The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-10-03

position of Supervising Architect of the
Treasury on the 27th ult.
A DISPATCH of the 9th ult. states
that it Is proposed to establish an inland
quarantine at Yuma, Arizona, to prevent
the Introduction of Mexican yellow fever
in Texas. It is understood tnat the rail-
road authorities will cooperate. Yellow
fever has broken out at La Paz. The heat
is intense, and people are fleeing in all di-
rections to escape the fever and in search
of cooler atmosphere.
The value of exports of domestic.
provisions, tallow and dairy products for
the eight months ended August 81, 1883,
was ST., ,457, $40; for the same period of
1882, $65 ,922 ,1S5. Provisions and tallow for
the ten months ended the 31st of August,
1888, $s4 ,333, ,204 against S75, ,679 for the
same time in 1882. Exports of dairy pro-
ducts for the last four months increased
81 ,56e, ,215 over the same period last year.
RJoHN F. SWEENEY, while drunk, shot
Jacob Houser, railroader, in the neck at
East Saginaw, Mich, on the 2Sth ult.,
without the slightest provocation.
THE Grand Jury at st. Louis on the
2sth ult. reported that the city was under
control of a ring Of gamblers and notorious
individuals, who used money and threats
to corrupt the police and other officials,
and called upon the Governor to remove
the trouble.
The first volume of the list of PEN
sioners on the roll of January 1, 1888, ap-
peared at Washington on the 2Sth ult. 1t
contains the names of all pensioners in
New England, New Jersey and the District
Of Columbia, which aggregate 56,SS0. The
second and third volumes, comprising the
States of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
lished shortly. The name of Mrs. Lucretia
R. Garfield appears as the greatest beneh-
ciary of the Government, her monthly sti-
pend being $A6.e6S.
The boiler of the steamer Robinson
exploded at Albany, N. Y, on the 2Sth ult.,
killing the captain, ireWkn, and seriously
| injuring the engineer and two deck hands.
| The vessel was literally torn to pieces, and
three tugs near the steamer were almost
| totally wrecked. man on one of the tugs
was blown from the pilot house to the
| wharf and seriously injured and another
| slightly injured. A section of the boiler
weighing three tons was hurled 400 feet
/ against the top of three-story building.
/ crushing in part of the wall. Another sec
| tion weighing a ton crushed the roof OF
\ coal barge. Still another section tore away
/ the roof of a second coal boat. Buildings
/ were shaken, windows shattered and con-
| sternation prevailed.
Two train robbers attempted to
board train near Helena, Ark, on the
18th ult. They fired at the porter without
| effect, but didn't succeed in getting on.
In the tax suit brought by the State
/ of New York against the Western Union
Telegraph Company Judge Hand rendered
/ a decision on the 2Sth ult. in favor of the
State for S17S,3 ,397. This sum is for taxes
| for only one year but determines the re-
i manning taxes in favor of the State, making
i the total amount recoverable under the
| decision from the company about $500, 900.
1 Urrx<rzr, III Ha1,r be
Germans, engaged in a religious discussion
at Dallas, Texas, on the 2Sth ult., one deny
/ ing the existence of God and the other
/ unfolding the Christian religion. A fight
i ensued in which Shanks stabbed Weimer TO
death and escaped.
AT Chicago on the 2sth, while the
schooner David Vance was passing under
| the draw of the Adams Street Viaduct in
| tow of two tugs her stern struck the heavy
wall of masonry supporting the bridge, and
| the entire structure fell to the railroad
below. -Four men and woman went down
with the bridge and were seriously injured
G. B. MoUNTz, a prominent citizen
of Grafton, W. Va, killed his SON on the
night of the 9th ult., mistaking him for g
| burglar. The SON was going through the
front yard of the house at the time.
| ELLA HILL. of Seymour, Conn, shot
herself with double-barreled shotgun or
the 2Sth ult. because her step-mother in
sisted that she should wear dress she had
previously worn and soiled.
An express car on the Eel River
branch of the Wabash Railroad was broken
into by three masked men near Peru, Ind.
on the 18th ult. Express Messenger Loomis
was bound and gagged and the safe robbed
of $15, 900 and all the other valuables in the
car The robbers escaped after locking tn,
messenger in the car. No clue.
| Az Blue Lick Springs, KY, on the
ssth ult., while three brothers, Samuel G..
William o. and Thomas Rogers. all promi
nent men, were taking dispositions in cas-,
of contest of their fathers will, Samuel g
shot one brother through the head and tn
other in the abdomen.
| Four negroes were hung on the 2Stl
| ult. for murder, three at Chatham, Va, fol
killing William F. Sheppard for his money
and one at Savannah, Ga, for killing G
sailor named Janson.
Il THE Huntington Car and Car Whee
Works. of Huntington, Pa, failed on tn
18th ult., with liabilities at $200,000 Their
for two months
FIVE railroad wrecks occurred on tn,
2sth ult. A passenger train on the North
ern Pacific collided with a freight traiI
| near Fargo, Dakota, aud a fireman named
| Collins was roasted alive by escaping
steam. At Shakpole, Mimi, on the Mime
| apolis & st. Louis Railroad, a freight trail
collided with the rear end of another whicl
| broke loose, killing four men. A broker
axle on the Wheeling & Kentucky Rail
road, near Wellsburg, w. Va, caused tn
| destruction of thirteen cars. An engin'
; on the st. Paul & Duluth Railroad, nea
Fon du Lac, Wis, collided with freigh
train, injuring fireman and severa
others. A freight train on the Pittsburgl
& Western, consisting of fourteen cars anS
two engines, went through a trestle neal
Shippensville, Pa, killing a brakeman
named Mccoy and seriously injuring thre'
| others.
|. A LIGHT snow fell at Minneapolis
Mimi, on the 2Sth ult.
A DIssIPATED and fast young mai
/ named Charles Butler, of Columbus, o.
shot and killed his wife at Pierston, Ind.
on the 10Th ult. She left him about tw
| weeks ago, while he was serving thirt.
days term in the city prison for theft. ID
, followed her up and killed her.
IL A PASSENGER train on the Atchison
Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad was boarde,
. by a band of twelve masked men at Cool
, idpe. Kas, on the 10Th ult, and an attemp
made to rob the express car, but the mes
senger exchanged about fifteen shots wit
the robbers and drove them of. The en-
: gineer, refusing to stop the train when or
l dered by the robbers, was instantly killed
The fireman and a brakeman were badl.
, wounded. The robbery created the mos
intense excitement in Kansas City, where
was thought that with the breaking up o
4 the James gang train-robbing in the Wes
) would be forever ended. Coolidge, wher
. the robbery was committed, is small sta
ton 40 miles west of Kansas City, an
with the exception of telegraph operate
: is almost uninhabited. Armed posses wer
, | sent out from Emporia, Topeka, Dodg
: City and other points to pursue and CAP
ture or kill the robbers.
JOHN CANTWELL, a farmer siXt