The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-02-28
Death OF Marshall Jewell.


afternoon of the 10th, of acute pneumo-
MIA He was i'll but a few dafs and died
without apparent pain. He was Fl ty-
seven years old and leaves q widow and
two daughters.
Marshall Jewell was by birth New
England man. and during the greater
part o his life he was clio ely and prom
inen'ly identified with New England
business interests. He was born Octoi
Der 20, 1925, at Winchester. n. H., and
was the son of a tanner, and the de-
scendant of five generations of anners.
He attended the village-school in ch. d.
hood and was sent for few terms to q
ne ghboring academy. Then he be-
came an app?en i, e in his fathers tan
yard. A ter leaving the trade he went
TO Boston and studied ele tric;ty. par
ticula in its appl,ca ION to the then
new art o. te'egraphy. His first situa-
ton as te egraph oper tor was secured
in Rochester, N. l., and from there he
soon went to Akron, o., where he spent
some ii in charge of an dice. But
his rowing disposition was not yet salts
fed, and he went to Columbia. Tenn. +.
an thence to Jackso', Miss. and at
the age of twenty three he superintended
the construction of telegraph lines be-
tween Louisville, KY, and New Or
leans. in 1Si9 he was offered and ac-
cepted the position of General Superin-
tendent of the ew York " Boston Tel
egraph Line. On coming North to en-
ter pom his duties in that capacity,
however, he was persuaded to abandon
telegraphy and join his iataer in an en-
teiprise he had Just begun, the manu-
facture of leather betting at Hart. ord,
Conn. Yong and Q ergetic, he soon
established the business on prosperous
basis, and lost no opportunity of extend
ing its scope. At the death of his ftther
he became the head OF the firm of NJ.
Jewell " Co., which had begun to rank
among the great bus ness establish
ments of the State In 1859 Mr.. Jewell
visite Europe ard inspected the large
tanueries of England a I'd france, an
be repeated the visit the following year.
In Is 5 he eros @ the ocean a thi.
time, and spent a year abroad, sitting
Asia and Africa.
Mr.. ewell political career began in
1S 8, when he entered the lists or Gov.
ernor of Connecticut on the Re ubl can
ii ket He was eiecte and served rom
MaN, 1867, to May. i8 O. He was
elected a second time, and served from
May, Is 1, to May. 1872. Entering 8
third campaign. he was third time
successful He closed his third term q
Governor in Is g, just in season to re-
ceive from President Grant the appoint.
ment to be United States Minister tc
Russia At st. Pete sburg he made
himself particularly useful to the mer
camille and manufacturing interests o
his native land. He began n ,gotiatine
with the Imperial Government for 9
-,
in securing It's conc us on and ratifca
processes of the ranu acture OF the pc.
culiarly scented. feathers then made
only in that country, and known as
s.Russia leather" 1t w made. HI
found, Just as similar grades of leathe
were made in America. but was scented
by the use of small amount of birch
bark tar in tanning. He purchased
sore OF the tar and sent 1t no ne. to
gether with an account of the result o
b Investigations, and sin then the
leather, perfume included. has beer
m nu actured here as success ully as il
Russia MIR. Jewell did not stay in Rus
sia long.
In julv, 1874, President Grant ap
pointed him to succeed A j. Creswel
as Postmaster General, and he a
once resigned his mission to accep
that position. In the Post Office De
partment he at onue began o Wig
oroas and aggressive policy of re
form, and especi lily att ,cked the svs
tenn of straw-b.ds and other corrup
practices OF con ractors in Texas AND
Alabama. He did elective work il
suppressing these frauds. and thus wor
the bitter hatred the Senators from
those States, who ercely o posed hi
con irmation when the Senate met
hey failed in this purpose, however
and he continued his good work OF re
form and publication. He also estab
lished the system of fast mail-trains
which has since been extended, ani
has become sach an inestimable bool
to the public. His idea during his Ad
ministration was to conduct the De
partment on business principles. Fo
the first time in his life, he said. he hat
found b mself at the head of an institu
ton which did not pay its own ex
penses. In May. 8 D. at the annua
dinner of the New York Chamber o
Commerce, in the absence of Genera
Grant, he responded to the toast to III,
Pres dent and at the conclusion of hi
address he said: II say for myself a
a merchant, now temporarily in politics
and on the strength of merchant
word, pledge to you and declare Il
YOU that, in any ,eeble attempt 1 have
made to admin ster the Department o
the Government over which / pre- ide
1 have administered IL rs 1 would m,
pr, vate airs: I have administered /
as a merchant always does his a air
for the bene of his owners, VIII cl
are the peop.e."
When Mr.. Jewell returned home t,
Hart ord. ter resigning his place il
the Cab net, he was welcomed by tn,
public in an immense and enthus asti,
demonstration. An ormous p oces
son was organized, salutes of arti lerI
were fired. speeches of wei -ome wen
made by prominent citizens. and in vari
ous other ways the city and State pait
tributes of respect to the faithful publ,
servant who then returned to privat,
lie. After leaving Post-Odice DE
partment Mr.. Jewell held no politi.a
o nee. but gave his time to his larg,
business interests. He continued te
take an acti interest in politics. how
ever. and was cal ed upon frequently .
a campaign speaker. During the Gar
field campaign he was Chairman OF tn.
Republican National COMMITTEES. Chs
cGgo Tribune.
A lit Frooklyn bov and his siSte
were walking along the street in tn
snow The other day. he ahead b eskin;
the way for her. In the broad ira ks o
a man, who was just refore them. tn
boy found a three-cent piece A fev
steps fu:ther he found another, and s,
on until b. had a do en-. He then toll,
his sister about it, and the two .foun,
several more. From the description
they gave of the man. the detective
were able to arrest one of the mos
dangerous coun fe; ers in the country
He had Just made lot o these smal
| ID eceS, VIII ch no one would ever thinl
OF being counter cit, and was distribut
ing them. -Brooklyn Eagle.
t. ,ha ,,arlafs of Trkutot the q