The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-06-20
FOREIGN.

A GOVERNMENT powder magazine at
Scutari, Turkey, was struck by lightning
and exploded on the 18th, killing one hum
dred and fifty persons and seriously in
juring ifty-three others. Two hundred
barrels of gunpowder and 5000 cartridges
exploded
Mr.. SMALL, Parnellite, was elected
without opposition to a seat in the Com
mons from County Wexford, made vacant
by the resignation of Byrne. Home Ruler
LORD CARLINGFoRD, Minister of Ag-
riculture of Great Britain, received an in
huential deputation representing towns in
England claiming 10000 900 population on
the 14th, the object of which was "to pro-
test against the restrictions Of the food
decrease in importation Of Ameri-
can cattle was due to the fact
that better prices were obtained in
America and not to the system of compul-
sorry slaughter at British ports he said
the Government would continue to act up
to the spirit of the present laws and not
strain them in the direction of further pro-
hibition, as urged by the opponents to the
importation of American cattle.
A BOY named Beldin was killed and
eaten bya bear in the woods near Anna
gance, New Brunswick, on the 18th.
DIR. GALLAGHER, Whitehead, Curtin
and Wilson, who were on trial at London,
England, for conspiracy against the Crown,
were convicted on the 14th and sentenced
to lifelong penal servitude.
The village of Valloires, in the De-
partment Of Savoy, France, was destroyed
| by fire on the 18th. The inhabitants barely
escaped with their lives All the live
| stock, including one hundred head Of oxen,
i perished.
Il
| A VOTE was taken at the session of
the Methodist Conference at st. GATHERINGS,
Canada, on the 18th, on the union question
Of the two bodies in the London district,
resulting in its defeat by thirteen majority.
GEORGE AsHwoRTH & Son, cotton,
woolen and pottery manufacturers, of
London, England, failed ON the 18th. Liza
bifities S475,000.
THE Grand Lodge of the Good Tenn
plars Of the world at their session at Hall
fax, N. s., on the 18th, adopted
the report of the committee on the
color question, rejoicing in the vim
dication of the fundamental principles Of
the order by the institution of the order in
fourteen out of fifteen of the Southern
States of America
ADMIRAL PIERRE, commander of the
French feet at Madagascar, in his report
of the bombardment of Majunga, May Is
says he demanded the surrender of the
place, but received an evasive reply.
Five vessels opened fire on the town and
the three forts, mounting thirty guns, were
quickly silenced. The Hova quarter of the
town was destroyed, but the French fac
tory and most Of the American houses
escaped injury. The garrison OF 2,OOO mer
retreated. The French sustained noloss Of
men. They occupied the town and are col
lecting customs.
The treaty of commerce between
England and Italy was signed on the 18th
Il A EMITTING factory at Coaticook,
| Canada, was burned on the 18th. Los,
very heavy.
A TERRIBLE calamity, involving the
death of 1sS children, occurred at Sunder
land, England, on the evening of the 10th
; 1t appears that conjurer was giving enter
tainments In Victoria Hall, in that city
| which was attended almost entirely by
children, several thousand being preseni
on the evening of the accident At tn,
| close of the performance, and after the
body Of the hall had been almost cleared
rushing down the stairs from the gallery
At the top of the first fight Of stairs wa
door which opened only twenty inches
.. and thus but one child was permitted tC
pass through at time. At this point
while the mass of children were pushing
forward, one of them fell and was un
able to rise, owing to others crowding
The result was that great number wert
pushed down, trampled on and suffo
Gated. The scene was terrible, no effor
: could stop the mad rush of affrighted chill
dren. They came on pell-mell, though
strangely without much shouting, and seol
1SS were knocked down and suffocated I,
death by others tramping upon them.
greater number of the bodies, which wer,
badly mangled from trampling, lay sever
or eight deep. Many of the victims, anS
others who were not killed, had the cloth
ing torn from their bodies, and this, to
gether with the bleeding bodies of the un
fortunates, showed the terrible nature of tn
, struggle. The ages of the 1SS children
} known to have been killed ranged from
four to fourteen years.