The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-01-16
DOMESTIC.

AT Samuels' Depot, KY, Robert Runner,
eiRhty-hve years old, living alone, was re-
Gently burned TO crisp, his clothing hav.
ing taken fire. The remains were found
lying in front Of tho old-fashioned fire.
place.
NJ. WATERMAN & Co., grain-dealers Of
San Francisco, failed on the 10th for
Sl,5OO,OOO, and Buckley & Co., dry-goods
merchants at Utica, N. Y, made an assign.
ment to secure liabilities OF $2OO,0OO.
EDWARDS opera.House at Selma, Ala,
was destroyed by fiie on the night Of the
10th. l
THE striking carpet-weavers, Of New
York resumed work on tho 10th. They
had been unemployed nine months, and
the amount Of wages thus lost would az.
gregate S162,00).
The Grand Jury at Freehold, N. j., on
the 10th indicted Charles d. Holmes and
Henry Jackson for starting fires at Red
Bank which caused losses of 100000.
A MASKED mob took Charles Dieterli, q
murderer, from the jail at Weisser, Idaho,
on the 10th and banged him.
BY her clothes taking fire from a CRATE,
Rose Cherrington, aged twenty.three, was
burned to death at Porter, o., a few days
ago. Her father was seriously burned
while trying TO rescue her.
THE Eng lish bark Elmina was wrecked
In recent storm near West Greek, N. j.,
and the crew perished.
Mr.. AND Mrs. TOWNSEND, recently re-
ported as murdered by robbers at Oyster
Bay, l.. l., were on the 10th rapidly recov-
ering. Mrs. Townsend accused a man
named RaSelye, who, with two brothers,
are preachers In colored church, Of com.
mitting the crime, alleging that she recog-
nized him before he entered the house.
THE Arctic and Quidneck mills at Can.
onchet, r. l., belonging to the Sprague es-
tate, were recently sold to the Union Com.
pany for S200,0)0.
GEORGE JEFFERY confessed on the 10th
at River Head, r. l., that he killed his
step-child by twisting its head first one
way and then another until he broke his
neck; that his only motive for the crime
was that he hated 1t because IL was not
his, and that It prevented his wife from
earning money for him.
DURING the seven days ended on the 18th
the business failures throughout the
United States and Canada numbered 3S4,
againt 32f the previous week. The distri.
button was as follows: New England
States, 40; Middle, 81. Western, 100;
Southern, Sj; Pacific States and Terri.
tories, 3S; Canada and the Provinces, 30.
NEAR Fayetteville, Ark, jeff tGilliland,
a notorious criminal and murderer, was
killed by a companion in a dispute about
a woman few days ago.
The following persons were executed on
the 1lth for murder; Jerry Alexander, at
Sparta, La; Isaac Anderson (colored), at
Barnwell, s. c.; John Jarvis, at Norfolk,
Va, and Stephen Richards, at Auburn,
Cal.
THE Farmers Bank Of Wapakoneta, o.,
closed its doors on the 11th in consequence
Of the assignment by the proprietor, d.
Better.
AT Providence, r. l., ON the 18th John
Shea, aged fifty years, while in drunken
frenzy killed his wife with razor and then
committed suicide.
DURING a gale at Sandy Neck, Mass, on
the 11th boat containing Henry o. Holmes
and Mrs. Paul Sherman was upset, and
both occupants were drowned.
AN ice-gorge in the Susquehanna River
at Port Deposit, Nd, on the 11th threatened
widespread inundaion. The Delaware
River was also gorged in the vicinity Of
Trenton, and Pennsylvania farms were
submerged by bach water
AT Beverly, N. Y, on the 11th John
Beard, farmer, riding mule, while dis
mounting had his foot caught in \ stirrup
and was dragged to death by the frightened
animal. casa c f~-
The wife Of Colonel H. Coulter Cabell, Of
Richmond, Va, was fatally burned on the
11th by her clothing taking FIRE at crate.