The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-11-28
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were the proceeds of tine robbery of the
Laceyville, Pa, post-office.
On the night of the 18th William
Stevenson, during quarrel in q Gallipolis,
(O.) saloon about the payment for drinks,
shot and killed James Black, colored.
The boiler of the tug Erie Belle eS-
rloded at Kincardine, Ont, on the 21st,
blowing the vessel to pieces and killing the
engineer, William Osgood, of Lorain, o.,
and Frank Eikenhurst, of st. Louis, Mo-;
Fireman William Sales, OF Detroit, Mich,
and the cook. The remaining eight Of the
crew were picked up out OF the water by
the life saving crew.
SPECIAL dispatches from Duluth on
the 21st report that the steamer Manis-
tee left Bayfield, for Ontonsgon on the 18th
and has not yet been heard from. There is
no doubt the vessel has gone down with all
on board, consisting of Captain Mccoy, of
Cleveland, o., and hfty-four others, divided
about equally between passengers and
crew. She had a cargo of 337 tons of grain,
-four and merchandise.
THERE beng many British subjects
in the Rocky Mountains, Earl Granville
has been petitioned to establish Q consul at
Denver and q vice consul in Salt Lake
GEORGE DARRELL and Godfrey
Brown were arrested at Beaver Falls, Pa,
on the 21st for attempting to wreck q train
on the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad
GEORGE ID. BoUER. of Portsmouth,
O., mail agent between Columbus and Ash
land, Ky., was arrested on the 21st for en-
bezzling letters.
A CYCLONE struck Melbourne, La,
at three O'Clock on the morning of the 21st,
killing Sheriff John Hinkle, his wife and
two children, and crippling Mrs. Henry s.
Hinkle. It blew down ten stores, two
churches, the Court House and residences.
GEORGE FLIcKINeER, an ex-Deputy
Sheriff, and Night Watchman Henry Ker-
bach were caught in the act Of setting fire
to J. Hanselman's furniture store at Nan
istee, Mich, about one O'Clock on the morn
ing of the 2lst. They claimed Hanselman
hired them to do it.
REPoRTs from indianapolis, Ind, on
the 21st state that there had been continued
heavy rains for two days previous in that
section, overfiowing the creeks and cover
ing the first floors of hundreds of small
houses in the western portion of that city:
Lumber yards, furniture factories and coal
yards suffered heavily. bridge on the
Vandalia Railroad at Parkersburg, Ind,
was washed away by the high water and
considerable of the track Of other roads was
submerged
SEVEN cars, a caboose and engine
were wrecked in the depot at Columbia,
Pa, on the 21st by a. collision of freight
trains. David Mower, brakeman, was
fatally injured.
STIoKNEY & PooR's four-story spice
mill at Charlestown Neck, Mass, was
burned on the 21st. The fall of the roof
seriously injured three firemen- Forty
men thrown out of work.
One hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars have been awarded so far by the
French-American Claims Commission.
THE cashier of the First National
Bank of RushvilTe, Ind, wss aroused ct
four O'Clock on the morning of the 21st by =
noise. He started down stairs and st the
foot Of the stairs beheld . burglar. The
villain pulled out a revolver and shot the
cashier, killing him alnosS instantly. The
burglar fed before securing any booty.
HEAVY rains in the vicinity of Vim
cennes. Ind, on the 2Ist caused the dam of
the Spring Lake Ice Company to burst,
sending heavy body of water upon the
town. Hundreds Of houses were flooded.
An extraordinary heavy rain fell At
st. Louis on the 31st, and the day was
noted as the darkest ever known there, gas
being required throughout the city for
several hours during the day.
The Chinese Minister in behalf of his
Government has delivered q letter to Sec
retary Frelinghuysen relative to AMMAN
| The following extract gives the spirit of
the communication: "If France desires
to maintain friendly relations with China
| why should we not discuss the matter am
| icablyl II she insists upon invading the
| northern part of AMMAN, where our troops
l. are stationed, this indicates that she In de-
| termined to break the friendly tie and our
| troops there cannot remain with folded
arms but must meet them on the field.
| We, therefore, send this communication
| to all foreign powers showing, in the event
| of the friendly tie being broken, that the
cause Of rupture does not come from
| China.n
THE Consolidated Paper Company,
comprising fifty mills throughout the
Northwest, t,msnufacturi wrapping paper
met at Chicago on the 21st and resolved, in
view OF the overstocked condition OF the
/ market, TO shut down all mills from De
/ cember to February4. 4.
A CYCLONE swept through Oregon
| County in Southern Missouri ON the 2lst
uprooting trees, damaging farms, fences
| and dwellings. An excursion train wa,
delayed two hours removing fallen tree.
| from the track over which the cyclons
| swept
WORK was resumed ON the 21st In
| the channel and plate departments of the
Superior Rail Mill at Pittsburgh, Pa, and
| the bar mill and Oliver Brothers mill alsC
| started up.
A STORM at Fort Smith, Ark, on the
21st damaged the Cotton Compress, River
side Hotel, Miller block and other build
| ings- A falling smoke stack at a furniture
| factory killed John Mechams and seriously
injured workman named Dciderick.
Twoyellow fever cases are reported
in the United States Marine Hospital al
San Francisco. They are German sailors
from a wrec ked bark brought there by the
steamer Colima, for Mazatlin, Mexico.
MICHAEL FRIDLANDER & Co., whole
sale dealers in furnishing goods at New
York aud San Francisco, made an assign
ment on the 21st. Liabilities S4OO,OOO.
A BILL was introduced in the st.
Louis Municipal Assembly on the 21st to
prevent street railway companies from
carrying in any one car more than seven
passengers in excess OF the seating capaci
| ty of the car.
SUSIE KEARN, aged fifteen, was at
tackled by a monstrous Newfoundland dos
| in neighbor's yard at Chicago on the
21st- Huge mOuthfuls of flesh were torn
from her arms and legs, in some places
nothing but shreds OF muscle and tendons
were left hanging to the bones. 1t is doubt
ful whether she will recover.
A PORTION of the wooden and cotton
mills at New Albany, Ind, were burned
on the 22d. Loss $l0l 900. One hundred
and twenty five employees were thrown out
| of work.
| In a collision between two freight
trains on the Alabama & Great Southern
Railway at Coaling, Ala, on the 22d, four
men were killed and several severely in.
/ jured.
THE barge Iowa, of Alpena, Mich,
| was discovered ashnr, az Greenough har.