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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-13

recently in Baltimore for the purpose Of
selecting place for the new Catholic uni
versity, have decided in favor Of its loca-
tion at Washington. The site purchased
for the university is known as the Middle
ton estate, lying between the city and the
Soldiers Home. It contains sixty five
acres and on it is the spring which supplies
the Capitol building with water.
Failing to come to satisfactory terms
with the Amalgamated Association COM
mittee regarding the starting Of the steel
works, the management of the Bellaire
(O.) Nail Works has decided to close down
its factory and pull the fires in its furnace
on May 10. Four hundred men will be
thrown out of employment for an indefinite
period.
At Chicago a few days ago Eddie Ber-
nardy, aged fourteen, shot his little
schoolmate, Tressie Sessland, aged twelve,
the pistol ball grazing her side. He then
fred three shots at himself, one of the
bullets entering his side. His wound is
not dangerous. Young Bernardy was ~
fatuated with Tressie and was jealous Of
her. He says he therefore resolved to end
his misery 'just like the grown folks he
had read Of"
The steam shovel known as the Boyer &
Corneas, at Lemont, ILL.,, and valued at
$4,000 was burned few days ago. The
fire is supposed to have been caused by the
striking quarreymen.
The Chicago University was sold by the
United States Marshal on the 9th under the
mortgage held by the Union Mutual Life
Insurance Company of Maine. There was
only one bid, $275,OOO, made by represen-
tative of the insurance company. Its total
claim was about $4,000.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-13
MIstaken Enthusiasm

Pilkins is known to have an aching fond
ness for dipping into small transactions on
the stock board. He met Brown, hfs con-
fidential friend, on Griswold street the
other day whom he greeted as follows:
"Great time on the board to-day, Brown;
came pretty near making fortune"
"Cesarl Come, old feller, tell us all
about It,"
"Why you see we had regular war
market. Wheat jumped to eighty-five. I
thought she was pointing for hundred
and jumped in for a Atty There was
drop OF two and half and lost my mar
gin; but II I'd gone in at the start and
closed out at eighty five I'd counted cool
ten thousand. How's thatW
"Immense! Glad to hear IL, old feller;
give me your hand. What are you going
10 do on your luckS" and Brown looked
significantly at the nearest saloon.-N. o.
Tines Democrat.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-13

"A milkman who was arraigned In
q Brooklyn court for watering bis milk
admitted that he had been in the habit
of adding three quarts Of water to each
forty-quart can OF milk as long as he
had been in the business, which was
twenty years The Milk Commissioner
made a calculation on this basis.
which showed that in the two score OF
years the dishonest milkman had
realized $5, ,475 from about eight quarts
OF water a day judiciously used. This
swindling trick is not only fraud on
the consumer, but is great injustice
to honest dealers, who are unable TO
compete in price with their unscrupa-
lous rivals. IN. Y Sun. t
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-13
Chestnuts,

Chestnuts.
How dear to the heart are the chestnuts OF
childhood
The bald-heaGed jokes that our infancy
knew,
The puns prehistoric we vented in mild mood,
Aud ancient conundrums so feeble and
fewl
What sweet recollections rise quickly and
work us
High up to that pitch where the briny tears
well,
When we hear from the lips of the clown at
the circus.
The crutch ridden chestnuts we all love to
The moss-covered chestnuts, the mildewed
conundrums
And Jokes that were aged before Adam
fell.
N. Y. Journal
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-13
LUMBER BURNED.
Forty-fOur Million Feet Of Pine Lumber
Destroyed by Fire at Chicago
Loss $l,500,000.
The Heaviest Loss Since the Great Fire OF
1874--A Vessel and Five Dwellings
Also Burned-List of the
Sufferers.
A FEARFuL FIRE.


