The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-05-23
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A LITTLE three-year old son of Francis
Corlett, q farmer living in Newburg, Cuya-
hoga County, Ohio, while out in the field
with his father on the 10th, got unnoticed
by his father under the wagon. When the
wagon knocked the child down and crushed
its head into Jelly.
The fourteenth annual reunion of the
ton on the 10th. The procession was re-
viewed by the President and his Cabinet,
foreign ministers and invited guests from
platform erected In front of the White
House. There were about :, 500 men in line,
100 Of whom were members OF the associa-
ton. General A. A. Humphrey, President
of the Society, was Marshal of the day,
and the streets through which the pro
cession passed were lined with specta-
ators- In the sfternoon the general
held in the National Theater, at which
General Newton, of the Sixth Corps,
was elected President for the ensuing year
and all the old officers re-chosen- George
Martin Maginnis, the orator OF the day, de-
-livered q most eloquent address in praise
Of the valorous achievements OF the Army
Of the Potomac In the late war. In the
evening about twenty-five ex-Army Pay
masters who served during the Rebellion
met and organised q society to be called
sThe Association OF Union Paymasters,"
by electing General B. w. Brice Qate
Paymaster Hon Will Cumback, Of Indiana:
Governor Fred Robbie, Of Maine; Hon. Will
lam s. Sucker, of New Jersey; Hon. Rus
sell Errett, of Pennsyivania, and Stephen
dents. The objects Of this association are
20 be social, historical and patriotic.
WHILE n man named Hull was quar-
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their children, at Ashland, Mo-, on the 18th,
peace, which 50 exasperated Hull that he
struck her on the head with brick, killing
her instantly. He escaped
A FARMER named Henry Managers,
living near Franklin, Stark County, Ohio,
was struck and instantly killed by light
ming on the 18th. i
TEN business houses and several
dwellings were destroyed by FIRE at Silver
light. v a2 -I@ s
THE Secretary of the Kansas State
Board of Agriculture, in his report on the
10th, stated that the farmers Of that State
then held over 1900 900 bushels of old
corn r4- ol-
A GENERAL meeting of wool growers
of the State of California has been called to
meet at Sacramento on the 18th of Septem-
ber next. Il is proposed TO organizes Nation
the organization will be to exert its infiu-
ence for the passage of laws to promote the
wool industry OF the country and TO secure
the repeal Of the law reducing the tariff on
wool. t
A DISPATCH from Moosic, Luzerne
County, Pa, on the 10th states that an ex-
plosion of powder in the magazine at the
coal-breaker shook that place from center
TO circumference One man was torn to
pieces and another is missing The win
dows In nearly every house In the place
was broken s,l.s
IT is announced that the Pekin Gov
ernment has decided to establish con-
sulate in Chicago, to consist of two menu
bers, one an American and one Chinese,
who are to devote themselves to the prutec-
ton Of the subjects of the Celestial Em-
pire, of whom there are 100 engaged in
various avocations in that city. Claims
have been made that the police have raided
the resorts of those people eindiseriminately
and have thus confounded the innocent with
the guilty, and some Of the Cinnamon have
requested representative of their Gov
ernment TO whom they can make an appeal.
THE Garfield Monument Committee
of the Society of the Army Of the Cumber-
land, held a meeting at Cincinnati ON the
10th. General James Barnett, of Cleveland,
was chairman, and General Henry N. Cist,
Of Cincinnati, secretary Of the committee.
General A. q. McCook, of New York; Gem
eral j. c. Sumter, of Chicago; Colonel II. G..
Corbin, ofthe United States Army; General
William A. Robinson, Of Pittsburgh and
were in attendance. Mr.. J. Q. A. Ward, of
New York, was selected as the artist to de-
sign aud complete the monument. A COM
mittee consisting of Generals Barnett, Cist
and McCook were appointed to visit Wash
ington with Mr.. Ward and select site for
the monument. The committee authorizes
Mr. Ward to proceed with the monument CT
q cost not exceeding $4,000.
WHILE number of workmen were
digging trench at Allegheny City, Pa,
on the 18th, the ground caved in, instantly
killing John Smith and seriously injuring
Matthew Golden and James Hughes
THE PARROT Varnish Company's fac
tory at Bridgeport, Conn, was burned on
the 18th. Supposed incendiary. Loss
heavy.
SHERMAN w. PLArT, q young man
belonging to one of the most respected fam
ilies Of Newton, Conn, has slept almost
continuously since Christmas last, and in
the meantime has not once spoken. He sets
in q rocking chair, with his eyes closed, all
day long, paying no attention what.
ever to his mother who ministers to him
constantly.
p. B. SMITH, alias E. w. Follis, who
has been flooding the oil regions of Penn
| sylvania with circulars offering to send
| 500 for five dollars, was arrested at Pitts
burgh by United States Special Detectivs
Perkins ON the 18th on the charge Of using
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accused was committed to jail in default
| Of bail. ate-l -
HENRY FLEMING, who was hanged a
Pittsboro, Calhoun County, Miss, on tn.
| I7th, attempted to kill himself while on th,
| gallows with small pocket knife. He in
1 hicted q severe wound in his Throat
HoN. PRocroR KNOTT was nominated
/ for Governor Of Kentucky by the Demo
cratic Convention at Louisville on the 18th
THE Harrison Reduction Works, a
| Leadville, Col, branch of the st. Louii
Smelling and Refining Company, were de
stroyed by fire on the 18th. Loss abou
100000. a e-a
JOSHUA FRANKLIN, q well-known cit
izen of Fort Recovery, Mercer County, Ohio
was found dead two miles north OF thatplac
on the morning Of the nth with bullet hol,
tnrough MS Dody. henry sieve. yount
blacksmith, was arrested on suspicion. M
cause for the deed was known.
An eight-year-old daughter of Jere
miah Hess, a wealthy farmer of Plain town
ship, Stark County, Ohio, choked to dealt
on the 10th while eating popcorn
THOMAS WnLErrs, residing nes
Martins Ferry, Ohio, was drowned a
Wheeling, w. Va, on the 18th, under pc
culiar circumstances. Willetts, in com
pany with two companions, had been il
Wheeling and had gone TO Martins Ferr,
| to cross the Ohio River to his home
A heavy storm was raging at tn
| time, and Just as the three men boarde,
the ferry boat a fash Of lightning blinde'