The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-02-01


found hanging from the second story window
Of the jail.
An infuriated mob of laborers thrown out of
employment by the collapse Of the Chicago
Portage & Superior Railroad, attempted TO.
destroy q bridge on the line Of the road nearI
Hudson, Wis, on the 2sth, but were fnallyi
prevented
DURING 1880, A, 40, $50 tons of bituminous
coal were mined in the United States, Of which
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois furnished
three-quarters. Anthracite product, 23, ,646, ,9Q6
tons, nearly all furnished by Pennsylvania
J. A. HEFLIS, of Wapello, Iowa, fatally shot
his wife on the 26th and ended his own exist
ence by putting a bullet through his head.
ATTAINED bear, which had been in charge of
two Italians, escaped from its keepers just
outside of the city limits of Lafayette, Ind,
on the 25th, and was killed by . family which
1t attacked. The Italians are missing and,
from the discovery Of bits of their clothing in
the vicinity, 1t is feared that they both were
killed.
rHE steamboat Kate stockdale, on her down,
ward trip from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati, on
the 9Th ult., became unmanageable and went
under the wrong span Of the railroad bridge
that spans the Ohio River at Beaver, Pa, knock
ing of her pilot house and smoxestaeks. Three
deck hands becoming frightened jumped over
board and were drowned.
OWING to the frequent cases Of garrotinG
reported lately In New Orleans, the streets are
now patrolled nightly by the committee Of pub
Lie safety, who have force of $50 men armed
with shot guns.
The court house at Northport, Leelenaw
County, Mich, was burned on the 18th ult.,
with most of it's contents, including all the
probate records, the townships library and the
law library of 8. A. Cutter.
TIE Philomathean Society of Louisiana has
issued call, inviting all literary and historical
societies, boards of trade, exchanges, etc, +,
along the Mississippi River and Its tributaries
to cooperate with various societies and or au-
lzations in New Orleans in the celebration 81
the La Sale bi-centennial.
APANILY named Romano, living near Cor
inth, KY, were poisoned on the 9th ult., as IS
supposed by arsenic put in their corn bread.
Five Of the family were lying at the point OF
death.
An attempt was made TO assassinate DR.. A.
J. Erwin, of Mansfield, o., on the night of the
2sth ult. The Doctor, who had been attend
| ing party, was returning home about twelve,
O'Clock and in attempting to open the gate in,
front of his residence, which was out of re-:
pair, he discharged . double-barreled gun,
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assassin to the top-board of the fence, about
six feet from its intended victim, that 1t would
be discharged when the gate was swung. The
Doctor received the entire charge Of both bar.
rels in his right side In the region Of the short
ribs.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM RANKIN, Q well-known,
vessel owner Of Detroit, died on the 18th ult.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
TEE French Chamber Of Deputies, by vote
of 305 to III, on the 26th, rejected the Gov
| ernmeut bill for the revision Of the Constitu-
tion, including the provisions for the ser7aia
de iiae. NJ. Gambetta personally handed Pres
ident Grevy his own resignation and that Of
his colleagues
| A DIsPAcrH from Dublin says Lloyd, mag
istrate of Clare, Limerick and Cork Counties,
Informed the authorities of widespread and
dangerous conspiracy in his district, an in
former having revealed all the plans of Sc
eret association engaged in it.
| ACoSsTANTINoPLE dispatch says that En-
gland and France have given reassuring ex-
plantations to all the powers concerning their
collective note to the Khedive of Egypt, and
Il Is believed the affair viii be settled without
further diplomatic communication.
SIX Mormon Elders undertook TO hold an
Il
9th. They were accompanied By procession
of Mormen men and women singing hymns.
| One Of the Elders delivered an address and
urged upon his hearers the advantages of en-
| igration to Utah. The meeting was broken
up by q large crowd who attacked the Nor
mons. Several persons were injured.
DEFREYorNcT has undertaken the formation
of the French Cabinet. Jules Ferry WIN prob
ably be Ministerof Public Instruction and Leon
Say, Minister Of Finance.
TIE Club National, Of Montreal Canada,
composed of young French Canadians, Affili-
ated with the Liberal party, have unanimous
ly passed resolutions favoring the full inde-
| pendence Of Canada, and ask the LIBERAL party
to make that the principal plank in their plat
form.
1S Lemax, Yucatan, there were Ia, 900 cases
of Yellow fever, up TO the 9th ult., 222 had
II fEd