The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-07-23

passed an ordinance prohibiting the sale
of liquors in that village. Saloonists are
pricing lots on the outside, but the drift
of public sentiment is toward excluding
them from their midst. Mayor Brown,
for the time withheld his official signature,
but it is expected that the ordinance will
go upon record, and become law.
The fashion of shaving the beard is
becoming more common. Governor Hen
bricks is among the smooth-faced. But few
men have such fauitless features as TO bear
this severity Of style. Major Mckinley is
one of the best looking of men, and can
afford to do without any concealments in
the way of beard, his profile and contour
OF face being unusually progressing, and
he doubtless understands that an orator
needs the exposure of mouth and lips to
be wholly effective in facial expression.
The citizens of the East End, Cleve-
land, held an indignation meeting at the
Euclid Ave-, Congregational church Sun
day evening, to express their feeling
against a beer saloon being opened in
their neighborhood There were numer-
GUS speakers. One Of the successful
methods in other places, to exterminate
was recommended: to publish the names
Of men who rent or sell property to saloon
lists, and to publish the names of those
who enter the saloons.
Mr.. D. L. Edwards, of class Of 80
Oberlin College and 'S5, Theological Sem
mary, has been elected Principal OF the
preparatory department, OF Pacific Univer
sity, at Forest Grove, Oregon, at asalary o.
$1,000. Mr.. Edwards is native of Hunt
ington and several years since, his fathers
family moved to Oberlin. TO give him the
advantages Of a collegiate education ant
one year after graduation, he married th'
only daughter Of George W. Houghton
He is a thorough student; industrious
energetic, and possessing the taste ant
ability to make him success in an.
enterprise he undertakes.
The grocery clerks Of Mansfield arr
making efforts to have proprietOrs clos'
two evenings week at 7 O'Clock, or every
night except Saturday, at o'clock. Dur
the winter months especially, the houl
should be not later than half past seven
The physical and nervous strain upor
clerks, and all persons in business, o
working evenings as through thu
day, is an unnatural waste of human vigol
that ought to be corrected. Customer
could do their business errands just as wei
before as we'll as after, and lif,
that has no time for reading, recreation o
rest is prematurely exhausted, and healtl
and spirits must suffer for the abuse
Cannot Wellington have reform in thi
line?
The Sunday Schools have very gen
orally been treated to social holida.
and picnic. The Congregationalists frs
had one on the Fair Grounds, and SOM
of their older classes went on the W. &
L. E. to Huron another day, and spen
several hours beside or on the lake; ant
last Thursday the Methodist congregation
old and young and a great many besid
to the number of several hundred spen
the day in Mr.. Williams woods on tn
river bank just beyond the township
line north, in Pittsfeld. They went pre-
pared to have good social time and haC
it. The woods were clean and beautiful
and the day delightful.
james Barup and Flow Wadswortl
made run into Cleveland Monday morn
ing on their bicycles making the follow
ing record on time: Wellington to ObeI
lin, 81 minutes; from Wellington t
Elyria, one hour and forty-seven minutes
from Elyria to Ridgeville, 23 minutes
from Ridgeville to Cleveland publ
square, two hours and fifty minutes, stop
counted in. Saturday following, FloN
Wadsworth started on his wheel about
o'clock, and made a tour through th
center of Huntington, Spencer, Chatham
Litch6eld, Penfeld and home in time tc
six o'clock supper. Stonping in eac
town on business from to 80 minute
each