The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-07-15
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

The bicycle repairers have rush in
trade.
Not single word has been said about
a street fair.
The Wellington fair will be held Aug
ust 10, 20 and 81.
The crop report for northern Ohio is
indeed very gratifying.
The highest price reported paid for
wool was sixteen cents.
The excursion to Niagara falls over
the Big -Four has been withdrawn.
The mayor has commanded the people
to cut down the weeds upon their premi-
ses.
A number are folding their tents pre-
pairing to leave for Lakeside and Lin
wood.
The free coinage of silver is the ques-
tion that is agitating the minds of the
people just now.
The democrats in this place appear
to be well pleased over the nomination
made at Chicago.
The carpenters will doubtless COM
plete the work on the Congregational
church this week.
S. Windecker says that he has not yet
fully decided about going to Oberlin to
enter into business.
From twenty-five to thirty dollars per
month is about what is now paid for
teaching district schools.
Superintendent Kinnison is engaged
in taking the enumeration in the high
school district this week.
Quite a number went to Cleveland to-
day on the excursion. A fifty cent re-
tnrn trip will bring 'em out.
John Roser has purchased the lot OF
the devisees Of the late j. H. Dickson
that fronts South Main street.
In looking over the files of dockets il
the Justices office none was found bear
ing date farther back than 1868.
The pipe organ for the Congregations
church is being placed in position thi
week. 1t came from Springfield, Mass
Miss Mabel Smith, Of MedfOrd, Mass.
has been employed to fill the position il
the high school formerly filled by Mr.
Kenyon.
Everything appears to be prOsperinI
nicely at the electric light plant. .
large gang of men are engaged in sci
ting the poles in the village.
Sneak thieves are reported to be nu
merous in the cities and towns.
might be we'll for the people here to b
on their guard to avoid this class Of cal
ers.
A representative of the Ohio branch c
The American Agriculturalist called las
week. He reported that the business
This branch was above what was eXpec
ed for 1895.
A letter has been received from W.
Woodwork, now Of Bryan, o., and pr
prietor of the Hotel Williams. He urg,
US to come out square for free silve
MIR. Woodwork was for many years col
nected with the American House at tn
place.
The night operator at Lodi on the '
81. f. committed suicide last Frid'
night by hanging himself with a rol
that he threw over the transOm of Il
door that leads to the waiting rOOr
No cause can be assigned. He resid
in Fredricktown.
The business men appear to be patrO
izing the electric light company We
literally. 1t will doubtless be lit
more expensive than coal oil for the pre-
ent, but taking into consideration t
time spent in cleaning lamps, breakag
etc., the expense in the end will be le'
The producers of cheese appear to
determined that cheese placed on t
market shall be properly branded. Tha
right. Let producers OfOtherl lines OfgOC
and wares follow and the market W
soon be relieved Of large per cent.
the cheap john goods that are offered
sale.
The electric light company have ma
arequest Of the Central Union Telepho
Company to use their poles at certa
points in the village, but,as yet the
quest has not been granted. In orr
to light the town properly, poles "
have to be set on fifteen miles Of str
and at q distance Of $50 feet apa
which will require 525 poles. The pO
for this place are from Monroe, Mi
The 25-fOOt poles cost 95 cents each;
s5-fOot, $1.25; and the 40-fOOt, $1.6O