The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-04-01
WEST AND SOUTH,

| Cracker Bakery Association, at Chicago,
embracing 115 bakeries, distributed over
the territory between Pittsburgh and the
Mississippi River, New Orleans and st.
Paul, II was decided to dissolve that body.
Each bakery is now at liberty to make its
own prices.
Mrs. Frederick Ball, aged eighty-two,
living with her son near Dayton, o., was
left alone In the house on the 25th and
while working about the stove her clothing
became ignited, and she was burned SO
badly that death soon resulted.
John Shinn, Owen Riley and NJ. Long
decker crossed the river few days ago at
Quincy, ILL.,, into Missouri to hunt. Their
stranded. 1t is believed that they all have
been drowned.
A fire at Harris Station, near Dayton,
o., on the Goth destroyed the oil mill, ele-
vator and number of other buildings Of
the Ohio Linseed Oil Company. THE fire
originated in an explosion. Loss, $1,000
The dwelling of Maria Dixon, colored, at
Chanute, Kas., burned on the 2Gth and two
children, aged four and eight years, per-
ished in the flames.
Hon. Henry Lloyd, President Of the
Maryland Senate, qualified as Governor Of
the State on the 2Cth, succeeding Robert
NJ. McLane, who has accepted the mission
to France.
Moneypenny's coOper-shop, within the
walls Of the Ohio penitentiary, was totally
destroyed by fire ON the 2Gth. Loss S3s,-
0OO which includes a loss of $4,000 on 7jO,-
900 cigars belonging to Atkinson g. Co., to-
bacconists, stored in q room above.
w. d. Cushing, bookkeeper of the Bel
mont Iron Works at Wheeling, w. Va,
was arrested on the 26th for embezzlement.
He was young man well thought Of the
community and held the confidence of his
employers. He was taken before a justice,
where he gave bail for his appearance, and
then went home and shot himself, dying
shortly afterward.
The condition OF affairs in the foodless
counties Of the interior of West Virginia is
| growing desperate. The frozen streams
and bad roads make IL impossible TO send
aid with any speed. In many cases the
only fare for three months has been parched
corn and sorghum molasses. The Kanaw-
ha, Ritchie, Pleasant, Writ, Nicholas and
Braxton County Courts have all met in
special session TO provide means Of relief.
Herzey Lodge, OF the Amalgamated
Association OF IroAand Steel Workers at
Bellaire, o., has surrendered its charter.
This lodge is the first, but the lodges else
where, composed largely of steel nailers,
are expected 10 do the same. Twenty-four
lodges, all but two, have signifed their In
tention OF surrendering their charters soon.
The withdrawal Of all the nnilers from the
Amalgamation will make that one Of the
weakest OF labor organizations. A Nailers'
Union will be formed at Wheeling, W. Va.
Amos Ross, wealthy farmer, aged six
ty-fve, living near Upper Sandusky, Ohio,
committed suicide on the 26th by hanging.
The cause was temporary insanity, brought
on by heavy losses in the late Central bank
failure. He leaves q wife and large fam
ily,.
The jury In the Van Fleet case at Nor
walk, o., after forty hours consultation,
came into court on the 2Gth and reported
that they were unable TO agree. Nine were
for conviction, three for acquital.
Michael Joupmen, German carpenter,
at work on the roof OF the Soldiers and
Sailors Memorial building at Toledo, on
the 9th was struck by a derrick loosened
by the breaking Of one of the guys, and
thrown fifty five feet to the street below.
Death was almost instantaneous. Henry
Miller was knocked TO the floor below and
sustained serious injuries.
Charles Durbin and wife were arrested
at Decatur, H., ON the 2Ith charged with
drowning their -months'-old child,
whose body was found floating in the
Sangamon River. The child had been
missing three weeks, but the parents said
IL had been sent to Greene County. The
couple have been married only three weeks.
The ferryboat Mark Twain, plying be-
tween Memphis and Mound City, Ark, ex-
ploded her boiler at the latter place on the
9th, killing WIN F. Tieste and A. J. DEM
erich, two young men from Louisville, en-
gagged In newspaper advertising schemes;
also the fireman, a deck hand and another
unknown negro. Captain Gus Faglemar
and Captain George Malone had legi
broken, and several others were badly in.
jured. There were twenty persons on board
The Bellaire (Ohio) window-glnss fac
tory closed down on the 2Sth, throwing O
large number of men out Of employment
overproduction and low prices is the al
legged cause. ...
Fourteen business houses at Oakland
City, Ind, were destroyed by fire on tn,
} 27th. Loss about SG0,oc0; mostly insured
william Neal was hanged at Grayson
KY, on the 2Ith for the murder Of the Glib
bons children two years ago. He STATED
on the scaffold that no was innocent Of th'
crime.
The case OF the widow Of Martin RupI
against the Nickel Plate road, for damage
on account Of the death OF her husband
crushed between two cars, vas decided n
Norwalk, o., on the 9th. The jury CAV,
her verdict Of 5000.
Ast. Louis dispatch Of the Goth ult. say
the friends of Ex-Governor Thomas @
Fletcher, OF that city, are seriously alarme'
at his mysterious and unaccountable alb
sence from home. He had not been seer
or heard from for nine days, and foul play
was feared.
A collision between east and west-bount
freight trains on the l. B. and w. Railron,
occurred ON the Goth ult. near Hollands
burg, Clarke County, o. The engineer
and firemen Jumped Just In time TO saw,