The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-06-13

to the Civil Service C9uVaission at that
place for a proper appli& Jon blank which
win be supplied.
JOHN BrTTNER. JR., fifteen years old,
was on trial at Riverside, q suburb of Gin
cinnati, on the sth, charged with burning
the Debus Cooperage Works In April, 1882,
entafling q loss Of $4,000 Two witnesses
fire to the place, and that his object was
to get rest. He was employed in the fac
tory.
MERRICK closed his argument in the
Star route case on the sth.
The President, on the 9Th, appointed
the following Governments Directors of the
Union Pacific Railroad Company: Isaac
II. Brombley, Connecticut; George d.
Haven, New York; Watson Parrish, Ne
braska; Colgate Hoyt, New York, and Ar
thur l. Conger, Ohio.
SECRETARY TELLER has approved the
action Of Indian Agent wilcox in refusing
to receive the Chihuahua Indians who re-
Gently applied for admission to the San
Carlos reservation.
GENERAL Crook was encamped near
vacori, Mexico, on the sth, from which
point he was sending scouts out in all di-
rections but had been unsuccessful in dis
covering any signs Of hostile Indians.
R. G. Dun & Co. s report for the week
ending on the sth showed 173 failures as
against 157 the previous week.
THE Barber boys, noted Iowa des-
peradoes, were taken from the waverly
jail by Q mob on the night Of the sth and
hung to tree. The mob was composed of
men from Fayette County, and was led by
q brother of the man Shepard, whom the
BARRIERS killed last fall ut West Union The
- kk~s.n Nl.e
mob mob battered down " the doors wild; sisdse-
The Harper high license bill passed
the lower Houseof the Illinois Legislature
on the sth.
MASSACHUSETTS Representatives have
voted to increase their salaries from $500
to 500.
SAMSON E. MCKINNEY, Treasurer of
Monroe County, Ind, has been found S15, 900
short in his accounts. He speculated in
stocks.
SHERIFF DoNcKLEY and T. w. Wal
ler fought q duel on horseback near Pat
rick G. H., Va, on the sth. Waller was
fatally wounded. The parties were op-
ponents at the recent election and the diff
ficulty arost out Of that
THE anthracite coal producing COM
panies have formed q combination for the
better regulation and government Of the
trade. Il Is understood that the winter
prices win be fixed in July
THE International Typographical
Union, after q session Of five days at Gin
cinnati, adjourned on the sth. The follow
ing officers were elected: President, n. L
Crawford, Chicago; Vice Presidents, Isaas
c. Jones, Pittsburgh, John Mathasz, Gin
cinnati; Secretary and Treasurer, william
Briggs, of W ashington; Corresponding Sec
retary, William A. Welkinson, Galveston
Tex. The next meeting win be held at New
Orleans, June, 1884.
WILLIAM c. MOORE, the abscondine
President Of the Victor, N. Y. Bank, wa.
arrested near Atlantic, Iowa, on the Sth
The Victor bank was q branch of the Roches
ter Bank, with Charles Upton as President
Both closed the same date, the Victor Banl
the Rochester Bank gave ashowing Of 500,
600 deposits with but SO, 900 assets. Upton'i
trial comes of at an early date.
THE Grand Lodge of the American
Protestant Association, of Ohio, composed
principally of German Americans, held
its annual session at Columbus ON tn,
Ith- The following oflcers were chosen
]. g. Butte, Jr., Of Steubenyille, Crane
Master; Steghen Kramer, Of Hamilton
Cincinnati, Grand Secretary. The mex
meeting Of the Grand Lodge viii be hell
at Cincinnati, in June, 1884,
ELPHALEr CLARK, the oldest homeo
pathic physician In Maine, died at Port
land, that State, on the sth, In the eighty
second year of his age He was the founder
with DR.. Gray, of the American Institute o
Homeopathy.
TIE powder mills of Latin q Kund
near Newbugh, N. Y, were struck b,
lightning on the evening Of the 7th and en-
ploded. One man was killed.
DANIEL JUNE, q former citizen o
Fremont, Ohio, died at Portland, Oregon
on the 5th, from the result of injuries sus
tanned from a runaway horse. Mr.. Jun
was for many years q prominent citizen o
Fremont He erected the first brick blocl
| in that city, was at an early. day partne
Of ex.President Hayes, and later was en-
gagged In manufacturing with his brother
David June. He served several terms h
the Ohio Legislators and was for q numbe
| of years a Director of the. Ohio Peniten
tiary.
LIEUTENANT DARLINGTON, who is t,
command the Arctic expedition for the re
lief Of Lieutenant Greely's colony, lef
Washington on the 7th for st. John N. r.
where they viii embark on their own ship
the Proteus, for the Arctic region. 1t /
| the intention to leave st. John as soon afte
4 the 18th OF June rs possible so as to be abl
/ to take advantage Of the first break In tn
ice A frame hut has been constructed ant
viii be taken along in sections for erectio,
Il at Lffeboat Cove should IL be found impos
sible to reach Lieutenant Greely, and ,
stay through the winter therefore be deeme,
4 necessary. Lieutenant Greedy took witt
him such q hut when he went to Lad,
Franklin Bay In 1881. Especial care vii
II l. ~ IL II l..
drinks any water impregnated in the leas
with salt, it being thought that the diseas
| Of scurvy Is attributable to that cause.
1 BIDS for the new steel cruisers will b
| opened at the Navy Department, Washing
ton, on the I'd day OF July. Secretar,
Chandler has given notice that the maxi
mum amounts which the Navy Department
| viii payi for the construction Of thes
| vessels, are as follows: For 4, 900 ton ship
Boston and Atlanta, SIS, 500 each; for dis
patch boat-not yet named-S339, 900, an
| no bids in excess Of these figures viii b
considered.
A RECENT Washington special to tn
Cleveland Herald states that POSTMASTER
General Gresham denies the publishe,
statement that he has decided TO exclud
patent insides' from the mails as second
class matter" In view OF the law of Con
gress passed in 1874, providing shat news
papers. one copy to each actual subscriber
| residing in the county where the same AT
printed, in whole or IN part, and published
/ shall 90 free through the mails" such
decision by the Postoffice Department. q
that limited at would be In violation of la,
and Of no binding force.
TIE annual corn crop review of |
leading Chicago grain house, Published o.
the 9th, shows an increase In acreage 4
nearly every State. Reports received wal
rant the belief that the growing crop VII
exceed the crop Of 1882 at least twelve pc
cent.
The Harper license bill which passes
the Lower House ofthe Illinois Legislator
on the sth provides minimum licens
throughout the State of $150 for beer Ga
looms and $500 for the sale Of distille
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