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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-02-14
WIT AND WISDOM.

-Lime-Kiln Club Philosophy: What
we have let US be thankful for. What
we ha emit got les us hope would render
us miserable if we had it t'--Detroit Free
Press. =. l,tf a;s,gre5s af ss 3sz.
The crippled beggar receives no
sympathy from Mr.. j. of this city, who
always replies to an appeal: .'A A lame
excuse, sir; a lame excusei'--Ph PhftGdet-
pkSG Item. F 5sl4 - Astf Ef
- do wish YOU would come home
earlier" said a woman to her husband.
81 am afraid to stay alone always
imagine that there's somebody in the
house; but when you come ! know there
amt s,tsf$ sefisess.s.s .'a-'.
"A thing is said to be transparent
when you can see through it A German
paper g yes us two very good illustra-
tons hrst, pane of gass, and second.
keyho'e.
"A man at hotel fell the whole
length OF a flight of stairs. Servants
rushed to pick him up. They asked
him If he was hurt. .sNo, heraplied;
mot at all. i m used ..s coming down
that way. I'm lie insurance agent
Boston Post.
-.'Get right out Of this' shouted an
irritated merchant to mendacious
clerk; ..this s the third lie Ihaveicaught
you in since ten o. Q. ock this morningp'
'-Oh. well.' sa d the new man, don't
be too hard on me.' Give fellow time
to, learn the rules of the house. Chit
cago Times. s s9a ifsa 5s'9 80 =
Two English girls are romping with
boistesous laughter at a hotel at Nice
Then comes the shocked matron. ass For q
heavens; sake, Mabel don,tl They'll
take you for one of those horrid Amer;-s
can girls" One of this sweetly des--
ignated class. CHANGING to overhear,
say gently: 81 guess not with those
awfully big feet" 81 10 staiz 81 49, :.
Dolls never answer back. no matter
what their little mistresses may say to-
them, or however they may treat them.
All little girls become accustomed to
dolls, and when the girls grow up to
womanheod it is but natural that they
should expect their chilSren should
pattern after the dolls. This is whas-
causes no end of trouble in. even the,
best-regulated families. y, s.,s...e,.
"A tramp rather got the better of
Kosiosko Murphy last Sunday morning.
n osiosko was Just leaving his house to
go out for q days hunting, when the
tramp asked him for, voluntary con-
tribution. Amt you ashamed TO be-
begging on the Lords daya" Ex-
cuse me, Colonel, for stopping you,"
said the tramp. looking at the gun.
"but IN not detain You any longer
You might be late for church. .''-Texas
SiJfin9s. ssi d zsiss5 sss..s i =
"A gentleman at the theater sits /.
behind lady who wears very large
hat Excuse me, madam, but unless
you remove your hat i can see abso-
lutel, nothingn Lady ignores him
"Excuse me, madam. but unless you
remove your hat something unpleasant
will happen" !" Lady ignores him again..
{ ent' t'enian puts on his own hat Loud
cries from the audience: Take of
that hatt Take of that hatw Lady
thinks they mean her hat and remoYas
1t THANK you. madam"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-02-14

George A. Mason. who originated
the scheme to kidnap President Lincoln
and was once sentenced by cou t mar
tialto Imprisonment for lie, but par
doned by the kindness OF Mr.. Lincoln.
was released from the Albany Peni en-
tiary recently, having been forg ven
two OF the twelve years to which he was
sentenced for forgery'. VIII lie in prison
he threatened to kill the officers who
captured and convicted him if he ever
got out, and he is now out-Iroy IN.
Y1 Times
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-02-14
FAREWELL TO OSCAR.


