The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-01-17
DOMESTIC.

The City Bank of Jersey City, N. j.,
suspended on the 10th. Capital $4,000; aver
age deposits SIS, 600
JOHN Copy died at Manistee, Mich,
on the 9th, after having tasted for 10S days,
in the sixtieth year of his age. He leaves 4
wife and five children. During his long fast
his weight was reduced from 100 pounds to
l0T. His hahits were always temperate The
supposed cause oil his asting was ulcerai lon
of the stomach. He was q member OF the
six eenth Wisconsin Regiment during the
war.
A DISPATCH from Shilo, KY, on the
10th, states that smallpox was raging at that
place. The stores were closed and business
suspended. Whole families had been stricken
with the disease ard the citizens were fleeing.
Several physicians had died, the disease being
unusually powerful and fatal.
Ton LEE, the agent of the Six Com
panies In New York, was sworn in as Deputy
Sheriff on the 9th by Sheriff Davidson. He is
about forty years OF age and has been dealing
in teas and groceries and is considered
wealthy. He was naturalized about three
years ago aud is the first Chinamnn who ever
held Office in that city.
Hon, LOT M. MORRILL, died at his
residence, Augusta, Maine, on the morning
of the 10Th. He suffered very little and his
last moments were without pain or q struggle.
The members Of his family and the attending
physicians were present the last moments.
CHEF ENGINEER EDWIN WELLS, OF
the United States Navy, was found guilty in q
less degree than charged, (guilty OF assaulting
an elisted man I'm the navy) by the court
martial which convened at Portsmouth, n.
sentenced to be publicly reprimanded in
&c eral Orders by the Secretary of the
Navy. The Secretary concludes his reprimand
as follows: "Chief Engineer Wells should have
rem mbered that he who would govern others
should first learn to govern himself, and that
nothing is more productive OF discontent and
a consequent lack of prompt obedience on the
part of subordinates than the exhibition of q
tyrannical disposition, united with disregard
OF legal restraints on the part OF their su'
perior."
THE Secretary of the Treasury has ap-
proved he proposed change in the device oi
the five-cent nickel pieces as submitted by the
Director of the Mint. The new coin is un
changed in weight, but the diameter is in
creased one millimeter and the thick
ness proportionately decreased. Upon the
diverse side is classic head OF Lib
,erty, with the date of issue, ard on the re-
verse q wreath of corn and cotton, inclosing
the Roman numeral "V," sur ounded by the
inscription, Omitted Sta es of America" and
in conformity to law and is a great improve
ment on the old coin. The Philadelphia Mint
has been instructed to begin coming the new
pieces at once.
SEVERAL stores. a church and q mum.
Der of dwellings, at Russellville, No., were
destroyed by ire on the 10TH
The total issue of gold certificates up
to the 11rh is s65, SIS, $40, OF which amount
s46, 2Os $50 are in circulation and s14, 81, ,49c
sin in the Treasury at Washington.
The house of James Davenport, q
negro, at Moberly, Mo-, was burned on the
night OF the 10th and two Of his small chill
iren perished In the flames. The parents had
] gone to visit a neighbor, leaving the children
alone In the house.