The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-01-10

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steam flour mill at Fillmore Center, Mich,
exploded on the 4th, killing four persons and
injuring two others. The boiler was thrown
ST.. MARY's- Episcopal School, a school
for young ladies at Knoxville, ILL.,, was burned
early on the morning OF the 4th. Most of the
one hundred. scholars were asleep when the
flames were discovered, and had barely time to
escape when the alarm was given, leaving
their wardrobes and property behind Many
H., broke leg; Miss Hosford, Of Dubuque,
was seriously injured by falling from a ladder,
and f. A. Keigltling, fireman, also fell and
loss of lie occurred. though at one time It
seemed inevitable. The building was tmpos-
ing, the pestry OF brick and handsomely fur
ni-hed. The loss on building is about $4,000,
which was fully insured
A LARGE meteor, resembling the cleo
trio light in briIliancy and color, was visible
at Chicago on the evening Of the Sd, lighting
the entire heavens, shot from q point forty
five degrees above the horizon In the southeast
downward and westward, being extinguished
| suddenly in the southwest, about ten degrees
| above the horizioa. dark red light re-
several minutes afterwa d. This light at d st
el ngated in the direction taken by he meteor,
| gradually fading to an irregular rounded form
The meteor was ais visible at EIkhart, Ind,
B. F. BUTLER was inaugurated Gov
ernor OF Massachusetts, on the 4th, amid more
enthusiasm than has attended the inaugura-
ton of a Governor in that state for a number
| of years. There was an immense crowd pres
| eni. The Governor was dressed In full uniform
| of a Major General and attended by his stan.
The ceremonies were very impressive. In his
| inaugural address he presented his views upon
| free and equal suffrage at great length. He
suggested that a nominal poll tax for State
| purposes be assessed as now ON the polls OF
the citizens, and then II any citizen choose TO
pay it by doing his duty as q citizen, by
\ voting, let that act be a discharge and pay
ment OF such tax. Regarding free ballot.
and fair count he said: why not
closed in selfsealing envelopes OF the same
size, quality and color, to be furnished by the
State, then the size and complexion OF the
gested that law be passed allowing women TO
vote under the same regulations as men in
municipal elections, which law shall take
effect when II shall be accepted by majority
of the women voting at the same general
election, provision to be made obviating the
objection women may have to 20 into war
| rooms and voting places for the purpose OF
exercising the right Of suffrage
The wife and two children of Thomas
johnson, living at the foot OF Laurel Hill, in
Westmoreland County, Pa, were buried in a
land slide on the Sd and suffocated to death.
The rolling mills of Morrison. Colwell
& Page, knitting mills of O'Brien Sc Powers,
and the pilot mills Of Patrick Gugerty. at
Cohoes, N. Y, were destroyed by FIRE on the
5th. Loss $500, COO; insured for about two
| thirds that amount
Four unknown masked men entered
the farm house Of J. E Arnold, at Downer's
Grove, Ill, on the evening of the 4th, and
bound and gagged the four inmates They
~ N.a-r.. - -
going to the barn took ( .ur OF Mr.. Arnold's
horses and rode away.
TIE large freight and depot buildings
OF the Norfolk & Western Railroad at Zuni
Station, Va, were burned on the 5th.
JOSEPH REVERE, the oldest man in
Ohio died in the Infirmary at Bavaria, that
State, on the 4th, aged nearly 10S years. He
was Of French-Indian parentsge, and witnessed
| the death of Tecumseh in the war,of 1912. He
] was resident for q long time OF Pittsburgh,
where he kept barber shop and bakery. He
was famous athlete in his younger days and
| could throw any man at wrestle In that city.
He removed to Ohio in 1850.
AT special meeting of the Directors
OF the New York, Chicago & st. Louis (Nickel
Plate1 Railroad, at New York on the 5th, the
| following Directors were elected for the en-
! suing year: ]. H. Deyereux, Cornelius Van
d rbit, w. X. Vanderbilt, II. Mex. Twombler,
stasef Mese. Wsse
Hickox, James Tillinghast and ID. w. Cald
well. J. H. Devereux was elected President
Of the Board.
AN earthquake shock was distinctly
felt at Lorain, Ohio, about five O'Clock on the
morning of the 5th. The shock was sufficient
to shake every building in the town and
lasted about fifteen seconds It was accom-
panied By low, rumbling sound
THE business failures throughout the
whole country for the week ending the 5th
numbered 294. distributed as follows: Eastern
States, "a; Western, ~; Middle, 80; South
Canada, 16. Compared with the previous
week this shows an increase OF thirty -one, but
this number is doubtless swollen by the num-
erous small assignments made at the close OF
the year, though the parties had virtually
failed long before.
JOSEPH SANvILLE and Miss Roullier,
while crossing the river at Two Rivers, Wis,
on the 4th, broke through the ice and were
drowned. They were to have been married
in few days.
THE cap and fur store Of T. Richtors
and a number OF dwellings, at Davenport,
Iowa, were burned on the 9th. Loss csc, 900;
fully insured.
The planning mill of Hudson Brothers,
the furniture factory OF Smith d Diting, the
planning mill of Hartzell & Hartman, the South
Bend Pump Company, the BisseI Plow Com
psny and Sibley q Wares machine shops, at
South Bend, Ind, were destroyed by fire on
the 5th. Loss about sSo, 900; insured for about
$4,000.
CHARLES GAssAGE, q pioneer dry
goods merchant of Chicago, died 10 that city
on the 5th.
TIE flour mill of c. ID. Ander, Car
roll s. Co., at Baltimore, Nd, was burned on
the 5th. Loss SIS, 900; insured for $4,000.
The Secretary of the Treasury trans
mitted to the House on the 5th the report of
the Cattle Commission on the lung plague OIL
: contagious pleuro pneumonia. The Commits
sion reported that they had visited aud con-
suited with collectors OF several ports with the
ings as quarantining stations for imported
cattle After careful observation of no les;
than sixty sites offered, the Commission
secured such places for the ports Of Port
land, Boston, New York and Baltimore.
There being a very small importation &c
Philadelphia, 1t was thought unnecessary
to secure a site there The Commission Oh
, serves that Il is vain 10 hope that England
will remove the clause in her laws requiring
that cattle mus be slaughtered before expor-
tation so long as we fail to show that the last
vestige OF the infection has been wiped out
from our land; The yearly losses from lunl
s2,OOO, 600 to $1,000, 900, and the prospective
yearly losses $50, 1000. The sum required 70
amp 1t out will be about $4,000.
600. The Commission, among her measure,
recommends, beside the quarantine at sites
indicated that Congress empower the Secre-
tary of the Treasury TO order the instant
destruction and proper disposal of all infected
| | cattle, or their detention under such rigiC
/ supervision as the Commission shall prescribe.
The report goes into details OF the disease anC
the effect its prevalence has upon exports
etc
MARSHAL F. Polk. State Treasurer
of Tennessee is defaulier to the amount o.
100000. There was fund of $600, ,O0O in hii
hands to pay interest on certain funded bonds