The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-03-19
DOMESTIC.

FLAMES at Detroit on the 10Th, originat-
ing in Stradou's wooler mills, destroyed
six manufacturing establishments, valued
at 100000.
AFTER an idleness of several months
works at Schenectady, N. Y, which en-
ploy one thousand men.
PRENTIsS TILLER, who robbed the Pacific
Express at st. Louis, was arrested ON the
18th at Milwaukee and $4,000 of the money
recovered. McFadden, his accomplice,
was captured at Sherman, Tex, by means
of an intercepted telegraph from Tiller.
AN explosion in the Flat.top mine at
Pocahontas, Va, early ON the morning of
the 18th, killed one hundred and fifty men
and destroyed all the structures on the sur
face, houses two hundred feet from the
mines being overturned, and the farmhouse
and fan entirely wrecked. Fire had bro
was feared the victims would be consumed.
THREE passengers on the Chicago & At
lantic express were despoiled of their mon
ey and watches by two men who entered
the coach early on the morning of the 18th
at Ada, o., and who held the conductor at
bay with revolvers.
IT was announced on the 18th that West
syndicate to control the market, and that
three large establishments had already
been absorbed.
EDWARD SUMNER and Charles Thorn.
burg were fatally shot during a saloon
row at Mansfield, Pa, few days ago,
The persons who did the shooting were not
known.
THE Mississippi River at New Orleans
was on the 18th within one inch Of the high
water Of 1874, and rise of one foot would
cause general inundation.
1T was ascertained on the 18th that two
men were burned to death in the recent
carpet-sweeper factory fire at Grand Rap
ids, Mich.
On the 18th eighty-one thousand dollars
in United States four per cent. bonds,
dated July l, 1877, and numbered from 59,-
425 to 59,432, were taken by burglars from
a safe in Centerville, Ind.
A FIRE in Woodward, Faxon & Co.'s
wholesale drug house at West Kansas City,
Mo-, the other morning, caused a loss of
$4,000. An employe jumped from fourth
story window, and was fatally injured.
THE footand mouth disease has broken
out in Adair County, Mo.
MATT LEWIS, colored citizen of st.
Louis, was executed on the 14th for killing
his wife seven years ago. He had one year
Of liberty by breaking Jail, and had been
tried four times. Frank Slagel, who mur-
dered two brothers named Adair, for the
purpose Of robbery, was hanged at Somer-
set, KY, in presence of the mother of his
| vic inns.
IT was estimated on the 14th that in the
region tributary to the Black Hills there
| were $4,000 cattle and 8,7O0 sheep. Stock
had wintered exceedingly we'll, the losses
not being over one and one-half per cent.
| THE recent floods destroyed fifty-five
bridges in the Ohio Valley, which would
require $4,000 to replace.
A LAD named w. 4. Williams, while rid
ing recently on the step of locomotive,
at Minneapolis, was thrown to the rail,
when the drive-wheel severed his head
| LIOtl HIS UOuy.
A sNow-sLIDE on Aspen Mountain, Col
orado, caused the death of three employees
of the Vallejo mine few days ago.
The grand lcvee in Pointe Coupee par
lsh, La, one of the largest embankments
n the State, gave way on the 14th, owing
to the en- rmous pressure of water against
it. and flooded many of the most valuable
sugar pla tatious in the State The loss
| would be enormous. Scott levee, another
! great emhnnlsnent in the same parish, was
in bad condition, and fears we're felt that
it would go.
FREDERICK j. DIETRICH, the teller Of the
Laclede Bank OF 81. Louis, who was re-
| Gently shown to be a defaulter in the sum
Of $4,000, was captured at his brothers.
| house in st. Louis on the l4th.
DURING the seven days ended on the14 th
he business failures throughout the
1 United States and Canada numbered 224,
i against 264 Che previous week. The dis
4 tribution was as follows: New England
| States, 81; Middle, Al; Western, So;
Southern, 50; Pacific States and Terri
tories. 10; Canada and the Provinces, IS.
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