A WILDE, WEIRD CHI ANT.
Oscar from our shores hath Ted,
dead f. the suniOwer boomD
A veivet vest and a neckiie red,
The lily's draped in gloomD
With brooches reaching to the knee,
(At the bunco man he swe rsD
ii 8 auburn hair long and free,
(Four aces beat two pair5D
Silver buckles on his shoes.
ooh. tn stork stands on one legO
Gone is his too-t ~ utter muse,
lNo more in ours, We begD
For him a very long farewell,
mot blu. is the n 40 that's redD
For US no moro of tn iesth & sell"
put a f0olscap on is headD
The JUDI
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-02-14

In Virginia q considerable port on of
the Democrats voted Tor the Keadjuster
candida es. and the aggregate Demo-
cratic and Readjuster vote, was 20. 40
per cent of the emit Q vote cast
French Canadian and .rish imm grants
furnish New angiand with illiterates o.
foreign birth, while the immigrants
who, settle in the Northwest are largely
{ ermans and Scandinavians who Can.
almost all read and write. Southern
immigration is very small and of mis-
cellaneous origin. but m nearly every
Southern State the per cent of III terra
cy is dim nishedo inste Id of b ing in
creased by it This is true in Mary
land. Missouri, Mississi pi. Virginia,
West Virg mia, Louis ana. Florida, South
Carolina, Ken ucky, Geerg q. Alabama,
Arkansas. Tennessee and North Carroll
ma it's true in every Southern State ex-
ceptlittle Delaware. which seems to have
been peculiarly unfortuna g IN the class
of her immigrants, and big Texas,
whose white illiteracy receives substan-
tial contri utions from he "Greasers"
who come over the Mexican border. g
This table incidentally furnishes
curious Illustration of what may be
ca led inherited tendencies 10 ignor-
duCc.' 1tts WCn kuOWu Ludb u RrdGfOnS
tend 10 follow lines of latitude, and that
under th law the North Carolina stock
drifted westward into, Tennessee and
Arkansas, as that of Virginia did into,
Kentucky and Missouri The lowest
measure of intelligence among native
born white citizens as indicated 1by the
census returns, is.in North Carolina,
where almost one third of the native
whites are unable to write. Next west
of North Carolina lies Tennessee. with
nearly twenty-eight per cent. who can
not write, and next west of Tennessee
comes Arkansas with twenty-five and a
half per cent These three States,
stretching in line due west from the
Atlantic Ocean TO the Ind an Ter tory,
and inhabited by people of the same
stock and polit cs, easily take The high
est rank in general igno san e. Starting
with irginia. again, which has e ghfeen
and half Per cent, we CO ne to " est
Virginia with almost exactly the same,
Kentucky with little more. and Mis-
souri,, in which tine Gid Dom MON in
..uenee has beenso far eounterbalanced
bv the old free state proximity and M
migrat on, as 10 cut do n the rate more
than one hal. E
For anot ,er range of States on the
same parallel take Pennsylyania, Ohio.
Indiana and Limos. They stand
together IN the table OF Ill teracy, as
they do on the map; and Maryland,
which 10 ms Pennsylyania at the east. is
only separated from the group by Colo
RADIO, which seems inter; i;ected where It
does not belong. In these States, how
ever, the bulk OF the settlements did
not pass from one to another. The two
older ones had each a, distinct founding
of its own. while Ohio. Indiana and
Illinois werelargely peopled from New
England in the northern parts and from
beyond the hio river n the southern.
But >ew York. Michigano v isconsin.
Minnesota and iowa. con tu.e group
OF States that have been largely neouled
by westward migration origir a ing in
New hngiand. and It 70 curious 10 find
them, with the six New England States.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-02-14

Heard in hotel Office: ..Is there q
fire compans with n a block o this
hotelP' - Yes, SIR =" And hook and
ladder company nearP" - Yes, SIR"
:" An free icapes on all sides os the
build ngr' Yes, sir. And ex
tinguishers at eServ doorP'' Yes,
sir" And lpe-laddsrs in every
apartment?'' Yes, sir" .sWell. II
You can give me q room on the first
floor. with win lew opening into a
back alley, will stay I'll night"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-02-14

= William Beach Lawrence. who died
about two years ago, ma ea fortunate
investment when MS far hack as / ~ he
aid 12,O00 .or q far at chre Point,
Newport. The amountreal zed by him.
Sell and his heirs from the sale Of the
same farm IS over ) 1000. and there
YET remain of it several building sites
unsold.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-02-14

