The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-16

got nicely settled when the sheriff walked
In and closed 1t up. It was then too late
to secure quarters in any Of the larger
houses and In fact any place at all, but
finally a hotel with capacity Of about
one hundred guests was found and by the
good graces of the landlord and the
boarders agreeing to move ut TO accom-
modate the guests, very nice clean quarters
were secured.
I DR.. Seely, the dentist, has disposed Of
his entire property, home and office in
Plymouth, to DR.. HOlbrook, Of Wellington,
who will at once succeed him, as DR.
Seely will move to Norwalk this
week, where he, some time ago bought an
interest In dental oflice.-Norwalk Re
flector.
About two weeks since Mr.. G. II. Horton
decided 10 erect building on what is
known as the Kingsley lot, situated west
Of the building formerly owned by E. s.
Tripp, but now by Hoyt & reters. Exca-
waiting was commenced and all went we'll
until Saturday afternoon, when 1t was OBJ
served that the foundation on the north
west corner of the Tripp building was
giving way, and later on large openings in
the walls on the west and south. Exca-
waiting was discontinued and plans were
devised to place temporary braces against
the damaged walls TO keep them from
toppling over. Workmen were engaged
until dark, when matters we're left until
Monday morning. Sunday morning they
returned and found the openings to be
widening and the indications we're that
the north end would fall before many
hours Messrs. Hoyt & Benschoten de-
clded to remove their furniture TO more
secure place, therefore company Of men
and boys was engaged and II was taken TO
the basement Of the American House,
q. Z. Townsend's agricultural room, and
such other places as proper storage could
be obtained. At the same time COM
pany Of men was engaged in placing ad
ditional braces against the walls 10 save
the building from falling. A large crowd
gathered about the premises and consider
able excitement prevailed during the
entire day. II is said that Mr.. Horton did
not use proper precautions In excavating
is the cause attributed TO the damage 70
the building, but the real cause is prOba-
bly, not known. The Trip building stood
upon very weak foundation, and proba
bly, might have fallen In time without the
earth being removed, but at the present
time there was no apparent sign of 1t,
and IL might have stood for years had not
the excavating been done. This is quite a
hard blow 10 Hoyt & Peters and Hoyt &
Benschoten, as their building is not only
untitled for further use, but il disarranges
their furniture and undertaking business
Monday afternoon II was decided TO tear
the building down and remove the debris.
Their plans for the future so far as erect
ing another building is concerned, has NOT
been made public, but the probabilities
are that there will be nice modern com.
modious building erected on the old site
within very short time, and the present
business continued, but for the present
they decided to offer their entire stock for
sale as will be seen In another column. Mr..
Horton will commence his building just
as soon as the building can be removed
and the sewer is taken care of. He ap-
peared at the council chamber at the last
meeting and requested that the sewer be
removed from his premises and the water
carried east TO the open drain but as yet
the council have made no apparent moves
In that direction. The sewer was placed
there twenty-one years ago G. A. Barn
ard and d. L. Wadsworth were members
Of the council at that time and the records
show there was quite fight over 1t being
placed where IL was; Wadsworth opposed
the movement. but the other members
voted for it and carried 1t through
Messrs. Hoyt & Benschoten are under
many obligations 10 the gentlemen who
assisted iD removing their furniture on
Sunday afternoon.