The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-05-02

Miiwaukee the patriarchal circles held
special ceremonies at the temple and the
gathering was addressed by Peter Van
Nechten.
A LITTLE child of George Hoffer,
gardener living near Louisville, KY, was
burned to death on the 26th by its clothes
catching fre from the flames of burning
stubble and straw on its fathers garden
land.
The Treasury Department at Wash
ington purchased $4,000 ounces Of silver
for the mints on the 26th.
The Acting Secretary of the Treasury
issued warrants on the 96th for the payment
of $S,525, 900 on account of pensions.
A PHOTOGRAPHIC counterfeit of new
fiye-dollar National bank note was received
ut the Treasury Departments at Washington
on the 10Th for redemption. Hwas sent to the
Treasury by the Broadway National Bank
Of New York, and is counterfeit on the
First National Bank Of Milwaukee,, Wis.
Il Is regarded as q very imperfect counter
felt. and the Treasury officials are sur
prised that il should have passed through
the hands of bank officers without being
detected. 1t is the first counterfeit of the
kind that has been discovered.
ADvIcEs received at Little Rock,
Ark, from Washington County, that State,
on the 27th ult. are to the effect that great
terror prevails in the vicinity of Sulphur
Springs ON account of mad dogs. Horses,
cows, sheep and hogs had been bitten, and
many narrow escapes Of human life were
reported. The amount Of the live stock
lost so far is over 500. Parents feared TO
send their children from the house and any
one venturing from home done it at his
peril.
REV. DIR. C. B. BoYNToN, for many
years pastor of the Vine Street Congrega-
tional Church, Cincinnati, died at the resi-
dence Of his daughter in that city on the
9th ult. The deceased served as chaplain
of the House of Representative at Wash
ington for two terms, beginning In 1855.
A FREIGHT train ran into the rear of
q passenger train, which had stopped one
mile west of Olivet Station, Mich, on the
Chicago & Grand Trunk line, on the morn
ing of the 9th, killing the conductor and
two passengers and injuring number OF
others.
j. w. SrUrzMAN. and three of his
children, of Millersburg, Holmes County,
Ohio, were stricken down on the 9th ult.
by eating pork infected with trichina and
were not expected to recover.
WILLIAM MACDUFF, financial broker
of New York City, while temporarily in
sane on the 27th ult., shot his wife, his six
year-old SON and himself.
AT an autopsy over the body OF an
unknown tramp found dead ut Wareham,
Mass. on the 9th ult., DIR. Marsh, Of that
place, took out the heart, which measured
fifteen inches in circumference, nine and
one-half inches in length and weighed four
teen pounds. DIR. Marsh stated that it was
the largest heart of which there is any
record.
THE business failures throughout the
country for the week ending the 9th ult
numbered 1s2, as compared to 2oo the pre-
vious week. The New England States had
%: Middle States, %; Western States, So;
Southern States, 80; Pacific States and Ter
ritories, Is; New York City, II, and Cana
da, 10.
JACK COLE, the member Of the jean
nette expedition who lost his reason during
the sojourn of the survivors in Siberia, is
still under treatment in the Government
Hospital for the Insane at washington, but
there is little hope that he viii ever i'm
prove mentally. His mania consists in be.
iieving himself immensely wealthy, and
his principal pastime Is in drawing rude
sketches and pictures.
In compliance with the terms. of q
resolution adopted by the convention OF
colored people Of the District Of Columbia,
which met at W ashington on Emancipation
Day, call has been issued for q National
Washington September %, 1888. The con
vention Is called for consideration Of the
present and future condition of the colored
people of this country, and of the best
method of securing to them the full enjoy
ment of their social and political rights.
THE large steam planning mill OF
Fred Smith e. Co., at Tonawanda, N. Y.
was burned on the 9th ult. Loss abou,
500, 900, upon which there was but small
| insurance.
THE President made the following ap.
pointments on the 9th ult.: Oliver Wood
Ohio, to be agent for the Indians Of Quin
ault Agency, Washington Territory; B. r
johnson, of Minnesota, Register Of the
Land once at Fergus Falls, Mimi. John T
Carlin, of Ohio, Receiver Of Public Moneys
at Bozeman, Mon; Patrick Buckley, Agent
| for the Indians at Tulalip Agency, Wash
| ington Territory; Charles Willoughby, fol
the Indians of Neah Bay Agency, Washing
ton Territory.
INDIAN AGENT CRAMsIE, at For'
Totten, II. T., telegraphed the Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs on the 9th ult
i that he had notified the Turtle Mountain
Indians to come there and receive theil
| supplies. These are the Indians recently
1 reported as being in starving condition
Cramsie will distribute among them 3, ,0O(
/ pounds of -four and 400 pounds Of pork.
THE Commissioner of Internal Rev
/ enue issued a circular on the 9th ult. set
ting forth with regard to redemption of in
ternal revenue checks and proprietory
stamps, and announcing regulations to gov
i ern such redemption. The most important
of these regulations are the following
Check and general proprietary stamps vii
be redeemed at their face, less five per cent
um; private dieproprietory stamps at theil
face value, less nve or tan per centum. &C
chase. Stamps made may be exchanged TO
i other stamps or treasurer's check OF tn
same value, until July 1.
MARY BALLAMARE, wife Of an Italian
knife-grinder, of Nashville, Tenn, satu
rated her clothing with coal oil on the 29tl
ult. and then set them on fire and was hor
| ribly burned. She had been deranged TO
several weeks on account Of the death o
her child.
THE sawmills of the Great Work
Milling and Manufacturing Company, a
Bangor, Me-, were burned on the 18th ult
Loss $4,000; insured for $4,000.
REAR ADMIRAL EDWARD MIDDLE
TON, Of the United States navy, was place,
on the retired list on the 2sth ult. He en-
tered the navy in 1928.
| GREEN B. RAUM, Commissioner o
Internal Revenue, sent his resignation I
the President on the 2Sth ult. 1t was &C
cepted.
The remains of Charles w. Foster
father Of Governor Foster, Were inferred a
Fostoria, Ohio, on the 18th ult. Every bus
ness house was closed. The services wer
conducted by Rev. Foulkes, of the Presby
terian Church; Rev. Wallace, Of the Methc
dist, and Rev. Link, of the Reforms
Church, in q most impressive manner
The singing consisted of q doubl
quartette under the leadership Of J. Z
Wilkison, and was very beautiful. Afte
fully four thousand had viewed the remain
they were taken to the cemetery, followe
by q very large concourse OF people 4
carriages and on foot. At the grave th
ceremonies were performed by the Cd
| Fellows, there being number Of that orde