The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-03-04
WEST AND SOUTH.

At Bloomington, ILL.,, on the 2jth ult. two
Chinese laundrymen committed suicide by
taking paste Of opium and vinegar. They
had cut off their queues while on drunken
spree, and on recovering their senses were
so Mortified that they killed themselves.
DR.. Rogers, Of Ann Arbor, Mich, brother
Of Randolph Rogers, the American sculp-
tor now in Rome, has received notice that
Mr.. Rogers recently made a will bequeath-
ing his entire collection Of casts, models,
etc., TO the Universi y Of Michigan.
David Hay, aged sixty eight, living near
Dayton, Ohio, was found dead in his bed
on the morning Of the 25th ult. He was an
old hermit and Is said 10 have been very
wealthy. Exposure was the cause Of death,
his body being frozen.
A largely attended meeting OF Scotch
Americans was held at Chicago on the 25th
ult. at whieh IL was resolved 10 take active
measures toward the support Of the Skye
crofters and to issue an appeal for a Ma
tional movement in their behalf. II was
also decided to invite Premier Macdonald,
Of Canada, 10 attend conference TO be
held there at an early date.
In the United States Court at Springfield,
ILL.,, on the 25th ult. o. G. Fits pleaded
guilty and J. Osman was convicted Of the
charge Of obtaining bogus pension claim
OF $500 for Letha Moore. The alleged
father Of the girl was killed in the war
three years before she was born. The
prisoners kept S265 each for procuring the
pension money. Sentence has not yet been
passed.
Harry Jennings, aged twenty five, an
employe OF the Akron tOhiol Milling Com
pany, was caught In the machinery Of the
mill on the 9ith and horribly mangled.
The operators Of the Union coal bank In
Coal Valley, w. Va, have put one hum
dred negroes at work where large num-
Der Of miners had struck against n reduce
tion Of twelve cents per hundred bushels.
A serious outbreak Is apprehended as the
result. Several fights have occurred, and
tho white men threaten the negroes, and
also threaten TO burn the works.
Judge Robert Logan, Republican mem-
Der Of the Illinois House OF Representa-
tives, dropped dead at tho entrance TO the
floor OF the House on tho Goth ult. This
gives the Democrats one majority on joint
ballot.
A shortage has been discovered In the
accounts OF the postmasters at Lemars,
Iowa, and Vlncennes, Ind.
The Cincinnati Warehouse and Mailing
Company has discovered gas In a 2j0-f foot
well with pressure Of twenty five pounds
TO the inch. II will be used for lighting
and heating.
Two farmers, named Frank Steele and
Joe Richie, living near Chattanooga,
Tenn, were drowned ON the 9th ult. while
trying 10 cross Chickamauga Greek.
A dispatch from Charleston, s. c., an
nounces the death In that State recently OF
Sir Henry Stonehouse, Bart, In great OBJ
scurity and leaving remarkably curious
history Of his career. The deceased had
sisters and many other relatives living In
England, many Of them occupying official
positions.
Thirty residents Of Wheeling, w. Va,
were poisoned few days ago from eating
turnips that had absorbed some OF the
paris green used In raising them. One,
Mrs. Mary Tuttle, an aged lady, has died.
IL was thought the others would recover,
though several were very low at last ac-
counts.
Three hundred and ffty machinists Of
the Wabash Railroad at Moberly, No.,
on the 9th ult. went on strike against re-
duction OF wages.
On the night Of the 18th ult. Allin Duxon,
who for many years has held the position
OF tax collector Of Blount County, Ala,
went away from homo leaving 81, 100 In
taxes which he had Just collected in charge
Of his wife. About midnight the wife saw,
as she supposed, negro breaking into the
house. She drew a pistol and shot him
dead. When she examined tho body she
found IL TO be that Of her husband with his
hands and face blackened with burnt cork.
After being out but twenty minutes on
the 2sth ult. the jury In the Murphy MUIR
der trial at New Orleans returned a verdict
Of guilty Of murder against Pat Ford and
Policeman Murphy, and manslaughter
against Judge Ford, W. II. Caulaold and