CHICAGO, May 9.-For more than eight
hours yesterday the entire fire department
of Chicago, two hundred of her police and
thousand of her citizens fought and struggled
with one of the most stubborn conhagrations
which the city has seen since the memorable
fire Of 1871. The scene was the immense
lumber district on the southwestern out
skirts, six miles from the City Hall and less
than a mile from the Stock Yards. Here
lying on either side of the Chicago River is,
or rather was, vast field Of pine lumber,
skirting the river front, extending back for
several blocks, piled in stacks from forty to
fifty feet in height and averaging forty
thousand feet TO the stack
At half-past twelve workman rushed
into the office Of the Chicago Lumber Com4
pany, on the west side Of the river, and am
nOunced, between his gasps for breath, that
there was fire In Alley 2S. An alarm was
at once sounded, but ten minutes later, when
the first engines arrived on the spot, half
million feet of lumber was In flames. Sec,
ond and third alarms were sounded, and the
entire force Of the Street Cleaning Depart
ment was ordered to the scene, but the In
hammable nature Of the material had placed
the flames beyond control.
To make matters worse, q scow which had
been moored In the river took fire, broke her
fastenings and was swept across the stream,
communicating the flames to the extensive
yards of G. W. sHinckley q Co., Bigelow
Bros, and Adams, Hastings & Co. Twenty
steamers, stationed one behind the other,
on either bank, poured coplous streams OF
water upon the blazing lumber, but the wa
ter was so impregnated with grease and oil
from the factories above that II fed rather
than quenched the flames. The wind was
blowing hurricane, the heat was terrible
and the immense volumes of black smoke
blinded and suffocated the firemen and re-
tardedjtheir efforts.
The fire continued 10 spread in southerly
direction until It covered an arena of half
moon shape, one-half mile from one end to
the other and quarter of mile deep at the
centre. All this territory was ablaze and
resembled, as one after the other of the piles
collapsed and took fire, throwing tongues OF
flame high In the air, the scene of vomit-
ing volcano with vast landscape Of fire
stretched out beneath. The firemen, headed
for a time by Mayor Harrison, worked with
might and main, but they we're driven back
yard by yard and In many cases so rapidly
had the retreat to be made that engines and
hose were left behind. INHl
Huge pieces of burning lumber were car
ried by the wind distance of half mile
10 Halstead Street and lodged on the roofs
Of several frame houses. all which were
gutted. Scores of families, some a mile
Il n. L. -
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-13

BUB-"Are you going to be my new
papaf" accepted Suitor-"Yes, my dear
child" "Have you got your wig yetw
"wigS Why, no; don't need a wig.
Why do you asky" "My other papa al
ways said he was so thankful his hair
wasn't fast TO him."-Philddelphid Call.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-13

What Was Intended to be n Private Exc
cution Was Forced by n Mob to be Made
PuhIIc.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-10
DYNAMITE TN OHIO.
MORE oeWLmeNT IN THE WIND.
q Special Police Tram on the Hooking
Valley Railroad TO Prevent Oes.
truction of Bridges.

COLUMBUS, o., Feb. 9-The Hooking Val
ley railroad authorities were notified by
friendly miners that an attempt would be
made TO capture and blow up with dynamite
the railroad bridges near Nelsonville Friday
night last. The road has been constantly
patrolled since by special train with an
armed body of men aboard but no attack
has been made a. yet Superintendent Carr
l. OF the opinion that an attack on the bridges
+ pianneu IA earnest, and was only prevent
oy the premature exposure of il. He says
people may get an idea that there was no.
thing IN these oft repeated stories of intend
ed attacks aud destruction of property. be-
cause they are never carried out but the ex
planatlon lies IN the fact that the schemes are
invariably discovered ln time 10 prevent
them. There was some wild shouting abont
Neisonville, Murray City, Lick Run and
LOngstreih early yesterday morning, but no
one was injured. Much diversity of opinion
Is lately manifested among the miners of the
valley. Several fdctions have sprung no.
whose ideas IN regard To- the best methods to
adopt to bring about a final end of the strike
dlifer so materially that but little prospect
OF termination favorable To the miners
exists.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-10
The West Side Rink.

