The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-27

VS.. the Lake Shore Railroad Company,
after a trial at Erie, Pa, lasting two weeks,
on the 22d awarded the plaintiff $ls,750
damages. The plaintiff, who is promi-
nent lawyer of that city, was put off linn
tied express in Cleveland for not having a
ticket, although he offered money. While
walking to the depot he fell and was Sc
verely injured.
Annie e. Cutler, colored, who pleaded
guilty to the charge Of murder in shooting
her lover, William H. Knight, of Philadel-
phia, was brought before Judge Mitchell of
that city on the 22d, who adjudged her
guilty of murder In the first degree.
The Peabody and Ocean cotton corpora
tions at Newburyport, Mass, have ordered
suspension Of their mills, and will not
start again until business prospects bright
en-. Nine hundred persons are thrown out
Of employment. The pay-rolls aggregate
SIS, 900 monthly.
A syndicate Of oil men from Oil City,
Pa, have leased over one thousand acres Of
territory near Greensboro, Green County,
that State, bordering on the old Dunkard
oil field, and will put down test well at
once.
Rev. Thomas O'Flaherty, well known
Catholic clergyman Of Syracuse, N. Y, re-
ported to the police on the 22d that his two
nephews, Vincent and Fred 0'Flaherty,
aged sixteen and fourteen, had mysteri-
ously disappeared. He believes that his
nephews have been abducted by Protestant
enemies, and offers reward of $500 for
any information leading to their discovery.
The explosion Of an iron tank of boiling
lard in Karcher G. Paul's pork packing
establishment at Brooklyn, N. Y, on the
23d completely wrecked the three-story
building. Several workmen were buried
In the ruins. Herbert Wersent was taken
out dead within few moments, and several
others, badly mangled, were afterwards
extricated and taken to the hospital.
The following changes are noted in the
statement of the New York associated
banks for the week ended the 23d: Loans
decrease, $2,74s,7OO; specie increase, $685.
900; legal tenders increase, S1,006,3OO; de-
posits decrease, Sl,69i,0O0; circulation
decrease, $0S,9OO; reserve increase, y, $780,
OBS. The banks held S59,sl2,O in excess
of legal requirements.
The boiler Of the steamer John Greenway,
on onondaga Lake, exploded on the 23d,
fatally burning Captain Kinne, owner Of
the vessel. The steamer was making her
trial trip Of the season.
The monument erected in the City Park,
Reading, Pa, by the Brewers Association
Of the United States, was unveiled on the
23d with imposing ceremonies. The city
was filed with strangers from all parts Of
the State. The monument, altogether, is
sixteen feet high, Mr. Lauer's statue being
of full size and cast in bronze This is the
first known instance on record in the coun-
try where a member Of the brewing indus
try has been reward by a public memorial.
George Lazette, aged seventeen, was
struck in the breast and killed at New York
on the 23d by a ball batted by another boy.
At Wampum, Pa, on the 23d, during the
prevalence of thunder storm, Mrs. Albert
Guy opened the door Of her house 10 get a
view Of the storm when she was struck by
lightning and instantly killed. She leaves
husband and four small children.
The body of William Kelley, a cloth ped
dler, of Pittsburgh, who mysteriously dis
appeared several months ago, was found
floating in the Ohio River on the 23d with n
wound on his head He was known TO have
considerable money in his possession at
the time of his disappearance, which was
not found on the body, and. 1t is supposed
he was robbed and then thrown into the
river,