The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-08-15

lying SICK with the disease. 1t Is tnouSnt
to be a type Of the malignant dysentery
where it attacks grown persons.
A. w. LYON d Co.'S tobacco factory,
William A. Waldrou's uanufactory CT to-
bacco machinery, and u. P. Hawes & Co.'s
saw.and file works at Richmond, Va, were
destroyed by fire on the 9th. Insured for
about two-thirds the loss.
A FREIGHT train on the Cleveland &
Lorain Railroad ranoff an open switch five
miles south of Massillon, Ohio, on the 9th,
and wrecked the train, killing the engineer,
Graham, and fireman, Wilson. Several
others were seriously injured.
WHILE five employees of the Hussey,
Howe & Co.'s steel manufacturing estab-
lishment were taking stock in the COM
pany's wareroom at Pittsburgh on the 9th,
a rack, supporting 500 tons OF steel, gave
way, burying Charles Oshman and Robert
Shermitz under the mass and slightly in
juring the others. Oshman was killed
could not recover.
JOHN FISHER, aged eighteen, was out
sailing with two young ladies at Quincy,
Mass, on the 9th, when a gust OF wind
struck the sail, and the boom swinging sud-
denly around, knocked Fisher and one of
the ladies into the water and they were
drowned.
The National Convention of Photo
graphers at their session ut Milwaukee on
the 9th elected the following officers to
serve during the ensuing year: President,
]. II. Kent, Rochester, N. Y; Secretary,
Leo Weingartner, CINCINNATI; Treasurer,
j. F. Ryder. Cleveland; Executive Com
mittee, A. Klouber, Louisville, and ]. Lam
dee, Cincinnati. The next session will be
held at Cincinnati.
THE body of woman named An
drews in an advanced stage of decomposi-
tion was found in a room of a tenement
house at Minneapolis on the 9th with the
head crushed in by a blow from an ak. A
family named Moore, having rooms in the
same building, are missing, and they are
suspected of having murdered the woman.
THERE was considerable excitement
at Rich Hill, Bates County, Mo-, on the 10th
on the discovery of a good grade of petro-
leum. Land was being sold at fabulous
prices and thousands of acres were being
leased. Several gas wells had already been
struck and oil found Oil rock abounds
was unknown.
THE tin shop of A. H. Jaquitte, at
Gardner, Mass, was destroyed by fire on
the morning of the 10th. William NJ. Co
burn was killed by falling chimney.
ADJUTANT GENERAL DRUM addressed
a communication to the Adjutant Generals
of the different States on the 10th with the
view of ascertaining how long it would take
to put an armed and fully equipped force of
100000 men in the field.
The stables on the fair grounds at
Lexington, KY, were destroyed by fire on
the 10th and five trotting horses, mostly OF
the Wilkes stock, perished in the flames.
LOUIS LAFoUNTAIN, banker of Mon
roe, Mich, made an assignment on the
10th. Lialihties $4,000; assets very light.
A MAv named Golfer attempted to
force an ett.;,u,v iu'n tie Lonse OF n re-
sper-Ihle WON IN named Slower, at Lapeer,
Mich. ON the night of the 9th, and she shot
him through the body, causing probably
fatal wound.
KNAPP, the eN-convict, who secured
his pardon from the Ohio penitentiary by
eating soap and pretending to have the con.
sumption, died from that disease on the
9Th.
The business failures throughout the
country for the week ending the 10th mum
bered 1S2-the same as the previous week.
The New England States had p; Middle,
80; Western, So; Southern, %; Pacific, 16;
New York City, 13, and Canada and the
Provinces, Il.
The First National and Indiana Bank.
ing Company, of indianapolis, Ind, failed
to open their doors on the morning of the
10th and great excitement prevailed in con,
sequence. The First National had always
been regarded as one of the strongest bank.
ing institutions in the west, and had en-.
joyed the most unlimited confidence. Great
sNsa1h hFafh has
s-itutions during the whole day. The direct
ors were in consultation with the capitalists
of that city consisting of w lillian II. English,
W. G. Depauw and Z. +. Claypool, with q
bank through, but no conclusion arrived at.
At half-past two, however, the doors of the
First National were thrown open and de-
positors were paid until the hour of closing.
1t was rumored that the PROPOSE
sition made by the syndicate to the
directors was to allow the stockholders
two alternatives, either to double the cash
capital or sell their present stock at fifty
cents on the dollar. The Indiana Banking
Company did not open at all and probably
will not do so for several days, as the First
National is its debtor to a very large extent
and it's future will largely depend upon the
outcome of the other.
THE telegraph operators on the
Pittsburgh, st. Louis 6 Cincinnati Rail
road were called out on q strike at si1
O'Clock D. m. on the 10th by the Brother
hood. This call was due not only to the fact
that the operators had been ordered to con
tinue receiving Western Union business, bu
because Assistant Superintendent Devert
had been summarily discharged at Denni
son, Ohio, that morning. The order wal
generally obeyed all along the line, anC
trains were ordered to run on time sched
ules and with flags.
THE Kimball House at Atlanta, Ga.
was destroyed by fire on the morning o
the 18th. A large number of guests made
narrow escape. Loss $1,000, 900; insurance
500, 900. In the vaults of the Gate City
Bank, which was on the first floor Of the
building, were half a million of money. i
is believed that the fire was incendiary.
DO. MILLS, of Sacramento, presented
the State of California with a magnificent
piece of statuary representing COLUMBUS a
the court of Queen Isabella. 1t is nine fee
high and cost S35, 900. Mr.. Mills will plac
il in the rotunda of the Capitol at his owl
expense.
THE City National Bank of Law
renceburg, Ind, closed its doors on tn
11th, and State Commissioner Hay tool
charge of the books OF the concern and vii
make a statement of its condition in a few
days. 1t was stated that the failure grew
out of the embarrassment Of Henry Fitch
| the Vice President, who wss using tn
banks money in his sawmill business. Tn
mill is one of the largest and most complet
and best equipped on the Ohio River, ant
the recent drop in the price of lumbe
| affected it seriously.
A TERRIBLE fire occurred at Vineyard
Haven, Martha's Vineyard, Mass, on tn
evening of the 11th. About fifty acres o
cottages and every business houses but on
in the city were destroyed. The loss is es
timated at $3.50, 1000. The cottages were oc
| cupied by summer boarders, about 200 o
whom lost everything they possessed. Tn
fire originated in the Baptist church.
a DISPATCH received at the Indial
Office at Washington on the 11th announce
that the Greek Indian troubles had bee