The Great Western Rink Combination
gave Its third exhibition at the West Side
Rink last evening. The company consists
OF A. Z. Smith, the swell-known champion
skater; Warren Wood the champion bicycle
rider; Miss Minnie Douglass, the seven-year-
old trick and fancy skater, and Master
Frank Geraghty, silt skater. Mr.. Smith
performs over two hundred different move
ments upon rollers and with great ease and
skill. His feats are many of them marvel
Gus and all call forth great applause from
his audiences. Mr.. Wood is at home com.
pletely with the bicycle. A large share of
his tricks are performed upon the larger
wheel alone and his feats of mounting and
balancing show great amount of practice
and nerve. Miss Douglass gives a series of
lmpersonations that are unique and amusing
and she Is perfect little queen upon the
skates. Mr.. Geraghty performs the difficult
feat of skating upon stills 81 inches high.
They give another exhibition at the same
rink this evening.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-10

SP.uSoyIzLp. III, Feb. 9.-Much anxiety
Is manifested here lest some members of the
Legislature, Who went home To- spend Sun
day. Sfould be blockaaed on the railroad by
The great now storm and fail t. reach here
In time Tor lailOting for United States Sen
ator to morrow. The storm is tue rouvhest
OF the season, and there Is serious danger
hat some OF the roads may be blocked up
Tor two or three days. The law requires the
ball0ting To- take place tomorrow. and there
con be no postpOnement on account of the
weather. Very few legislators are in town,
ant few absentees on either side will settle
the question OF LOgan's successor.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-10
YESTERDAYS COURTS.

CIRouIr Ir-Ilatilda Greenman =, Wm. n.
! II. Wells, IN chancery. Motion to dissolve
Injunction grantel-Wm.J Geveke " Thee.
X .& l.R. Co. Fifteen days more time granted
! to settle bill OF exceptions. Charles II.
/ Moore V. Winiford Long. Replevin. De
/ fendant elects the return Of the property.
| Ordered that neither party recover Costs
! lhe People V. Thomas Jennings. Bargft,1r
and larceny. Counsel appointed. .-Iarob
Neit. ct al. V. Diogenes Bokien. judgment
for plaintiff for S223 % and costs.-people
V. Geo. ". Kent Burglary and .arconv
Continuance ordered.-Herman Hammer
schlag V. Wilhelm Eichelsdorfor Motion
Tor additional security for costs denied
Joseph Wright CT al. V. Justice G. Wright.
Order TO show cause. People Y. VIM. Mad
den Burglary and larceny. Counsel ap-
ponted.-Wm. Heldane v Martin l..
Sweet. Hearing on petition.
PRoBATE.-Estate of Lewis AlreT. d.
ceased. Order allowing administrator first
.account.--Estate of Catharine Ranch. de-
ceased. Administrator bond fied and let
ters issued to Robt. ID. Teel.-Estate IF
Hiram Moore. mentally incompetent. Order
appointing Henry f. Rowley. guardian
Bond filed and letters issued. .--Estateo Of
Horace Colby. mentally incompetent Order
allowing guardians first nnt-Estate
of Jos. Hooker, deceased. Order allowing
administrative annual account.-Fstafe
of Mary McDonour. Order appointing
catherine Rafferty,. administrative. Bond
filed and letters issued. Inventory filed -
In re. Claude III. Whitcomb. infant. Order
OF adoption and change Of name to Claude
II. Gould.--Estate of Anna NJ. Diamond.
deceased. Order allowing administrator
final account.
SUPEmoR.-Ihe People Wm. D. Mans
field. Perjury. City of Grand Rapids
Addie NJ. Cav. Appeal. Continued over
term.-Same +. J. Frederick. Appeal.
Rail esfroated
JUSTICE SAUNDFRs.-Henry = Pressburex
VIM. Patterson. Assumpsit. Settled by par 4
ties. Pierce 4 Co Y "a r. CIR.
X. Go. Garnishee of Z. A. Knight-Same
' +. 4. knight principal deff. Assumrsit
Both cases settled.
PoIIcE-Peter kairns. drunk. Il dave IN
Jail. .--Ephriam Parsons. saue. uaid s4.3s
Ferry. breach of she peare: raid f
81 ho - Nm. Richard. assault and battery:
noIle pros on payment If S3.s5 costs.
UNITED STaTEs-S. ". Carpenter Z The
Township of Chickamiac. HearInrou order
- show cause. Further adjourned y Feb.
lG
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-10
TRADE AND FINANCE
OFFICE OF F. V. TAYLOR. Sweets Hotel.

