The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-04-11

wonderful hand-carvings and inscriptions
fifty years before. Thedelegates assembled
outside the building at one o'clock and
forming in procession headed by their
President, Joseph Smith, Jr., the son
Of the PTSRssssd %aR2ssd anS 1sd the the tep
The President then assembled the steps
and took his seat on the exalted altar,
the one occupied by his father fifty years
ago, while the Apostles and priests ranged
themselves at the lower affairs in respect to
their rank. Amid the most impressive
silence the President arose and, for the first
time in half q century, was heard
Church in that temple. The business session
was then formally opened and the authen-
ITCHY of the delegates determined Reports
from the different missionary helds were
converts had been received during the past
year in the United States and Canada.
The missionaries asked for additional help
in the shape of ordained men by the church,
claiming that there never was a more au-
spicious time in the whole history OF Nor
monism than the present. The session will
continue about two weeks. 1t Is thought
that q memorial will be adopted asking
Congress to crush out polygamy in Utah.
GOVERNOR FOSTER, of Ohio, ap-
pointed the following members of the Su-
preme Court Commission of that State on
the 9Th: George K. Nash, Columbus; +. ].
Dickman, Cleveland; ID. A. Haynes, Day
ton: Charles ID. Martin, Lancaster, and
Judge John McCauley, Of Tifin. Messrs.
Martin and McCauley are the Democratic
members of the Commission.
THE Commissioners of the General
Land Office sent to the Surveyor General
of New Mexico on the -, patent for a
private land claim known as the canton
chico Grant" The land Is situssed in San
Miguel and Bernalillo counties, N. M, and
contains 37S, ,537 acres
The boiler in the factory of George
Bishop, at New Berne, N. c., exploded on
the 5th, killing Abram Brown, the engineer,
and Frank Emmett, the fireman. Two en-
ployes were seriously injured. The house
of Isaiah Wood, one hundred feet distant,
was destroyed and Mrs. Wood fatally in
jured. Half of the factory building was
demolished and all the houses in the vicin-
| ity more or less damaged
j. L. BRYANT, of Lynchburg, Tenn,
was drowned at Shelbyville, that State, on
the 5th. He was fishing when the boat in
which he was in, was drawn under q mill
dam and he was drowned. The body was
recovered.
GEORGE LOTT and William Huber
were killed and William Curder severely
injured by the bursting of an emery wheel
in a cooper shop at Cincinnati on the 9Th.
AsIcKENNG tragedy occurred at West
Union, Doddridge County, w. Va, on the
night of the 5th, resulting in the horrible
death of Bafney Doyle and his two daugh-
ters, aged five and seven years. A worth
/ less character of that place named Harper
entered the house and struck Doyle over
the head with a heavy poker and then
| stabbed him in several places about the
| body with a knife. His two children, who
were sleeping beside him, were awakened
i by the noise of the assault, and they
were also murdered with a hatchet
by the assailant in hopes of con-
/ cealing his identity. The object of the
murder was undoubtedly robbery, as Doyle
was known TO keep large sums of money in
/ the house. Harper was arrested.
| BARNUM's elephant, Pilot" became
unmanageable at New York on the 9th and
had to be shot. The tusks were preserved
and one leg of the animal given to the col
| lege of Physicians and Surgeons for dissec-
ton.
THE woolen mills owned by w. X.
Shaw, at Norwich, Conn.,, were destroyed
by fire on the 9Th. Loss $4,000; insurance
$4,000.
THE business failures throughout the
country for the week ending the 9Th num-
bered 1917, as compared with 1872 the previ-
Gus week. The distribution of the failures
were as follows: New England States, II; :;
Western, So; Middle, &c; Southern, 10; Pa
cific States and Territories, Il; New York
City, 13, and Canada, -.
THE Free Pipe Line bill passed the
Pennsylvania State Senate on the 9th by a
vote of thirty-one yeas to twelve nays.
LIEUTENANT JOHN II. CoALE, of the
Second Cavalry, United States army, died
at Fort Custer, Montana, on the 9Th, after q
long illness.
THE Masonic Hall, Western Union
telegraph office and six business houses
were destroyed by fire at Shelbyville, Tenn.
on the 9Th. Loss 500 700; insured for $50,
600.
THE Secretary of State transmitted
to the Treasury Department. on the 9th 6
report from r. NJ. Daggett, United States
Minister resident at Honolulu, with regard
| to the statements recently made to the ef
feet that Chinese sugars are being imported
at Honolulu and thence reshipped to the
United States as Hawaiian sugars, which
pay no duty. Daggett says that after q
thorough investigation he was satisfied thai
the statements above referred to were en-
tirely without foundation.
AT Philadelphia the society to protect
children from cruelty have sent a circular
letter to the factories and underground
works Of the State notifying them it was thu
purpose of the society to enforce the law
l
asking cooperation.
, The firm of Lawrence & Asher
stationers, of New York City, made an as
signment on the 9Th. Liabilities S234, 900
, assets $150,000. The preferences aggregat.
S9S, 900.
TEE private bank of p. 81. Thomp
kins, of FL Paso, H., made an assignmen
to W. @. Randall, on the 9Th. Liabilities
) S25O,0O0; assets $4,000. Nearly all tn
/; losses are by citizens Of FL Paso. 1t 1
: thought that Thompkins has been specula
ting in options.
e IT is resported that horses are suffer
/ ing in few localities in Minnesota from
3 pinkeye, glanders, and a kind of nervou
: disease termed by some spinal meningitis
7 The Iowa State Agricultural Colleg
: at Des Moines, that State, was temporaril..
? closed on the 7th on account of the breaking
+ out Of scarlet fever among the students.
J. THE Ends House, a three-story bricl
: hotel at Greenville, Hunt County, Texas
d fell, on the 7th, burying fifteen persons i
+ the debris. The ruins then took fire an
+ many of the bodies were roasted in tn
the past year, and had been considered uI
e safe, the walls being very light.
s Hon. L. ID. ODELL, pioneer @
n Wayne County, Ohio, died at his residence
= ! Big Prairie, that county, on the 7th. Nj
Odell was member of the Ohio Legislator
= thirty years ago and was also in the Stat
s Senate in 1885.
/. The Industrial Works, manufactor
8 of barrels, buckets, tubs and similar al
ticles, at Augusta, Ca, was burned on th
e 7th. Loss $4,000.
l. The agricultural implement house c
s. George W. Rouse & Son at Peoria, H., wa
burned on the 7th. Loss, S45 900; insuranc
" S27, 500.
= COLONEL ID. G. CARR, native {
3 Otsego County, N. Y, but for many yeaI
lt | a resident of Petersburg. Va. died at th