The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-03-25
WEST AND SOUTH.


dusky, o., and the Canadian shore. It
averages twenty -four inches in thickness
and teams drawing heavily laden sleds go
back and forth every day.
At the depot at New London, o., on the
18th an unknown passenger was robbed Of
wallet containing fifteen 500 bills, ninety
dollars in small bills and a silver watch.
f. Jeffords, of Issaquena County, Miss,
lately Representative in Congress from the
Mississippi "Shoe-s string" district, died
suddenly of heart disease at Vicksburg on
the 10th.
The great grain sections Of California
are reported as suffering from want Of
rain. A four hours shower fell on the 10Th
and improved the prospects in the coast
counties, but no rain has fallen in the in
terror. The crops there were in a critical
condition.
Howard, White & Co.'s review of the
pork packing industry of Chicago for the
year ending March 1, 1885, shows that the
aggregate number of hogs slaughtered for
packing purposes during that period was
APPS, 900. The number of cattle slaughtered
during the same period was 1870, 900 head,
seventy per cent. of which was required for
the dressed beef trade.
| A fire at Atlanta, Ca, on the night Of the
18th destroyed the James Bank block, a
five-story building, causing loss of S5O,-
600. A number Of people sleeping on the
upper floors narrowly escaped with their
lives, and one, J. II. Garfield, perished in
! the flames.
White Sulphur Springs (W. Va.) dis
patches of the 10Th state that great excite
ment exists in Tazewell County over re-
peated murders in that region, to say moth
| ing Of the many. infractions of the law.
John Harris, a special officer, was shot and
killed on the 18th, for which four men were
arrested and placed in jail, and the next
day County Superintendent W. o. Davis
was fired at several times by some unknown
parties and narrowly escaped death. Sew
eral meetings of citizens have been held
and IL is proposed to organize vigilance
committee to preserve order.
The Oriental Hotel, at Seattle, W. T.,
was burned on the 10Th. The guests were
rescued with great difficulty, many jump
ing from the upper windows. Enrich
johnson was burned TO death and Mike
Tobin was killed by jumping from third
story window. Ed. Downey was terribly
burned and will die. Olef Otteson and J..
B. Moe were badly burned but may re-
cover. Others were more or less injured.
Loss on hotel, $4,000.
The following officers were elected by
the Grand Council of Ohio of the Royal
Arcanum on the 10th: Grand Regent, A.
McLaren, Cleveland; Grand Vice Regent,
Z. B. Leonard, jefferson; Grand Orator, s.
| b. Holbrook, Lebanon; Grand Secretary,
William II. Tucker, Elyria; Grand Treas
urer, r. F. Ludlow, Springfeld; Grand
Chaplain, L. +. Moulton, Warren; Grand
Guide, Fay Baldwin, Greenfield; Grand
Warden, L. S. Close, Shelby; Grand Sem
try, Jacob Greek, Upper Sandusky; Grand
Trustees J.. w. Myers, Columbia, three
years; j.. Clark, Lorain, two years: s.
Lytle, Cleveland, one year. The next ses-
sion of the Grand Council will be held at
Cleveland, beginning the third Tuesday Of
March, 1886.
Henry Ryan, brakeman on the Connot-
ton Railroad, died at Canton, o., on the
10Th from injuries received by being run
over by tho cars few days ago. One
| brother aud one sister Of the deceased were
| killed by cars, and two other brothers died
recently of consumption and typhoid fever
respectively.
| At st. Ignace, Mich, on the 10Th Felix
Paquein shot Andrew Disolett three times,
seriously woundipg him, and then shot
himself through the heart. There was a
woman in the case.
City Treasurer II. c. Newbery, of Kent,
o., dropped dead on the street Of heart dis
ease on the 18th. He was seventy five
years old, and during his life had held
many positions Of honor and trust. He
had been City Treasurer for the past three
years.
Senator Bargar's Joint resolution chang
ing the time Of holding elections from
October to November passed'the Ohio SEN
ate on the Goth by vote Of "a to Q. The
nays were Messrs. Dickinson, Fassett and
Hare.
Mr.. Berry was elected United States
| Senator TO succeed ex Senator Garlend, by
the Arkansas Legislature on the Goth.
The Supreme Court Of California issued
an order on the Goth that no alimony shall
be paid Mrs. Hill-Sharon, nor fees to her
counsel, until the parties shall have APP
peared before the Supreme Court.
DR.. Z. D. Cross, who shot and killed DR..
A. B. McCune, at Council Bluffs, Ia, in
1888, has been found guilty Of murder in
the first degree.
Colonel Francis E. Whitfield, general
counsel for the Southern Express Com
pany, died on the 10Th Of heart diease, on
steamer on ~. Johns River, Florida.
Lanaconing, Md, was devastated by fire
on the 21st, entailing loss Of $4,000. The
village was nearly destroyed by fire In
1881.
A preamble and resolution was adopted
on the 2ist by RE. Lee Camp, Confederate
Veterans, at hichmond, Va, rendering
General Grant heartfelt sympathies in his
severe afiiiction, and the hope that he may
by Divine Providence, soon bepermitted tt
regain his health and TO pass his remaining
! years in peace and happiness.