OFFICE OF +. V. TAYLOR. Sweets Hotel.
GRAND RAPIDS. Feb. o. 1855.
Liverpool and London markets on wheat and
corn were quoted quiet and steady to-day. Chi
cago receipts We're l57 cars of wheat 6Ol Of cars
OF corn. IL cars of oats 1902 hogs. Markets
were very quiet and without important chanue.
pork alone showing any animation. and Hnctua-
tons In that covering narrow range The pros
ent situation as regards the immediate future of
wheat prices are weaS. owing to the continued
pressure of farmers supplies. and the almost
total cessation of for, ign demand: but il is com.
piicated by the prospect Of war in Europe and
africa by the uncertainty n to the actual condition
OF winter wheat, and by the attitude of the pro-
vision market Pork seems to have fallen into
the hands of some one who uses il as he pleases
and pleases To use il for his own rood
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-10

NEw fogS. Feb. 9.-Richard Short. who
stabbed Phelan, was to-day admitted to bail
IN sa'5)0, he bo1dslnan being Dennis Cor
bstt, ignor dealer in West FortyNinth
street Nasn Short was released he was es-
c1fted nf a number OF members of Fenian
brotnerhood to hrs c0unsel'- Office, where. he
received cutie an ovation. Short seemed
much pleased with his release and in con
yers1tion with reporter said: II want yon
% SAY - thr public did not turn pale when
Sersetlt bs.nger took the revolver away
fr7n Fhean Ca Saturday. am not afraid
Of one Or tfiy revolvers. | have faced
knives aud rev1iver- before" lie also said
yesterday shat he had received q letter from
Cork Informing him of lis wife's death
January 40.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-10

Al INV NoEToS.--T. r. Robert. Broosltr
r II. Bulkiey and wife. Chicago. ~. Mans
held. Boston: 3. +. Williams. New York.
II. Earle, Chicago: T. H.. Mann. Chicago. q
i. Hills and wife. Nus keron. Aia4. W
Dodge. Ionia, Mich. r y. Hayt.e
Coldwater, Mich; J. +. CoFmsn. -
sossey. r. II. Brown Detroit. 7 y.
huichins. New York. a. A. Scamrnor.
agent Two Johns.' G. p Grant. Hanr,i,f~,.
]. Vivian. Hancock. II y. Siu. South Bend.
9. ". Moore. Douglas. r C. Britain.
Sauratuck.
EteIR-Aaron Clark. Dutton Citr. =. =.
hoss. Philadelphia. J. a. Chapnan. Nfvaa-
kees 4 Rice, Chicago. g. Cauaf .i,sfi. Chicago.
g. +. Derter. Centerville. Lew Nash Is7zeli.
Frank Hickock- Big Rsfi7s y Ter,l,rset
Bie kaTses- ,. II. n Aatbevsan. fxwel, Frag.k
Desmond. Heeudoftet q = Di-kefna. Hr,i-
land. 4. y. *oo8fuT. Waterxaef. a ~
hsnfsr, HoIiau1 sndd AicCar7uek. IanSfne.
Il. ?. fcusfots. Chicsro. A. II Pie 60
caeoi Jas. Clo9ry. Cs6c1r0.
Al rHF ksTHE7-s IT. A. Seve. Bod f~~s.
II. -. iacnsb. knlan1azou d ~ Hs~w~..4
Z keEs5s, :. g. Crane fosaa. J = H6re.
Aiiegan; y. q. IrFxflsa. Manfon. =.
JeEaison aDa Rife. Manton. = S Hi3a-r.
y islte fIgeon. =. =. Psrks cssnre~v5iis.
.5eo. orsalA Chase. j. T. Elfs. Nsriat..e. a
.. trpase. I5lln- o., s. s. Nash. Chathrrs
Ont
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-10
Cleveland Pleased With His Visit.

