The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-09-10
West and South.

AT Missoula, M. l., an lncendiary hre
few days ago swept away twenty-five
buildings.
AT Lemond, Mich, during a recent
storm son OF Berger Larson was struck
by lightning.bolt and hllediwhile plow.
ing in the field. The team was killed, the
pillow melted, and three wheat-stacks In
the same field were struck and burned.
On the evening Of the Sd General B. F,
Butler, the Anti.Monopoly and Greenback
candidate for President, addressed q large
assemblage in Chicago.
TEXAS Republicans held their State Con
vention at Houston on the 3D., and adopted
resolution that it was injudicious Il
place State ticket in the field, and recon-
mended the Republicans to aid in the elec.
tion Of all Independent tickets.
The cornerstone of the new Dakota Uni.
versity, Methodist institution, was laid
at Mitchell a few days ago.
FRANK FRIsBEE, an employe in the First
National Bank at Portland, Ore, stole
$1,000 recently and fed to New York,
whore he was arrested on the Sd on
steamer lying at quarantine.
The failure is announced of the George
Woods Organ Company, of Middlesex,
Mass. Its liabilities were $4,000, with
nominal assets Of sos, 900.
On the Sd the Minnesota Elevator Com.
pany, with warehouses at thirty points in
that State, made an assignment. Its liza
bilities were nearly $4,000, chiefly due
for borrowed money.
The death Of Bishop Pierce, Of the NJ. e
ago at Augusta, Ga.
THE Governor Of Illinois on the Sd, on
reports Of the State Veterinarian, declared
pleuro.pneumonia epidemic among cattle
in nine herds, and enjoined their owners
from transporting them without certiA-
cate OF good health.
JUDGE WOODS on the 3D. overruled the
demurrer Of the Indianapolis Sentinel In
the Blaine libel suit, at indianapolis, and
the defendants would answer on the 4th.
The Sentinel people claimed that they
would not be ready for trial before Novem.
Der, because their witnesses all live at o
distance.
CONGRESSIONAL nominations were made
as follows on the 4th: Republican
Missouri, Sixth District, w. s. Shirk.
Texas, Seventh District, r. B. Rentfrow.
Michigan, Tenth District, Charles F. Glib
son. Democratic-Georgia, Fifth District,
N. j. Hammond (renominated); Sixth,
James H. Blount (renominated). Illinois,
Eighth District p. G. Haley. Texas,
Sixth District, olin Wellborn (renom.
inated). Minnesota, Second District, j.
J. Thornton. Virginia, First District,
Thomas Croxton. Wisconsin, Seventh
District, G. NJ. Woodward (renominated). 4.
bitionists-Indiana, Seventh Dis.
trict, Rev. Isaac Tomlinson. Wisconsin,
Second District, T. J. Patchin; Third, j,
NJ. Olin; Fifth, d. J. Miller; Sixth, J. j,
Sutton; Seventh, L. b. Loomis.
WISCONSIN Prohibitionists met In State
Convention at Madison on the 4th and
nominated the following ticket. For Gov
ernor, S. d. Hastings, OF Dane County;
Lieutenant. Governor, A. A. Kelly, Of st.
Croix; Secretary Of State, Z. G. Durant,
of Racine Treasurer, c. NJ. Blackman, OF
Walworth; Attorney General, +. NJ.
Angel, Of Barron; Superintendent Of Pub-
lie Instruction, Robert Graham, Of Winnie
bago; Railroad Commissioner, Henry San.
ford, OF Manitowoc; Insurance Commits.
sioner, Nelson Ladue, Of Lafayette. A
full electoral ticket was appointed: A
platform was adopted indorsing the action
OF the Pittsburgh Conventions; demanding
the submission, a1op ion and enforcement
OF Prohibitory amendment, and favoring
woman suffrage.
WHILE the sham battle was in progress
on the 4th at tho Soldiers Reunion at Ere
mont, Nob., stand collapsed, and forty
persons were injured, some seriously.
THE death Of Fayette Lodawick Robin.
son, better known as yankee" Robin.
son, the famous circus and theatrical
Snowman, occurred at New jefferson, Ia,
on the 4th. He was sixty.six years Of
age, and had devoted nearly fifty years
10 the show business.
AT Galveston, Tex, rain fell on the
4th for the first time In twelve weeks. In
some sections of the city water had been
an article Of commerce for two weeks.
I'm haNihb bCOh ONOilulOu VI
the indianapolis Sentinel In the Blaine
libel suit case, the Sentinel Company or
the 4th filed its answer admitting publica.
tion and pleading justification. Mr.
Blaine's attorneys fled an answer deny
ing the truth of the defendants allegation
3. W. TALLMADoE, Of Milwaukee, re-
ceived cable message on the 4th which
stated that the English wheat crop this
harvest was about 72,00O,0OO bushels-an
increase Of 100000 bushels over last
year. The yield in France promised to bc
large.
A NOTED gang Of highwaymen, headed
by the notorio-s Bill Ostrander, commit
tod three brutal highway robberies on the
4th on the road between St Charles and
Ferguson, two suburbs Of st. Louis. The
victims were three farmers named Riley
Dunlap and Gfossner. After robbing th,
farmers tho scoundrels beat them into In
sensibility.
The following Congressional nomina
tions were made on tho '5thi Democrats