The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-01-14

stirring speech, replete with reminis-
cences dear to the last generation. Resolu-
tions of regret were adopted at the death
Of Thomas Darrach, the last President Of
the society, and new board Of officers was
elected, headed by John Stallman as Presi-
dent.
Major Rodnia Mutt, own brother to the
more famous Commodore Mutt, and him
self but four feet high, was married on the
9Th to Clara Corfeld, pretty Boston
maiden aged eighteen and of the ordinary
size.
The Carmichaels' manufacturing mills
and four dwellings at Shamrock, r. l.,
were destroyed by fire on the night Of the
Sth. Loss, 100000.
During the week ended the 9th the busi-
ness failures reported throughout the coun-
try number for the United States 400, and
for Canada 2S, or total Of 457, which is
far in excess Of any previous chronicle for
the same period Of time. The increase is
mostly in the South and West.
Mr.. Charles Taylor, (colored), who
studied law at Harvard has been admitted
TO practice at the New York bar. Mr.. Tay-
lor is the second colored man ever admitted
to that bar.
A party Of four boys broke through the
ice while skating on pond at Pottsville,
Pa, on the 9th and were drowned. Two
were sons Of Albert Hoover and Jacob
Kraus, and the other two were sons of a
colored porter at the Merchants Hotel at
that place. The bodies were recovered.
No news has been received Of Captain
Traynor and Fritz Federman, who sailed
from st. Johns for Liverpool in the dory.
They are now out 1O6 days. The wife of
the Captain thinks he is lost.
Charles w. Scofleld, ex-President of the
Utah g. Pleasant Valley and the Wahsatch
& Jordan railroads Of Utah, was arrested
at New York a few days ago on an in
dictment for obtaining money under false
pretenses.
The Red Ash Coal Company at Wilkes
barre, Pa, have suspended work at Nos. l
and collieries for an indefinite period,
throwing nearly thousand men and boys
out Of employment.
Captain Charles W. Folger, only son of
the late Secretary Of the Treasury, died at
Geneva, N. Y, on the 18th, aged forty.
The Farmers Bank of Elizabethtown,
Pa, owned by Samuel Eady, closed its
doors on the 10th. Mr.. Eady confessed
Judgment to the amount of about $27, 900.
The banks liabilities will probably aggre-
gate $4,000. The assets are unknown but
the depositors will lose heavily.
The boiler Of the steam tug Mike Dough-
erty exploded near Elizabeth, Pa, on the
10th, demolishing the vessel and instantly
killing William Haller, steward, and Will
lam Matthews, deck-hand. Gardner Jack
son, the Captain, was badly scalded, and
two others of the crew slightly hurt.
The following changes are shown in the
statement of tho New York associated
banks for the week ended January 10;
Loans decrease, S, ,734 900; specie increase,
$1,000, ,000 legal tenders increase, y, ,422, 900;
deposits increase, s,431 600; circulation de-
crease, 200; reserve increase, 50, ~, ,OOO
The banks held 81, ga, 900 in excess Of legal
requirements.
W. II. Vanderbilt, who obtained judg-
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lent him to ward Off the failure Of the Ma
rine Bank, on the 10th bought in the real
estate and presents Of the General named
in the bill Of sale. He then presented the
property TO Mrs. Grant for her separate
estate, but she declined TO receive il. Mr..
Vanderbilt wrote to Mrs. Grant saying that
he desired to turn all the property over to
her except that the swords and other testi-
monials received by General Grant should
be presented to the Government as memo
rials of his fame, but she still refused to
accept.
Carnegie Bros. & Co.'s Union Iron Mill
at Pittsburgh will soon resume in all de-
partments, giving employment to several
hundred men.
"The World Travel Company" with n
capital of S2jO,OOO, was Incorporated in New
York on the 10th. The object of the COM
pany is TO afford every facility TO travellers
in Europe and all parts Of the world for
their comfort md aagy transnortn ntion