ALBANY. Feb. Ex-Governor Cleveland, ac-
companied by Lamont and Manning, arriv-
ed home on the 7:45 train. A four-hourse
sleigh, which had been prepared to take
Cleveland to his residence, was standing IN
front of the depot, but Cleveland quietly en-
teren hack. The sleigh. standing near.
was at once driven home. Cleveland ex-
presses himself much pleased with his visit
to Iiiden, also with his meeting with promi-
nent Democratic politicians in New York.
Though somewhat tired he thoroughly en-
joyed his trip.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-10

CaIcAoo, Feb. 9.-.rhe trial of the Eight
eenth ward election conspirators was con-
tinued before Judge Blodgett to-day. s. T..
Wright. printer. testified that the defend
ant hackin came to him on Nov 81 with n
hepnbllcau ticket and asked him To make n
duplicate OF It. lie was to keep the matter
qaiet. The name of Randolph Brand for
osuat.y was written over that of Henry
lem Leman's name was erased with Ink.
witness had ticket head engraved and print
su three thonsand tickets and delivered them
TO Mackin at his roOIu in the Palmer Honse
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-10
Important RalIroad Suit.

sr. LOUIS, Feb. 9.-Judge Treat yesterday
received telegram from c. A. Seward, of
New York, requesting his honor not TO dis
miss the Pacific Railroad of Missouri against
the Missouri Pacific. judge Treat endorsed
the paper Received Sunday, Feb. <, at 3
a. my private residence no church time. let
same De fled This curt sentence puts a
stop Co what Is believed 10 have been within
an ace Of the last act of very important
suit. The case has been going on for years.
GROSS teauds IN the requisltion of the plain
uu line being alleged against Jay Gould
aa0 a..0 others, and the amount at stake being
<j10)J.O0O.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-10

.FtorR -Dslll and withoH' decided chaura
Mimi .ota extra, - Slgs IS. city mill exfra
;, 80 ~, round hoop ofio. 81 COS -. S.,sllk.
EN- teor Quiet, COMMON To caoica sxfrs
s. is&si Is
MHEsr Options irregulsr. closing after few
slight cuangs> steady. A. bat little chasasa Sr~ :
lots tiut and sitghfiy luyver. Scot sales If on
erad snrlng az Sc, u graded winfar red S7.lss,
~. rsi winter eioFl &c. nnoracia5 white ol..
10 red state. q. No. ~ winter Msrch 'sa.r
3Nac, 30 April. pc. 10 NAY. .Sz6s4..
toRN- Options were i1 rffsinraio 4e.aet4 IA
cioeed strong st trlrirz atiFanee Sf.e .e<s
weas and Z 2 tac lower. sfet stias Il rr4.-s..3
mixsA alGales No at sgiSc. and rarr-.sss
yeilow. sc, No. z 01sxet3 fehrusrv s -
Narch. fehc; DO orit 90
tstrs- -t}pff0tls'reTe Q1faf srfl closed u~sfsess3
sn1 Dflc aau9eti- SEof iss- stead. Ssr,et sss -
N.e2 vfite STATE So. NJ assxas fas7r,-rx 49,.
bs.i. 81 Herch. q sc b Nsv. zzse.
kFE-bulls western. 49, e.. arssla sfsss -
Gffe. -
IrF-Norsf~af
PORK f3fef. usesS- SO <11tan
lts8-l,nii aa8 ioz~ax. = 40 q - - a
2 ~ feofusrss - Ss47 q Mares
sI7.fsH Netalnssi FAIR - ros~5 refinirs rxsea
s I-f6c .es =
RCrTEs Firm sfsse. se< 2ss. western. fn<, A..
nsss-fir1ns slseA A. 425c. wess~rn. ~
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-10
a $4,000 BREACH OF PROMISE.
Mrs PennYpecker Asks the Courts to
Heal Her Wounded Heart

