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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-02-13
The Teller Committee.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.
The committee examined Colonel Mackey,
of South Carolina. He testified that the Re
publicans were In numerous ways prevented
from having full and free vote in Charles
ton County, and the Democrats resorted to
fraud for the purpose. Witness said before
the election a committee of Republicans
waited on Governor Hampton, who assured
them that he would act fairly in the appoint
ment OF Commissioners and give one Repub-
lican to two Democrats in each county. In
the thirty-two counties of the State, how
ever, only five or six Republicans were ap-
pointed; did not believe that the Re
publicans had a single manager of
elections in 400 precincts. Witness,
in order to counteract the Democrats, had
be used only in the event that the Republicans
were certain the Democrats were using tissue
tickets; some few Republican tickets had
been given out the night before the election,
and SIX of them only were voted in Charles
ton; fully 1900 such tickets were In q pack
age handed by the witness to Senator Teller;
did not know how the Democrats could get
an undue number Of tissue tickets in the box,
but he believed they were printed by the
Democrats for fraudulent purposes; R. NJ.
Wallace, United States Marshal for South
Carolina, testified to arresting Democrats
but no convictions resulted; the Dem
ocrats regarded voting tissue ballots as huge
joke on the Republicans, saying that they had
learned tricks from the Republicans and were
now beating them at their own game; not one
colored man out of q thousand, II left to
ct, although number of them voted for fear
of losing or hope of obtaining employment.
Witness, in reply to Senator Mcdonald, said
he knew Of half q dozen prominent negroes
who attended and addressed public meetings
in behalf of the Democrats.
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Baptized in Ice Water.

THERE was an extraordinary baptism
at Palmyra, Pa, last Sunday. Mrs.
Martha Bowman, an invalid, aged fifty
five, was taken to Spring Creek and
baptized according to the rites of the
German Baptist Church. Being unable
to walk, she was placed in a chair and
carried into the stream by a minister
and an attendant. She was then i'm
mersed three times, the water being
cold as ice. When she was brought
out of the water the third time, the
pallor of death was in her face. Her
husband and children supposed that
she was dead, and being overcome with
emotion they gave vent to their anguish
in tears. The woman was wrapped in
blankets and taken to q neighbor's
house, where hot bricks and irons were
applied to her feet and stimulants ad-
ministered, and after much exertion
she was brought to consciousness. Her
first words on recovering to conscious
ness were: God, am with you? am
so cold, so cold" 1t was some time
before the ice in her hair was thawed
out. just before she revived, she could
hear her friends around her. but was
unable to speak or move.-N. Y. Iri-
bune.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-02-13
The Coming Millions.

The Commissioners of Emigration
expect large increase in the immigra-
ton to America this year as compared
with previous years. Secretary Jack
son, in conversation with a reporter of
the Evening Post, said:
Since 1872 the immigration has steadi-
ly decreased from year to year up to
1873. In 1873 the total number of alien
passengers arriving at the port of New
York was 121 ,369, an increase of 20,811
upon the number of 1877. This is
counted by the Commissioners as an i'm
portant indication that the flow of i'm
migration has begun to increase again,
and they have many facts in their pos
session which make them believe that
it will continue to increase. They learn
from correspondents and from steam
ship agents that there has been recently
a great increase in the sale of prepaid
steerage passages to persons living in
America who wish to bring over their
relatives. Most of these prepaid pas
sages are used by the Irish and Ger
mans.
A large Scandin- ian immigration is
expected. The American Emigrant So
ciety and other organizations of a SINH
lar character, having branches in Nor
way and Sweden, say that large prep
arations are going on in those countries
for emigration to America. The news
has been CLEANED by the societies and
given to the Commissioners through let
ters.
Lately the Commissioners have re-
ceived q great many letters from En-
glish operatives-min hands and men
who have been or are employed in iron
manufactories-askin for information
with q view to emigrating. Their
wages have been so reduced as to make
it impossible for them to live and sup
port their families, or they have been
thrown out of employment by the gen.
eral depression in England. They ask
where are the principal swollen ccnters
in the country, where the iron manu-
featuring centers, etc., what are the
names Of some prominent manufacture
ing firms Almost all are men with fami-
lies, and want to know where is the
best place to go to for employment after
they arrive in America. The Commits
sioners do not believe that mill opera
tives and that class of laborers can find
80 ready employment as the good agri-
cultural laborers. just now the Com
missioners have more orders on the
books of the Labor Bureau for first
class farm hands than they can fill.
Inquiries are pouring in from Ger
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-02-13
The Pestilence in Russia.

