The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-04-29
WEST AND SOUTH,

An unknown man threw himself In front
of passenger train at Lindsay, O., on the
23d and was cut TO pieces.
The jury in the case Of Lewis Webster,
on trial at Jefferson, Ohio, for the murder
OF Perry Harrington, on the 22d brought in
a verdict Of guilty Of murder in the first
degree.
Haushoter & Tissot's jewelry store in
Akron, o., was burned on the 23d, causing
loss OF 5000 on stock and $1,000 on build
ing and adjacent store and rooms and
stock. Insurance $500.
Professor ]. NJ. Thompson, the well
known author OF Charlottesville, Ind, has
been appointed State Geologist Of Indiana.
Twenty inches OF heavy snow fell at
Denver, COL, on the 22d and 23d. The
storm extended over an area of one hun
dred miles and caused damage to roofs in
Denver to the amount of $4,000. The
streams were rising rapidly. The snow is
an immense benefit TO stock ranges and
will give grass n good start.
W. G.. Britton, tax collector Of Hale
County, Ala, was convicted on the 22d OF
embezzling $4,000 and sentenced to the
Alabama penitentiary.
The Louis Cook Manufacturing Company,
one Of the largest manufacturers Of carri-
ages and buggies in the West, assigned on
the I'D. Liabilities estimated at 100000,
and assets about the same.
The following notice was posted in the
steel works at Bellaire, o., on tho 23d:
"The steel department OF the Bell aire Mil
Works will be shut down for an indefinite
period. All employees are hereby dis
charged" The cause is not generally
known, but the best information obtaina-
BILE is that a strike was about to be ordered
among the men on account Of the manage
ment refusing TO re-employ two Of their
workmen who had violated some Of the
rules day or two ago.
The second trial OF T. G. Campbell for
the attempted bribery Of Michael Goeb, q
Berner juror, began at Cincinnati on the
23d. Judge Robertson, one OF the Judges
OF the defunct District Court, in the Camp
bell disbarment trial, presided at the out
set. The Assistant Prosecutor, Rufus B.
Smith, refused TO serve, saying that Judge
Robertson had already passed judgment
upon this very case when sitting in the dis
barment trial, and under the circumstances
he would withdraw from the case, and
turning on his heel ho left the room.
The Illinois State Veterinarian few
days ago found several Jersey cattle on
the Bailey farm at Peoria sick with pleuro-
pneumonia. The cases had originated in o
single barn. All the animals were killed,
ns matter Of precaution. They were ten
In number, and quite valuable.
A Vicksburg (Miss.) dispatch Of the 9th
says that five more bodies had been taken
from the ruins OF the Bloom building,
making eleven bodies found thus far. It is
supposed the number Of dead will run up
TO twenty.
Miss Constance Edgar, step-daughter Of
Colonel ]. N. Bonaparte, and great grand
daughter OF Daniel Webster. was clothed
with the habit and veil OF the Order OF the
Visitation, at the Convent iu Baltimore on
the evening Of the 23d. Miss Edgar took
the name In religion OF Sister Mary De
Salei.
Reports from mountain-towns within a
radius Of fifty miles OF Denver, Col, show
the recent snow fall TO have been the heav-
lest for eighteen years. The Colorado Gen.
tral Railway was blockaded for several
days. Itisreported that about 800 cattle
drifted into q hole north Of Fort Collin,
and perished.
AT Steubenville, o., on the 2Ith Foster
Wilcoxen, notorious character, shot his
mistress, Mile French, in a saloon. The
ball entered near the left eye and inflicted
probably fatal injuries. Wilcoxen wal
arrested few weeks ago for stabbing the
same woman, infilcting q wound from
which she had not recovered.
The attorneys Of Columbus, o., have
noarly all signed a petition requesting the
resignation OF Judge Wylie, Of that city
IL is alleged that he has been under the In
fiuence Of liquor, with brief lntermissions
for the past year.
At Mount Vernon, Moberly County, Mo.
John A. Tennis and George H. Moore, well
known citizens, between whom bitter
feud had long existed, met on the streets
Of that place on the 25th and Immediately
drew revolvers and commenced firing.
Tennis was shot through the head and
Moore through the heart. Both died In Ave
minutes.