The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-07-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
A General summary Of Events at Home
and Abroad. -
Compiled from Daily Reports up to the
Hour OF Going to Press.
aoMEsrIo.

DOMESTIC.
TIE Supreme Court of Missouri on
Che 3ddecided that the Downing high license
liquor law, passed by the Legislature Of
that State at its session last winter, was
constitutional, and that 1t applied to the
city Of st. Louis as well as other sections
Of the State. The law fixes the license in
the cities OF the first-class at 81 900 per
year.
HENRY KRACKE, q huckster living
near Cincinnati, and his wife and four
children, were struck and killed by an ex-
press train near Winton Place Crossing on
the evening of the ID They had been in
the city and were returning home when
the accident occurred.
The State prison convicts at Salem,
Oregon, made desperate attack on the off,
GERS on the 3D. In an attempt to escape.
Three were killed and twowounded. Eight
escaped. None Of the officers were injured.
The one hundred and fifth anniver-
sary Of the massacre of Wyoming Valley
was celebrated at the old monument in
Forty Fort, wlkesbarre, Pa, on the Sd.
There was large attendance of the old
settlers. t,---lei ~
TIE boilers of the steamboat Sus-
quehanna, owned by the Plymouth Navi-
CATION Company, exploded at wilkssbarre,
Pa, on the Sd, seriously injuring Perry
and John Dielwiler, fireman. There were
no passengers on board at the time. The
boat was blown to atoms
PROFESSOR II. II. LuDLUM attempted
tomake balloon ascension at Montrose, Pa,
onthe4th. When atthe heightof about forty
feet the trapeze rope caught In a tree, huri-
ing him violently to the ground. He fell upon
rock and sustained fracture of the skull
and Internal injuries, which were thought
HON. JOHN r. McCUNE, umpire of
the Coal Trades Tribunal, at Pittsburgh,
rendered his decision on the ID which Is
that the price Of mining In the railroad coal
mines of that district from May to Octo-
ber 1 shall be three and a quarter cents
per bushel of seventy-six pounds over
an inch and one-half screen. The ope-
rators claimed that the price should
be three cents and the miners struck for
three and half cents per bushel. The
Trades Tribunal was organized on the 1st
OF June and every phase of the case was
investigated, but IL was decided that an
umpire should be called in to decide. The
miners are satisfied with the decision and
It is thought that the operators will accept.
TIE following condition of the lead
ing crops in Indiana, Ohio and Illinois was
issued on the 3D.: That Of wheat In Indiana
on July was 6S, In Ohio 6s, and In Illinois
50 per cent. The area OF corn in Indiana
10f, I'm Ohio 104, and in Illinois 104 per cent.
The condition Of corn in Indiana Is 81, in
Ohio SO, and in Illinois IS per cent. Oats, a
full acreage, and its condition in Indiana
81, In Ohio 102, and in Illinois 90 per cent.
Live stock in these States is shown to be
In good condition. Hay and FAX crops are
also reported above 80 per cent. The same
report estimates the whole wheat crop of
1888 at See, 900 900 bushels. s-crl q
A DISPATCH from Salt Lake City on
the Sd, stated that ten suits had been in
stituted by Mormons in the United States
District Court at that place against the
Commissioners appointed by the President
70 carry out the provisions Of the Edmunds
bill This is believed to be a deliberate at
tempt to break down the Commissioners.
The suits are Instituted for damages with
the evident intention to coerce the Commits
sionefs. There was much indignation
among loyal citizens and the opinion was
confidently expressed that the hostile atti-
tude of the Mormons to Congressional leg
islation would result in more effectual
measures being enacted by the next Com
gress-
DURING a thunderstorm on the after
noon Of the 5th a 27,50o-barrel tank filed
with oil at OH City, Pa, was struck by
lightning and taking fire was destroyed
The tank was the property of the United
Pipe Line and was situated In the driving
park just outside the city limits. Another
tank, belonging to the same company, situ-
ated in the middle field at Hona, Bradford
County, Pa, was also struck and de-
stroyed.
The balcony of the Kerster House, at
Kansas, III, gave way on the evening Of
the 4th while it was crowded with persons
witnessing the fireworks display and seven
were seriously injured.
THE semi-centennial jubilee of Ober-
lin College, Oberlin, Ohio, was. cele-
brated on the Sd with great enthusiasm and
success. There was very large attend
ance, fully 10000 persons being present.
A BLOCK of business houses. including
the Odd Fellows temple, at Calmut, Mich,
was destroyed by fire on the 4th.
Two children of James Mulhern, of
Joliet, H., aged six and eight years re-
spectively, were left alone In the house on
the 4th during the absence of the parents.
The house took fire, as Is supposed from
ere-crackers, and the children were burned
to death. ls-s.ir
THE boiler of J. F. Kelley's sawmil,
situated seven miles south of Huntsville,
Texas, blew up with terrible destruction
of life on the 9Th. Richard Grant and four
convicts, who were employed at the mill,
were instantly killed and six others severe
ly injured. The proprietor of the mill,
Aeney, and sP nus partner, harry Miner, 9s were -
dent was attributed to the carelessness Of
the engineer. -.
THE State Treasurer of Iowa, on the
9th, paid the last dollar Of the State war
debt, In addition to which the State has
no observation-disclosures of any character not
covered by funds in the treasury.
BLEAKIE & Co.'S mill at Amesburg,
Mass, was struck by lightning on the even
ing of the 9Th and burned to the ground.
Loss about 100000; insurance not given.
Rev. CARL ScBloLz, of the Reformed
Church Of Callicoon, NY, who was charged
some time since with excessive drinking
and improper advances to half.witted girl
Of his congregation, was found dead by the
roadside near Thurmansville, Pa, on the
Sd. It was thought that his death resulted
from intemperance.
THE vicinity of Brattleboro, VT, was
visited by tornado with rain. hail, thun-
der and lightning, on the evening of the
9TH The storm was the most destructive
ever known in that place, and immense
damage was done to the crops.
THE Attorney General gave his
| opinion to the Secretary of the Treasury
| on the 5th that the expectation of bonded
| whisky to Bermuda, with view to its re-
lLupoItettoh Aoi tno PuiPOso VI oNauiub VI
delaying the payment Of tax, is not expor-
tation within the meaning of the law.
THE Secretary of the Interior decided
on the 5th that when two applications, COW
| ering in partthe same ground, and the first
| application made had been abandoned, the
| ground in controversy comes within pur-
\ view of the second application, and is sub
| ject thereto. Previous to this decision it
| had been held by the Department in the
| case Of the abandonment Of land in con-
| troversy that the abandoned tract should
| revert to the public domain.