The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-03-05
DOMESTIC.

A REDUCTION Of twelve per cent in wages
was announced on the 9th in nine hat
factories at Reading, Pa, employing
about one thousand hands, the reasons
given being competition and exorbitant
duy on wool.
ADvIcEs Of the 2s,h from the recently
overhowed sections state that at Paducah,
KY, the distribution OF rations continued,
over 1000 people being provided for. Hun
dreds Of people were suffering who were
getting along after a fashion before the
cold snap. The banks between Memphis
and Evansville, Ind, were lined with peo-
pie, who were housed in open barns, out
houses, etc., and with the mercury down TO
zero much suffering must ensue.
THE citizens Of Medina County, Tex,
had, up to the 28th, hunted down and
lodged in jail thirty.nine fence cutters. A
detachment Of rangers was stationed at
Castrovile.
ABOVE and below Shreveport. La., for q
hundred miles, the country was shallow
sea on the 2Sth. The planters would lose
heavily in fences, stock and horses, and
the colored population were In great dis.
tress.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED coal miners in the
vicinity Of Pittsburgh, Pa, struck on the
2Sth for an advance Of wages.
1T was reported on the 2Sth that the
Apaches were again on the war.path In
Sonora, Mex. Near Chipua they killed
two men and stole several horses, and the
dead bodies Of several Mexicans were
found on Mexican soil near the border.
Large numbers Of cattle had been stolen
from Los Piedras and De Lumbre. A Fed.
eral force was in pursuit.
The Treasury Department at Washing.
ton on the ooh ult issued warrants for
about S1l,50J,OOO on account of pensions
for the month.
The chemical.works OF Powers &
Weightman, in Philadelphia, the most ex.
tensive in tho United States, were de-
stroyed by FIRE early on the morning of the
10Th ult., causing loss Of over 81 ,0OO, ,00)
Z. DERRICK & Co., dealers in bags and
twine at San Francisco, failed on the Goth
ult. for $38J,000.
DURING the seven days ended on the Goth
ult. the business failures throughout the
United States and Canada numbered 276,
against 25l the previous week. The dis.
tribution was as follows: New England
States, 2s; Middle, o.; Western, 10;
Southern, 6S; Pacific States and Terri.
tories, IS; Canada and the Provinces. 49,
A NEW ORLEANS dispatch of the Goth ult
states that the rivers above were still ris.
ing and the overflow spreading. AT Hele-
ma, Ark, the situation was critical, the
river rising ten inches a day. Tie Iron
Mountain trains were stopped and the city
cut of. A heavy force was strengthening
the levees. Great distress was being ex.
perienced, but no loss Of life had teen re.
ported.
The excess Of the value Of exports over
imports Of merchandise into the United
States during January last was 9,877, ,487,
and for the twelve months ended January
81, 1884, was 4,37O, $50.
AN experiment for using compound Of
water and alcohol as fuel on the ting Mat
tie Sergeant at Boston recently resulted In
confagration, damaging the boat $4,000,
which the experimenters would have 10
pay.
A NATIONAL bank, with s2,ooo,oco capital
subscribed, to be called the Metropolitan,
was organized in Chicago on the Goth ult.
SEVEN seaman OF the United States
steamer Michigan, now lying at Rrle, Pa,
on the Goth ult volunteered 10 30 out with
tho Greedy relief expedition, and had
passed the requisite examination by sur.
geons.
Ar Boston the price Of liquor iioenses Of
all grades has been advanced.