The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-10-03
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

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The Massachusetts State Democratic
Convention met in Springfield on the 26th
and renominated Governor Butler.
COLONEL GEORGE KNAPP, editor of
the Missouri Republican, st. Louis, died
on the 18th on board the steamer Pennland,
en- route from Europe to New York.
The colored convention at st. Louis
adopted an address on the 9th ult. setting
forth their appreciation of the great bene-
fits that have been conferred upon them in
the past twenty years, and asking the en-
torcement of the laws passed in their be-
half.
THE New York Democrats, in State
Convention at Buffalo ON the 9th ult.,
nominated Isaac II. Maynard for Secretary
of State, Alfred @. Chaplin for Comptroller
and Robert A. Maxwell for Treasurer.
THE Maryland Republicans held q
State Convention at Baltimore on the 9th
ult. and nominated Hart B. Holton for
Governor, DIR. W. h. Smith for Comp
troller and R. 8. Matthews for Attorney
General.
AT Van Buren, Ark, Colfax David
son, formerly of st. Louis. editor of the
Arkansas Agitdtor, suicided on the 9th
ult. on account of financial troubles.
FOREIGN.
THREE hundred dwelling houses
were burned at Constantinople on the 26th.
AN official list of the fatalities by
earthquake at Ischia recently have just
been given, and aggregate 1880 killed and
3s4 injured. ~
FULLER reports of the recent storm
in the vicinity of Nassau, Bahama Islands,
were received on the 26th, which show that
about sixty lives were lost and fully 100
vessels destroyed. A number of the lives
lost were those of passengers, nine being
lost from one vessel, also the mails de-
stroyed.
c. j. DEWEY, doing business at Mont;
real, Canada, as produce shipper to I'm.
gland, raised 100000 on forged bills OF
| lading and absconded on the 9th ult
| Banks in Toronto, Boston, New York and
London, Ont, are losers.
AN agent of the Russian Government
contracted with an English firm on the
plates to be used in the construction of wal
vessels to the value of Is, ,000, 900 roubles.
The estates of the Queen of Servis
will be sold to liquidate her debts, which
are said to aggregate 900 900 roubles.
SIX bayonets and 500 cartridges were
found in sewers at Cork, Ireland, on th'
9th ult. by the police.
THE statue of Germania was unveiled
at Neiderwald, Germany, on the 2sth ult
| in the presence of the Emperor, German
sovereigns and about $4,000 people.
Ex-JUDGE FULLERTON and Gen
Roger A. Pryor have been retained al
| American counsel for O'Donnell, whit
killed the inf0mer Carey. O'Donnell'
| preliminary heaNng was concluded at Lon
| don on the 2Sth ult., and he was committed
| to the Criminal Court for trial.
AN ambassador from the Vatican lef
Rome recently for America to examin'
into the rumors of the spread of secret SO
cieties amongst people of the Catholi'
4 faith in the United States.
On the 30th ult, while King Alfonst
| was going from a railroad train to his hote
in Paris, he was hooted at by the people.
The Canadian Department of Agri
culture received advices from Liverpool OF
the 29th ult. that a cargo of 1000 sheeI
from Canada had been ordered slaughtered
because one of the sheep was said by tn.
| authorities there to have been affected witt
scab on landing.