The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-02-07

Senate by the Nebraska Legislature on the
31st ult-
ID. NJ. SABIN was elected United States
Senator from Minnesota on the LIST by the
Legislature of that State.
The farmhouse of A. d. Stage, near
Dassel, Minn., was burned on the night OF the
sIst ult., and four Of his children perished in
the flames. Mr.. Stage, his wife ami baby
barely escaped with their livrs, and were
nearly frozen t. death in the storm before
they could reach the house Of q neighbor.
A Los ANGELES, Cal, special of the
31st says Ex-Governor Downey has pub
lished card In which he scouts at the tramp
the.'ry Of the recent Tehachacys' railroad d S.
aster aud char es It to the csrelessness of the
employees of the road. He also announced his
intention of bringing suit for heavy damages
against the company.
A HORRIBLE case of death and desti-
tuition was found I'm Kings township, Luzerne
County, Pa, by the Ladies' Aid Society of
Wilkesbarre, on the 3lst ult. A man named
Leonard and his son were found dead In bed
and he wife and two young children In the
last st ge Of starvation. Relief " Is promptly
given
THE nomination of S. Davis Page to
be Comptroller OF the City of Philadelphia,
was rejected bv the Pennsylvania Senate on
the Is. after being favorably reported from the
Committee.
JOSEPH BUTLER was sentenced on the
1st, at North Adams, Mass, TO the State prison
for life for felonious assault upon three little
girls last October. Ten years of this sentence
Is to be in solitary confinement This is the
most severe sentence Of this character In the
history Of the States prison OF that State
A FAMILY of nine persons, living in
Laurens County, 8. c., ate q goose on the
2Sth ult, which had been bitten by mad dog.
All were seized with commissions soon after
ward and showed symptoms of hydrophobia-
Five of the family died and the others were
suffering the greatest agony with no hopes Of
recovery.
The safe of w. W. Wood, Treasurer
Of jackson County, Texas, was bl,wn open
at Texana, on the 31st ult., by order Il the
court. Mr.. Wood had been absent several
weeks ostensibly 70 medical treatment, but
IL was thought that he was q defaulter to
q considerable amount, and had left for parts
be found in the safe, but not one dollar was
there he also had the custody OF large
amount of private funds which are also miss
ing.
STATE TREASURER VINCENT, of Ala
hama, has been found short in his accounts
with thu State He left Montgomery on the
18th ult., stating that he was going to New
York to straighten his accounts, but as he had
tot been seen in that city It was thought he
was communicated to the Legislature b. the
| Governor on the 1st- The shortage is about
$227, 900, bu the State Is amply secured. The
money was lost in cotton speculations.
Two Mexicans fought duel with
axes In q closed room at Socorro, N. NJ, on
| the 3lst ult. One Of the combatants had his
head severed from his body and the o her was
SO terribly injured that his life was despaired
| OF. They bad both been paying attention 70
/ the same girl, and in order to settle theii
/ claims they locked themselves into a room aud
fought with axes W tn the above result.
The wheel mill of the American Pow
der Company's works at Acton, Mass, ex
ploied early on the morning of the LIST, with 6
terrible crash, shaking dwelling houses for
| many miles ar'und and demolishing the build
| ing. None o the workmen were the mill
at The lime OF the explosion. Loss heavy.
The docks of the Inman Steamship
Company at New York were burned on the
morning of the lst- The slip was filed with
towed out into the river with but slight dam
age The freight sheds with their contents
were destroyed. The loss will be In the neigh
borhood Of 81 ,O0o, 900. The fire was caused b.
the explosion of a carb y Of vitrol.
FRANKLIN PIERCE. claiming to be 6
physician, was arrested and held under IS, ,00C
bail. on the S1st ult-, for causing the death o.
Mrs. Barna Bemis, of Oakdale, Mass. Fl
treated her for internal erysipelas by bathing
her In kerosene and rolf z her up in banda. e
saturated with that oil. The woman wa
literally Slistered and skinned alive, and died
after We of horrible suffering.
f. H. SMITH, of Selma, Georgia, wa
! appointed Treasurer of that State by the Gov
ernor, IN the ID, in place Of Vincent who ab
seconded.
The business failures throughout tn,
country for the week ending the I'd numbere,
, 905, compared with 274 the previous week
The-New England Sites had Al; Middle, SO
oTes SCI O S. fsse asM YORK s't
10. The great mass of the failures are of
very petty kind.
A WILD man was captured near Chat
tano ga, Tenn, on the ID. He had been see
several days previous to his arrest devourinI
: the carcass Of n dead horse and after skinninI
I the dead animal wrapped the hide around hi
! own nude body. 1t was with great difficult
that he was capture I as he resisted like q viii
} beast. Nothing could be learned that woul
lead to his ide' tity.
FLETCHER REED, of GAINESVILLE, Wis.
becoming crazed by religious excitement
! made funeral pyre of q straw-stack. Afte
: setting It on fire, on the 1st, he jumped !
and was burned to death
PRoF. GEORGE w. GREENE, the his
! torian, died ut his home in East Greenwich
: r. l., on the ID.
: The Lawrence vinegar works, at Law
r renee, Kansas, were destroyed by fire on II
: ID. Loss se5, 900; insurance slS,5oo.
. The court house at Lafayette, Wake
County, Ga, was burned on the I'd. II
Il a. .,.I Nf Inc a
stroyed.
The reaper and agricultural factor
. Of the Curtis Manufacturing Company
Albion, N. Y, were destroyed by fire on Il
{ I'd. The loss exceeds $125,OoO; insuran'
b about $4,000. The cause OF the fire WI
q unknown. These same works were destroys
: by fre on the 2ls OF March last
: The barn of Wellington Dickerson.
Boston Township, summit County, Ohio, W
u burn~d on the lst, and forty head Of cat lie, 8
!. horses, seventy tons Of hay and 500 bushels
!. corn were destroyed. The fre was of ince
!. diary origin. Insure for abou' one-hsh
= MAGGIE CURLErr, twelve year ol
,e school girl, was shot and killed by Catheril
r Burnison, at Philadelphia, on the I'd, {
= whose front pavement she was playing wi
d several companions. The woman who did q
g. shooting was arrested. she ated tnat 3, q
o did not know that the pistol was loaded. q
D. only wanted TO srare the child away, as q
E. did not like children.
The Union Iron and Steel Company
+ works, at Chicago, were closed on the I'd Al
- placed IN the hands OF receiver. The value
- the mills and ct OK on hand is ab ut =, ,000, ,0C
% % Liabilities not given. IL Ia understood tn
70 the prevalent low prices on rails and the BIZ
y prices OF labor made the suspension imper
~ tive.
o. SENATOR FERRY and his brothe
o. doing business under the firm uame OF Fer
& Brother. at Grand Haven, Mich, failed
1t the Sd. The liabilities win reach seveI
IN hundred thousand dollars. The cause is
u, tributed TO the failure Of q silver mine In Ut
= where they had their mon invested
q, THE millinery establishment of /. u