The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-13


Mr.. VIM. Whitney is building a fine
two story dwelling on the corner Of North
Main and Hamilton Streets.
ID. Hoke is repairing his side walk,
putting in stone horse block and stone
curbing along the front of his lot
The ladies of the Baptist Church will
give an Ice Cream Festival on Friday
night, May 10Th, at Carpenters Block.
Will Sheldon who has lately spent a
month in Kansas, invested in land at
White City, near L. P. Starr and sons.
MIR. viii Crosier has improved his
house on Taylor Street, by the addition of
new portico and steps neatly finished.
The attention of farmers and horse
men is called 10 F. j. Eckel's ad Of Per.
cheron-Norman Stallion, on fourth page.
ID. L. Wadsworth has resumed work
on his brick, east of VIM. Riningers store
and will complete It as early as possible.
Mrs. Chas. Daugherty, Of Spencer,
mother of Mrs. L. w. Houghton, died
last Friday. Funeral services we're held
Tuesday.
Mrs. Cora Thomas, Of East Townsend,
accompanied by her son and daughter,
has been visiting her sister Mrs. II. S.
McDermott,
DIR. Ed. Rust has bought lot on For
est Avenue and expects 10 have house
finished for occupancy by the middle of
the summer.
Henry G. Hedges Esq. and Hon John
Sherman, of Mansfield, with party Of
gentlemen, have gone on tour through
California and Oregon.
Miss Carrie Vaughn lately married at
Wakeman, is sister Of Frank Vaughn,
OF Wellington, and several from this place
attended the wedding,
MIR. Chas Bowers will have charge of
the construction Of the new house Mr..
David Peters will build on North Main
Street. The plans were prepared by G. II.
Black.
WIN. Hart, who lately died at Grafton,
was brother.in.law of II. S. Smith, of
Wellington, and the Oldest brother of Mrs.
Hawley Hart, of Penfleld, where he lived
as n young man before entering mercantile
business.
The Ministerial Association of the
Cleveland District, North Ohio Conference
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church, meets
in Wellington, next week Monday and
Tuesday. The opening services will begin
at 10 o'clock a. m.
"A greater number of buildings will be
erected in Wellington this season than in
any former year. This ought 10 be pros.
porous year for mechanics and all classes
of laboring men. Our town Is growing
faster than ever and when our new town
hall is finished we can almost take on city
airs.
Runners claiming TO represent espon.
sible business houses ana showing sham
orders from wellknown dealers for bis
firm, are quite too frequently getting
"short" before reaching home and having
their checks cashed by accommodating
new business acquaintances. Fostoria and
Doylestown have very recently had expert
ence OF this kind.
This evening the North Ohio Confer.
ence Quartette give concert in the town
hall, under the auspices of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, the proceeds Ia
defray the expenses Of Decoration Day ser
wees. The object deserves a liberal sup
port and all who desire first-class enter.
tainment should attend. They are very
popular and give entire satisfaction every.
where.
We have mentioned the matter before,
but some do not yet seem to understand
that II is unsafe for the operator to remain
at the switchboard during thunder
storm. With 90 wires making in the ag
gregate 20 or 30 miles in length, all center.
ing in the exchange, the chances Tor gath
ering up a lively thunderbolt arc
first-class. We have never heard of any
accidents but as a matter OF prudence the
company instructs operators to keep away
from the switch board during thunder
storm. We hope subscribers will not cal
at sach times but II they forget and ring,
and get no answer, the rule we have men
toned may occur to them and save any