The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-06-06
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.
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
TIE State Convention Of the Pro-
hibition Home Protection party Of Penn
sylvania, met at Pittsburgh on the 18th ult.
Over 800 delegates were present. J. N.
President and Ira E. Howard, Of Venango
County, nominated for State Treasurer.
The platform adopted enunciated the prin-
ciples of the party.
MEMORIAL day throughout the coun-
try was observed by the close of business
and the decoration Of graves.
Rev. CHARLES LYNCH, pastor of st.
Francis Church, North Adams, Mass, and
prominently identified with Land League
affairs, died on the 3Oth ult
DURNe the performance at the Ac-
ademy of Music at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the
what under the influence of liquor, was
mesmerized by the Kennedy Brothers, and
at the conclusion Of their act they were un-
able to restore him to consciousness. Sew
eral physicians were called but all their
efforts to revive him were unsuccessful
PROBABLY the oldest historic relic in
Pennsylvania is the old homestead Of Will
lam Penn, which for more than two hum
drsd years has stood on the west side of
Lstitis Street. Just . below IA Market sr Street
has long been an object of curiosity and
interest to visitors to the Quaker City, has
been torn down to make room for large
warehouse. The lovers of the histori-
cal relics will be gratified to learn,
exercised in demolishing the building and
all the parts have been safely removed to
Paramount Park, where the house viii be
reconstructed under the supervision of Mr..
AAAfUnr, Hntf0r will Stand n n knnll
and win face the Schuylkin River, where
1t may be easily seen by visitors The
house viii be kept in repair and every pre-
caution taken to Preserye the structure as
q mark of respect to the founder OF the
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania
TIE State Department at Washing
ton received telegraphic advices on the SOth
ult. that the ratifications Of treaty be-
tween the United States and Corea had
been exchanged at the Corean capital. This
is the first treaty between Corea and q
Western power all the preliminaries to
which have been fulfilled.
GENERAL ADoLPH BUsBEcK, who
commanded the Twenty-seventh Pennsyl-
vania volunteers, and the first brigade of
the Second Division of the Army of the
Potomac during the Rebellion, died at Flor
ence, Italy, on the 18th ult.
A STEAM gauge-cock on board the
steam barge Andrew Noster burst On the
afternoon of the 30th ult. while the boat
was on her way from Point of Pines to
Boston, severely scalding Edward Hart,
engineer, and John J. O'Leary, both of
whom win die, and seriously injuring sew
eral others.
The saw mill of John johnson, with
ninety tons of bark, the store and dwelling
of J. F. Derr, the saddlery of Edward Fels-
IA "a II
ut Montgomery, Lycoming County, Pa,
were destroyed by fire on the SOth ult.
Rev. FATHER JOHN DE BLIECK, one
of the oldest and most distinguished MEM
bers of the Order of Jesuits in this country,
Jesuit schools, died at Chicago On the 30th
ult., of cancer of the throat, aged sixty-two
years.
LIEUTENANT WILLIAM BAIRD, of the
Sixth Cavalry, who arrived at Washington
on the 31st ult. from the Mexican frontier,
stated that he did not think the reports of
General Crooks engagement with the hos
tiles were trustworthy. "Very likely" he
said, '.there has been fighting, but do not
think decisive action has taken place."
General Crook, he stated further, did not
intend to send back word until he had ac-
complished something or entirely failed.
A LARGE quantity of powder with q
lighted fuse, was thrown into the house of
q colored miner named Scott Davis, at Des
Moines, Iowa, on the evening of the 30th
ult. The powder exploded with fearful
force and portions OF the house were blown
to pieces Several persons were injured,
but none seriously. Davis had refused to
stop work during strike.
A BOILER exploded in the saw mill
of Blackshear & Snyder. at Opelousas, La.
on the 31st ult-, killing two men and badly
injuring four others.
II is estimated that the decrease Of
the public debt for May will be about
$500, 900. The bond redemption during
the month was SIC, ,5O0, 900, and payment:
on account of pensions $12, 100000.
THE National Free Trade Conference
met at Detroit on the 31st ult. for the pur
pose of interchanging views as to the best
method to be pursued for the propagation
| of their distinctive principles. The attend
called to order by William g. Brownies, O
| Detroit, and the following permanent
| officers elected: President, Hon. DaviS
| A. Wells, Of Connecticut: Vice Presidents
| Smith, Iowa; Austin b. Brown, Indiana
| Charles Francis Adams, Jr., Massachusetts,
1 Ulysses Tanner, Minnesota; Willard Par
| ker, Michigan; E. G. Taylor, Missouri; J
Sterling Morton, Nebraska; Edward N
Shepard, New York; Frank b. Hurd, Ohio
James N. Bethun, Virginia; +. G. Frederick
/ SON, Wisconsin; Secretaries, Charles Z
| Russell, Iowa, and James II. Mcdonald
/ Michigan
| COLONEL G. P. BUELL., of the Unitet
States Army, died at Nashville, Tenn, ol
the a1st ult. from the effects of an opera
ton performed on his jaw few weeks be
| fore, combined with heart disease. 81
was Colonel of the Fifteenth United State
| Infantry now stationed at Fort Stanton
N. N, and cousin Of General Don Carlo
Buell..
JOHN ANDERSON, q one-year conyic
In the Joliet penitentiary from Chicago wa
murdered in that Institution on the nigh
of the 30th ult. by Michael Mooney, his eel
mate. His throat was cut from ear to eal
THE annual session of the Ohio Stat
woman's Suffrage Association viii be hel
at Columbus ON the 18th and 18th.
BELLE THATCHER. wife of Leande
Thatcher, q respectable farmer living nes
Kansas Mills, Clinton County, Ohio, wa
committed to the jail at Blanchester, tbs
county, on the 3Oth ult., on the charge {
attempting to poison her husband by a.
ministering paris green in his coffee. St
had made several unsuccessful attempts
take his life. She was an inmate Of tt
| asylum at Dayton several years ago bl
was discharged by the authorities Etor'
viii be made to have her returned to thu
institution
The most discouraging accounts col
oerning the crops in different sections
Virginia were being greceivedi in consequent
of the protracted drought in that Stat
Cotton was coming up badly and the {
bacco plants were small and In some 1
stances were drying up in patches. If
, full crop of tobacco was raised twas feart
it would be very late. In the peanut Sc
tions many planters Were compelled to T
plant in consequence Of the rotting of Il
plants.
Il A wilcox, Arizona, special from Ss
!, Carlos ON the 3Oth ult. says: "It is learns
that Locals wife, son, son-in-law, daughte