The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-09-17
WEST AND SOUTH.

Wisconsin has been harvested, and a bet.
ter quality Of the "weed" was never be.
fore raised.
The following Congressional nomina-
lions were made on the 10th: RepublicaAr-
Wisconsin, Seventh District, o. b. Thom-
as. Iowa, Second District, w. T. Shaw.
Missouri, Seventh District, William N.
Norville. Tennessee, Fifth District, James
A. Warder. Illinois, Tenth District, T. C.
Needles. Kentucky, Fifth District, A. E.
Wilson. Democratic = OHIO, Twentieth
District, David r. Paige (renominated).
Tennessee, Eighth District, John M. Tay.
lor (renominated). Kansas, Fifth District,
A. A. Carnahan. Iowa, Third District,
John ]. Lenihan. Missouri, Eleventh
District, r. p, Bland (renominatod). Kan.
sas, Seventh Distric', H. N. Bickle. Green
backers-Kansas, Second District, w. J.
Nicholson.
WISCONSIN Democrats met In State Con-
yention at Madison on the 10th and nomi-
mated Nicholas D. Fratt, of Racine, for
Governor; A. g. Parkinson, Of st. Croix,
for Lieutenant. Governor; Hugh J. Gala
gher, Of Lafayette, for Secretary of State;
Frank Falk, of Milwaukee, for State
Treasurer; and w. c. Silverthorn, OF
Marathon, for Attorney-Gener Tue
platform declares in favor of free trade;
indorses the National platform, approves
Of semi-annual official examination Of
banks; opposes The contract prison labor
system, and favors the regulation Of the
liquor traffic, but opposes sumptusry laws
and prohibitory legislation.
A CYCLONE which recently struck Wis
consin and Minnesota destroyed the vii.
j lage Of Clear Lake and did vast amount
Of damage at White Bear Lake. Several
persons were killed, and the property loss
would be heavy.
On the 10th torrents Of rain fell in South.
ern Texas, where live stock valued at
Sl,00O,0O0 was threatened with death from
thirst, the ground having been dry Cor Of.
teen weeks. .
AT Chippewa Falls, Wis, the Chippewa
River rose twenty feet on the 10th, and five
bridges and a number of buildings were
swept away, causing a loss Of 100000.
The river was still rising, and greater
damage was anticipated.
A RECENT fire destroyed stores and stocks
at Mitchell, OAK, valued at $4,000.
THE Prohibition Gubernatorial nominee
Of Kansas, A. Jetmore, has declined the
nomination, stating that he believes the
nomination of ticket by the Prohibition
lists at this time inexpedient.
GUARDS beat two conyActs TO death at
the water-works reservoir, near Lexing-
ton, KY, few days ago.
CONGRESSIONAL nominations were made
as follows on the 1lth: Republican-Ten-
nessee, Tenth District, Zachary Taylor.
Texas. Tenth District, J. b. Rector.
mocratic-Louisiana Fifth District, J.
Floyd King and G. ]. Boatner Ia contest /;
Sixth, A. B. Irion. Greenbackers-Mis-
souri,, secona District, W. e. Gunby;
Third, J. F. Jordan. Prohibitionists--
Missouri, Thirteenth District, James Ba-
ker.
AT noon on the 11th the river at Eau
Claire began falling after reaching the
greatest height o1 record. The loss by the
food between Chippewa Falls and Eau
Claire would exceed s., 800 900, and in Eau
Claire alone more than two hundred houses
were swept away. Forty buildings were
carried off from Chippewa Falls, and the
loss in that city would approximate
S1,OOO,OOO.
In the Petersburg tva.) district streams
were ON the 18th drying up because Of the
protracted drought, and mills were doing
less than half their usual work. The city
Of Petersburg was threatened with q
water famine.
A FIRE recently destroyed the Eagle fur
niture factory at South Baltimore, Nd,
the walls of the structure falling In. The
loss was $4,000 lightly insured.
A FEW days ago the roof OF the new roller
skating-rink at Detroit collapsed, burying
eight workmen, two OF whom died Of their
injuries.
NEBRASKA. .Prohibitionists met In State
Convention at Lincoln on the 18th and
nominated J. q. Miller for Governor. II.
H. Shedd. the Republican candidate for
Lieutenant-Governor. was indorsed.
In regard to the estate Of Wilbur +.
Storey, of Chicago, proprietor Of the
Times, the litigation reached conclusion
on the 18th. The conservator received or
ders from the Probate Court TO pay month
ly to Mrs. Storey 5000 for household ex.
penses, and TO permit her counsel TO OK.
anime into the management Of the estate.
THE Nebraska Democratic State Conven-
tion met at Omaha on the 18th and agreed
on fusion with the nti-Monopolists J..
Sterling Morton was nominated for Gov
ernor. and l. @. Pace for Lieutenant.G Gov.
ernor. The platform declares that rail-
roads must keep out of politics, and must
submit to control by the Legislature.
1.-THE execution Of Benjamin johnson
(colored) occurred at Cincinnati on the
18th for completely in the murder Of Bev-
erly Taylor, his wife aud their little girl
at Ayondale, near that city. Frank Hutch.
ings was hanged at San Francisco for
murder.
TIE corn crop Of Iowa this year Is esti-
mated at 3oo,OO0,OO0 bushels, the largest
ever known in the Hawkeye State.
BURGLARS entered the Office OF street
railway at Augusta, Ca, on tho 18th, who
finished their work by numbering tho night
watchman, saturating his corpse with oil,
and burning II TO cindsr, m