The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-12-19
-"Jephthah."

Mrs. Hood and children, OF Wooster,
came yesterday to spend the holidays with
her sister Mrs. W. III. Fisher.
Great reduction in the price of goods
at Austin's. Everything marked down.
New Christmas goods. Come and see.
Mrs. Hammond, of Grinnell Iowa, has
come to spend the winter in Wellington
with her aged father, Mr.. Perry, who will
have rooms at the Bennett House this
winter.
Come one, come all, and hear "Jeph-
thah1 next Friday night at the Congrega-
tional Church. Doors open at z music be-
gins promptly at 7.30. General admission,
25 cents, reserved seats, 35 cents
The new bell for Oberlin College the
Jubilee year gift Of Chester A. Pond, of
New York City, with that fact cast in the
inscription, reached there last week. The
bell weighs just a ton.
The grand jury at Mansfield returned
verdict Of murder in the second degree
Washington burglars, captured near Shell
by. His trial Is set for Jan. 7th.
--Danl. Williams brings us Dandelion
blossom grown In his yard in the middle
of December. Bowman says he can beat
that. He has hen that about the same
day appeared with u brood ofyoung chick
ems.
w. r. Willard, late Of Minneapolis,
Mimi, stopped of a day or two last week
with relatives In town while on his way to
New York where he expects TO locate and
do wood engraving for Scribners' Century
Magazine.
The Fair which was to have been held
Friday evening Dec. 21st, In the Sunday
school rooms and parlors Of the Congrega-
tional Church, has been postponed until
after the holidays on account Of the Canta-
Ia of Jephthah.
Within the past year there have been
twenty.eight residences and four business
rooms built In Wellington, against nineteen
residences and one business house the year
previous this includes houses that have
been commenced this year but not yet fin-
ished.
Our readers will excuse the scarcity
Of news in this issue rs we are deluged
with advertising for the holidays and job
work, and our printer had sudden call
home Saturday evening, and we are left
without help. VIII make amends for 1t in
future.
"A Christmas or New Years gin that
would pleasantly remind your absent
friend or relative of you all through the
year may be had for one hundred and fifty
cents only, in years subscription TO the
ENTERPRISE TO be mailed to them every
week.
Sheriff Gates brought from Defiance
Ohio and placed in Jail at Mansfield James
Eshenbach the fourth Of the gang concern
ed in the safe robbery at New Washington
and who escaped at Shelby. He is print
er by trade, "a years old whose reputation
is bad, and home at Napoleon Henry Co.
-"Jephthah."
"A son of DIR. S. Grout formerly of
Rochester, has been making his friends in
this vicinity visit and made us brief
call. He gave us some facts with reference
to the working of prohibition in Kansas
that we will make use of when our columns
are less crowded.
Judge Caldwell entered judgements
Monday in the suits brought against the
executors of Amasa Stones estate by Ny
ron T. Herrick: They were given by de-
fault, the defendants thereby acknowledge
ing the Indebtedness. They were as fol-
lows against D. P. Ellis for $4,000, John
Hay and Samuel Matther for 100000 w.
H. Harris for $4,000, Ira Harris $4,000
and T. R. Handy $4,000.
Jim Turner a "crook" of Shelby who
was wounded by New Washington officers
in the head and concealed in farmhouse
and secretly treated by a physician until
last Thursday, when his case becoming
hopeless his friends were informed and the
truth all came out. He is the fifth of that
desperate gang who have finally all been
found and Shelby has the satisfaction of
breaking up one of the boldest companies
of criminals known in the State.