THE Vienna Medico- Chirurgical Cen
tral Bldtt of q recent date states the
origin of the pestilence in Russia as fol-
lows: A Cossack returning from the
war to Wetlianka brought his lady love
a shawl, which was probably part OF
his spoil. The girl wore it two days
and sickened with all the symptoms of
the plague and died. During the fol-
lowing four days the other members of
her family sickened and died. The
disease spread rapidly, but the local
authorities did not pay any attention to
it till half the inhabitants of the village
had died, and those remaining alive
were unable to bury the victims. The
epidemic had assumed serious dimen-
sions by the 25th of November, but the
Government was not informed of it Off
cially until the 11th of December. Ten
days further time elapsed before any
systematic or energetic means were
taken for preventing its spreading fur
ther. The authorities have since then,
exerted themselves to the utmost to
make up for lost time. As the only
way of arresting the disease is to pre-
vent all communication between the
districts where it reigns and others
which are healthy, double Gordon is
being formed, first in the towns and vii
lagos, shutting off the streets where the
plague reigns from the rest of the place,
and secondly by surrounding the places
with troops so that no person can pass
in or out. Quarantines are also being
instituted on the borders of the infected
Governments, and are strictly watched.
The population is said to take an active
part in preventing the crossing of the
sanitary line, which begins at Samvan-
ders of the Volga to Batagnaska. Four
repta, Iwanowka, Otrada and Zaritzin.
A great drawback is the want of medi-
cal men. The panic in Russia is almost
incredible. Every class and station in
life have petitioned for the entire cessa-
munication, between the rest of Russia
and the Volga. Letters sent from As
trachan and Zaritzin are not received
by the persons to whom they are ad-
dressed. Some people even refuse to
take paper money, fearing the germ of
the infection might be communicated
through it. 1t is almost impossible to
describe the terror which has taken
possession of the people.
The Times correspondent at Berlin
says that Russian railway cars are no
longer admitted to German territory.
The export of grain from Poland will
suffer severely from this restriction.
The Roumanian Government are dis
cussing the expediency of prohibiting
the transit of Russian provisions sent
to victual the Balkan army. The Rus
q Il \
to shut off the Volga line from all inter-
course with Western Russia, and per-
nit communication only under quaran-
tine
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Instructions for Obtaining Arrears of
Pensions.
PENSION OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. c.,

Pension OFFICE, WAsHIssTss, 3; g.
SIR: Persons who are entitled to ar
rears of pensions under the act grant
ing arrears, approved January 25,
1879, and whose pensions were granted
previous to that date. will not require
the assistance of a claim agent in OBJ
tanning the amount due them. All
correspondence in relation to any claim
for such arrears will be with the per-
son entitled, and no claim agent will
be recognized in such claim.
A letter addressed to the Commis-
sloner of Pensions, signed by the per-
son who was in receipt of the pension
at the date aforesaid, and two witness
es, in the presence of magistrate,
will be the only application required,
and upon which the rights of all par
ties concerned will be adjusted.
The pension certificate should not be
sent to this Office, but it must be. exhib-
tied to the magistrate. The letter
should be in the following or equivalent
form:
To the Commissioner of Pensions:
I,.- pensioner under pension certiA-
cate No. :, hereby apply for the arrears due
approved January 25th, 1873. My postofiice
address is -. Here insert the name of
the postoffice, and II the claimant resides in a
city the name and number Of the street and
residence must also be given].
Two witnesses. Name Of claimant.
State Of, county Of, IS:
Signed in my presence by -, who
is known to me to be the person he Describes
himself to be, and at the same time he exhib-
tied to me his pension certificate, which is
numbered.
Magistrates signature.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-02-13

