The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-09-27
General News Summary.
Interesting Home and Foreign News
DOMESTIC.

SEVERAL cases of sunstroke occurred
at New York on the Goth.
The Connecticut Republican State
Convention met at New Haven on the Goth.
Marshall Jewell was elected permanent chair
man. General William II. Bulkeley was nom-
| mated for Governor by reclamation; John ID.
| Cande, for Lieutenant Governor; s. I. STAN
| ton, Secretary of State; John Converse,
| Treasurer; Frank ID. Short, Comptroller.
THE Star route trials opened at Phila-
| delphia on the 10th. The first case taken up
was that Of McDevitt, of Chicago, charged
| with conspiracy to defraud the Government
in Texas routes. Wiley, one of the defend
ants, has turned States evidence.
| JOHN STRAUSS and j. w. Howard
were arrested at Boyne Falls, Michigan, on
the Goth, charged with forging pension papers.
| Howard is a Justice of the Peace and signed
| the certificate in blanks prepared by Strauss.
| The frauds amount to several thousand dollars.
| Both were held for trial In the United States
| Court.
The Massachusetts Republican State
Convention met at Worcester on the Goth.
Senator Hoar was elected permanent chair
| man. The following ticket was nomina' ed:
! Governor, Robert r. Bishop; Lieutenant Gov
ernor, Oliver Ames; Secretary OF State, Henry
| b. Pearce; Treasurer and Receiver General,
| Daniel A. Gleason; Auditor, Charles r Ladd;
Attorney General, Edgar j. Sheridan.
THE New York State Prohibition Con-
vention was held at Rochester on the Goth and
the following ticket placed in nomination.:
Governor, A. A. Hopkins; Lieutenant Gov
ernor, W. FL. Boole; Chief Judge of Court of
Appeals, c. A. Hammond; Congressman-at-
| large, J.. :. Freeman; Congressman of the
Thirty-first district, Joseph w. Grover; Judge
OF Supreme Court, V. +. Willard.
The National Association of Burial
| had In,
at Cleveland, Ohio, adjourned on the Goth to
meet at Cincinnati January next.
DURING the performance of Orton's
circus at Mount Airy, N: C., on the 10Th, the
seats fell with 500 persons. Over fifty were
seriously injured, four ladies fatally. Many
men, women and children had legs or arms
| broken.
THERE were nineteen new cases of
yellow fever at Brownsville on the 10Th, and
twenty-six new cases and four deaths at Pen
sacola. The citizens of Brownsville were pro-
testing against the rigid quarantine of that
place.
A MOVEMENT is on foot among some
enterprising Washington people 10 hold an
nually grand National encampment near that
city. 1t is proposed to invite the various State
organizations of National Guards to send their
Representatives there. Handsome prizes are
to be offered for competitive drills and target
shooting and such other inducements extended
as Will bring great crowd to Washington
every year.
DURING the storm on the night of the
Goth, three large barns, near Erie, Pa, were
struck by lightning and burned, together
with the immense crops just harvested and
stored there. The barns were among the
largest In the county.
THE Missouri Republican State Con-
vention met at jefferson City on the Goth. R.
, G. Crowell, one of the minority of the State
Central Committee, who favored holding a
convention, called the body to order. Nearly
all the counties were represented. Judge
Chester A. Krum, Of ST. Louis, was chosen
| permanent President and Winfield Miller,
Secretary. The following State ticket was
then nominated by acclamation: For Supreme
Judge, David Wagner, of st. Louis; for Su-
J perintendent of Public instruction, Prof. o.
G. Hill, Of Holt County; for Railroad Com
missioner, Colonel r. Ii. Hunt, Of Kansas
, City.
THE President has appointed Horace
, B. Frye and James G. Reed of New York, and
Henry Blackstone, OF Pennsylvania, a CON-
mission to examine the twenty-five miles of
Northern Pacific Railroad in Montana.
THERE was a sharp frost throughout
Minnesota on the Goth. The corn was half in
. shock, and most of the balance beyond the
reach of harm. Vines were cut down, but the
| loss from In1S SOnrce Is not SERIOUS.
THE New York Republican State Con-
, vention met at Saratoga on the 2lst. Ex-
! Senator Madden was chosen permanent Presi-
, dent. Charles ]. Folger was nominated for
Governor; B. Platt Carpenter, for Lieutenant
Governor; Judge Andrews, Chief Judge of
the Court of Appeals; A. ID. Hepburn, Con-
gressman-at-large. Resolutions were adopted
declaring that the Republican party OF New
York had no new doctrine to present upon the
questions which heretofore occupied pub
lic attention, such as honest money,
pure elections, the regulation of traffic
In Intoxicating liquors, the protection
{ of home industry and the necessity of restrict
ing power and influence of corporations. II
is content TO be judged by its past declarations
and acts; that equitable taxation reaching
corporations as well as persons, is approved
as a correct system which should be perfected
that the practical results of resent Legislation
upon the subject fully justify the action of the
Repu6nsan party in Us h adoption; % = that tht
discriminating against the lGcal interests
5 are wrong in principle and should not bt
tolerated.; that stringent legislanon should
be enacted to secure purity and honesty in
3; primary elections, aud that all possible safe
guards should be thrown about these sources
of the political action of the people; thai
1 while there are varying opinions on the sub
ject of liquors, we subscribe to the principle
that propositions on that subject like all othel
propositions for change in fundamental law
z pressing confidence in the administration o.
? President Arthur and approving OF the wts(
and patriotic course pursued by him under tht
embarrassing circumstances OF his accession tc
Office; applauding his courage in resisting the
enactment of the River and HarbOr bill, which
! violated the accepted rules OF constitutions
power, aud which, while authorizing manl
needed public improvements, carried with Il
large and wasteful appropriations for work.
of neither National or public good, has Sc
{ cured for him the admiration Of even his enc
mics.
The Nebraska Republican State Con
vention, at Omaha, on the 21st, nominated j
W. Dawes for Governor on the third ballot.
J. A. SCorr was elected Grand Higl
Priest Of the Royal Arch and Select Mason
OF Ohio, at the session OF the Grand Chapte
ut Newark on the 21st.
The wholesale drug house of Gilber
: Bros. & Co., at Baltimore, Nd, was burneC
e on the 21st Loss on stock and buildir g
: s35,000; insurance, Sl2, 500.
: THERE were nineteen new cases o
4 fever and four deaths at Brownsville on tn
I 21st, and twenty-six new cases at Pensacola
q Polk WELLS, one of the James gang
now serving life sentence in the Fort Madi
son, Iowa, penitentiary, is in the hospital o
a that institution, suffering severely from pis
tol-ball in the right breast, which makes hi
beathing very difficult He will have to sub
init to a dangerous surgical operation, the re
suit of which 1t is stated will be very doubtful
The mining firm of James G. Sand
& Co., New York, was announced on the 2ls
as having failed. The firm did large bus
ness;kith the business men and society-peopl
8 ofIhat city who dabble in mining stock. Two
laiies are reported as contributing $4,000
, each to a pool out of which $50, 900 was real
: lied, and all was left in the hands of the firm
= for future speculation. large number o
\ | had ite1 hatNraaO I
/ and IS, 900 with the mining brokers as margins
Neither of the firm has been seen since tn