The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-04-18

In special beouests between his son and
daughter, Edward Cooper and Mrs. Abram
s. Hewitt The estate Is valued at ~
900 900.
THREE children of Thomas Hiltz,
farmer living four miles from Monticello,
H., were poisoned by eating raw wild
parsnips on the 10th and one of them died
shortly afterwards. The others were In
precarious condition.
TIE Indians who recently crossed
from Minnesota into Canada were fearfully
decimated by smallpox. Three hundred
are reported as having died. The remainder
LEFT on the 10th on their return to Por-
tage La Prairie.
A NEGRO who plead guilty in the
Denter County (Mo.) court, on the 11th, to
placing distractions on the track OF the
Missouri Pacific Railroad for the purpose
of wrecking o passenger train, was SEN
sentenced to thirty-nine years In the Peni
tentiary.
JUDGE NATHAN PRICE was found
dead in his office at Troy, N. Y, on the 11th,
apparently as IL he had died while asleep,
but there were circumstances which led to
the suspicion that he committed suicide He
was one Of the oldest citizens of -Doniphan
County, and lawyer of high standing.
THE Commissioner General of the
Land Office rendered q decision on the 11th
approving the survey Of the Ramsn-Vigil
grant, New Mexico, made in 1SIIby Deputy
Surveyors Sawyer and McElroy. The
grant, according to the approved survey,
contains 81 500 acres.
A BILL was introduced in the Penn
sylvania State Senate on the 11th to pro-
hibit the manufacture and sale Of internal
machines and devices to destroy life and
injure property.
THE Western Nail Association held
its annual session at Pittsburgh on the 11th.
The old officers were reelected. Reports
from all sections in the west indicated but
very little Improvement in trade. Stocks
were still light and not we'll assorted, and
in view of this it was unanimously decided
to postpone the contemplated shutdown OF
two weeks until the 1th Of May. The pres
ent card rate Of $40 was reaffirmed-
THE steamer Marlborough, of the
Bermuda Line, which sailed from New Yorh
on the 18th, carried 1000 barrels of whisky
from Pennsylvania and Ohio distilleries
The liquor is part of the over production
that has been manufactured in the past hvt
years, and which has been lying In bonded
warehouses. The time has come when the
internal revenue tax must be paid upon 1t
and to avoid this the distillsrs are shipping
enormous quantities to foreign countries
WucLc ~ " III AAC Al oAAOusco uAAsA hoC1oIA
PETER SHORT, proprietor of a saw
| mill three miles north Of Armada, Mich.
met with horrible accident on the 11th
While he was oiling the machinery of {
buzz-saw the sleeve Of his coat caught anS
| he was drawn upon the saw in such q man
ner that his right arm and leg was cut en-
| tirely OF and the saw then ran the who'll
length of the other leg from the thigh to tn
foot. he lived three hours after the acci
| dent, retaining consciousness until the last
He leaves q widow and four children.
TIE United States Grand Jury on tn,
| 18th indicted ex-United States Marshal s
T. Brown, of Little Rock, Ark, for forgery
| perjury and presentation of false account
/ while chief clerk under the late Marsha
/ Farran.
The body of Frederick Wagner,
brother Of the deceased palace-car man, an,
native of New York, for whom an ez
tended search was made last fall, wa
found by some emigrants on tn
sth on the bank of q creek eight mile
from Powers Station, on the Santa Fe Raj
disfgured- A considerable sum Of none,
was found scattered about near the n
| mains. A bullet hole In the back Of hi
neck proved conclusively that he had bee
murdered for q large amount Of money tha
It was known he carried on his person.
CHARLES RHoADEs was blown t
atoms and Beach Tnsley had one arm tor
on and the other broken and the top Of hi
head blown of by the explosion of q can {
Hercules powder which they were carrying
near Muncie, Ind, on the 11th. Rhoade'
head was found fifty yards from where th
explosion occurred; one arm lodged In
tree and the other could not be found {
all. It is not known what caused th
powder to explode.
The steamer Wylly, of the Centrs
Line, plying between Columbus, Ca, an
Fort Gaines, struck the bridge at the latts
place on the 18th and sunk. The first an
second clerks, q child and three deck-hanC
were drowned. The boat and cargo were
| total loss.
THE works of the Continental Oil an
Transportation Company, at Denver, Col
were destroyed by fire on the night Of Il
11th. The extensive tankage buildings an
300 900 gallons of oil were burned Lo
} 800 900; insured for $4,000.
ABOUT one hundred disguised persor
attacked the Jail at wytheville, Va, on Il
night Of the 11th and, forcing the Sheriff
, surrender the keys, took therefrom Villa
1 G. Cockett and hung him to a beam in
( mill on the outskirts of the town and ths
!, riddled his body with bullets 70 insu
death. Cockett was awaiting trial for q
I murder Of Joseph II. I. Hurt
3 E. CHAMBERLAIN, an employe Of Il
s Broderick colliery, in NH Hollow, ne
D wfkesbarre, Pa, fell into the breaker m
= chinery on the 18th, and was ground
pieces.
+ The Beecher peach-basket manufa
tory, at Pennington, N. J., was destroy
Il by fire on the 18th.
II THE charter election at Albany,
e Y. on the 18th resulted in a complete Dem
I cratic victory. Franklin n. Banaher W
elected Justice of the Justices Court
about 5000 majority. The Democrats ca
, ried the Board of Supervisors twenty-o
i to ten, Democratic gain Of four.
v THE threatened introduction of yellc
!. fever in several of the Southern cities frc
Cuba and, South Atlantic islands b
9 caused the National Board of Health to {
Is termine upon the establishment OF tn
r. quarantine and at an earlier date tn
usual. The station at New Orleans win
D. opened on May and those at Charlestt
st Savannah and other coast ports soon aft
at HENRY MCDANIELs, of Walton Cou
Is ty, Ga, was nominated by the Democri
n on the 18th for Governor of that State,
FL fill the vacancy caused by the death
VI Alexander II. Stephens.
SPOTTED TAL's son, Oliver, on
10 his way home from Carlisle, Pa, where
le had been attending school, to his home
the West, died of consumption in q car
the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chics
Railroad on the night Of the 18th near r
Wayne, Ind.
The clothing of seven-year-t
:. daughter of Thomas Crawford, q promin'
ia farmer of East Galena, H., caught fire
Us the 18th while the little one was gather
I'd rubbish I'm the garden, and before assistal
/ ~haH har aha w aa hrrrnQd In daath-
90 BISHOP MARTY, of Dakota, who
rived at Milwaukee on the 18th, states q
Us Sitting Bull win soon join the Caths
IN Church. There are now already 5000
at dians I'm Dakota members Of that Church
m POSTMASTER GENERAL GRESHAM {
X proved Of the design for the new two-c