many, particularly the Southern part,
where most distress prevails, asking
the same questions that the laborers Of
England are putting to the Commission
ers.
In 1880 the law of Russia. passed in
1871, will compel the Mennonites to do
military service, from which up to the
present time they have been exempt.
There are about 10000 Mennonites in
America now, principally settled in
Nebraska and Minnesota. The law
which will go into effect in 1880 will in
all probability drive many of them to
this country. The general immigration
from Russia last year was not so large
as the Commissioners expected, on ac-
count of the depreciation of the paper
ruble, and the necessity of paying for
the passage in gold. Since peace was
proclaimed the ruble has steadily ad-
vanced in value, and now the Russians
can dispose of the effects they leave be-
hind them when they emigrate at better
advantage than they could during the
war.
Between 1872 and 1878 the depression
in American business retarded the flow
of immigration to this country. Now
business here is reviving, the immi-
grants have already begun to increase
in numbers and large increase in 1873
is expected. In round numbers 12O, 600
immigrants are expected to come to
America through the port of New York
this year.
In view of this expected increase the
Commissioners are preparing a circular
to be sent to the Governors of the diff
ferent States, inquiring what places are
the best for immigrants to settle in,
what are the opportunities of employ
ment, what land can be obtained for,
what is the rate of wages, the market
price for produce, etc.
The information thus gained will be
of great advantage to the immigrants,
and it will be furnished to them before
they leave their homes abroad or after
they arrive in America. Many of the
western States have sent land agents
abroad to scatter information among
people contemplating emigration, but
during the last two years Germany has
prohibited these agents from talking to
her subjects, and the agents are not
recognized by the consular authorities.
N. ?. Evening Post.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-02-13

A BERLIN dispatch says the Legal
Committee of the Federal Council have COM
pleted their consideration of Bismarck's gag
ging bill. Most of the obnoxious provisions
have been eliminated, and others have been
toned down SO as to deprive the bill in great
part of its offensive character. The feeling
among members, however, continues opposed
to the measure even in its amended form.
The new French Cabinet stands as
follows. NJ. Waddington, President of the
Council and Minister Of Foreign Affairs; Sen
ator LeRoyer, Minister of Justice; NJ De
Marcere, Interior and also Public Worship
ad interim; NJ. Jules Ferry, Public Instruction
and Fine Arts; NJ. Lepere, Agriculture; Ad-
mirai Jauregaiberry, Marine.
A COPENHAGEN dispatch, on the 4th,
states that a diplomatic rupture between
Germany and Denmark is probable.
PERMISSION to land cattle at the Liv-
erpool docks after March will be withdrawn
unless provisions are made to slaughter
them on the quay.
A CIVIL war is reported imminent in
Samoa.
LORD AUGUSTUS LoFTUs has been
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-02-13

The different dispositions of the
sexes is observable at the stamp coun-
ter at the post-office. When there is q
line of people waiting their turn to be
served, the last man who enters falls in
at the tail end of the line and accepts
the logic of circumstances. The wom-
an who enters last, however, walks i'm
mediately to the head of tho line, and
nobody, of course, utters a protest
when she is served first.-Neaoark Cau.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-02-13

The cattle exporters, butchers and
Board Of Health Of New York City, unite in
characterizing as simply nonsense the story
of disease among cattle reared in the West,
and say of the Canada prohibition for three
months, that as cattle are most likely shipped
there from Montreal, water transportation is
closed and business suspended, and during
the time Of prohibition the Canadians will be
enabled to dispose of their distillery fed cat
tie. Shipments from New York will continue
without interruption.
The Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany's statement for the year ending June
30, 1878, published at Boston on the 9th,
shows total income OF Sl2, 756, 354, expenses
$5,SOI, I05, interest Is, 3S3 80, bonded debt re-
duced &69l 900. The net surplus In the treas
ury over all outlays is q, 765, jag.
GRIFFIN, the absconding treasurer
Of the order Of American Forresters, was
captured at Buffalo, N. Y, on the 9th.
EVAN RICE, Cashier of the Whining
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-02-13

SITTING BULL. our American Minis
ter to Canada, is about to return to his
native land.-New Orleans Rcayune.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-02-13
NEAT MARKET.
E. q. FULLER.

nEALER IN Fresh and Sals Meats. Bo-
~ logna and Pork Sahs.gs Hiehest
market prise in cssh paid Ter Bseves, Sheen.
Hog, Hides, &c. Market, south sade Lib
erty Street, one door west Of Otterbscker's
Harness Snop. 1-0-1y
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BUILDER.
GEO. RIsHBB-

GEO. HIsHBB. HIRAM ALLYN
FISHER q ALLYN, Builders, Shop in
Wadsworth's Planning Mn. Many years ex-
perience enables them to compete for frat
class work. Their motto % .sHonest work,
good materials and fair prices" Plans spec
ncations and details . specially.
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HARNESS. SADDLES, &C.

