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

The large furniture store Of Henry Veh-
meyer, corner OF Second and Market
streets, Philadelphia, was set on fire on the
2sth ult. by the explosion of q can Of
benzine. The walls fronting on Market
Street were blown down and young Mr..
yehmeyer was badly burned. Mary Cath
cart, of Palmyra, N. j., who was passing
the building, was struck and her skull
was fractured and her right arm was torn
of. She was removed to the Pennsylvania
Hospital, where she died soon after. Loss
by fire 500, 600; partially insured.
/ The dedication Of the monument erected
at Danvers, Mass, in memory Of Rebecca
Nourse, one OF the victims Of the Salem
witchcraft excitement, is fixed for July 30,
which, under the old style, will be the l93d
anniversary Of the hanging.
The body OF James Mills, of Rochester
N. Y, was cremated at Lancaster, Pa, on
the 2sth ult. Mr.. Mills died on the 25th Of
an overdose OF laudanum. He was Spir-
itualist and was cremated at his own re-
uuest. Rev. Thomas K. Beecher conducted
HE funeral services at Elmira.
Mr.. John Parry, Jr., Of Delta, York
County, Pa, got up a few mornings ago
leaving his wife asleep In bed, as he sup
posed. Returning to wake her, he found
her dead. Her false teeth had become dis
placed and were lodged In her throat, so as
10 completely close the windpipe.
The imports Of dry goods at New York
Tor the week ended May % were valued at
H,173,646, and the amount thrown on the
market at 81 ,226,030. The imports Of gen.
sral merchandise at that port were valued
ut $5,O66, ,7ss, exclusive Of dry goods.
Selma Weir, an orphan five years old,
was beaten to insensibility in a childish
quarrel at Pittsburgh on the 2Sth ult. by
three companions named Alice Toole, Mag
gle Carr and Bridget Geary, ranging in
age from nine TO twelve years. 1t was not
thought the little girl could recover. Her
assailants have been arrested.
Business failures reported throughout
the United States for the week ended May
30 number 1866, against 1S4 in the preceding
week and 14s, 100 and 1914 in the cores
ponding weeks Of 1884, 1888 and 1882 re-
spectively.
William II. Chadwick, the cashier who
stole $4,000 from the Pacific National
Bank Of Nantucket, Mass, pleaded guilty
on the 10Th ult. and was sentenced TO five
years imprisonment.
A young man named McComb, aged
twenty y-seven, Of Welland, Ont, jumped
over the precipice Just below the new sus-
pension bridge at Niagara Falls on the 10Th
ult. and was instantly killed.
Thomas Warner, lumber merchant, oi
Cooperstown, N. Y, has failed, with lia.
billties Of half million. F. @. Cramer q
Co., hardware dealers, Of which firm War.
per was the &c.," have also failed. The
failures will pull down a number Of othei
houses there and in the surrounding towns
Warner was regarded as very wealthy
and the collapse causes much consterna
tion.
The susrension of the ShackamaxoI
Bank, Philadelphia, was announced on tn
e9th ult. The bank capital Is $4,000, an'
the surplus $4,000. IL Is thought that tn
accounts have been overdrawn S2OO,OOO
John Rose Is President.
The statement Of the Now York asso
eiated banks for the week ended May 3
shows the following changes: Loans de
crease, S2,s54, 900; specie increase, SlO5,7OO
legal tenders increase, $6i4,3oo; deposit
decrease, Si,7o3,000; circulation decrease
ses,loO; reserve increase, $95e,S5O. Tn
banks held seo, ,76s, ,92b In excess Of legal re
quirements.
In the Wayne County IN. ~ Circui
Court on the 2sth ult John johnson, VIII
was on trial for burglary and attempt :
iiII anddanlu laarad from the prisoneri