The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-12-27
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.

Kinks to spend Christmas.
IN. T. Horr, of the Columbia Law Col
| lege, is spending the Holidays at,home.
Go to Otterbacker's for all kinds OF
sleigh bells, chimes, etc.
-Carmi Stroup, of LAGRANGE, Indiana,
is visiting his boyhood home and friends
here.
l Rev. Mr.. Moore, rector of the Episco-
pal Church, at Oberlin, died last Sunday
morning.
The Townsend brothers came to Well.
ington to spend Christmas with their
friends here.
| Rev. Harry o. Sheldon, once a promi-
nent pioneer Methodist preacher, died at
his home in Oberlin, Dec. 21st aged SO
years.
Mrs Rev. w. II. Painter, the only sis
ter of Mr.. Gregory, came Saturday to spend
the Holidays. with her brothers family
here.
Mrs. DR.. Farm, wife of the physician
| at Kelly's Island, took laudanum to relieve
tooth-ache, Sunday, and died soon after
from its effects.
Mrs Sally Stone Colwell, who died
Christmas day, at Lowell, Mass, had six
pastors of churches.
L. Greenwald, clothing merchant of
Ashland, made an assignment last week.
The 5000 worth of stock will not, it is
thought, cover liabilities
The Clifford family, parents, brothers
and sisters of Mrs. w. H. Pierce, were
invited there Christmas day, and made
large gathering.
Elmer Houghton came home from
Oberlin, at the close of the term, i'll with a
cold on the lungs, that has confined him
to the house the past week.
Mrs ]. s. Mallory and daughter went
to Cleveland, Saturday morning, to spend
Christmas with her parents, and Mr.. NAL
lory followed them later.
Mrs. j. B. Challacombe, of Eureka,
Kansas, formerly of Wellington, with her
two little sons, is visiting friends in Well
Ington and Cleveland.
Miss Cora E. Gannett, who has been
so i'll for the last three months with typho
malarial fever, is rapidly convalescing,
and her complete recovery is looked for
at no distant day.
Hon j. M. Langston was shipwrecked
on his voyage to Port au Prince, Nov 9Th
His wife had not yet heard from him at
last accounts, though all on board were re-
ported saved.
Mr. and Mrs. A. c. houghton and fam
lily and Miss Myra Twichel, of Toledo,
sister of Mrs. Houghton, the latter on their
way to Mansfield, spent the Sabbath at E.
W. Houghton's.
Freddie Reamer, of Cleveland, South
Side, was scalped by being thrown against
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and also suffered serious conclusion of the
BRAIN
# K. Wilcox, of Macon, Missouri, with
his wife and daughter is visiting friends in
Wellington and Huntington, and will re-
main about month. Miss Susie Wilcox,
the daughter, expects to remain here.
Miss Minnie .Mawhir, who went from
Berea to Africa with company of mis-
sionaries, was married upon her arrival
there Sept. 18th, TO Mr.. VIM. Sanders, who
had preceded her to Ballunda, West Cen
trail Africa.
Horse blankets and lap robes at cost
at Otterbacker's. 3
L. w. Dawson, youngest brother of
Hiram Dawson, on his way home to
Chautauqua County, n. Y, from Indiana,
stopped here over Sunday and Monday
WIN nlo DIOlucA- L1C nus DCCu dn naN ALOn
Wellington 10 years.
DIR. F. n. Clark, who is now in Cali
fornia, has sent to an old friend in Well
ington some beautifully arranged ferns,
MOSES and pressed leaves, mounted so as
to form landscapes, and choice pictures
independent of their ingenious origin.
The Fair given by the Social Union
at the Methodist Church parlors, last Fri
day evening, was very successful. The
night was stormy and many, hurried with
business incident to holiday trade, were
prevented from attending, but after paying
expenses there was realized $40.
On Christmas day, Mr.. Vischer took
up broken paper weight and stepped to
the open window, as he supposed, to throw
| it into the street, but the window proved
| to be closed. and received the full force of
his hand, shivering it into a score of pieces
and cutting his hand and wrist severely.
| He now carries il in q sling. 1t cannot be
denied that he can see through glass.
w. II. Sage, who has been book keep
er in the First National Bank of yelling
| ton for the past seven years, closes his con-
nection there this week, and enters upon
| the duties of special agent for the Fire
mans Fund, and the Union Insurance
| Company, for the State of Ohio, and will
travel in their interests, retaining his home
here however, and making Wellington his
headquarters, where he will "report" as
frequently as the convenience of his bust
ness will allow.
Mr.. NJ McDermott, of Berea, gave 4
Brussels carpet, or the $12500 which pur-
| chased il, for the floor of the new rooms
of the Alethean Society, in the Ladies'
new Boarding Hall; and Rev. DR.. Schuy-
ler gave the same to the Clionian Society.
| The fortunes of these societies have chang
ed somewhat since our first acquaintance
with them. We remember when a new
ingram for each was considered a great
acquisition, and very luxurious after a
year or two of pioneer literary life on bare
| floors.
The business of switching cars and
making up trains has become so great that
the c. G. G. & /. Co. have put an engine at
this station for that purpose. 1t comes
| out from Cleveland every morning, and
after completing the days work returns
with a train of coal cars in the evening.
An average of twenty-five TO thirty car
loads of coal are received over the W. &
L. E. r. r. each day and taken into Cleve-
land. This gives some indication of the
amount of business done by the new road.
One of our citizens lately told us a
good story on himself which it would be
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