On Sixth avenue not far from Fif-
tieth street. a coachman s blanket
dropped, and a gentleman decently
handed it to him. The next day the
gentleman was pass ng the same spot,
and the coachman was making one Of
those turns at the co-ner Of the avenue
and the street by which coach en- may
become great nuisances. when he said:
&c ONE. GIT on there, or ri strike q
parlor mat.h on yer wild de end o. me
whip."-N Y Herald.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-02-14

Some one enploved in undoing old
cartridges at Mount .Valerien, Paris.
disregarded the rule never to use metal
in the proce q, result, thirty women
frightfu1ly h..rt. -. - -,
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-02-14

! Imitation stained glass is becoming
very popular, especially or back win
dows where the view is unpleasant.
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fd medicine. d. c. MACK.
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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-02-14

nH. = RISr, Hume pathist. Residenc.
~ -a.a siilee- -,st ~l,'s f.hiio ssuAre.
n M<cLaRBN, "a. a., Pm sician aud Sur
ls k<osf Ia. = ON NiiI..se and country VII
ei r,ntp att n..un-
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
The Great Flood Subsiding.


MEMPHIS, February 20.--The river
rose five inches In the past twenty. four
hours. It Is now three inches below
the danger line. Newport and Jack
sonport, on the White river, are partly
submerged.
LOUISVILLE, February 24.-In the
past twenty-four hours the river has
fallen nearly an inoh an hour. Navi.
cation will probably be resumed with
in forty-eight hours. The gas works
are running to night. Railroads have
an immense lot OF stuff on hand. Some
of them have stopped receiving.
CINCINNATI, February 2O.--The
river Is falling about an inch an hour.
1t reached 81 feet tonight. 1t Is
almost impossible to find men enough
to do the cleaning. Business is pick
Ing up. The gas works are running
tonight. The militia have been re-
lieved from duty. The railways are
oil running from their own depots.
Receipts to-day were over So 600, not
including So, 1000 from the New York
relief committee; 81 900 have been
given to Newport, 50, 900 to Dayton,
so, 600 to Lawrenceburg, $500 to Guy
andotte and $3.50 to Bellevill, Ky.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
O,O

developed this country. He admire
the gentlemen who stood MP am
pleaded as the peoples man for thea
poor, unfortunate railroads, but b
would like the champion to tell hli
whether he ever knew of merchst
who had goods given to him.
Franse--Will the gentleman ID
me whether Nebraska has given siI
gle acre to the railroads7
Jensen--Yes; they have givj
vast tracts, and they evI
sHIRK PAYING TAXES
and we have to make up the defd
Cook of Nuckolls-This Is not
guess work on our part. We bid
statistics In record of these roads.
Franse-Have you statistics in
gard to ths Souix City & st. Paul
Mr.. Cook Yes, sir, and 1t she
that road has earned seven per cd
in 1881. THIS road reaches toward Il
Black Hills. 1t may not pay now Id
when complies 1t will pay.
Ramey said the gentleman from
Oummins assumes altogether toomuch.
He knows nothing about railroads; he
doesn't even know that tails state has
given the railroads haR q million
acres. / claim that theze are men
on this floor that do know In re-
gard TO these things, and If there
are not, the stats will produce men
two years hence who will understands
and will legislate.
Savage remarked that while most
members are ignorant about details,
they are all aware how theae roads
have been built, and how they are,
running at
AN IMAGINARY vAAD LOSS
of hundreds of thousands of dollars
annually. The people sra looking to
us expecting some legislation at the
hands of the legislative body. Tam
not satisfied with sdjourning without
enacting some railroad legislation. I
am therefore in favor Of amending
this bill 30 II may meet the approval
of majority of this houne.
Hill said when 1t wsu proposed to
pass law TO limit rates the parties
who now support the amendment
said 1t was an ironclad law. 1t is
conceded that the the people of Ne.
braska demand reduction in tolls and
we propose to rsduce It twenty per
cent. In the early part of the session
it was PROMISED this should be done
and the republican party was
to do 1t. Now it looks as If
II was anything but that He
concluded by hoping the amendment b
would be defeated and the bill would
pass as H. stands. Mr.. Howard OK.
pressed the opinion that the railroads
can well afford q reduction OF 20 per
cent on their freight tariff. He cited
the Union Pacific statistics aud other
facts to sustain his position.
Mr. Tower thought If we cut down
the rates In Nebraska they will raise
them beyond the state. Mr.. Howard
retorted that the freight agents admit
you can make your own rates to the
river, and Beyond you get the pool
rate, which will not be affected by our
law.
The debate was cut short by ad-
journment, and the bill made the
special order for tomorrow morning.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
THE GRAND ARMY.
Annual Meeting at Lincoln-The Next
Eeunlon.

