there
| upon went to q cotton-gin and threw himself
into half-hlled box, into which cotton was
pressed into bales. A few days ago a bale was
| open At Greenville, that State, and Bradley's
dead body was found crushed nat.
The extensive machine shops of the
at Kingsland, N. J., were destroyed by nre on
the 7th.
Mrs. JAMES L VAN GoRDER, aged
ninety-Hve years, the Oldest lady in Warren,
Ohio, died Of pneumonia on the 7th.
THE shops of the Wheeling & Lake
Erie Railroad at Crestou, Ohio, were burned
on the 9th. One locomotive, passenger coach
and tools OF the company were destroyed. The
hre was caused BY the carelessness OF one of
| the workmeu.
An eastbound stock train on the New
York Central Railroad, broke asunder near
Memphis, n: Y, on the 7th, and another stock
| train following dashed into the wreck. The
St Louis express coming west then ran into
the debris, causing a fesrful disaster to the
live stock. A large number of cattle were
killed. The damage to railroad property was
| heavy.
THE new penal code of New York
makes attempted suicide felony, punishable
by not more than two years. imprisonment
| and 81 900 fine, or both. Charles Flick, the
first person tried under the code was srraigned
/ on the 9Th and pleaded not guilty to the charge
of attempting TO kill himself with the fumes
Of charcoal, but he was held for trial
A FIRE at Covington, the county seat
OF Upton County, Tenn, destroyed the Record
printing Office, Wilson & Jackets leather and
paint store. 8. r. Shelton's hotel, s. C. Shell
ton q Co.'S dry goods sto:e e, A. ]. Douglass
/ William Whites store house, Presbyterian
| Church, Masonic Hall and five dwelling houses.
Loss t50,0O0; insurance small.
CULVER HALL, the boarding hall of
the male students OF Allegheny College, at
Meadville, Pa, was burned on the morning of
the 9th. There were over sixty students
asleep in the building when the alarm was
| given, and all escaped without injury. The
building was three hundred feet long. and
| three stories high, and was cree ed By c. V.
$4,000.
THERE were 100 business failures
throughout the country during the week end
Ing the 7th, twenty-five of which were In New
York City and l65 in the country. This was the
largest number OF any one week during the
past year; The Eastern States had 10; West
cru, 62; Southern, AZ; Middle, 81; Pacific
States and Territories, II, and Canada, Is.
WILLIAM f. THOMSON, of Minneap-
oils, MIMI, was arrested on the 7th on the
charge OF being defaulter to the amount OF
500, 900 while bookkeeper in the lumber yard
of Farnham & Lovejoy.
HENRY WATERWAYS cheese factory
at Elgia, Ill, was burned on the 7th. Loss
$4,000; insurance q, 500.
Mrs. GREGORY was burned to death
at Cincinnati, on the Sth, her clothing hayin 2
caught fire by the explosion Of an oil can while
kindling fire.
The theater at jamestown, Dakota,
was burned on the night of the 7th.
SIX prisoners escaped from the Can
ton, Ohio, jail on the night Of the 7th by cut
ting the iron bars of the door and then digging
a hole through the wall. Three OF them, Hipp,
Gryn and Moore, were awaiting sentence for
penitentiary offenses.
CHARLES DECKER, founder of Decker
vile, sanilsc County, Mich, was instantly
killed I'm his gris; mill at that place on the 7th,
while adjusting belt Both his legs were
torn OF below the knee. He was sixty wears
OF age and leaves wife and several children.
A HINTON, w. Va, special of the Sth,
says that collision occurred at Stretcher's
Neck tunnel, on the evening previous, between
Che express train going east and freight
train. Three persons were killed and i've
seriously injured.
THE house Of Newell Jolly, near Gal
liPolis, Ohio, was burned on the Sth. Mr.
Jolly, who was quite old was unable to escape
and was burned t. death. His wife escaped
through window but was badly burned.
THE works of the Saginaw Barrel
Company, the barrel factory, saw mill, drill
house, dry kilns, etc, and about 2,ooo, 900 feet
OF lumber, at East Saginaw, Mich, were
burned on the Sth. The loss win reach s175.
600; insurance not known.
The paint shop and car works of the
Richmond & Danviile Railroad Company, Al
Richmond, Va, were destroyed by fire on the
sth.
THE Wiley Block, the largest business
house in Columbia, 8. c., was burned on the
sh- Loss 10000; insured for about one
half.
ALL the buildings on the south side Of
the public square and three dwellings on
Mechanics Street, at Bradford, Pa, were de-
mated at $4,000. .'- 0'O'' =. :. ''''- '''-
DIR. N. S. PRICE, P. c. Knight, Charles
Meservey, and three Frenchmen, were drowned
in Moorehead Lake, near Bangor, Maine, on
the 10th. DR.. Price was being conveyed to see
patient at the time OF the accident
KILBoURNE & Co.'s chair factory, al
Orange, Mass, was burned on the 9th. Loss
$4,000; insurance $4,000.
The Navy Department made public
on the 9Th some extracts from memorandum
Of De Longs, respecting the unpleasant state
of feelings which existed between De I,ons
and Jerome Collins Collins is charged With