81. Louis Feb. "a breach of promise
suit IN which $25000 damage Is claimed.
was filed IA the Circuit Court this afternoon.
The parties to il are Wm. II. Swift and Mrs.
Eliza IL Penny pecSer. Mrs. Penngpecker,
IA heF petition, states that in january. 1882,
Colonel swift began 70 pay heS visits with n
frequency which increased a time sped by.
ant hi- attentions became very marked. T"
She -ays he swore eternal love for her. ana
Sniinia4fed has attentions by proposal of
nitgriase on April ~. 1854. which she blush
tns accepted His proposition 10 marry
~a7 not Z dulte, hOaever. as 20 time. since
sno sfties 81 said he would marry her some
tinie unfInE the y-ar 1881. Ia January. 1885.
he e~fngtd his mind. however, and was
msrfsed % another lady, wi.h whom Swift is
Iow on has bridal tour.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-10

Rows at Mennonite Meeting Disturb
the Services.


The series ot protracted meetings. con
TIME TO be held by the Mennonite brefhern
IN the Sixth Ward Engine House These
meetings are conducted by Miss Douglas. a
Canadian evangelist. and said TO be n
daughter of a Presbyterian divine. She is
an earnest worker, and has met with some
encouraging success in her present field.
But hoodlums. and toughs, without any an
probation of sacred things, will gather in.
and despite the presence OF special police.
succeed in disturbing the meetings. Last
Saturday evening, Miss Douglas. attempted
to quell their unseemly conduct and was
threatened with u revolver by one Of the
toughs. On Saturday night. the special
officer found it necessary 10 give one fellow
q humping with his club III order To bring
hlm TO sense of proper respect for place
oi worship. Several warrants for arrests. il
Is said, will be issued to-day.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-10
The KALAMAZOO ASYLUM
Its Needs as Described by a Member
OF the Legislative Committee.

! Its Needs as Described by a Menobe,
OF the Legislative Committee.
representative of The Ter reRAM me,
Mr.. A. n. Woodruff. representative in the
Legislature from the First District of Ber.
rien county, at the Eagle Hotel. last even.
ing- Mr.. Woodruff is, by the way. one Of
the youngest and best looking members in
the present Legislature. and. if the writer
mistakes not he is rising young man who
has but attained unto the first round in The
ladder of fame whose height his develonins,
powers will enable him 70 scale. So mucb
for the man, but, lest this should meet tie
eyes of some fair Lansing girl. It's hest 70
add he Is a benedict LOYAL and trne. Mr.
Woodruff was a member Of the House Com
mittee TO visit the Asylum for the
insane at kalamazoo He reports that this
committee made thorough inspec,ion of
the institution; found IL well kept. veil man.
aged. and one the State has ever, reason n
be proud of. The appropriations asked for
The institution by its managers Mr. Wood
ruf thought most reasonable. and said tie
c1mn 1T world recommend uithoal the fss.t
change. They viii also recommend the earsv
completion If detached hospital building
for tie male department; the binding Of
new kitchen % take the place of the present
d'ngy, inconvenient apartment. and re
erection q a carpenter shop Bpon he pre-
mises. These changes. Nr Woodruff thinks
are 20 much ne aed thar TIE committee s-sf
have little 6ifRc7ify IN securirr tha ra..s
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-10
The Noted Bank Robber

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. 9.-Joseph How
ard, alias kilrain, the notorious bank burg
lar, was brought before Magistrate Smith
to-day. He gave his name as Howard, resi-
dence 2f Irving Place, New York CITY. and
business as that of speculator. Capt r. j .
Linden. Superintendent of the Pinkerton
Detective Agency, testified that Howard was
wanted at Coldwater, Mich, TO answer to
the charge of robbing the bank of that place
of $4,000 in bonds. He was committed to
await requisition from the Governor of
Michigan.