The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-02-11

Heased and held in $4,000 bail, WIN not
reach as high figure as $15o,00 and may
be considerably less. The exact amount
can not be stated until the property recov-
ercd from the defaulter, consisting of
stocks, bonds and real estate, can be real
lied upon. II Is said that Todd kept the
accounts Of depositors entirely correct and
covered his fraud by an ingenious system
of bookkeeping.
Nearly five hundred employees of the
Lowell Manufacturing Company, at
Lowell, Mass, chiefly weavers and boys,
struck on the 9th against decrease Of ten
per cent. in wages, and were elected from
the yard. .,,
Traces Of poison have been found In the
stomachs Of John Sullivan and his wife,
who were recently found dead in Ansonia,
Conn, and the theory of murder by the
wife and her suicide is supported by the
medical opinion that the husband died
twenty-four hours before his wife. The
woman imagined that her husband was
unfaithful and would desert her, or dying,
would leave her but widows third Of the
small estate which was in his name.
At Scranton, Pa, on the 9th Daniel Kull-
man, an employe in the Lackawanna Coal
Company's mil mill, was adjusting belt
connected with the machinery when his
clothing caught in the shafting, which was
making several hundred revolutions min
ute. He was torn to pieces and instantly
killed.
Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania, on
the 9th issued q warrant for the execution
of Edward Brotheras, of Luzerne County,
on April Z. Brotheras was convicted Of
the cowardly murder of n man named
Nichols, under the mistaken impression
that he had wrought the ruin of niece of
tho culprit.
The rolling and plate mill Of the Nashua
IN. H. Iron and Steel Company was de-
stroyed by fire on the eth. Loss, 1000;
fully insured.
The value Of imports at the port Of New
York Exclusive of specie) for the week
ended February were 1881 900, Of which
$3,s92,OOO was general merchandise and
Si,9Sl 900 dry goods.
The house Of William Foster, Of Pulaski
township, Lawrence County, Pa, was en-
tered by burglars on the night Of the 7th.
After binding and gagging Foster and his
family the thieves ransacked the premises,
taking 500 in cash and jewelry valued at
several hundred dollars. The robbers then
went to the barn and taking horse and
buggy drove of.
The Philadelphia Ne,os urges the Penn
sylvania Legislature not to pass the bill
appropriating $4,000 for the New Orleans
Exposition, declaring that the expendi-
ture would be worse than useless, "as the
exhibition Is already considered a failure"
1t says: "over g, 900, 900 have already been
spent on the Exposition, yet it is disorgan-
lied and incomplete. Not cent Of all the
money has been accounted for, and the
management is now asking for $3.50, 900 to
pay debts already incurred, part of which
is needed at once to pay the employees, who
threaten TO strike unless paid at once.
Statement Of the New York associated
banks for the week ended the 7th: Loans
increase, 100000; specie increase, $3,C66,-
900; legal tenders decrease, s., ,033,0 900; de-
posits increase, S2,O75, 900; circulation de-
crease, 500, 600; reserve increase, 81, ia 900.
The banks held 1885, 900 in excess of legal
requirements.