The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-01-24


United States Senate BY the Massachusett.
Legislature Oh the 18th.
The steamer Josephine exploded hel
boiler in Port Susan bay, about hftv mileI
north of Seattle. washingtoa Territory, or
the 18th. The captain, purssr, steward, fire
man and several passengers are reported lost
The cause Of the explosion was not known.
Two-rHIRDs of the business portion
Of Cisco, Texas, was destroyed by hre on the
18th. The heaviest losers are Ramsay, Champ
man & Red6eld, who had no insurance, and
Park & Patterson, who were only about one
third insured
IT was rumored in Washington on the
18th that IL Admiral Bryson was selected to
command che Asiatic Station he would take
advantage of the forty years. service law, and
BE- retired at once In this event, Commodore
simpson would probably succeed Admiral
Citx.
ALARaE number Of seal appeared on
cakes Of ice on Staten island, N. T., on the
nth. Several were killed, one Of which
weighed over 100 pounds.
CONGRESSMAN NSHACKELroRD, of North
Carolina, died at washinet on the 18th, after
. long Illness from q complication OF diseases
SECRETARY CHANDLER received dis
pa ch from Minister Hunt, at St. Petersburgh,
on the 18th, stating that the Russian Govern
ment had finally authorized the removal of
be remains OF DE Long and his comrades via
Irkuisk. on their way % the United States.
Rev. M HICKS has decided to the Sur
Reon General Of the army for the use Of the
Army Museum, all right, title and interest in
the body Of the late Charles Guiteau-
ENSIGN Hunt, in charge of Che Chipp
search party, telegraphed the Navy Depart
ment on the 18th, under date Kirensk, an
nouncing the death Of Queguin, one of the
original Jeanette survivors, from smallpox.
r. L NEwBoLD, aged seventy-six
years, of the firm OF Newbold & Son, owners
OF the extensive machine works at Norristown,
Pa, died on the 18th. The deceased was at
one time Minister to Mexico and held other
positions under the Government.
Mrs. PETTNGILL. q wealthy lady of
Bridgeport, Conn, who died on the nth, be-
queathed $15o,0Oo to the charitable institu-
tions OF that city.
THE National Chair Makers Associa-
ton held their annual session at st. Louis on
the 17th. They decided to make few II any
changes in prices. The following officers were
elected: President, r. N. Blackstone, OF She
boyean Falls, Wis; Vice President, George
Henshav, Cincinnati; Secretary and Treas
urer, J. p. Fell, Bloomington, III. The next
session VIII be h. Id at Milwaukee.
ELIHU PALMER, nephew of ex- Cover
nor Palmer, OF Illinois, shot his wife on the
street At st. Louis, on the 18th, and then
placing the revolver to his head blew his brains
out. The couple had been living unhappily
together for some time, and the wife, q few
weeks ago, separated from her husband, and
he meeting her on the street shot her. The
ball lodged in her neck. Ths wound was not
houRht dangerous.
The prohibitory amendment of the
Constitution Of Iowa, adopted by popular
vote June last, was declared invalid BY the
Supreme Court of that state on the 18th.
Judge Sewers rendered the decision
JACOB SCHRIEvER and eight children,
Of Fredericksburgh, Gillespie County, Texas,
were poisoned on the 18th by eating pork
Three Of the children died and the rem ,inder
were not expec ed to recover. It was believed
they were suffering from trichine
THE Key City Block, at Moorhead,
Ninn., was destroyed by fire on the 18th.
There were some forty persons living in the
block, but sll managed to escape. Several
merchants who occupied the ground floor of
the block, lost their entire stocks, on which
the Was little or no insurance.
SENATOR HoAR resigned the Regency
OF the Smiths nian Institution at Washington
on the 18th, and Mr.. Edmunds was appointed
to fill the vacancy.
The total value of exports of domestic
provisions, tallow and dairy products during
the twelve months ended December 81, 1882,
were SEQ e34, ,423.
A FIRE at Newburg. S. c., on the
9th burned several business houses. Partially
covered BY insurance.
SEVEN frame buildings, occupied as
business houses, at Abeline, Dickinson County,
Kansas, were burned on the 18th. Partly in
sured.
The Quincy House, one of the largest
hotels in Quincy, Ill, was burned early on the
morning of the 18th The fire was discovered
by one Of the guests on the third floor, Who
ave the ~larm. Men, women and children
jumped from their be and rushed to the
street, not waiting to dress, but as the fire
burned slowly there were no lives lost. Kate
Butler, one Of the chambermaids, was badly
burned about the head and face, and William
Stackelback, policeman, ha q leg br ken by
falling down stairs. The hotel originally cost
S115,O00..
The business failures for the week end
ing the 18th throughout the country numbered
al AuCiC1oC Va uAbCCu COuipaIcu viii tuc
previous week. The Eastern States had %;
a,.d Territories, %; Canada, IL. and New York
City, IL. The failures, though numerous, were
not generally Of much importance. A LARGE
number OF them were Of the class incident to
the close of the year.
HENRY TAYLOR, of Richfield Springs,
y. Y, killed his wife and mother-in-law by
crushing in their heads with club, on the
10th, and then hanged himself. The bodies of
his wife and her mother were regularly laid
out on the floor, their hands crossed, their
faces washe.i and feet tied. Tsylor's body was
found hanging In the cellar.
THE wholesale grocery of Corbett &
McLeays, at Portland, Oregon, was destroyed
by fre on the 10Th. Loss $40, 900; insurance
$4,000.
The funeral exercises of the Right
Rev. J. Z. Talbot, Bishop Of the Diocese OF
Indiana, took place from ST. Paul Cathedral,
Indianapolis, on the 10Th with imposing cere-
monies. The city churches were all fully
represented and many OF the churches
tss divine. h%0ns brdas sSs
were Bishops Bedell, Of Northern Ohio;
Welles, Of Wisconsin; Dudley. OF Kentucky;
Jaeger, OF Southern Ohio; McLaren, of ILL.,
nois; Brown, Of Fond du Lac, and Burgess, of
Quincy, and large number OF clergymen and
laymen from adjoining States. The church
was heavily draped. The exercises were con-
Quoted by Bishops Jaeger and Welles. Bishop
Bedell delivered the address.
Two Portuguese were killed at San
Pablo, Cal, on the 10Th, by the explosion OF
ni' ro-glycerine at the acid works in that city.
The damage to property was very slight.
The court house and nearly an entire
block OF business houses at Nashville, Wash
ington County, Illinois, were destroyed by fire
on the 2lst Nearly all the county records
were saved. The loss VIII be about $l00, ,0O0;
partly insured.
The machine shops of the Great West
ern Manufacturing Company, at Leavenworth,
Kansas, were Destroyed BY Ore on the 2lst, AMI
the stove works adjoini were damaged. The
loss will be about SIS, 900; insurance SIS, 900.