The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-06-03

box and made a savage attack with
chair upon District Attorney Hoag.
He was quickly seized and over
powered after a desperate struggle, in
which he knocked down and severely in
jured several of his antagonists. The Incl
dent caused q panic in the court room.
Women screamed and tainted and many
of the men hastened to get out of harms
way. As soon as johnson had been Sc
cured the Judge charged the jury, and
they Immediately rendered verdict Of
guilty. The sentence was ten years in
Auburn prison.
Adam P. Harley, the knights of Pythias
official whose alleged miraculous cure by
prayer, anointment and laying on of hands
created much wonderment, and whose
death was predicted by the physicians In
three months from that time, died at Erie,
Pa, on the Goth ult. The faith people had
denounced the prediction as blasphemous
and declared that the man was "whole."
The three months expired on the 3lst ult.,
the day appointed for the funeral.
Near Deposit, N. Y, on the 3lst ult.
George Axtell became involved in dispute
with Ellis Freeman, L. H. French and
William Perry. All four were intoxicated,
and from words they came to blows. Ak
tell drew arevolver and commenced shoot
ing right and left. Freeman and Perry
both received bullets in vital parts, dying
almost instantly. French was also hit and
it is believed he will die. Axtell was over
powered and lodged in jail.
The total exports of specie from the port
Of New York during the week ended May
30 were 1884, 1888. The imports of specie for
the week were $129,733.
John Henrizel, of New York City, at
tempted suicide on the 3lst ult. by jump
ing from the Brooklyn bridge. He was
caught just as he was climbing the rails
and locked up. He pleaded poverty as the
cause, and said that his wife and children
were starving.
Charles I. Howard, Of New Orleans,
prominently connected with the lottery
business in that city and well known in
sporting circles throughout the country,
died at Dobbs' Ferry, N. Y, on the lst
from injuries sustained by falling from a
horse.
Charles L. Stevens, son Of prominent
dry goods dealer of Boston, who recently
stole $4,000 worth of bonds from his ia
theirs firm, was arrested at Detroit, Mich,
on the 3lst ult.
At Lynn, Mass, on the 3Oth ult. E. G.
Stclrney, the champion heavy weight litter
Of New Hampshire, lifted fourteen pound
dumb-bell six thousand times in fifty-seven
minutes, breaking the record and making
himself the champion lightweight dam
bell lifer.
Decoration Day was more generally OBJ
served throughout the country than ever
before, though in many sections drizzling
rains interfered somewhat with the cere-
monies. At New York City there was a
parade of the Grand Army posts, headed
by several Of the crack regiments Of the
State militia, which was reviewed by
President Cleveland and his Cabinet, the
exercises concluding with an grafton by
Hon. William M. Evarts.
James Irwin, foreman Of the Shoneberger
Mines Railroad, was murdered at Warriors
Mark, Huntingdon County, Pa, on the 3lst
ult. by John Laporte, son Of County Judge
Laporte. The parties were rivals for the
affections Of Miss Alice Holmes, daughter
OF Presbyterian clergyman, and the MUIR
der was the result of jealousy. Laporte
gave himself up.
The Town Council, of Plymouth, Pa, has
been indicted by the Grand Jury Of Luzerne
County, for maintaining a nuisance, and
with criminal neglect Of their official duties
in not keeping the town in good sanitary
condition.
At the meeting of the general synod OF
the Lutheran Church, at Harrisburg, Pa,
on the both ult. the Rev. DR.. Morris, Of Bal
timore, announced that he had received
$4,000 from some unknown donor TO be
used In founding Luthership.