The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-09-27

cipal Conductor of the Work; s. b.
Vans, Circleyilc, Grand Treasurer John
corder; David Tarbell, Georgetown,
Captain Of the Guard; j. Hopesuter, Zanes-
vile, Conductor; J. Randall. Waynesville,
Sentinel; S. Stacker Williams, Newark, Chair
man Committee on Foreign Correspondence;
Z. NJ. Colver, SanduslSy, Steward; T. j. Melish,
Walnut Hills, Chaplain. The order OF High
candidates. The Council then adjourned to
meet again at Newark on the Goth of Septem-
ber, 1888.
The reunion of the Society of the
Army of the Cumberland at Milwaukee closed
its session on the 21st with grand street pa
rade, in which distinguished military guests
participated. In the closing meeting of the
society the following officers were elected;
President, General Phil Sheridan; Correspond
ing Secretary, Henry NJ. Cst; Recording Secre-
tary, John w. Steele; Treasurer, General
Joseph S. Fullerton. One Vice President
from each State was also cleo ed. The next
meeting will take place September 81 and %,
1888, at Cincinnati. The committee on the
Garfield Monumental Association reported re-
ceipts from all sources, SIG, 81 in the hands
kins, Freeport, ILL.,, was elected orator for the
next session; Colonel r. NJ. Kelly, Louisville,
alternate.
THE Democrats of Colorado nomi-
mated, on the 21st, James B. Grant, of Lake
County, for Governor; John r. Prowers, of
Bent, for Lieutenant Governor and Vincent
ID. Markham, of Arapahoe, Judge OF the SUI
preme Court.
The New York Democratic State Con-
vention met at Syracuse on the 22d Lester
b. Faulkner was chosen permanent chairman.
The differences between the contesting dele
| gates of New York City were satisfactorily
| settled. The basis of the settlement is that
/ the County Democracy is to be recognized as
the regular Democracy, but TammanY dele
gates were admitted to the convention That
is, the New York delegation is divided between
| the County Democracy, Tammany and Irving
| Hall. Tammany agreed to waive its claim
| to being considered the "regular'' Democracy
| and will in future coaesce with the County
| Democracy. The Convention admitted thirty
| delegates of the County Democracy, twenty
| four of Tammany and ten of Irving Hall. The
| following ticket was put in nomination:
| Grover Cleveland, of Buffalo, for Governor;
| David B. Hill, Of Elmira, for Lieutenant Gov
ernor; General Henry w. Slocum, Congress
man-at-large; William c. Ruger, Judge Of
| Court of Appeals.
A TERRIBLE railroad accident occurred
in the Fourth-Avenue tunnel New York City,
on the morning of the I'D, in which four per-
sons were killed and nineteen badly injured.
| The New Haven train, laden with teachers and
school children, while standing in the tunnel,
was run into by The Harlem accommoda-
| ton, demolishing the two rear cars and dis
| abling the locomotive The following is the
| Vernon; Frederick Stein, OF New Rochelle;
| Miss j. Smith, school teacher of New York;
an unknown woman; Eugene Aubert, q
school teacher of Mt. Vernon.
| GEORGE HOWARD and Keely, owners
of large herds OF cattle, on their way east from
Arizona, got into dispute over their separa-
tion. To settle the matter a battle was ar
| ranged between twelve of the drovers, six
| COWBOYS to fight on each side. The men ar
| ranup0 thpmgplv horseback f1ftv feet anart
| and fired. -Four men were killed, three of them
being Howard's men. That settled it The
dead were buried, the cattle separated and the
| drovers parted in peace.
THE large jean mill OF j. l.. Edwards
81 Son, Chester, Pa, was destroyed by fire on
the 22d. Loss, $4,000; insurance. 100000.
PNKEYE has been seriously affecting
the horses of Cory, Pa.
THOMAS A. McDEvITr and Christian
Price were convicted at Philadelphia on the
22d on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the
| Government by means of bogus Star route
contracts, entered into In. July, 1879. Lieu
tenant Legrand and Ensign, indicted with
them, were acquitted.
CAPTAIN PAYNE and his followers,
who were taken to Fort Smith, Ark, for trial,
were released by order of the United States
Court on the 22d. Suits were entered against
them to recover the penalty of 81, 1000, and
they were cited to appear at the November
term of court, at which time Judgment will
probably be entered by default.
Ex-LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR GEORGE
L. RossEAU, of Lared,, Texas. shot himself
through the head and died instantly on the
22d.
THE business failures throughout the
country for the week ending the 22d, mum
M
New York and the others in the various States
PRESIDENT CoMsToCK, of the Citizens
National Bank, New York, died of apoplex,
on the 22d.
AN order was issued on the 23d as
signing General Schofeld to the division o.
the Pacific on the 18th of October next.
THE sixth annual session of the Con
Gress League is called to meet at st. Louis OIL
the 29th.
ALoNzo FoLLErT, anew York broker
was reported short about 81, ,OOO, 600 in his ac
counts on the 23d.
The Methodist Church, Handle
/ Bending's works, and Klaher s. Son, at Bern
) vile, near Reading, Pa, were destroyed by fir
ON the oath. Loss, $4,000; insurance, 1000
WILLIAM G. B. RowsoN, telegraph
operator on the Harlem Railroad at Eighty
eighth Street, New York, and Conducto
? Root and Brakeman Robbins, of the wrecked
New Haven train were arrested on the sd 10
: negligence in causing the accident in tn
| tunnel on the 22d.
AHEAvY rain storm prevailed through
out the Eastern and New England State
during the 21st, 22d and 23d, doing an i'm
: mense amount of damage, carrying away dams
bridges, factories, mills and houses and stock
The Grove Street bridge at Plainfield, n. Y.
was carried away while crowded with peopl
: watching the flood, and number drowned
All the railroads leading into New York Cit
were suspended. The loss to property coul'
2 not be estimated.
TIE break in the Erie Canal nea
Syracuse, n. Y, was repaired and navigation
l resumed on the oath.
THE following weekly bank statemen
: of the Associated Banks of New York City wa
issued on the 23d: Loans decrease, 1881, 200
specie decrease, S1,6l4, 200; legal tenders de
circulation increase, $226, 200; reserve decrease
81, ,259 $50 The banks held 81, 321, ,326 les
7. than the legal requirements.
THERE were eleven new cases of feve
4 and four deaths reported at Pensacola on tn
5 ed.
r THE reception of Engineer Melvill
and his companions, Norros and Linderman
t of the Jeanette expedition, and Lieutenan
4 Berry, of the Rogers, by the citizens of Wash
= iugton, on the 23d, was cordial. 1t comprise
. a welcome at the depot, a street parade and
reception in the evening at Masonic Temple
& Commissioner West made feeling speech
first to Melville, then to Berry, then :
e Linderman and Norros, and then to a
: four together, in which he spok
of the dangers they had successfully com
> batted, and expressed the appreciation b
: which their services were borne by the peopi
4 of this country. Melville and Berry responde'
! with a few words, after which they were e;
!. corted to carriages and driven to the hotel
? The route along which they passed was crowde
Z | and they were loudly cheered.
. SECRETARY FoLGER issued a call O