The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-02-22

under the 105th call amounted to SIS, ,544, $50;
under the 106th call SIT ,24s, ,75o.
The Senators and Representative from
New Jersey united in letter TO the President
on the 18th, requesting him to review the flnd-
ings Of the court in the Fitx-John Porter case,
and ask that the latter be restored to the army.
IT is reported in diplomatic circles that Mexi-
CO has declined the invitation of the United
States to participate In the congress of the
Americanrepublics ut Washington. Thereason
reported for the declination Is that Mexico OBJ
jects to giving equal voice in the congress TO
the petty Central American and Southern
American republics with Mexico and the great
er powers.
THE EAST.
d Hon. JOSEPH E sHEFYIKLD, founder of
Yale Scientific School, died at New Haven,
Conn.,, on the 18th, aged ninety years.
THE Pennsylvania Military Academy st Ches-
ter, Pa, was burned ON the 18th. Loss $500, 900;
insurance $75, 900. There were 143 students
attending the school at the time Of the fire, and
they all succeeded In saving themselves and
most of their effects.
An international conference regarding the
proper observation Of the Sabbath has been
called by the sabbath Association to meet at
Pittsburgh on March 2Sth.
THE fireworks manufactory Of Professor
Jackson, at Chester, Pa, took fire and exploded
on the morning Of the 18th Just as the emplo es
had begun their days' work, instantly killing
fifteen persons and seriously wounding about
seventy others. The building in which the man
ufactory was situated was formerly the home
stead of Admiral Porter, and Professor jackson,
pyrotechnist, had used 1t some years as place
Of manufacturing explosive commodities. A
number of oolored families also lived in the
building. 1t seems that the building first took
fire, and when the fremen were playing on the
flames, and q large crowd surrounded them,
the explosion occurred, scattering destruction
far and wide. The shock was heard for miles
around, and shook every building in the city,
frightening the Inhabitants, who ran terror
stricken into the streets.
SEcRErARY DUNKEL, Of the Department Of
Internal Affairs Of Pennsylvania, placed list
of seventeen railroad companies- doing bust
ness In that State in the hands Of the Attor-
neyG General, on the nth, requesting him to
proceed against them, because of failure In
sending to the Auditor-General their annual
report within thirty days after the expiration
of the financial year. The penalty for each
road being 5000.
JAMES g. ALLISON was hanged at Indiana,
Pa, on the nth for the murder of his father
June 18th 1880. The prisoner refused to see
his mother, sister and brother. who called to
bid him farewell, and drefused to recognize them
when they came into his cell.
ELIz6BETH MARSH, aged thirty, Of Lancas-
ter, Pa, killed her mother-in-law on the 18th,
IN order TO be hanged, as she wanted to die but
had conscientious scruples against suicide
A FIRE broke out in the business portion Of
uovorhrl Macs fha fr~nf ~ H.
spread with great rapidity. The buildings be-
ing mostly Of wood ignited very quickly. The
small fire department of the place was unable
to cope with the flames, which soon got beyond
their control, and assistance was telegraphed
for to Lawrence, Newburyport, Lowell and
other towns, which was sent. The FIRE could
be distinctly seen from Boston, tventy-scven
miles away. The loss could not be ascertained
R g. DUN & Co., of the mercantile agency,
report 154 failures for the week ending 18th, q
somewhat greater number than last week, the
increase being Of speculative failures in grain
and cotton principally In New Orleans and
Chicago. In New York the principal failure
was that Of C. F. Hardy & Co., shipping and
commission merchants, which is enveloped In
a mystery. Distribution Of failures: Eastern
States, Is; Western, 50; Southern, 45; Middle
21; Pacific Coast and Territories, 19; New
York City, 10.
AswEDE named Abraham Nelson, living on
Webster Avenue, Pittsburgh beat his wife so
badly on the night OF the 18th that she died
half an hour after. Nelson was arrested and
lodged in jail.
TIE directors Of the Merchants Bank, of
Watertown, n. Y, decided on the 18th, to 20
into voluntary liquidation. Since the failure
OF Kenyon & Co., of Chicago, public confidence
in the bank has been weakening, II. A. Kenyon
being a director, and depositors began with
drawing funds. The capital stock is 81 1000,
with deposits Of about 500, o,ooo Last week
the assets were 81, ,0o1 600 but since the Ken
yon failure there has been q large shrinkage.
| In the United States District Court at Pitts
burgh, on the 18th, Judge Acheson decided IN
favor of the defendant In the admiralty pro-
ceeding OF Hostetter & Smith against r. C.
question was the right OF boats to deyiate from
a strictly direct voyage to pick up or deliver
freight. In this case the Defendants boat had
gone four miles out Of direct course. Testi-
mony was taken at all important river cities,
and on the result the large transportation
business depended.
A FIRE broke out In the business portion Of
Haverhnl, Mass, on the night of the 18th, and
spread with great rapidity. The buildings be-
ing mostly constructed Of wood ignited very
quickly. Over three hundred business houses,
mostly boot and shoe manufactures, were de-
stroyed, throwing two thousand workmen out
of employment. The small fire department of
/ the place was unable to cope with the flames,
and assistance was .telegraphed for TO Law
renee, Newburyport, Lowell and other towns,
which was sent, and the fire got under control
after burning two days. There is but one block
left standing on Wingate Street, the principal
business street of the town. Three persons
were killed. The loss is estimated at 2,50i,- :
900; insurance not known. The fire could be
distinctly seen from Boston, twenty-seven
miles distant.