J. N OTTERBACKER, Manufacturer Of
Harness, Saddles and Collars, employees meme
but the best Of workmen, and uses none but
the best Oak Tanned Leather. A large
stock OF harness constantly ON hand. Am
work warranted. Shop south side Liberty
street.
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BOOTS AND SHOES.
w. h. ASHFORD,

w. 81. ASHFORD,
MANUFACTURE and Dealer in Boots
N1 and Shoes and all kinds Of frat class
custom work. All work and materials fully
warranted. Shop. south eide Liberty Street,
one deer sast Of Otterbacker's Harness Shop,
Wellington, Ohio. ll-9-ly
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LIVERY STABLE,

WIN CUSHION q SON,
T livery AND SALE STABLE. Choice
IL tuInouts Furnished, aud charges rea-
sonable. South side Mechanic street, one
door east Of American House. ll-l5-ly
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JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
r. N. GOODWIN,

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND GEN.
q ERAL INSURANCE AGENT. Col.
lections. Conveyancing, Fire and Lif, Insur.
ancs viii be done promptly at reasonable
rates. O6ee, in T. Kirfs Boot and Shce
Store. north side Liberty Street. ll-0-ly
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ton and Brandywine National Bank at Will
mington, Del, was arrested on the 7th on the
charge Of embezzling about $4,000.
THE deciding game of the billiard
tournament, which had been in progress at
New York for about two weeks, was played on
the night of the 7th, and resulted in a victory
for Jacob Schaefer, who is now champion OF
the United States. Schaefer won every game
in which he played during the tournament.
CAPT. PAUL BoYToN. who entered the
Allegheny River at OIL City, on the morning
Of the 9th, in his life-preserving suit, arrived
at Pittsburg at 80 on the afternoon of the
9th. He msde forty three miles on Thursday,
thirty-five miles Friday, tweLty-seven miles
Saturday and twenty-seven miles Sunday.
His face was badly frosted. The weather was
unfavorable, being bitterly cold with occa-
sional snow storms and considerable floating
ice in the river.
MACHINERY HALL, Centennial
grounds, which originally cost $500, 1000, was
sold at auction on the sth for 81, 900.
SHERIFF G. A. WILLIAMS, of Arm
strong County, Pa, has been sentenced to
twenty-five months imprisonment in the PEN
itentiary. He was convicted last December
on the charges of perjury and using money
for election purposes.
SOME colored men of Worcester,
Mass, have commenced suit against the pro-
prietors of a skating rink in that city because
he would not allow them to skate in the rink.
CRAzED by the elopement of his wife,
G. F. Simmons, of Troy, N. Y, poisoned his
three children, on the 10th, and then cut his
throat.
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E. WELLS.

CADDLER AND HARNESS MAKER.
- The best werkmen employed, end enly
the best stock used. All work done under
my immediate supervision. North side Me-
chauic street. 1l-l5-ly
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COAL YARD.
". MCKINNEY,

II. MCKINNEY,
DEALER IN BLOSSBURG COAL, the
IL finest article known for Blacksmith
ing. Horse shoeing, repairing. &C., prompt.
ty dom, and satisfaction guaranteed. South
side Mechanic street. 11-l6-1y
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PLANNING MILL.

w ELLINGTON PLANNING MILL.
w Manufacturers and dealer in Sash,
Doors, Blinds, Brackets, Battings, Lumber,
Shingles, Lath, Cheese and Butter Boxes
Scroll Saving, Matching and Planning done
to order. d. L. Wadsworth, Prop. Office.
near railroad depot.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-02-13

TT YOU WANT frst-class Shave, Hair
4 Cut, or Shampoo, call at Robinson's D.
K.Shaving Saloon, Liberty Street. A full
Restoratives. We also keep the best brand
Of Razors, and warrant them. Razors houed
or ground to order. Z. T. ROBINSON.
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LUMBER YARD.

