The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-05-02
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.
DOMESTIC.

oo"ESII IISs
THE Rose Polytechnical Institute at
Terre Haute, Ind, received a box of models
in wood on the 25th presented to them by
the Imperial Institute of Technology at st.
Petersburg, Russia. This graceful cour.
tesy is from the oldest chronological school
in the old world to newest one in this.
A SPECIAL from Albuquerque, New
Mexico, on the 25th, says: "Informstion
has been received here that on the 18th
inst, Geronsino, one Of the chiefs Of
F. Bandelier, Of the American Archseo-
logical Institute, s. F. Balder, OF Tucson,
and q Mexican near the village Of
San Cristobal in the State Of Sonora.
mountains and It is nearly certain that they
have been murdered. Professor Bandelier
has been investigating the Indian anti
quaries in New Mexico and Arizona for
several years His father and family re-
side in Highland, Illinois, few miles east
OF st. Louis.o
The President on the 25th appointed
Mr.. De Binneville Randolph Keim, Of Penn
sylvania, a journalist and traveller, Exami-
Chief of the Civil Service Commits
sion, and w. W. White, of Atlanta, Ca,
Clerk of the Commission
TIE Western Nail Association met
~ AttsDul 6nt a., On bAAC avn eA1 VA
firmed the card rate. A lengthy discussion
on the situation developed the fact that the
demand at present was heavier than ever
known before. The outlook was good, but
prices were low and stocks light and III
sorted.
THE Ohio State Forestry Convention
assembled at Cincinnati on the 18th. The
attendance was very light. ]. A. Warder
read paper on "How, When and Where
to Promote Forestry.n Professor Venable
Fssd E RSReE on bv n Of Iy
cultural Loring, who reviewed the present
constitution OF forests in the country and
advocated their increase and preservation
and national aid.
A Houston, Texas, special of the
25th gives the particulars Of an atrocious
crime which was committed at Brickhouse
Gully, nine miles from that place, on the
a4th. II appears that negro boy named
Adams, aged twelve, was under the impress
sion that the boys in the neighborhood were
going to fog him, and while playing with
Curey Nelson, aged eleven, whom he sus-
pected as being one Of the party, tied a
rope around Nelson's waist, and mounting
horse, tied the other end to the pommei OF
the saddle and rode on rapidly, dragging
Nelson through the prairie until he was dead.
He then took the train for Houston, where
he was captured.
CONSIDERABLE excitement prevailed
at Raleigh, N. c., ON the 18th, over the
reported discovery in BERTHE County, near
the coast, in that State, of the remains Of a
number of gigantic men in a mound. The
skeletons were discovered in q sitting pos
ture and their heights ranged from seven
to nine feet. The State Geologist had gone
to investigate.
The Prohibition amendment to the
Constitution of Michigan was taken up in
the Senate of that State ON the 25th and lost
by a vote of eleven nays to twenty yeas
not two-thirds. 1t was strictly party
vote. The matter was reconsidered and q
proposition providing for local option was
laid on the table for future action.
In the United States Circuit Court al
at San Francisco in the case of the United
States against Charles Ferguson, charged
with counterfeiting, Judge Hoffman de
cided that gliding the new 5-cent nickel is
counterfeiting, and the jury convicted the
prisoner. ~
JOEL PLATT, deaf and dumb boy,
set fire to his fathers barn, at Sabetta,
Kansas, on the 24th, and was burned to
death. His mother was fatally burned In
attempting to rescue him from the burning
building.
The Irish National Land League oi
America met at horticultural Hall, Phila
delphia, on the 25th. There were about 45(
delegates present. President Mooney, oI
Buffalo, called the convention to order
Mr.. Mooney stated that he had hoped that
Mr.. Psrnel would be present but his alb
sence was entirely due to the present qp
settled state of affairs in Ireland. He spdks
of Parnen as q leader whose place in history
will be q proud one, and expressed the hops
to see him win for Ireland land-lav
reform, local self-government, extension o.
kha frar,rhf1o daxalnrnrr1anf of indnsfria
interests, "and If all these were won," saiG
the speaker, 4" the day would surely dawn
brighter for the realization of the hope thai
would spring up in every Irish heart, tha
on to that best and highest goal
national independence" The speaker
stated that the chief purpose of the Con
vention Is storeorganiZe upon the same basi;
of Ireland stands. The following tempor
ary officers were elected: President, jaime.
| A. Mooney, of Buffalo; Secretary, j. j
| Hynes, Of Buffalo; Assistant Secretaries
W. F. Sheehan, Of Buffalo; j.. d. o'Con
nell, of Washington. The principles Of tn
new Irish National League which wa
formed at Dublin in October last, are a
| follows: First, National self-government
| Second, Land law reform; Third, Loca
| self-government; Fourth, Extension o
| parliamentary and municipal franchises
| Fifth, Development and encouragement o
labor and industrial interests of Ireland.
THE Secretary of the Interior received
a letter on the 18th from Mr.. McCullom
Deputy Collector of Customs, and John
Malo, under the Canadian Parliament, da
/ ted at Turtle Mountain, April "a, in whicl
/ they say the Turtle Mountain Chippewa In
| dians are in a state of starvation, and un
] less immediate relief is rendered few o
| them will be alive to meet the Commission
er of Indian Affairs, as they now anticipat
! doing. The Acting Commissioner has di
-ected the Indian Agent at DEVILS Lake +
use every effort to provide for these Indian
| at once.
PINK BLEEKER, of Temples Mills
Fla, whipped his nephew on the 25th unit
he was covered with blood, and then tie
the boy in the chimney, head downwards
| until his flesh was roasted. When he too
the boy down he threw cold water on hin
He was arrested.
THE Cuban authorities have replie
to an official inquiry from the United State
that embargo on fine brands of America
lard is not removed, but is not rigidly Ell
forced, lard being only tested for genuine
ness by experts.
A BILL was reported by the Way
and Means Committee of the Pennsylvani
Legislature on the 28th, imposing q tax G
one mill on every gallon ofcrude petroleum
shipped out of that State.
THE Arch Street Opera House 8
Philadelphia was burned on the 2eth.
THE Now Haven Comm cloc
mandatory was destroyed by fire on th
26th. The buildings occupied q whol
square. One man jumped from a thir
story window, breaking his legs and arm
Rev. SAMUEL REIMAN, a well-know
Jewish rabbi, was killed on the 26th by ia
ling between the Catherine street ferr
boat and the bridge at New York.
The Irish National Convention, at II
session at Philadelphia, on the 26th, electe
the following officers: President, Aarti
A. Foran, Congressman-elect of CLEVELAND
Ohio; Secretaries, John j. Hynes, John ,
Ewright, Edward Fitzwilliams, Corneliu