The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-04-25
DOMESTIC.

Girls, that State, have been In the habit OF
trammel-netting in the bay on the Illinois
side of the river, which 10 contrary to the
laws of that State. A constable of CAL
houn, H., determined to suppress It and,
with posse, on the night Of the nth,
msnSsd tbsn bsnng PaTs Oh eT ssed ane on
the officer to read his warrant for their ar
rest, which he refused to do, sol they started
to row their boat down the bay, when the
posse fred upon them, killing William
Wnlhoby, and wounding the other two.
A TERRIBLE accident occurred ON
Lookout Mountain, near Chattanooga,
Tenn, on the 18th. Trose Griggs was out
shied at the top Of the mountain and
plunged over q precipice 200 feet high into
deep ravine. Griggs was instantly killed
and the young lady seriously injured.
A EARaE warehouse at Leavenworth,
Kas., was burned on the 18th. Several em-
ployes were 30 pressed by the flames that
they jumped from the third-story windows,
fatal injuries. There were forty-ffve mem in
the building at the time. su
ELLEN HALLAsEY, aged sixty-fve,
was found dead In her house at Taunton,
Mass, on the morning Of the 18th. It Is
thought that she was murdered. Her two
sons, Timothy and John, and William
Flynn, were arrested for the deed
TIE Massachusetts State Senate by q
vote of fifteen to six on the 18th, defeated
the bill forbidcing railroads to charge
higher rate for freights for short than
long distances.
A BILL passed the Pennsylvania State
Senate on the 1874 making the general cleo
ton day legal holiday.
CAPTAIN CHARLES C. McCoNNELL,
of the Fifth Artillery, was placed on the
retired list on the 18th because Of disability
incurred In the service
THE Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue has decided to redeem the stamps and
return 10 the owner with the word ire
deemedo imprinted on each check, all
checks and drafts bearing two-cent internal
revenue stamps which remain unused on
July I. These checks and drafts can be
used in the regular course of business
THE Ohio Legislature adjourned sine
die on the 10th. ff--s..rr
THE Wabash freight depot at Council
Bluffs, Iowa, was burned on the night of
the 18th. s.s I'D
ELEVEN dwellings were destroyed by
fire at Hamilton, Ohio, on the 18th. They
were partly insured.
FoRrY-EIGHT cities and towns in Il
| their municipal elections on the I7th. Sew
enteen declared 70 prohibition or anti
license, thirty-one declared for license, six
| Of which were for high license, and four
towns did not vote ON the question at all
THE Collier House and four business
houses at Indian Springs, Ga, were de-
stroyed by FIRE on the 18th. No insurance.
THE Ohio Democratic State Central
| Committee met at Columbus on the 18th, and
decided to hold the next State Convention
i In that city on the 10th of June. Hon. Clark
| Irvine presided An the districts were rep
| resented
BETWEEN 200 and 800 cowboys or
! ranchers In the Panhandle district of
| Texas, are on o strike for an increase of
wages from thirty to fifty dollars per
month and board. They are well armed
with Winchester rides and threaten to
| kill all new men who are employed. The
| strikers sent a committee to the men at
| work ordering them to quit under pain of
| death.
THE most serious caving-in accident
that has occurred In the Anthracite dis
trict for many years took place at Ashland,
Pa, on the 18th. About dozen dwellings
/ Of miners which stood almost directly over
the tunnel of the Phiiadelphia & Reading
| Co., fell in with q terrible crash and the
| household property and belongings were
entirely destroyed. Fortunately no one
was killed although several were severely
| wounded
The centennial of the cessation of
hostilities between the United States and
Great Britain was celebrated at Newburgh,
N. Y, on the 18th. A salute of thirteen
guns was fired at Washington,s headquar.
| ters and was answered by similar salute
| at West Point
MARY CoNNKLLY, an insane young
girl, died at the Middlesex County aims
house, ut Woburn, Mass, recently, after
fasting forty-eight days. Part Of the time
of her fast she drank no water and only
once was she induced to drink q little milk
and water.
The one hundred and eighth ami
versary Of the battles Of Concord and Lex
ington were observed In those towns on the
18th by the firing Of cannon, display OF
hags and parades by the local military or
| ganizations.
land were burned over on the night Of the
18th between Milford and Ropkinton, Mass
Several hundred cords of cut wood wers
also destroyed.
Four business houses were destroyed
by fire at Greenfield, Ind, on the morning
Of the 10th. Partially insured.
THOMAS KNILL, an engineer IL
Thompson's plow works at Beloit, Wis.
was instantly killed on the 18th by falling
upon the drive-wheel of the engine. Hi
, body was torn into fragments.
f WAsHNGToN's favorite oak tree a
Mount Vernon, which fell during q storm
about one year ago, is being worked up int.
relics In the form of gavels, etc, by mem
bers Of the Masonic fraternity for distribu
| ION tha Oh "a r<,rlr
: try. The tree was known tohave been owe
two hundred years old.
The Commissioner General of tn
Land Office at Washington decided q con
tested case on the 18th involving lands with
: in the limits of the originally located lin
I of the railroad in Michigan from Marquett
: to the Wisconsin State line. The Commits
Q titled for this line, which were relin
quished under q joint resolution Q
. Congress, were by the operation Of thi
! statute, and by such relinquishment, N
stored to the public domain, and that tn
same are subject to presumption and homs
T stead entry as other public lands of tn
r United States. In this case the lands ar
also within the limits originally hxed 70
], line. The Commissioner says that there /
no indemnity or no other withdrawa
= covering the land in controversy, and b
3 therefore awards the same to the settler
N "frst In time"
Il The number of postofices in tn
!, United States and the Territories on th
1st Of April was 1880, an increase durin
the nine months since the fiscal year bega
o Of over one thousand Offices. The return
~ from the Gulf States show q marked II
, crease, rs well upon the routes Of th
Northern and Southern Pacific railroad syi
Ie tems- Alaska Territory has seven pos
- Offices, against four last year. As the q
49, ls.A- 81 9<>oa aI.<
,e some extent the growth of newly settle
~ countries, it is easily understood whic
. way the population is drifting.
p GECRErARY EREI INaHIrYREN ON fh