H wADswoRTH SON, Dealers in Lumber.
Lath. 6hingles, Doors. Sash. Blinds Moul-
dings, and Dressed Lumber Of all sorts Yard near
damins feed store. n20yl
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DRING YOUR PRINTING to the En-
ID teTprise Office. All kinds of printing
done neatly and promtly. Office West Side
Public Square. over Houghton's Drug Store.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-08-01
The Largest Bowlder in the World.

Having heard considerable about p
mammoth bowlder, we took occasion to
visit the spot where it lies, a little to the
southwest of the old Michigan Indian
church at Montville, Conn. Making our
way through the lots, we found ourselves
beside the colossal fragment. Having
plowed its way so far southwark, as
we surveyed it, or as much of it as we
could take in, the wonder to us was that
it had not kept on, despite all obstacles.
Its momentum, even at snail's pace,
must have been prodigious. Clambering
up the siXty-foot ascent, we found room
for at least hundred, ninety aud nine
beside ourselves, on it's summit. Scien-
fists estimate its weight at about a
hundred thousand tons. A huge "scale''
from its northern side, which buried it.
self deeply in the earth as it was broken
off many years ago, is estimated to weigh
six thousand tons. Since the detach-
ment of this bit of the colossal petrifac-
ton beach tree as large as ones body
has grown between it and the parent
rock.
In shape the bowlder is nearly equi-
lateral, and here are the lateral dimen-
sions as you box the compass, beginning
on the north Fifty-eight, fifty-four,
seventy and fifty-six feet respectively
and for plumb-line you must have sixty
feet at least. One side of the upper
floor, or roof, inclines very like the roof
of house, and it is not difficult to make
it seem as though it were really roof,
with its heavy thatch of gray MOSES so
completely covering it.-Lettcr TO Boston
Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-08-01
Charles Sumner on Profanity.

In letter to the Hartford COaIra7st,
Templeton, the Boston correspondent,
relates the following in relation to the
late Senator Sumner:
We were talking about the profanity
of a very distinguished American states
man not now living. Mr.. Sumner (who
never swore HIMSELF said: Well, have
heard him swear severely; but as rule
nobody swears in my presence. The
greatest modification | ever received in
my life in this way was when | was at Il
breakfast abroad with Lord Brougham.
We sat down at the breakfast table,
when somebody brought a newspaper to
Lord Brougham. 1t contained personal
attacks upon him. Tie article was
marked and he read it through. When
he had completed it he began volley
of the most scathing oaths that ever
heard fall from the lips of man. There
was no limit to the curses that he rained
upon the head of the author of this
piece. l was shocked and stricken dumb,
said Mr.. Sumner. The only other oc-
cupant ofthe table, except Lord Broug-
ham and myself. was Brougham's
mother. She sat at the head, opposite
her son, a venerable and courtly lady,
with an ELEGANCE and grace of manner
that / never saw excelled. | dared not
look at her for some moments, but when
ventured to turn my eyes in that direc-
tinn found not a muscle of her face was
moved. She was as calmly unconscious
of what her son was saying as if he was
talking in Arabic. The breeze soon
blew over, and we had very enjoyable
breakfast.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-08-01
FayOring Cremation.

The Municipal Council Of Udine, a
town of Italy about forty miles from
Venice, has lately published a decree in
which it declares that, after having duly
weighed and considered the advantages
and drawbacks of cremation uei Sls inter-
ment, it has come to the conclusion that
the former is in every respect preferable
for the following reasons: l. In n.y.
gienic point of view it is undoubtedly
the best way of disposing of dead bodies
2. IL is a mark Of progress, because, by
making cremation optional, the indi-
vidual is at liberty to choose between the
modes of burial. 3. Considered from a
scientific, social, religious and sentiment
tai point of view, no valid reasons can
be brought forward against it, while
many very good reasons might be quoted
for it. 4. The expenses would not be
heavier than those of an ordinary burial.
Cremation has been long introduced,
and is carried out at Milan as at Gotha
1t is now also officially authorized mt
Paris.