The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1886-02-10

The Rochester IN. W american Rural
Home has reports from the wheat regions
indicating that the plants are well pro-
tected by the snow and in good condition
for large crop SO far as that question is
concerned. 1t is, however, reported that
thousands of acres of Dakota wheat land
will be allowed to lie fallow thissummer to
correct foulness and weediness.
William j. Higgins, employed in saloon
in New York City, was bitten by a dog six
months ago. and has since been much
| frightened lest ne should have hydro
phobia. On the night Of the 4th he went
out of the saloon into the street and shot
himself three times, dying almost instantly.
Throughout the United States and Can
ada there were 2S7 failures during the week
ended the 9th, as against 2S9 the previous
week. OF this number the United States
had 253 and Canada "a.
| The horse shoe nail works Of Herrick &
Co., and the handle factory operated by
Diclzey & Son, at Fallston, Pa, burned on
the 5th The total loss was $4,000, on
which there was $4,000 insurance.
The New York Commercial Bulletin esti-
mates the January fire loss of the United
States and Canada at S12,OOO,O0O, which is
81, 900, 900 more than the average January
loss in the past ten years. A list Of 20S
fires is published where the reported losses
ranged from $4,000 to 100000 and aggre-
gates over $4,000, 900 for these fires alone.
The employees of the Clendon Iron Com
pany at Easton, Pa, were notified on the
9th that their wages had been advanced to
the scale paid by the company in June,
1883. AS two reductions have been made
since that time, each reduction ten per
cent, the raise is the largest at any iron
works in the Lehigh Valley for several
years.
A portion Of the large sum Of money
stolen from Train Dispatcher Westbrook, a
few days ago, has been returned, being
found on the 9th in a canvas bag which had
been left in his yard at Huntingdon, Pa,
the night previous The bag contained
$500.
Michael Doody, aged twenty-six, was
arrested at Buffalo on the 9th for drunken
ness, and committed to the workhouse.
While undergoing the usual shaving and
clipping he suddenly expired in the barber's
chair. Excessive use of alcohol was the
supposed cause of death.
Rev. William Fennelly, for the past
twenty years pastor of Roman Catholic
church at Oneida, N. Y, was struck by the
cars at that place on the 9th and instantly
killed. His age was eighty-six.
The Sibley breaker near Scranton, Pa,
burned on the 9th, entailing loss Of s70,-
900, and throwing go men and boys out Of
employment
The exchanges at twenty-six leading
clearing houses in the United States during
the week ended the 9th aggregated S1,06l,-
S01, 1889, against SSH, ,S33, 100 the previous
week. As compared with the correspond
ing week of 1885 the increase is 431 per
cent
Prof. Charles d. Morris, formerly Of the
University of the City of New York, and
for the last ten years professor of Greek and
Latin in the Johns Hopkins University,
died at Baltimore on the Tth.
The livery stable of Azor b. Lewis, at
Poughkeepsie, n. Y, was destroyed by an
incendiary fire early on the morning Of the
Sth. Fifteen horses persisted in the flames
Loss $1,000; partially insured.
The exports of specie from New York
during the week ended the 9th were $780,
79j; to Europe sls5,934 silver and Sl25, ,36s
gold; to Havana $26l ,440 gold and $1,000
silver. The imports were SS37TS. The
total imports of merchandise at the port
during the same time were valued at So, 740,
$50 exclusive Of dry goods.
The weekly statement OF the New York
associated banks issued on the 9th, shows
the following changes: Loans increase,
81, ,457, 900; specie decrease, Sl,O5, 800; legal
tenders increase, $1,000; deposits in
crease, sGl0,2OO; circulation decrease, $685.
800; reserve decrease, $l,l42,Sj0 The banks
held s35, ,s09,5GS in excess Of the twenty-five
per cent. rule.
The schooner Mary NJ. Story, with crew
of fifteen men, and the schooner Nesklectra,
with fourteen men, sailed from Gloucester,
Mass, respectively December IL and No
vember 0 for the Brant bank fishing
grounds. Both vessels were spoken mme
diately before the great Christmas gales
since when nothing has been heard from
either, and they are given up as lost.