The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-11-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
A General Summary Of Events at Home
and Abroad.
Compiled from Daily Reports mp to the
Hour OF Going to Press.
DOMESTIC

OWING to the prevalence of diphtheria
and other contagious diseases public funerals
were forbidden by the Board of Health of
Boston on the 21st.
THE safe in the post-office at Milton,
Wis, was blown open by burglars on the 21st
and $4,000 in money, aquantity of jewelry and
other valuables taken.
GENERAL d. P. UPHAM, of Little
Rock, Ark, died at Webster, Mass, on the
2lst. He was prominent Republican poll
tician OF Arkansas, and at one time United
States Marshal OF the Western District, and
was commander of the State militia under
Governor Clayton.
L. BAKER and w. Ransom, while re-
pairing leech tub in the paper mill, at Elk
hart, Ind, were precipitated into the boiling
liquid by the breaking of q board, and so badly
scalded that the flesh dropped of from their
bodies In places. 1t was thought that neither
could live.
ENGINEER MELVILLE gave narrative
of the finding of the bodies of De Long and
party to the Naval Inquiry Board at washiug-
ton on the 2lst. He stated that his attention
was first attracted by the hut poles sticking
tSs SSs Ssr.v Ot the Upon seeing these
when they discovered hand, which
proved to be De Longs, reaching out of the
snow. The remains OF a fire were noticed near
where the bodies were found, and evidences
that the unfortunate men had been trying to
remove their effects to the bank of the river
De Longs journal was found near his body.
The bodies were all frozen to the ground and
had to be pried up and were rolled together
and covered with tent cloth.
THURLow WEED, the veteran publish
er and statesman, died at his residence in New
York on the 22d, surrounded by his relatives
a Nfr og.~h4 a.. n
on the 18th. Hewas q native OF Greene Coun-
ty, n. Y, and beganlife a printer. At the
age of sixteen he entered in the volunteer
forces to protect the northern frontier during
the war with England At the age of twenty
one he entered journalism independently as
the editor of the Agrieulturist at Norwich, n.
Y. He displayed unusual ability and enter
prise, and during the following ten years was
connected with several journals, finally con-
Quoting the anti-Masonic Enquirer Roches-
ter. During his connection with this journal
he was twice elected to the Lower House of
the Legislature. He displayed wonderful act
as q political manager, and ut once took
prominent position in the Democratic party Of
New York. Since 1858 i'll health has pre-
vented him from participating in active busi-
ness and he has been deyoting his time to the
preparation of an autobiography. A few
weeks ago be began to fail in health and has
steadily declined since that time. Upon the
occasion of his eighty-ffth birthday he was
unable to receive the numerous friends who
day, but was chaered with greetings from men
OF prominence and wealth.
A DISPATCH from Columbus, Ohio, on
the 22d, stated that scarlet fever still con-
tinued to spread in the Imbecile Asylum, in
that city. Up to that date sixty-four cases had
been reported, four of which proved fatal All
the children who have died were pronounced
by DIR. Doren to have been pupils around whom
considerable interest had been attached,
hDa ~ whAf- Il BIZ
Doren stated that he does not dread
the actual fever so much as he does the
terrible long line of ills which invariably
follow In its wake, among which are generally
acute diseases of the kidneys. From all indi-
cations he was inclined to take q hopeful look
of the matter and was satisfied that the fever
would not develop into its more malignant
form.
The court martial which tried Captain
Alfred Hopkins for deserting his post as COM
mandaut at the Pensacola navy yard, at the
recent appearance of yellow fever there, was
found guilty and dismissed from the service.
THERE has been SIS, ,273, 700 in three
and a-hah per cent. bonds received at the
Treasury at Washington for conversion into
three per cents
ABAND of cowboys from Omaha rode
into Long Pine, Neb., on the 2lst and look
possession of the town. They burned all the
sidewalks, which were constructed OF wood,
sacked the saloons and made a commercial
traveller from st. Louis dance for two hours,
with cooked pistols at his head.
ROBERT MAYFIELD and Alex. King,
both colored, were lowered down into the
'stack' at the Sloss furnace, Birmingham,
Ala, on the 22d, for the purpose Of removing
some distractions. They were overcome by
gas and fell to the bottom on fiery mass OF
ore aud coal and their bodies reduced 10
cinders.
THE Governor of Pennsylvania issued
q proclamation on the 22d declaring that Silas
NJ. Clark had been elected Judge of the su-
preme Court
SEVERAL lumber mills and the Pioneer
iron foundry, at Burlington, VT, were burned
on the 2sd. The loss will probably be over
$4,000.
In the Supreme Court of Rhode Island,
at Providence, on the 2sd, the case of Fanny
Sprague VS.. the Quidnick Company and
William Sprague vs.. the same, in which Gen
| eral Butler was counsel, was dismissed as he
did not appear.
A RECEPTION was given by the Young
Peoples Association OF the Church of Pilgrims
Brooklyn, N. Y, to Rev. DIR. r. 8. Storrs, OF
| the --us III uOuOI Vi Tue COIuplct.Ou Oh
thirty-sixth year as pastor OF that church The
parlo 5 of the church were filed with large
\ number of the most influential citizens from
| the literuy and mercantile circles of New Yorl
City and Brooklyn
MRS. ELIZA COLUMBUS, of Sunderland
Mass, was C invicted on the 22d and sentenced
to the House Of Correction for three years
for trying to burn the house in which her hus
band was confined with . broken leg, because
/ he aha oil al oh naaHh I-d. s1a6
| properly to her daughter.
The residence of Walter Caruth, ST,
miles from Dallas, Texas, said to be the fines
farm house in that State, was burned on tn
night of the 18th. Loss $4,000; insured 70
$1,000.
SIX business houses at Henderson
Texas, were destroyed by fire on the 21st
Loss 10000.
The Choctaw Council has choser
Campbell, Left Ore and J. P. Folsom delegate,
to Washington to look after the interests o
the Nation there.
Two persons fired the jail at Talbot
ton, Ga, on the night of the 21st and destroye,
the building. They were arrested.
The second session of the Federation
of organized Trades and Labor Unions of tn
United States and Canada, met at Cleveland
Ohio on the 21st. The session was called b
order by Richard Powers, resident OF tn
| Lake Seamen's Union. The following officer
were then elected to serve during the ensuinI
year: President, Samuel F. Leffingwell, o
| indianapolis; Vice President Samuel Com
pers of New York; Secretary, w. II. Eos
ter, Cincinnati; Assistant Secretary, Hon
Thompson II. Murch, OF Maine. Messrs
Mark l. Crawford, Of Chicago and T. ]
Klokke, of Buffalo, were appointed Auditors
The official canvass of the Indian
State electionis as follows: For Secretary o
state-Hawn, Republican, 210, 0,2S4; Myers
Democrat, 220e1s; Leonard. Greenbaci
1880; Democratic plurality, 10,6S4.
A CURIOSITY in the shape of q mumi