Special Dispatch to THE BgK
LINCOLN, Neb., February 2O.-The
annual encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic convened at
Red Ribbon hall this evening. About
400 delegates were present. Reporta
from all sections show nteady growth
of the order. There was quite a
rivalry for the next reunion between
different locations. Fremont offered
5000 bonus and viii probably he
successful. The election of grand Off
GERS for the ensuing year will take
place tomorrow 1t is now proposed
TO establish soldiers home for disa-
bled veterans and fund will be col
iected with view to carrying out that
object.
Although Fremont was the highest
bidder Hastings was chosen, after a
spirited contest, as the place for the
next reunion.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
TELEGRAPH NOTES.
ial nianatch IN Tyu RRn

William G.. Smith. IN express messen.
ger, was shot twice by robber on the Al.
bany Il Suscuehannah train. Smith had
In possession $4,000.
Twelve thousand. five hundred dollars
Is being subscribed in Boston, and the calls.
from the food sufferers not being urgent,
the committee decided to stop collections.
The New York Maritime exchange col.
lected $500, fos the sufferers by the food:m
Ths Harvard-Ynle boat race will take
place at New London Thursday after COM
mencement.
The democratic officers in Boston,, in
cluding the mayer, ask the democratic
memberSof the legislature to give favora-
lie consideration to the woman suffrage
bill.
The Maine senate passed bill allowing
women to vote on school matters.
The estimate of the expenditures of the
national government of Mexico for the
next fiscal year, is S27 200. 900; receipts
$ 30, 100000.
Tho Maine senate passed the constitu-
tieual prohibitory amendment.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

pened to be nearly opposite the school
whom the alarm was given, SAYS: 81
rushed into the building and
A TERRIBLE SIGHT
met my eyes. Packed into the mar.
row hallway on the first floor were
from fifty to seventy five little Girls.
the poor things screaming, struggling
with all their might. by this .ims
other police and citizens arrived. and
we began pulling the poor children
out ot the hallway. The cries of some
oAi'6ren az the bottom of the pile grew
fainter and fainter, and then ceased
altogether.
Detective Robinson says: "The
IRE broke ont under the staircase on
the second floor, and was easily OK.
tinguished. I examined the place.
1t seems TO me some matches must
have been swept with the papers un,
der the stairway, and had been ignited
By friction"
a. Policeman Rel6 says: "On tho
floor, behind the stsirway, lay mass
of
STRUGGLING, SCREAMING CHILDREN.
They piled on top of each other. As
quickly as possible wo pulled them
OUT and passed them one by one
through the window. Those on TOP
we're still alive. When we reached
the bottom we came upon ten dead.
1t was an awful eight to see them
lying there with their blanched faces,
mouth and eyes wide open and their
dresses all in disorder. One little
girl, Minnie Tfuhe, was still alive.
She died on the way to the station
houDo. 1t was tho most awful scene |
over passed through" "
The dead were removed to the po-
lice station on Fifth street and First
avenue, where they were laid in row
on the floor In the back room, They
were ell quickly identified by sorrow-
stricken mothers, little brothers and |
sisters, and the removal each to the
afflicted homes, promptly permitted by |
the authorities.
THE SCENE IN THE GLASS ROOMS
and In the halls after the panic was al.
most indescribable. Torn bo, ks, bro.
ken school apparatus and fragments of
torn clothes were scattered upon the
tloorr, the terrible evidence of the wild
struggls of thu children to escope from
the building.
THE LIST INCREASED
The list of doad is now swelled to
16, the following having been report.
ed 40 having dies 20 might from in-
iuries: J. ma Bildsage', Barbara
Baschol aud Alphonsa Liacher Sew
eral others are reported in 1aiious
condition, one of whom, Radolph
MuudaIl, aged 8, will die from internal
injuries. Sister Phillipina ia slightly
injured;' having been thrown dowu
the stairs with the children. All sis.
terra refused to name the sister iu
olAss 3 who tainted, and who was, &C.
cordiug to the mother superior, tie
innocent cause of the calamity.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
a Receiver Eppointe d.


