The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1886-05-12
WEST AND SOUTH.

severe wind and hail storm swept
over the region adjacentto Emporia, han''
on the 9TH, causing considerable damage
at Jacobs Creek waterspout caused the
drowning Of Mrs. Jacobs and her child.
jefferson Davis made speech in Savan-
nah. Ga, on the 7th at the unveiling OF
memorial tablets on the monument OF Cen
eral Nathaniel Greene. He esaid that in l7I6
the colonies acquired State sovereignty
This was the cause for which they fought
Was IL now lost causel He denied 1t, and
declared that the independence OF the
States could never die.
Two distinct shocks Of earthquake were
felt at Columbus, o., on the 7th. The State
House was perceptibly shaken.
At meeting of miners in the Kanawha
(Va.) district, held at Coal Valley on the
| 7th, it was decided that the miners should
return to work at the old price-two cents
per bushel. 1t is said that the miners In
the New river district will also return x
work at the old rates.
The wooden butter plate factory OF Cook,
King e. Co, at Montague, Mich, burned on
the 9TH, causing loss Of $4,000; insured
for $4,000. ., MI.
A statement OF the condition OF Ohio
crops, prepared by the Ohio State Agent OF
the National Department OF Agriculture,
SAYS the average condition OF winter wheat
NAV / was 90 per cent; rye % per cent
harley 90 per cent The wheat Of the State
promises well, except perhaps in a few
counties in the northeast, cpd with fair
growing weather until harvest there Will
be full average crop.
John G. Means, prosecuting attorney oil
Summit County, o., died suddenly at his
home in Tallmadge township on the Sth
The dwelling of Ira Pixley, homesteader
in Florence County, Wis, was destroyed by
fire on the 9th. A two-year old child was
consumed, and two other children and
} Mrs. Henry were badly burned.
Notices were found posted in varioui
. parts Of Brownswood, Tex, on the Sth
signed "Many Men," ordering all negroes
to leave that place on short notice or they
would be roughly treated. The railroad
contractors there also received writer
notices warning them not to employ any
more negroes
Nineteen Socialists and Anarchists, in
) cluding Paul Grottkau, Frank Hirth, Car
0 Simon and Gustav Rossler, the ringleaders
{ were arraigned before Judge Mallory
] Milwaukee, Wis, on the Sth, on charg
q of riot and conspiracy to kill and murder
. Bail In each case was fixed at 5000 and al
of the prisoners remanded TO jail.
!. Four men were at work repairing th
J. bridge tunnel at st. Louis ON the Sth, whel
o the gasoline lamp by the light OF whic
e they were working exploded. The me
were horribly burned about their head
T. and arms, and three sustained serious II
b ternal injuries by inhaling the flames
1t the lamp.
y Frank Benoit's farm house near Jacl
son, Mich, was burned on the Sth. In u
al house were three children, aged one, thre
or and five years, all Of whom perished !
IT. the flames The parents were temporaril
n absent.
q. Fred Herriman one Of the Cincinna
he infirmary directors whose crookedness WI
exposed last February and whose wher
OF abouts has since been unknown, return'
OF TO Cincinnati on the Sth. He was plac
by under arrest but soon released on SEQ
". bail There are five indictments again
i'm him for embezzlement. 1t is understo
nm that he returned voluntarily and that
rse will turn States evidence.
The boiler OF Dana's saw mill at Rio
Ted mond, Mo-, exploded on the 9Th, killing I