The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-09-24
THE EAST.

The Army Of the Cumberland began It
sixteenth annual reunion at Rochester, N.
Y, on the 18th. General Sheridan presided
and delivered brief address.
Four boilers simultaneously exploded
the other evening at the Lykens Valley
Colliery, near Lykens, Pa, one man being
fatally and three seriously wounded.
Work would be necessarily suspended fol
some time.
gressman by the Democrats Of the Second
District Of New Jersey.
IT was announced on the 18th by the
Cambria Iron Company, Of Johnstown,
Pa, which gives employment to flve thou
sand men, that wages would next month
be reduced ten or twenty per cent, with o
corresponding allowance In coal and rents
10 employees. ..... ..,t f. q
A HrE recently swept away the exten.
sive vitriol. works Of James Irwin &Co.. al
Pittsburgh, valued at 100000. .,f,.,.l,
OK the 17th eight thousand coal-miners
were engaged in tho strike In Pennsyly&
MIA, and not more than one thousand we're
ut work. The women had organized o
"tin.pan" brigade" and greeted tho non
unionists with serenade on pans, kettles,
etc., when they left work in the evening.
Z, A CONVENTION Of the Now Jersey State
temperance and Reform Leagues, repre-
senting all temperance organizations Of
the State, was held at Asbury Park on the
nth. The convention did not indorse any
Presidential candidate, but decided Ia
support for the Legislature those candt
dates favorable to the submission OF
Prohibitory amendment. e''F
REPUBIIcANs of Massachusetts made
ths. following Congressional nominations
on the, 18th: Second District John d
Long (rsnominated); Third, A. A. Ran
ney (reDominated). iHf 4 ru
- WHILE playing with pistol recently
Richard A. Flynn, aged twelve, was sho,
dead at Worcester, Mass, by Eddy Sheri
dan, OF the Same age. II was supposed
that the weapon was unloaded. u t.
1t Is reported that Mrs. Joseph Stevens,
Of Hollisteryille, Pa, who was for years
in the habit Of eating raw ham, now suf
fers so terribly from trichiniasis that she
constantly pleads with her friends to kill
her. The worms keep her flesh In per
petual motion, and frequently twist oui
from the muscles In wriggling masses.
THE death OF Captain Simpson from vel
low fever occurred at the Boston quaran'
tine hospital on the 18th. ..
The other day Marshal Clark, Of AL
bany, N. Y, attempted to serve ejectmeni
papers on John Ahearn's wife, when the
woman threw him over railing, killing
him instantly.
The other night Lizzie Baxter, daughter
Of wealthy parents in Elmira, N. Y, wht
had been deserted by her husband and had
received no answer to telegram sent
home for money, committed suicide neal
Pittsburgh by throwing herself In front o.
train.
THE American Political Alliance nomi
nation for the Presidency has been accept
cd by Captain Ellsworth.
Two MEN named William Albeit ant
Albert Dorby were In carriage the othei
night that was struck by train neal
Glassboro, N. j., and were fatally In
jured.
AT Uniontown. Pa, intense excitemen
prevailed on the 18th over the discovery
of an attempt TO take the lives Of all tn
members Of the Mutt family. The wei
from which the supply Of water used In
the Mutt household was drawn wa
poisoned by some unknown miscreant
Two of the young ladies, Annie and Net
tie, were already dead and the other Nom
bers Of tho family were III. tn 70
MRS. SALLY YoUNo, aged sixty-six, o
Laconia, N. H., was struck by train ant
killed recently. Her first husband fel
from building and broke his neck, and
her second husband was killed by thu
cars near the scene Of Wednesdays acci
dent.
IT was reported on the 10th that th
"Molly Mcguire" Society was again In op
Grafton In sections Of Pennsylvania, an
the names of citizens, mine operators an
bosses were alleged TO have been place
on the death list Of tho organization. Th
assassination Of two Hungarians recentl.
and the burning Of colliery property wa
the accredited work of tho "Mollies."
The firm Of Peters &c Co., wholesal
dealers in dry-goods at Syracuse, N. x
has failed for si2o,000. 'H
A GARD was issued on the 10th by Mrs
Clemence s. Lozier, Chairman Of the New
York State Committee Of the womal
Suffrage party, declining the nomination
for Vice President, and saying ithatiwhil
she appreciated the kind intentions Of be
friends who had made use Of her nam
/ without her authority, she saw no need
. special woman suffrage ticket when a
tho candidates for President were frisndi
10 woman suffrage. ashd 3 fpld~
L. THE nomination for Vice President
,ths. United States by the American Poli
ieel Alliance has bssn accepted bylchxl'
n WAtssmanxo xof Now York - legca