The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-07-13
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Last week II car llti Of grr.r,,s
were shipped into 1'illinly ~ agr.4
Toledo firm and the good, were dis.
posed Of Mt exhorbtant PRICES ln H.,
farmers who hal previously ordered
them. Among the goods were butte,
jars" composed Of galvanized iron
pals in which the glass jars were set.
For these the agent received $3.50 and
agreed to buy them back, every Thurs
day morning, provided they were filled
with butter, for which he would pay
from 20 to % cents per pound. No less
than so farmers appeared at the depot
where they had received the butter
pals. Each had his pail filled with
butter, but no buyer appeared. All
left sadder, but wiser men, n.-Medina
Sentinel
The chimney at the new electric
plant was completed this week. It's
base is set on a concrete foundation
eight feet square. The chimney il 70
feet in,height to the very top and the
measurement at the base is six feet
nine inches. In every way the stack is
strongly put up and and will be in
keeping with the main part of the
plants Work,on the plant proper will
lbe begun at once. 1t is expected that
Ethe' boiler for the plant will arrive
sin about week. The boiler was made
BY fhe Bronwell Company. 1t is 16
feet long and will furnish 155 horse
power when put into position.
ELECTRICITY will soon be an every day
conmodity in our village.-M edna
Gaa4gtte.
Wean, Horr, Warner & Co., owners
of8 big celery and onion garden
at Esd, have sustained a loss ofover $l2,
900 thus farsthis season. The celery
which they intended to have ready by
the first of July was checked in its
growth and maturity by the long spell
of cold weather causing it to go to
seed, thus making it unfit for market.
What is meant by loss of $4,000 is
that they would receive that for their
celery. The actual loss though in fit
ting up the ground, and setting out
the plants and cultivation amounts to
hundreds of dollars and covered about
eight or more acres of ground.-Med-
ina Sentinel.
Last Monday afternoon about three
O'Clock cyclone struck Ruggles'
grove, Ceylon, where celebration was
being held. 1t blew down trees and
buildings. Frank Chandler of Nor
walk had two legs cut off by falling
tree and some papers report him dead.
Several horses were killed and num-
Der of buggies demolished. At this
point the storm was lifted into the
clouds, but dropped again at Berea
where it did much damage to the fair
grounds.-Flyria Democrat.
Burglars entered the residence of
Christopher Seipp, treasurer of Oxford
township, Erie county, at Kimball two
miles north of Monroeville. Tuesday,
and secured in the neighborhood of
$1,000, of which $9O4s9 were township
funds, the balance belonging to mem
bers of the family .-Monroeville Spec
tators.
Industrial editions seem to be
quite the popular thing this season.
The Wellington Enterprise came out
last week with an illustrated write-up.
A town is greatly benefited by such
efforts. Wellington has several enter
prising merchants and the Enterprise
gave them well deserved compliments.
North Amherst Argus.
A few mornings since a Sullivan
county tPa.) school teacher opened a
drawer in her desk and was Mortified to
find rattlesnake snugly ensconced
therein. One Of the big pupils dis
PATCHED the snake with poker, and
the classes resumed their work.
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