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

amount OF Damage. hau LQ0 size OF wal
nuts fell, destroying everything Of break
ing many valuable plants was almost
wholly destroyed.
The Treasury Cattle Commission re-
ported to Secretary Folger on the 18th that
the buildings and Enclosures at the differ
emit points were about completed, and As
sistant Secretary French, who has special
charge of the work Of the Commission. inti-
mated that during the present yesr fully
1000 head Of fine blooded cattle WIN be re-
ceived direct from Europe, and the Cana
dian route and competitive markets there
by avoided
TIE statue of General Sylvanus
Thayer, erected by the alumni Of West
Point Military Academy, was unveiled on
the 18th.
CoNGREss having reduced the appro-
priations for the next fiscal year, the Inn
mediate discontinuance Of the following
signal stations was made on the 18th:
Eagle Pass, Tex; Eagle Rock, Idaho;
Keogh Fort, Mont; Missoula Fort,
Mont; Phoebe, New; Puntarassa, Fla.
Rochester, y. z: San Antonio, Tex. Santa
Fe, N. NJ; Springfield, Mo-; Tucson, A. T. I;
Visalia, Cal. Washakie Fort, w. T.; Win
nemucco, New. Sandusky, o., has been re-
established as station Of the first class.
The following named stations Of the third
Clkss Will ucLeaIbcE Dc nnAub8Aucu - bb8-
tions Of the first class: Custer Fort, Mont. |;
Rio Grande City, Tex.
Rev. JACOB RoMcK committed sui
eide by hanging at his residence, at Hnl-
iards, near Columbus, Ohio, on the 18th.
Church and leaves Q wife and six children.
Insanity was the cause.
TIE Ohio State Convention Of the
Greenback-Labor Party met at Co
lumbus on the 18th and nominated the fol-
lowing ticket For Governor, Charles
Jenkins, of Mahoning County; for Lieu
tenant-Governor, William Baker, Of Lick
ing; for Supreme Judges, II. A. Chamber
lain, of Lucas, for short term, and James
for Clerk Of the Supreme Court, William
Bentz, Of Franklin; for Attorney General,
L g. Tuttle, Of Lake; for Auditor ofState,
]. b. Rhodes, Of Sandusky; for Treasurer,
John Seitz, Of Seneca: for Commissioner Of
Common Schools, J. Murray Case, Of
Franklin; for Member of Board Of Public
Works, DR.. ]. ]. Scribner, Of Knox.
TIE Massachusetts, State Senate on
the 18th, by q vote of hfty-three to one,
killed the House bill to increase the salaries
of legislators fifty per cent.
NICHOLAS L. DUKES, the slayer OF
Captain Mutt, at Uniontown, Pa, was shot
and killed by James Mutt, q son of the muir.
dered man, on the evening Of the 18th, In
the postoffice at that place. The assassin
was arrested and placed in jail.
J. h. CHAPMAN's planning mill, J. A.
Weaver's furniture factory, Stayback's
hotel and three dwellings were destroyed
by FIRE at East Saginaw. Mich, on the 18th.
Partially insured
A TORNADO passed over Chillicothe,
No., on the evening of the I2th doing con
siderable damage. Dennis Wolfskin's
residence, five miles south of that place
was demolished and the family carried fivs
skin being seriously injured. At Utica the
Baptist church was blown down and a
Sumner City eleven buildings were de
stroyed- Thousands Of fruit trees wert
uprooted-
Mrs. LIzIER, a German lady living
three miles south of Mfllersburg, Ohio
committed suicide on the 18th, by jumpirf
into q well fifty feet deep. Domesti,
trouble, caused by q drunken husband'i
abuse was the cause Of the rash act.
ANEAs RIDGE, grandson Of Judge
Ridge, chief of the Cherokees, and cousin
of Colonel Boudinot, was shot and killet
by q sherih's posse while resisting arres
fifteen miles south OF Springfield, Mo-, OF
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two negroes
WILLIAM DIRELY, a negro, was ar
rested at Columbus, Ohio, on the 18th
charged with the murder Of the Gibbon
children at Ashland, KY, December "A
1881. The children, Fannie and Robbie Glib
bons, and Emma Carico, were found deat
in the burning house, the girls havinl
been outraged Three men were arrested
George Ellis, William Neal and Ellis Graft
ff-r. ksr.,
convicted and sentenced to be hanged, bu
was hung by q mob. Neal and Craft wer
also sentenced to be hanged and are nov
awaiting the decision Of the Governor as 3
the day Of execution. The arrest Of Direl,
was upon along tracing OF ctrcumstantia
evidence In connection with statement
made by Direly himself. Two other colore,
men, Datney Jones and Reuben Kendall
are implicated by Direly- and warrants At
out for their arrest. Not much weight was
however, given to the arrest
GOVERNOR PATrIsoN, of Pennsyl
vania, on the 18th, signed bills to abolisl
the contract system in prisons and reforms
tory institutions; providing payment :
miners for all clean coal mined; for bette
miners; to prohibit political parties de
manding from officials contributions 70
political purposes, and preventing the sal
Of theater tickets on the streets.
THE jury in the Star route cas-
brought in Q verdict of not guilty on tn
14th, and Brady and Dorsey were di,
charged. The trial lasted for more tha,
six months. It was stated that there wer
| i've ballots taken The first was upon tn
question of the existence Of a conspiracy
and resulted In three for and nine agains
conspiracy. On the second ballot the min
was increased to ten, although the vot
was then upon the innocence or guilt of tn
| defendants. This vote remained unchangs
until eight o'clock In the morning Of th
14th, when the verdict of acquittal wa
agreed upon.
Mount Sterling, KY, for the manslaughte
OF Vaughn Helton, was permitted on th
14th to withdraw hfs plea Of not guilty an
plead guilty. The prosecution then offere
testimony TO show the facts of the murde
The widow of the murdered man told ho'
her husband was shot In bed and fe
dead upon the sleeping infant by her sid
The jury hxed the punishment at pen
tentiary for life. Five Of the seven joint
indicted with Barnett, namely, Newtc
Yarber, John Becraft, William Becraf
John Gibbs and Elliott Watkins, all
pleaded guilty and received like sentence
Indictments have also been found again
three others called as witnesses for Ba
nett, viz, James Morrison, William Hodf
and Alonzo Becraft.
REV. E. w. CHASE, of Richfield,
small town near st. Paul, Mimi, commits
suicide by banging on the 18th. Mr.. Cha.
was at one time Secretary of the Your
Mems Christian Association of St. Pa,
and afterwards President Of the Societ
for the Relief Of the Poor and Preventic
J of Cruelty to Animals In that city. i
sanity was the cause Of his self-destru
tion.
AARON HARRIS, who was committe
to jail at Enterprise, Miss, for the murd
Of q peddler named Edward McLaughli
was taken from the prison by an arms
mob on the night Of the 18th and hanged.
A. c. JORDAN, farmer living ne,
Chattanooga, Tenn, died on the 14th ag,
107 years.
Ex-GovERNoR CHARLES ]. JENKns