The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-07-18

OhANGE JUDD, puDllsucEs VI NcW
York city, made an assignment on the
18th. The debts are individual, and win
not affect the Judd Publishing Company.
JOHN CASH, Andrew Hanson, John
Kohlman and Thomas Ward were killed in
the Eureka stone quarry at Lemont, ul., on
the 18th by the falling of q heavy derrick.
While raising q block Of stone weighing
three tons one of the supporting wire guy
among q crowd of fifty workmen, killing
the four above mentioned and iniuring sew
eral Others.
Col. FREDERICK A. CARTENEUs, an
old and prominent citizen Of Kalamazoo,
Mich, died on the 18th after an Illness of
only four hours, in the seventy-seventh
year Of his age. He served In the Mexican
war in Michigan regiment; was Adjutant
General OF that state from lsoot1 1851 COM
the war of the Rebellion, and was placed
under arrest by the General of his brigade
because he would not return some escaped
slaves to their masters. He subsequently,
resigned, but his action was sustained by
the State. He had been q member of the
State Legislature several terms; also, Col
lector Of Internal Revenue for his district.
A DISPATCH from st. Joseph, Mo-,
states that terrible tor1ado passed over
that region on the afternoon of the 18th.
The first damage done by the sterm was at
Hamburg, Ia, where a brick church and
several buildings were wrecked The storm
5nen aPPearea as Mes5o3ro, Atchison
and injuring nearly all the buildings in the
place. One child was killed. At Stanbury
the tower of the Normal School building
and the cupola of the Baptist church were
blown of and three other churches moved
from their foundations, one being wrecked.
Several stores and dwellings were injured.
At Burlington Junction not q singe house
escaped and, at Maryville the storm was
blown down and several persons injured.
A SENSATION was created in the Grim
inal Court at Nashville, Tenn, on the 18th,
by the discovery that some one had stolen
from the State Treasurer's office the bank
the repositories from May, 1877, to Janu-
ary, 1888. The book was kept by ]. c.
Fleming for n. 7. Polk, now on trial for
embezzlement, and contained entries relied
on by the Legislative investigating COM
mittee to convict him A reward has been
offered for its return.
j. P. MACHEcA, fruit dealers of New
Orleans, failed on the 18th. The failure is
attributed to their inability to collect out
mated at 500 900 assets not stated.
THE business failures throughout the
country during the week ending the 18th
numbered 15e, as against 13s the previous
| week. They were distributed as follows
ern, a; Southern, %; Pacific States and
Territories, II; New York City, ., and
Canada, 80.
PETER j. BYRNEs, a boy aged sixteen
years, died of hydrophobia at Fort Hamil
ton, Long Island, on the 18th. About siz
weeks previous to his death, while playing
with the family cat he was badly scratched
| in the face, and the cat afterwards acting
strangely, was shot, but no importance
was given to the boys injuries and
ever, he was seized with dizzines.
| and severe pains in the jaws anC
throat, and at times barked like dog
| showing intense aversion to water, and dieC
on the 18th, as STAGED, in great agony. Th'
attending physician stated that he did no
\ believe the scratch of a cat, even IL she wer'
| rabid, would cause hydrophobia, but b,
| thought that the cat must have had hgh
with q rabid dog and got poisonous mucu
by the appearance of the cat, which is sta
/ ted to have had scratches and wounds OF
| its head and face, as If it had had o desper
ate encounter with some animal.
THE following is the weekly banl
statement of the Associated Banks of New
York City for the week ending the 14th
Loans increase, 81, 1,1s6, 100; specie increase
s., OH, 100; legal tenders increase, 81 100 100
deposits increase, =, ,9TS, 500; circulation de
The banks held $s.617, ,sO5 in excess of th
legal requirements.
| WILLIAM SULLIVAN, an old and re
residence in that place on the 18th, in tn
1 ID, - Ne 49,,
| in Morgantown, Va, and when q boy ofte
| went with his father to Mt. Vernon for fish
| during which times he always slept at tn
house of General Washington, his fathe
and the General being intimate friends
He was q soldier in the war of 1919, 70
which he drew q pension up to the tim
of his death, and also served in the lat
Rebellion in the Sixty sixth Ohio Voluntee
Infantry. Mr.. Sullivan's physical abilit,
was remarkable, being as spry as man.
men at sixty. BE never used spectacle
and often went hunting, and never faile
to bring home game, although for the pas
few years his eye-sight required him {
substitute q shotgun for the rife, the lat
ter, however, being mis- favorite weapon
He was a member of the Grand Army @
the Republic, who attended his funeral in
body.
THE President on the 14th recognize
Miguel Suares Guanes, Consul General c
Spain at New York, and Gustave Wilson
Vice Consul of Russia at Portland, Oregon
INFORMATION was received at tn
Treasury Department. at Washington o
the 14th that "hIled" twenty dollar gol
pieces had made their appearance in Tel
nessee and other parts Of the South.
SECRETARY TELLER made decisio
on the 18th that fling of land claims befol
the clerk In the office of the Register of Il
Il n -
but not de jure, has the same effect as
[ made before the Register, and Is valid.
, TIE Secretary of the Interior issue
. an order on the 14th that no more propose
D be received for consideration by that d
: partment from any person, firm or corp
ration in default for performance OF an
, contract or agreement made with the ID
partment, or who has failed to perform Il
i | same to the satisfaction of the Department
nor will any contract hereafter be awards
D to such person, firm or corporation. II
!. order went into effect on the 11th inst.
A MALIGNANT type of measels brol
Q out in st. Mary's Industrial School, occ
: pied by $50 boys, ten Of whom died on q
I 18th.
THE North Auburn (Me.) Boot ar
Shoe factory was destroyed by fire on G
night of the 14th. In the basement Of q
building was stored Il, 900 cases of cann
. corn, which was also burned.
K THE Vermont Shade Roller Cor
pany's works at Vergennes, that Stat
= were burned on the 18th. Partially 1
: ! sured.
d ABOUT one hundred members of i
Apollo Commandery No. 1, Knights Tel
, plars, of Chicago, in command Of Emine
n Sir Kpi0ht Norunan II Ga xefte sailad fro