The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-03-21

woman during that time. He regretted that
be c uld not XII two more men who had in
friends, he preferred death 10 q life IN prison.
he asked that his body be thrown in the river /
and that an account OF his miserable end be /
sent 70 his relatives.
The Republican State Conyention of |
Rhode Island met at Providence on the 18th |
and nominated the following ticket: Augustus |
o. Bourne, of Bristol, was nominated for Gov |
ernor and Oscar J. Rathbun, for Lieutenant
Go,efno Inc I'M Hiot t,cset Seee nom 1il
Joshua NJ. Addemant, Secretary of State; s.
p. Colt, Attorney General; Samuel Clark,
General Treasurer.
The Ohio Republican State Central
Committee issued an official call on the 10th
for the Republican state Convention of that
State to meet at Columbus on June ). The
basis of representation win be one delegate
and one delegate or every fraction OF go
votes and upwards IN each county.
SECRETARY CHANDLER sent a cable
message to Lieutenant Haber, through Minis
ter Hun, at st. Pc ersburgh, Russia, on the
10th, authorizing him to continue the search
for Lieutenant Chipp and his party during the
coming summer II he thought advisable. This
was an answer to suggestion to hat effect
made BY Mr.. Haber in his last report TO the
Secretary.
o. w. DENNY. Consul General of the
United States at Shanghai, China, forwarded
10 the State Department at Washington,
$2, S55 in United States gold coin, to be placed
to the credit OF the Garfield memorial hos
piial.
: The summer hotel at Rocky Point, R.
L, was partially destroyed by fire on the 18th.
Loss 500, 900; fully insured.
h. TIE Delavan House at Albany. n. Y,
caught fire about half-past three 'clock on the
morning Of the 18th from fire In the kitchen
range. There we're lO6 guests in the house at
the time, and when the alarm was given they
became panic stricken and rushed wildly
through the halls a. down the stairs, clad
only In their night garments. One woman
fell and was seriously injured The flames
were kept confined to the kitchen by the ire
department.
NELLs SAHLsTRoM, a Swede, commit
ted suicide at jamestown, N. Y, on the 18th
by soaking a box OF matches in q glass OF
water aud then drinking it. He tried to hang
himself the week previous He was despond-
ent because he c 'uld not obtain work.
DENNIS SULLIVAN, roller on the
nine-inch train rolls In the Valley iron mills at
Youngstown, Ohio, was caught and drawn
through the boring Of the rolls on the 10th.
His left arm was drawn from its socket and
leaves q family.
ELLEN BrRMINGHAM died at Louisville,
KY, on the 18th, in the 101th year of her age.
She retained her faculties until the last.
TIE latest advices from the overhowed
regions of the. lower Mi-sissippi River are
that the water was declining at nearly all
points and that a more hopeful feeling ex-
tsted among the people. The planters were
| making preparations 10 put in their crops.
REV. JAMES VINCENT CoNLAN, pastor
Of st. AIMS Catholic church at Fremont,
Ohio, died at Charity Hospital. Clevelan !, on
the 10th, in the sixty-third year of his age.
MRs. CAROLINE WooDREY, wife of
Carl woodrey, q farmer living near Mason,
Warren County, Ohio, committed suicide on
the 18th, by hanging herself with rope from
q rafter in the garnet In her house. She was
| the mother of three children, one of whom died
last Christmas. since that time she has ben
mentally deranged.
OBY E. OWEN, defaulting teller of the
| Third National Bank Of {. Louis, was con-
victed on the 10Th. 1t appeared from the tes-
/ timony that he had distracted from tina insti-
| tuition about sos, 900 during The past eight
years The m iney MAS all sunk in the butter
and cheese business and speculations Ia grain
/ and C tton-
HOWARD WHITE 4 Co.'s commercial
/ circular shows the number Of hogs Iacked In
tn. Chicago market during the year ending
March l, 1888, was 4, 223, 200, q decrease ol
i $1,000, compared with the preceding year
| Packing dur z the past summer season wal
i l,665, ,00t q decreas uf l,O67,0M compared
4 with the previous summer Packing Tor the
winter season was 2,5.SOOO, a. increase o.
10000 compared with the pr vi us winter.
F. TAYLOR & CoMPANY's paper mill.
at South Hadley, Mass, was burned on tLs
I6h.
The shoe-fnding mandatory o
Charles E. Morrill,, at Deering, Sc, wa
burned on the 10th. Loss $4,000; Insurance.
$4,000.
TIE business failures throughout the
country for the week ding the 10Th mum
bered 225, as against 25s the previous week, {
| reduction oftweuty-seven. The New England
States had %; Mid lie, 81; Western, 20; South
ern, 81; Pacific, s; New York City, IL, anc
Canada 81.
AT the last session of Congress an ap
preparation OF sSu,OOJ was made to pay the
State OF Georgia for expenses incurred in the
Revolutionary war. Judge Lawrence, First
Comptroller Of the Treasury, has declined &c
pay the money, for the reason that Geoi gii
owes the United States Government more thar
that amour on account OF direct tax during
TIE following named officers of the
regular army were placed on the retired list
on the 10Th for disabilities incurred in the
service: Captains-Jsmes II. Rollins, Ord
nance Department.; William Falck, econC
Infantry; II. NJ. Benson, Eleventh Infantry
Firsi Lieu enants-W. R. Harmon, TIE 'tt
sons. srirSs k SsiSs n,fS Infantry Infantry
George NJ. Lowe, sixteen b Infantry; John
y. Trout, Twenty-third Infantry. Lieu
tenant Colonel Meyers, Deputy Quartermastel
General, was a'so placed on the retired list a
his own request under the ihirty year clause
act of Congress relating to army retirements
There are still four vacancies upon The regula
retired list Of four hun red, which will be rlleC
upon the recommendations OF the Retiring
Board, to be convened by order OF the Secre
tary OF War.
A DowNIEvILLE, CAL, dispatch of the
10th says: ''The mining town OF Forest City
was burned to-day. The fire started f. Soul
Inns 10 el and spread so rapidly that 1 6
| very short time all he business houses In the
town were ablaZe. f. Miller, hote
keeper, was burned to death. only few
/ dwellings were left The loss will reach hun
dreds of hous -nds o. dollars"
| A eoMPREss and 800 bales of cotton
were burned at Texarkana, Ark, on the 10Th
Loss, 800, 900; insure for 8 5000.
: 4 A FIRE at Bloomington, Ind, on the
10Th destroyed all the business houses on tia,
|. west side OF the Square. The loss, it Il
thought, viii each $4,000.
SAMUEL RUTH, defaulting cashier O
the Washing ton (Pa) Sayings Bank, wa
found guilty of 70 gerry and larceny byem
ploye, on the 18th. The bank was forced II
suspend IN April last. After the close it wa
found that Ruth's accounts were $100,0O
| short. He confesse to having taken tn
| money, and sa d his ruin was caused bv grail
speculation. Upon investigation it was fou
: that for two years prior to discovery he ha'
been speculating on the banks money. ant
that ring that time he had received larg
amounts from derositors, which he gave Ger
tifcates for, pockete the money and made NJ
entry.