The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1886-02-17
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS

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Chicken-pox is the prevailing disease
just now.
Mr.. s. X. Laundon is still confined to
the house with his sprained ankle. y
The Muckleburgh farm was bid of at
the recent sale, by T. L. Burton, of Cleve-
land.
The Household Department will be
found on the eighth page of the ENTER
PRISE.
Mr.. b. B. Van Arsdale has taken Mr.,
Schneider's place in the store of Bowlby
s. Hall.
Mr.. w. d. Miner started on Monday
night, with car load of horses, for his
home in Kansas.
Several valuable receipts were sent in
for the Household department, which,
owing to lack OF room, could not be given
until next week.
Miss Hull, of Fremont, who has taught
for five years in the graded schools of
Kansas, has been engaged to teach the B.
Grammar school.
The Amherst factory, recently owned by
Chas. Roser, but now belonging to Horr,
Warner q Co., promises to have an in.
creased patronage this year.
II Is said that II we have half.mile
track on the fair grounds, Mr.. Geo. Whit
ney, of Amherst, will remove his large
training stables to Wellington.
Mr.. ID. P. Reamer was in town Tuesday
on business connected with the seating Of
the town hall. The audience room will
seat, comfortably, thirteen or fourteen
hundred people.
The Rev. N. S. Sage, LII. D., has been
engaged TO preach in the Methodist church
for the remainder OF the year. He left on
Monday for his home in Leland, ILL.,, TO
make arrangements for moving his family
to Wellington.
Good authorities in agricultural matters
say that in this locality, clover seed should
not be sown before the middle of April;
for, II freeze comes after the seed has
sprouted, the young plants are all killed
Last Wednesday evening the brilliantly
lighted parlors OF ]. NJ. otterbacher were
occupied by number Of members Of the
Odd Fellows. Music was rendered by .
few Of the young people The guests an
nounced general good time as they bio
goodnight" 10 the host and hostess.
james Adams and Mat McClory wert
arrestsd by the Marshal on Friday night
for being drunk. They were taken be
fore the Mayor on Saturday and botl
plead guilty. Adams was fined fifty dol
lars and costs; McClory, forty dollars ant
cCstk They were both sent TO the work
house TO work out their fines.
Cows are selling at fully IS hea'
lower this year than any preceding yea
since the war At recent sale in Hunt
ington the average price Of the cows solo
was less than twenty dollars. The high
est price brought at that sale was twenty
seven dollars. This dairy was below tn
average, but good cows may now b.
bought from twenty-five to thirty dollars
The Wellington Union Agricultural Sc
ciety will hold an adjourned session OF II
annual meeting at the Town hall, in Wei
ington, on Wednesday Feb. oath, at 10 a
m. Subject to be considered-The acqul
sitiCu of more land for the purpose Of sc
curing hsli.mile regular track. Al
members OF the society are urged to Al
tend. n. HUCRINs, Secy.
There is a paper called "The Smiths,'
published in RichmOnd, Mich. A cop
was sent TO the ENTERPRISE with the ~
quest that, # the editor knew Of any one
by that name he would forward the papr
TO him. If any of our readers are nc
quainted with any one bearing the nam
of Smith, they will confer favor b.
notifying that person that there isl pape
awaiting him II the ExTERPRIsE office.
II IL said that a committee Of the Elyri
Fair Association has been appointed 4
confer with the officers Of the Welline
ton Association. The committee vii
request that the fair here be given up, Il
order that the people in this vicinity ma
unite with those in the north part Of tn
county for a county fair. 1t is not at al
likely that such proposition will be AZ
cepted by our Fair Association. The raj
road communication between the tw
towns is such that II would be easier b
send stock TO the State Fair at Columbus
than to Elyria. The people around her
can not be much benefited by the Count
Fair, until there is railroad betweel
Wellington and Elyria.
An adjourned meeting Of the Fair Asso
citation was held on Wednesday of las
week. Only about twenty members wer'
present. An animated discussion tool
place over the question of purchasing
more land for a halfmile trottirg track
Mr.. Webster offers to cell for $l50an acre
sufficient land Tor halfmile track, ives
OF the present grounds, and to take in par
payment for the same, a strip OF land OF
the north side of the present fair grounds
thirteen and half rods wide, at $500 al