The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-02-03
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.
Our sleiphing has left us.

Inc sugar puoh VIII oOOi' w
business,
E. E. Goodrich occupies one-halt page
of the Enterprise this week.
Quite number of the teachers attended
the institute at Elyria Saturday
The passenger house at the Big -Four
has become piece of patchwork
W. w. Harvey will remove his stock of
clothing into the Emerson store room this
week.
Fill up your coal sheds as the ground
hog did not fail to see his shadow in these
parts Tuesday
The contents of the correspondence from
Penfleld last week caused breeze to take
place in that burg.
1t is said that William Guide, now con-
fined in the Ohio peniten,iary, has become
Christian worker.
1t is expected that gates Of a new design
will be placed at the crossing on the Big
Four on North Main street.
The people Of Huntington receive ma
iority of their freight here, notwithstand
ing thew have railroad station nearer
home.
There was no quorum present at the
council chamber Monday evening and his
honor ordered the clerk 10 notify the
members to be on hand Tuesday evening.
Ex,President Follansbee of the yelling.
ton fair is entitled to vote Of thanks from
the directors Tor his invaluable services
rendered the society during his term Of
office.
A debating club near Medina proposes
TO settle the question as to whether there
is more happiness in the pursuit Of wife
or in the possession of one. The world
waits the result
The local press has opened up a war on
the post Office department at Washington,
d. u, for printing business cards on en-
welcomes. Uncle Sam should not be inter.
fering with private business enterprises.
The fine Of this division Of the Big -Four
for failing to deliver mails on time during
the last quarter amounted to $4,000. AS
most Of the delays can be shown to have
been unavoidable, this will be considera.
bly, reduced.
Some ot.the property owners have laid
their stone walks too low, and the result
is they serve as good catch-water basins
during the thaw. Walks should be elevat
ed at least six inches above the surface
Then the snow can be cleaned of In good
shane. and no water will accumulate or
the stone
The books, papers and records of the
auditors office of the Big Four were re-
moved 10 Cincinnati last week. Miss Corr
Marshall, of this place, who assists in th'
ticket accountants department, went t
Cincinnati Friday evening. II requires
15O persons to run the Office. The treas
urer's office is the only Office that Is left o
the old Bee Line in Cleveland.
Two persons in town, after spending
numberless days and sleepless nights, in
vented plan to open an envelope which
they valued, even before application hat
been made for patent, al the modest sun
of $4,000; but when the records were ex
amined at the hub 1t was found that th'
very same thing had been patented fort!
years ago and had been passed upon as o
no practical value.
Considerable interest is being manifest
ed in debating clubs in Wellington ant
the surrounding towns. The climax vii
be reached next Monday night when three
from the Wellington club meet a pIckec
three from outside clubs on the question
"Resolved, That we owe our national pros
perity more to our natural resources thar
to our form of government" The strug
= Gle will take place in the Brighton tow
hall and everybody is expected to be pres
ent.
Peter Garris, Of Brighton township, pai'
us call Saturday morning TO explain mat
ters for not reading his Bible for seventeen
years. Mr.. Garris said that it was tru
that the Bible referred to in our last issu
had not been opened in seventeen year.
but II was one that had been presented +
him by his parents at that time and wa
laid away; but he had another one In tn
house that he used at family devotion. ]
would be a good idea for some Of the di
vines 10 call around and investigate Uncl
Peters spiritual condition.
The Century club met on WedneSda,
evening Of the residence Of E. 5. ThpT
DR.. ]. W. Smith read an able paper o.
John Brown, and the club sang 1Johl
Browns Body.n Rev. Walter Hayden. Jr
read paper on the "Ljfe and Prose Work