The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-08-09
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.

Remember that Tuesday, Aug 2ed, is
the opening day of the Fair.
Mrs A. H. Palmer is taking vacation
in Illinois.
Remember that it is said that yelling
ton always has good Fair.
Misses Thomas, of indianapolis, Ind,
are visiting Mrs. Frank Bennett.
Remember that the success of the Fair
depends on the contributions made to it.
The Ladies' Society of the Disciple
Church meet at Mrs. Locke's this after
noon.
Remember that liberal premiums are
offered on cattle, horses, sheep, swine, and
household fabrics
Mrs. s. s. Parker went TO Lorain this
morning to spend couple of weeks with
her parents.
We understand that the veteran soldiers
of Wellington are going to try to get that
banner at Elyria tomorrow.
w. 81. Fisher and family went, Tuesday,
to the lakeshore in Avon township to
spend week with relatives.
Chas j. Resor and little daughter, of
Marshall, Mich, is visiting his mother,
Mrs. Locke, and sister, Mrs. SawteIl.
Mrs. DIR. Smith and daughter accompan-
led by Mrs. Chas. Phelps and Miss Alta
Ames, are visiting in Massachusetts,.
Mr. Bruce Baird, who has been living in
Bellevue, Mich, for the last two years, is
home for short visit. He is at present
clerk in the hotel at that place.
The Douglass Bros, sons of s. s. Doug
lass deceased, recently sold eleven grade
Durham calves for $500, making an aver
age of about $500 per head. Who next!
E Mr.. c. n. Black has a contract to build
a house for VIM. Bradley, north of n. s.
Smith, on Courtland avenue, and another
for Alph. Howk, east of his father, E. B.
Howk.
S. s. Parker, wife and daughter, arrived
in Wellington. Monday morning, from
Dakota Mr.. Parker has gone to New
York and viii return TO Dakota in about
ten days.
Tne Greenwich Enterprise says, Jno
Otterbacher and brother, of Wellington,
have purchased the harness shop of VIM.
Wells of that village, and the brother viii
conduct the business there.
Deacon Thompson Pierce, York, broken
down mentally by age and trouble, so it is
stated, has been decided TO be unfit 10
manage his business, and the Judge has
or win appoint a guardian, probably E.
W. Pierce, his son.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. Burt of York, Medina
Co., spent Tuesday and Wednesday with
their son Floyd, living in the south west
part of this place. Mr.. Burt's family
were formerly residents of Camden and
have many friends residing in this vicinity.
Posters have been out since Monday an
nouncing an excursion tomorrow Thurs-
day) for Lakeside and Put-in-Bay, con-
Meeting at Huron with the steamer Jay
Cook. Now let every body get ready for
one of the most enjoyable trips offered this
season.
A paper testifying to the comfort and
success of the excursion over the the Bee
Line route to Denver, Colorado, was signed
by the passengers on board the Missouri
Pacific train and published in the Denver
Times, July 2sth. Among the names are
those of our Wellington people, Mr.. and
Mrs. II. B. Hamlin and S. p. Hastings
and wife, who are of the party.
A card from s. s. Parker, Oriska. Dakota
Territory, says: "Oriska has taken the
cake on the rail road question. We get
the crossing of the Chicago s. North West
ern at this point, which will give US big
boom. Tower City bid high for it, but
we went to work and secured right of way
for twenty miles and it was accepted. OF
course the capital of Northern Dakota
will be located here"
SD. Bacon led off Monday morn
ing, the 30fh of July, in wheat threshing.
The yield of wheat was about eleven bush
els per acre. The wheat was drawn from
the field and threshed direct from shock.
The time of threshing proved most oppor-
tune as the rains came directly after finish
ing the work and continuance OF Show
ers has been theruling of the weather ever
since.
Rev. VIM. A Hobbs, pastor of the Con-
gregational Church at Waverly, ILL.,,
graduate of Oberlin College and Theologi-
cal Seminary, married Miss Annie j.
Mead. and Rev. A. T. Swing, pastor of the
Congregational Church at Fremont, Neb.,
graduated from 0berlin College and took
his Theological Course at Yale, was at the
same time Aug. 1st, in the second Congre-
gationai Church, of Oberlin, married to
Miss Alice E. Mead, the first neice and
,be latter the only daughter of the late
prof Hiram Mead. Both ladies gradua-
ted at oberiin-