The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1886-04-28

A fire at Philadelphia on the 93d de-
stroyed the barn of George Rafferty,, and
twenty-six cows and seven horses were con.
sumed
1t was reported in New York City on the
oath that ex-President Arthur was rapidly
convalescing, and that he felt very much
better than at any time since the COM
mencement Of his late indisposition.
Mrs. j. M. Smith, the wife of farmer
living near Keyport, N j., while insane on
the 23d swallowed a dose of trough on
with an axe. The eighteen-year-old daugh-
ter locked the baby in a room and escaped
to give the alarm. The maniac killed her
fouryear-old daughter Edna with one blow
of the axe, and crushed in the skulls Of
Bessie, aged eleven, and Rufus, aged
thirteen. When assistance arrived she was
secured after desperate struggle. 1t was
believed the woman would die from the
effects Of the poison.
The total imports Of dry goods at the
port Of New York during the week ended
the 23d were valued at s2,369,6OS and the
amount thrown on the market ~, ,292, $40.
DR.. Higbee, superintendent Of public in
struction in Pennsylvania, whose resigna-
tion was recently requested by Governor
Pattison for remissness of duty in connec-
ton with the soldiers orphans schools on
the 23d sent letter to the Governor refus-
ing to comply with his request,
The independent coke manufacturers, OPP
Grating nearly eight hundred ovens in the
Connellsville Pa.) region and employing
six thousand men, have followed the exam
pie of the coke syndicate and advanced
wages from Eve to sixteen percent, TO take
effect May /.
The twenty-months- old child Of Mrs.
Habisreitinger died Mt Philadelphia on the
2jth from the effects Of dose of spirits of
ammonia, administered by its mother in
mistake for rmedicine.
The following changes appear in the
weekly statement Of the New York associ-
ated banks, issued on the 9ith: Loans in
crease $9i5, 100; specie decrease, Sl,939, 500,
legal tenders increase, Sl51, 700; deposits de-
crease, 81 l,5jjOJO; circulation increase SlS,-
800; reserve decrease, 1890, 100. The banks
held $l3,3!}0jO in excess Of the twenty-five
per cent. rHle.
The exchanges at twenty-six of the lead
ing clearing houses throughout the country
during the week ended the 9th aggregated
S765, 17O, 1876, against SS'l 52G, OSl the previous
wee.. As compared with the corresponding
week of 1885 the increase is 1871 per cent
John Chalfant, alias "Three Fingered
Jack" a confidence man and sneak thief
Of national reputation, was arrested at
Allegheny City, Pa, ON the 25th. On his
person was found number of bogus bonds
and a check for $500 drawn in favor Of
]. M. Martin and signed by ], W. Sims, of
Burlington, la.
The first coal ever shipped from Pennsyl-
vania to California passed over the Balti-
more & Ohio road on the 2Ith II was for
the Los Angeles Cal, gas company, and
crosses the continent in the journey to its
destination, Coal in California is worth |
ten dollars ton.
The cornerstone OF the proposed Wander |
bilt memorial clinic building of the College |
Of Physicians and Surgeons in New York |
City was laid on the oath. The dedicatory
address was delivered by Chauncey NJ. De- !
pew.
The suitof Janeway g. Co, of New Bruins
wick, n. j., against the Pennsylvania rail-
road, in which over S2OO,OOO was claimed,
was concluded in the Federal Court at
Trenton on the 9th with verdict for
plaintiff for Sl11,SO6 The suit was the re-
suit Of collision at New Brunswick in
February, 1885, between an ola freight
train. The oil took fire and a blazing stream
swept down the neighboring streets, setting |
fire to Janeway's wallpaper factory, which |
was burned to the ground.