The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-03-01
THE EAST.

W. p. BLOCK, of Woodcock, Pa, committed
suicide at Austin, Texas, on the 22d. Caass
not known.
ABOUT half-past six o'clock on the morning
Of the 23d, one of q battery Of three boilers In
the rolling mill Of A N. Byers q Company, on
the South Side, Pittsburgh, exploded with .
loud report, scattering the debris In all direc-
tions, injuring three men and completely de-
molishing the boiler shed. Frank Myers and
John Laville, two Of the men injured, escaped
with slight wounds ON the head; the other
whose name could not be ascertained was se-
riously, and it is thought, fatally hurt. The
explosion is believed to have resulted from q
broken fiange connecting the boilers with the
mud drum.
ARTHuR HUNTER, aged sixteen, was COM
mitted for trial, in default of $4,000 bail, at
Dover, N. H., on the sd. for attempting TO
throw passenger train Of the Dover Il Win
napiscoga Railroad from the track by tying Q
log to one of the rails over q eulyert. The train
was moving slowly At the time, and broke the
logs fastenings, else there would have been
o terrible wreck and loss Of life. The boy was
found sitting on q fence, waiting to see the
''smash-up." He said he had read of the Coles
Crossing disaster and wished to see one him.
self.
WILLIAM PHGNIx, of Maiden, Mass, eat
some fish on which his wife had placed poi
son for rats, and died from the effects on the
2Sd.
ScHuMAN's -four mill at Allentown, Pa, was
entered by burglars on the 2Sd, the safe blown
open and 5000 taken. The mill then took
fire and was destroyed. Loss 81, 900; insur-
ance $4,000.
TIE Committee of the New York Grain Pro-
duce Exchange raised on the 2Sd the rates Of
inspection Of grain fifty per cent, to take effect
March 10.
THE works of the seaboard OIL Company at
Chester, Pa, was partially burned on the 23d.
DEPUTY COLLECTOR BRIees and . physician
of the steamship Servis, were held in heavy
bail at New York on the 2Sd, to answer to the
charge of smuggling. The article surrepti-
for q niece Of briggs.
JUDGE BUTLER, at Philadelphia, on the 23d,
gave decisions for the Government in I'VE civil
suits against the sureties on the bonds Of
Wiley, the Star route contractor.
r. G. DUN & Co., report the failures for the
week ending Esd, at 12s, q slight reduction
upon week before. The Middle states had
thirty, Eastern ten, Southern thirty-fve, West
ern thirty-four, Pacific Coast and. Territories
twelve and New York City seven. Some of
the disasters Of the week have been of much
importance and significance, notably the stop
page Of the Merchan's' bank of Watertown,
the failure of Macfarlane in lard business at
New York and Herman Bateur s. Bro, of New
York. The latter failure was not unexpec ed
The watertown bank is likely to bring down
with It o number Of horses in that vicinity
who have been interested In grain speculation.
WHILE salute was being fired in honor of
Democratic victory at Lancaster, Pa, on the
23d, the cannon exploded killing Frank A.
Herzorg and dangerously injuring Peter Roch-
rich. The latter's right leg was torn entirely
of. ..'-
HENRY BALzER, q workingman in Pitts
burgh iron mill, was adjusting some machinery
in an electric engine, ON the 23d, when he ac-
cidentalIy touched one Of the wires with
lamp held In his hand. The electric current
passed through his body and he fell dead A
livid mark around the throat and q long fur
row running from the thigh of the left limb
to the ankle showed the course taken by the
electricity. Otherwise Balzer looked as IL he
had fallen into a deep sleep.
Four prisoners escaped from the Beaver, Pa,
jail on the 25th ult-, by tunneling.
WILLIAM LEET, aged twelve years, while at
work in Craft e. Co.'S needle works at Newark,
N. J., on the 25th ult., passing the wire through
the machine, the wire broke and ceiled around
him, cutting him In two.
GEORGE WoLFF, German, while under the
influence of liquor on the 18th ult-, stabbed
and ldlleda young man named William Beech
er, at Etna, Allegheny County, Pa He was
arrested