The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-08-01
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.
noMEsIIc.

DOMESTIC.
Ex-Governor THOMAS SWAMI, of
Maryland, died near Leesburg, Va, on
the evening of the oath, in the seventy
eighth year of his age. The Governor rep
resented Baltimore in the Forty-second,
Forty-third, Forty-fourth and Forty
Congresses, and during the latter session
Affairs. He was at one time President Of
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company.
A DISPATCH from Lampasas, Texas.
on the oath says: ga carriage has been
found containing the skeletons of three
grown persons and two children, sitting
bolt upright as IL in life, under q large
tree near a road in Pamela County. The
tree was shattered by lightning. It is
supposed that the carriage sought shell
ter under the tree and was struck, the
bolt killing the horses and inmates. The
weather-beaten appearance Of the carriage
and trimmings argues that this occurred
year or two ago. In a small trunk was o
London, England. The remains were found
by a stockman driving cattle, and reported
at once to the authorities The parties are
supposed to have been tourists. The spot
and far from any habitation.
THREE negroes outraged little girl
named Rosa Denn, aged but fourteen years,
III lively SSdOA0 ~ SOcNAAuf OuAO, Ou tuc
2lst. The girl had gone to the stable and
engaged a horse and buggy TO take her
sister, a Mrs. Butterfield, to Elyria, and
when she returned in the evening with the
vehicle was seized by the three negroes,
who were employed at the stable, and
dragged to a shed in the rear of the barn
and repeatedly and brutally outraged.
The negroes were arrested and after being
identified by the girl were sent to jail to
await trial.
A PARTY of masked men took man
named Rigney from the jail at Miles City,
Mimi, on the night of the 25th, and hanged
him from projecting railroad tie over
Rirnev had been committed T to i iaii
the day previous for disorderly con-
duct, but bore the reputation of a
hard citizen, being accused Of robbery
and other crimes: He was q bartender in
the Cosmopolitan theatre at that place. Two
hours after the lynching the theater burst
into flames and was completely destroyed,
with six other buildings. 1t is believed that
the fire was the work of an incendiary in
retaliation for the hanging of Rigney.
FREDERICK MULTE, grocer of Wheel
ing, W. Va, was so terribly injured on the
oath by ferocious dog, which he kept in
his store, that he died shortly afterwards.
The dog had got loose and when Mr.. Multe
attempted to chain him the brute few at
him and tore the flesh almost completely
from his arm and then grabbing him by
the throat threw him to the ground, fear.
fully decorating him. A policeman killed
the dog.
Troy GENTRY, q negro living in Ashe
County, N. c., hanged his little son by the
neck to a rafter in his house by a plow.
line on the 23d. The unnatural father es
capped. The boy, it appears, had been or.
dered by the father to drive in some cattle
by a specified time, with the threat that ii
he failed TO do so he would hang him.
THE will of the late Henry L. Ken
dali leaves the American Unitarian Asso.
citation of Boston $1,000; Hampton Normal
and Agricultural Institute, of Virginia
81 500; Providence, r. l., Public Library
residuary legatee, upwards of Sic, 600, and
various local charitable institutions receive
about $4,000.
THE reunion of John Morgan's Con
federate command was held at Lexington
KY, on the oath and 25th. Several hundred
members of that noted band were present
in camp on the estate of the late Henry
Clay. Jefferson Davis sent q letter saying
that ill health prevented him from attempt
ing the fatigue of so long a journey anC
the excitement of so joyous an occasion
"The name of your association" he con
tinued. sis eloquently commemorative o
the daring deeds performed, OF the dir
suffering borne and barbarous indignitie!
in an unequal combat to vindicate tn,
rights their fathers left them" A daughte
| OF John Morgan was among the guests. Rev
W. H Jones, of Richmond, delivered lect
ure on "The Boys in Grav"in the evening
THE Board of Aldermen of jersey
| City, N. J., passed an ordinance on tn,
18th prohibiting the sale to persons undel
the age of sixteen of any ale, cider, beer o.
| spirituous liquors or mixed liquors, part o
| which is Intoxicating.
A DESPERATE prize fight took plac,
near Nanticoke, Luzerne County, Pa, TO
500 side on the evening of the oath. Tn
| principals were Paddy O'Brien, a saloon
| keeper, and Mike Breeze, a miner. Elevel
rounds were fought when a crowd o
| women broke into the ring, brandishinl
knives and pistols, and put q stop to tn
fight.
The American Rapid Telegraph Com
pany conceded to the demands Of tn
| striking operators and the men returned t
their desks on the morning of tn
| 26th. The basis of the agreement is a
advance of ten per cent. on salaries, extr,
pay for all work done over eight hours TO
day and seven hours for night work, anS
extra for all Sunday work.
A ARosEBUD Agency, Dakota, dispatcl
of the 24th says that the annual "Sun Dance
of the Sioux Indians occurred the Afternoon
previous at a camp near that agency. Abou
one hundred savages from all parts of tn
reservation, and a number of whites
were present. Fifteen warriors entere'
for the dance, having previousl,
tasted for four days before entering. Tn
bodies of all these were frightfully laceI
ated according to the usages of the tribe
thereby asserting the game qualities of tn
participants. 1t is possible that this Is th
last time these cruelties will be permitted
as strong effort is being made to have tn
Government interdict the barbarous prac
tice.
The appraisal of the property of tn
poet Longfellow shows a value of abou
$4,000, of which 500, 200 is personal proI
erty and $50, 900 real estate.
ROBERT REED, Samuel Hart an
William Dunn were shockingly burned b
the explosion of a cinder blast at the Gran
Iron Works, Catasauqua, Pa, on the 25ti
The reunion of the Ohio veterans G
the late war was held at Columbus on tn
25th, 26th and 9th, and was one of th
largest gatherings of that kind ever held i
that city, fully % 900 visitors being pre-:
ent. Governor Foster and Mayor Walcut
welcomed the veteran soldiers in short bu
! appropriate addresses. Among the di:
tinguished gentlemen present were E1
President Hayes, Governor Foster, Major T
+. Townsend, of the Barracks, Geners
William II. Gibson, General E. F. Noye:
General Keifer, Judge Foraker, Judg
Hoadly, Rev. Walter Q. Scott, DIR. jaime
Scott of Warren, Rev. w. E. Moore, Adjr
tant General Smith, General A. 7. Wiko
and General Joseph H. Geiger. In additio
to the orations of Major Townsend, Geners
Gibson, ,ex-President hayes, General Foste
Judges Hoadlv and Foraker, General
Noyes and Leggett addressed the in
mense gathering. In the evening a larg
number of ex-prisoners met in City Hal
and held a meeting, at which large nun
Der gave their experiences in the Soutl
McCann, widow of a private soldier, an
|, niece of sold Chickamauga Stedman," wa
present and repeated in dramatic styl
"Hooker at Lookout"
On sand was struck at depth {
1850 feet in Pine Run Valley, few mile