The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-01-23
Warrington.

1T has been discovered that the Elec-
toral certificate Of Arkansas in 1876, has some
irregularities about it. The certificate was in
an irregular form, lacking the names of the
Electors on the envelope when received by
Senator Ferry and he sent 1t back to that
State for correction. It was returned in due
time and by Senator Ferry presented to the
two Houses in joint convention and the seven
votes were counted for Tilden and Hendricks.
The discovery just made is that the names on
the back OF the envelope were all written by
the same person instead of by each individual
Elector as required by law.
IT is officially estimated that it will
require go, 900, 900 to carry out the provisions
Of the bill for the payment of the arrears of
pensions
CHIEF JosEPH's object in visiting
Washington is to secure a proper place with
sufficient area of land in Indian Territory for
his people. A purchase of land for this pur-
pose Will be made from the Cherokees.
The House Judiciary Committee, on
the 18th, granted a hearing to Mrs. Emile B.
Wells and Mrs. Selma Young Williams, Of
Salt Lake, Utah, upon various petitions now
before the committee, relating to the laws af-
fecting polygamy. They argued I'm favor of
legislation which will protect Mormon wom-
en- and children.
STANDARD silver dollars will be fur
nished by the Treasurer Of the United States
free of expense for checks on New York in
his favor, for certificates of deposit issued by
any United States ssub-Treasurer or depository
The above should be in sums of 1000 or it's
multiples.
The Secretary of the Treasury on the
of $40 bonds of 1865 and consols of 1867.
THE War Department will probably
release the captive Indian women and chill
dren at Fort Robinson at the request of Red
Cloud, the Ogallalas earnestly desiring that
the widows and orphans, who are their rela-
tives, be turned over to them as their natural
protectors to take them to their homes and
care for then.
GEORGE REYNOLDS, a Mormon, re-
Gently tried and sentenced to two years. i'm
prisonment at hard labor for polygamous mar
riage, by the United States Supreme Court,
has filed petition for a new trial, claiming
that the sentence OF the court was Illegal, be-
cause the statute under which he was con-
victed says nothing about hard labor.
Mr.. EDMUNDs' resolution providing
for the termination of that part of the Wash
ington treaty which relates 10 the fisheries by
giving the notice required by its provisions,
will probably pass the Senate without opposi-
ton.
The East.
The execution of Sharpe and McDon-
nell, convicted of the murder of George X.
Smith, at Audenreid on the night of Nov 5,
1863, took place at Mauch Chunk, Pa, on the
14th. reprieve from Governor Hartranft
arrived one half minute after the drop fell just
thirty seconds too late to save the lives of
the condemned men. There was great excite
Hha nj fbn
prieve was made known. The telegraph
messenger reached the jail door before the
drop fell, but no heed was taken OF his knock
ing and ringing, as the wife of one Of the cul-
outside. When the drop fell the Sheriff sent
out q man to arrest the parties whom he imag-
ined to be creating the disturbance, and II
was then found to be telegraph messenger
with reprieve. The reprieve only extended
the time Tor their execution until the sOsh,