The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-11-15

preme Court for an injunction restraining the
Commissioner General of the Land Office from
issuing any more patents to land grants to
railroads which have not completed their road
in accordance with the granting acts and for
the purpose OF OBTAINING dicial action on the
entire question, completed their appeal at
Washington on the 9TH, and In conformity
with the arrangements mailed the same TO
New York where Il will be examined by the
leading Auti-Monopoly League. The question
has been creating intense interest
CATHERINE DOYLE, aged over one
hundred years, died at Newark, Ohio, on the
9th. She had been n resident Of that place for
three-fourths OF q century.
The sawmill of Z. John, with large
quantity of lumber, warehouse and dwell
ing, were burned at Point Pleasant w. Va,
on the 9th. Loss $4,000; no Insurance except
on the dwelling.
The production of ale and beer in
Cincinnati, Covington and Newport, accord
ing to the report OF Superintendent Maxwell,
of the Chamber of Commerce, during the year
ending September ], amounted to S27, 2S1 bar
previous year. The production in Cincinnati
was 769, ,62l, which is an increase OF sixty-four
per cent In seven years.
ACTING SECRETARY JosLYN decided
case on the 10th that when a husband and
wife were voluntarily divorced in order that
the wife might make the entry OF the land
under the homestead laws and the woman
subsequently lived with the divorced husband,
the decision holds that In consequence thereof
the woman cannot be considered the head of
the family within the meaning OF the law, and
the land entry is fraudulent.
The Supreme Court of Rhode Island
in the case Of William J. King SS Sons VS.. The
Quidnick Company, William Sprague, presi-
dent, declined on the 10th to hear any further
argument, but instructed the jury to find
verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount,
sS97, ,96s.
THERE were 141 business failures
throughout the country during the week end
ing the 10th, of which 1S2 occurred in the
country and nine in New York City. This is
q considerable increase over the previous weeks
and the failures were individually of more con-
sequence than usual.
THE residence of Albert Bierstadt, the
artist, at Irvington-on- the hudson, N. Y,
was destroyed by fire on the 10th. The build
ing cost 500. 900 Eighteen years ago. A large
number OF Bierstadt's paintings, including his
was caused by SCOT In the chiInuey. The house
was filed with many trophies and curiosities
of famous artists which were all lost Loss
$4,000; Insurance not given.
Four tons of powder exploded in the
Keenan, lime works, ut Smiths Basin, N. Y,
on the 10th, and Dennis Golden and Joseph
Cameron, who had charge of the powder house
was blown to atoms. Portions of their bodies
were found half a mile from where the explo-
sion occurred. It is supposed the men were
smoking.
JESSE WnLIAAsoN's large Touring
mills and 5000 bushels of wheat which was
stored therein, were des royed by fire on the
10th at Muncie, Ind. Ii is thought that the
mill was fred by an incendiry.
TIE Mayor of Iowa City, Iowa, began
granting licenses to saloon keepers on the
10th, his action being induced by Judge
Hayes decision that the prohibition amend
ment was unconstitutional. This is the first
city in that State to renew licenses as q means
OF revenue.
FATHER O'DoNoGHUE, pastor of the
Catholic Church at Morrow, Ohio, died on the
10th, from the effects Of blow from
monkey-vrench administered by Timothy
Green q few days previous. Green was an
| employe OF the pump house on the railroad,
and says that O'Donoghue publicly denounced
his wife as q thief before the congregation on
the Sunday previous. He was arrested.
SECRETARY FoLGER, on the 10th,
issued the 11eth bond call, which is for the
redemption of SIS, 5,0OO, 900 Of the five per cent.
funded loan Of 1881, continued at three and q
| half per cent from August 12, 1881. The call
| gives notice that the principal and accrued
interest of the bonds designated will be paid
| at the Uni ed States Treasury, at Washing
ton, on February 10, 1853, and that the interest
on the bonds embraced In the call will cease
/ on that day.
A DECISION was rendered by Acting
Secretary Joslyn, OF the Interior Department,
on the 10th, in which he hollis thatland entries
made for grazing purposes do not constitute q
| residence
| SECRETARY FoLGER stated on the 10th
that the appointment Of Inspectors for foreign
| vessels would not be made for some time yet,
as he finds Il extremely difficult to fiud efficient
officers for the low salaries provided by law.
SINCE the Treasury Department re-
sumed the exchange of bonds bearing interest
ut the rate of three and a-half per cent per
annum into three per cents, there have been
/ SIC, 500, 900 received for that purpose, leaving
/ only about so, ,000, 900 OF three and a-half
/ per cen s. still outstanding. IL the call cons
tinues at the rate of $4,000, 600 per month,
| which It is understood viii be Secretary Fol-
| gers intention, and the three and a-half per
/ cents. outstanding are not presented for eI-
change, they will all be called for redemption
in less than seven months
| LOUIS F. KOCH, ex-Mayor of La
grange, No., was fined $500. In the United
States District Court of that State on the
10th. on the plea of guilty to the indictment
of extorting Illegal fees from pension claim
| ant
A MEMORIAL service for the late
Bishop Paine Of the NJ. Z. Church, South, was
held at Louisville, KY, on the 10th. Bishop
Kavanagh and other prominent ministers
| Joined in the solemn and impressive services,
which were attended by an immense audience.
EIGHT buildings were destroyed by
nre at Newburn, N. e., on the 10th. Loss
$4,000; partially insured.
The iron bridge of the Georgia Rail-
way over the Oconee River, at Athens, Ga,
ell on the 10th, killing one workman and
seriously injuring six others.
A CYCLONE on the night of the 18th
blew down the house of l. Harmon, near Rip
pley, Iowa, tearing it to pieces. Mrs. Harmon
had one OF her legs broken and the children
were all more or less injured.
THERE were eleven new cases and one
death from fever at Pensacola on the 11th.
The receipts of National bank notes
for redemption at the Treasury at Washington,
for the week ending the 11th, were 81 ,566 900;
bonds held by the Treasurer to secure Nation
al bank circulation, sS62, $40 05O; to secure
public moneys in National hank repositories,
SIG, ,249, 900; bonds deposited to secure circu-
lation during the week, 81, ,SS9, 800; to secure
circulation withdrawn during the week
S2,00S 600; National bank notes outstanding
1856, ,S14, ,lS3; lawful money on dep sit to re-
deem the notes of National banks reducing
circulation, $23, ,923, 5S3, so; liquidating banks,
$l2, ,S79, lS2.40; failed banks, 1917, l0z.20.
The following is the weekly statement
OF the Associated Banks of New York City fol
the week ending the 1lth: Loans decrease
81 l34, 900; Specie decrease, So, 203, 400; legal
tenders decrease, $1,1l7,S00 deposits de
crease, 81, 242, 800; circulation increase, $50,
900; reserve decrease, $3,010, 625. The banks
held IS, ,0e4, $50 less than legal requirements
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