The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-12-19
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massachusetts, W as granted an 1nQenn1te leave
of absence. Adjourned until the i7th.
DOMESTIC.
Ex-ALDERMAN BARRETT, a promi-
nent politician, and James KirbyIhave been
arrested at Fall River, Mass, for con-
nection with graveyard" insurance COM
panies.
AT the meeting of the Republican
National Committee in Washington on the
18th Chicago was chosen as the place to
hold the next National Convention, and
June 3 the time, the final vote being 26 for
Chicago and Is for Cincinnati.
TIE Liue Stock Indicator. published
at Kansas City, stated on the 18th that,
after careful Investigation, no contagious
disease was found among cattle in Doug
lass, Jefferson and adjoining counties in
Kansas, as reported.
The post-office safe at Tabor. Ia,
was blown open and robbed of 500 in
money and stamps on the 18th.
Four hundred men were thrown out
of employment for a month by the destruc-
ton Of the hoisting engines of the Locust
Gap Spring Colliery, at Mt. Carmel. Pa,
on the 18th.
Miss GRIsHABER was caught in a re-
volving shaft at Woods Starch Factory in
Columbus, Ohio, on the 12th and hurled to
death instantly.
A VERY violent storm ragged through
out Great Britain on the 18th, destroying
much property on land and sea, and many
lives were lost. r...-
THE value of exports of petroleum
Tor October, 1888, was s., ,233, ,2l0, against
400, ,229 for the same time last year. For
-ka Nar al nofnha,-
S9, ,924, $50; for the corresponding period
last year, So. .S62, ,040.
THE Postmaster General called on the
Attorney General ON the 18th for an in
terPreeation- of tina aSt of Maroh 3, pro-
viding for the readjustment of the salaries
II postmasters in accordance with the act
II June II, 1896. A very large number of
Iack pay under this act, and the amount
involved is variously estimated at from
.wo to four million dollars.
ADDIE BREsNAN, who was abducted
rom Jersey City, N. j., some time since by
Captain Gordon, was surrendered to the
Jhildren's Home at that place on the 18th.
PERCY JACOBS, Secretary of the Eu-
reka Consolidated Mining Company, of
San Francisco, was arrested on the 18th on
sixteen charges of embezzlement, amount
ing to 100000.
A CLERK in grocery store at Caskie
Station, KY, named Blair, returned to
the store ON the night of the 18th. The
vas robbers He summoned some friends,
all armed, and when Blair came utriddled
him with bullets.
A LITTLE daughter of F. Kuhlman,
on her way to school three miles from De.
troit on the 18th, was struck on the head
with ball club by q small boy and killed,
A STATE convention of the different
Irish organizations OF Wisconsin met al
| Milwaukee on the 18th and effected an or
| ganization consolidating all the socities OF
| the State.
ONE of the largest cattle sales on
record was contaminated at Denver on the
18th. d. II. and J. W. Snyder s. Co., OF
/ Denver, bought Of Snyder Brothers, oi
Georgetown, Texas, over 5000 head OF
cattle and 4O0horses. Consideration, 5000,
900 cash. The former firm now own nearly
/ $4,000 cattle and 1000 horses. During the
| present year about $500 calves wers
branded in both herds.
THE Pennsylvania State Grange o.
Patrons of Husbandry ON the 18th adopted
resolutions favoring the introduction oi
| additional instruction pertaining to agri
culture in the public schools; that the Stats
| College be restored to q technical school o
agriculture; that corporations claiming
lnmunities as common carriers be for
hidden by law to discriminate In freight
rates, and that taxation be equalized.
FRANK JAMES was released on S3, ,00I
bail at Gallatin, No., on the 18th and i'm
mediately rearrested for the murder o
Cashier Sheets, of that place, In 1888.
The National Woman's Christian
Temperance Union has issued a call asking
each local union in the country, abou
5000, to celebrate the tenth anniversary o
| the rwoman's crusade" December %. an,
the pastors of churches are invited L
preach temperance sermons in the morn
ing.
SEvENTY-FIvE leading distillers o
Kentucky met at Lexington, that State, ol
the 18th and decided to still further reduc
the production of whisky.
The divorced wife of ex-Senato
Christiancy died In Brooklyn, N. Y, Of
the 18th Of mental and physical prostra
tiun.
DIR. r. E. DOUGLASS. Of Stone,
Greek, Mich, was convicted Of. forgin
pension papers on the 18th and sentence,
to four years In the Detroit House Of Coz
rection.
JEREMIAH HARRIGAN, who kille,
Dennis Shea year ago, was respited 10
tho third time by the Governor Of Dela
ware on the 18th.
II THE ferryboat Garden City wa
burned to the waters edge at her dock 4
New York on the 18th. All the passenger
=. and employees escaped with but sligh
hurts, but several teams Of horses on boar
were burned.
JULIA REESE and George Bolles,
colored boy, were arrested on the 13tl
charged with completely In the murder O
Jacob Crouch and family near jackson
Mich, November %.
THE schooners Joseph Hilton, Ear
4, Potter, Prosestor and Fannie II. Loring
Il Philadelphia, are reported lost wit
their crews.
The remaining two of the New Wash
ington, (O.) burglars were lodged in Jail a
Mansfield, that State, on the I4th. Jane
Eschenbach, Of Nap oleon, Ohio, Is the on
who participated In the Shelby shootin
and escaped. The other Is James Turner
] whose parents live In Shelby. He wa
wounded at the time the burglary wa