CLEVELAND, February 20.-Fayette
Bredop, of Cleveland, was this morn
ing appointed by the United States
court as receiver of Brown, Bonuell
& Co., of Youngstown. The works
will continue to be run a, usual for
the present, at least. The company
represents that 1t has large quantity
of stock and good contracts. rhe as.
sets are claimed to be largely In excess
of the liabilities. Herbert Ayor has
not come and is not expected. No
formal meeting Of the directors will
DO called, but the prominent stock
holders will consult with the receiver.
The receiver said to the Associated
Press correspondent that he expects
the Youngstown works will be shut
down to take an inventory, after
which it will be managed to make the
most out of the property.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
TIL Q Cattle Ranges.

epeciHi Dlbpatcn 20 lin DEN.
CHEYENNE, February 20. All cattle
ranges have oeen heard from. The
snow has fell the heaviest along the
railrosda; in northern Wyoming, the
fall was light, besides there WAS no
wind along tho road during the snow
fall but there was In the north, 80
thess great ranges afforded sufficient
grsss for the herds. The fact that
dead cattle was seen along the
railroad induces ebe halof thst the
losses are heavy. Investigation shows
that from Cheyenne to North Platte,
Neb., distance of 200 miles, also on
the Julssburg branch, 600 head were
killed by traint; from Cheyenne to
Evanston, 400 miller, 300 were killed,
total of 900 out of 650,00 in the
region. During the storm the cattle
drifted to the railroad region. The
lusres thus far will not exceed 2 per
cent, and 90 per cent. OF those are
laeS years Texas drive. The storm
proved that cattle will live through
spy winter.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21

to kill the senate railroad bill and
employed 70 pass this wss too thin.
The house bill sppropristing S76,.
coo for
THE REFoRH school AT KEARNEY
wss read second time this morning
N the senate, having passed the house
L and the president referred
mbsrf '"e on public charities.
oved that 1t be
referred to - littee on mlscella-
neous corporations. To this Senator
Dsch objected. He said that he was
chairman Of the committee on public
charities, and considered this as an
ineinustion that he would not treat
the bill fairly.
Senator Connor said that he was
only asking for himself what had been
accorded to every other senator on
this floor, namely, that he might ue-
lect the committee to which his bills
should be referred.
Butler thought that Dsch ought not
to complain for the reason that he had
said In debate last night that this bill
was q steal.
Several senators took hand In the
debate and 1t turued out to DO one of
the most personal and hotly contested
points that has presented itself during
the session. AS o compromise the
bill was referred to the committee of
public lands and buildings, on the
motion Of Senator McShane.
The bill tor the relief of j. w.
Pearmap, of Nebraska City, appro-
priating g $1,000 passed its second read
ing having passed the house. 1t has
been passed to the committee on
claims of which Senator Reynolds Is
and 1t is probable that 1t
will receive thorough investigation.
The bill appropriatlng over $4,000
for the relief of 7. P. Kennard was
reported back from the committee on
finance, ways and mesns this morning
recommendation.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-21
Baking Pc vder in BOTTLES.

The largest concern of its kind, in the
w9Tld. 1.-THE famous Rumfofj Chemical
Works of Providence, Il. l., manufacture
ers of Horsford iSaking Powder, etc., an
nounce that altar an experience of over
twenty-five years in putsing up baking
powders in tin and glass, they are satisfied
that properly made glass bottle has sew
eral advantages over the tin can for that
purpose, and they have, therefore, at con.
siderable extra expense, adopted the for
mer for the Horsford.
The bottles have wide mouth TO admit
of teaspoon, and when empty will be
found very convenient for many household
uses.
The glass bottle Is much cleaner than
the tin can, and will preserve the strength
OF the powder much better. All baking
powders gradually lose strength when ex.
posed to the air, and this fact explains the
vatiation in the strength of the same brand
Of powder in different cams, with which all
houseksepers are familiar,