The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-12-26
DOMESTIC

AT Paris, ILL.,, on the 18th Sanford
Norris, with other boys, arranged q prac-
tical joke by having his two brothers, Tod
and Orlando, Winston Griffin, Jr., and
Ben Mclaughlin steal some apples. San.
ford Norris and other boys were to be con-
cealed, and at the proper time fire gun
In the air. Instead, by almost criminal ia.
tality, the gun was pointed directly at the
boys, who were close together. Tod Norris
was perforated with fifty-one shot and
died soon after. Orlando Norris was seri-
ously injured, as were Griffin and McLaugh-
lin. 1t Is thought Griffin viii also die.
A NUMBER of prominent citizens of
st. Louis held . meeting on the 18th and
took preliminary steIs to obtain the hold.
ing of the next Democratic National Con
authorized TO appoint an executive COM
mittee Of thirteen, who shall have charge
Of matters.
WHILE playing ball near Paris, H.,
on the 18th the bat slipped from the hands
Of Bruce Shirley striking boy named Asa
Mapes, sixteen years old bursting his eye
ball. from the effects of which he died.
FRED j. KELLY, who escaped from
the Ohio penitentiary in January, 1876,
was arrested in Cincinnati ON the 18th.
He was sent to the prison or twenty years
from Cuyahoga County, and escaped
shortly after his confine ment. He was
convicted of aiding to com NIT arson. He
Marston Raymond, and was engaged in
coloring photographs and teaching water
color painting.
The postal service was placed on
5000 miles Of new railroads from July to
December Is. The increase is mainly in
the South, Southwestern and Western sec
tions.
The Occidental Hotel at st. Louis
were rescued with great difficulty. Pat
Conway, acknowledged the bravest fire.
man in that city, fell from fourth-story
window to the pavement and was fatally
injured.
CHARLES ALLISON and James Tar
bert. West Virginia farmers met on the
river bank opposite Wellsville, o., on the
18th and quarreled about the ownership Of
some coal property, and Allison shot Tar
bert in the head with q shotgun and beat
him in q merciless manner with the butt Of
his gun after he had fallen. The wounded
man Is not expected to live.
S. p. CREssINGER, a wealthy Maple
Rapids (Mich.) citizen, was chlorotormed
by burglars recently, robbed of SS2.50o and
his house fired, causing loss of 5000.
Cressinger rarely escaped with his life.
The Committee on Rules of the
House met in Washington on the 18th and
determined to recommend that two com-
mittees be made out of the old Education
and Labor Committee, and consider the
two subjects separately, one to be called
the Committee ON Education, the other the
Committee on Labor. 1t was also decided
to recommend the creation of q committee
on rivers and harbors. Ii was determined
to recommend the retention Of all select
committees Of the House except such as
related to personal subjects, The Census
Committee was dropped, also the Commit
tee on ACCOMMODATION for Congressional
Library. Mr.. Keifer was instructed to re-
port q resolution without recommending
its adoption for the appointments of o conn
mittee of nine on woman suffrage.
Mr.. CURTIS, member of the commit
tee appointed by the President TO investi.
gate the diseases among swine, has re-
turned to Washington from q touf of
investigation in the West. He states that
there Is less disease among Western hogs
than has been reported, and declares there
Is no foundation for the reports circulated /;
that the swine are fed on wholesome food,
and the Western people are anxious for
the adoption Of system for pork inspec'
diseases in pork win be called together ct
Washington about the middle of January,
The Willimantic Thread Company,
Pratt & Whitney. machinery manufao-
tursrs, and other leading manufacturers Of
Connecticut have made large reductions in
the force Of employees, and contemplate
still further reductions on account Of dull
pass OF treda-