The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-10-05

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COLONEL. CoRKHu.L, District Attor-
ney at Washington City, received . commu-
nication from the Attorney General Of New
Jersey on the 29th ult., stating that no action
Will be taken in Guiteau's case BY the su-
thorities Of that State.
By order of the Secretary of War,
one company of the Tenth United States In
fantry will go to Cleveland, Ohio to guard
the tomb OF General Garfield until the body
Is placed In permanent position.
TIE following ticket was nominated
BY the Wisconsin Temperance Convention on
the 18th ult: Governor, T. d. Kanause;
Lieutenant Governor, Harvey 8. Clapp; Sec
retary OF State, Edmund Bartlett; Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, Robert Gra-
ham, who is also on the Republican and
Democratic tickets; Rsilroad Commissioner,
John Noderi Commissioner of Insurance,
ton; Attorney General, z. C. Comstock.
The three robbers who robbed train
on the Iron Mountain Railroad in Arkansas,
on the ed ult., were captured on the 25th
ult., one near Sulphur Bluff, Texas, and the
others in the Indian Nation.
THE contractor who removes the
bodies Of dead animals in Chicago complained
to the Mayor on the Goth ult. that he could
not get enough teams to bury the horses which
had died OF pink-eyes- The express compa-
mics, omnibus lines and street car companies
were the chief sufferers.
Ex-CoNFEDERATEs, at their reunion
at Moberly, Mo-, on the 2sth ult, adopted
resolutions expressing themselves in full
sympathy with the Nations grief for the un.
timely death of President Garfield and offer
ing heartfelt coincidence and prayers for the
stricken family.
POSTMASTER STAR, of Deadwood, d.
T., who was dismissed few days ago, in his
written confession says he was interested and
assisted in perpetrating frauds upon the Gov
ernment in connection with the Star service.
He admits that for several years he regularly
made out false certificates on which pay for
services never rendered was drawn.
SMALLPOX has assumed an almost
epidemic form at Pittsburgh, Pa. Twenty
four new cases we're reported from one dis
trict on the 9th ult- The contagion has also
extended to Allegheny City.
GOLD memorial medals will be issued
from the United States mint, on one side of
which will be q medallion Of Garfield and on
the other Lincoln.
A WASHINGTON dispatch says the
White House mail Is now full of requests
that applications fled for Office under Presi-
OenL Oafutlu De WlIQuraWu anu IOTNaTQoQ 10
the applicants. Communications of this kind
form the bulk OF correspondence received at
the White House since the death Of President
Garfield.
The following telegram was received
at the Department of State on the 2sth ult.
from Mr.. Everett United States Charge
d'Affaires at Berlin: "a Foreign Office note
conveys the sympathy of the German Gov
ernment at the Presidents death. The EN-
-tx,I .l1la,
Buest at the memorial services"
The Mayor of Port Huron, Mich, on
the Both ult., acknowledged cash receipts Of
S121, 200. He says no more clothing is need
ed, but seed and provisions are imperatively
required
Both sides of the principal street,
comprising the entire business and part Of
the residence portion OF Eldred, Pa, were
burned on the Both ult Total loss, about
S100, 200.
A TORNADO swept valley short dis
tance west Of Wautoma, Wis, on the 29th
ult., completely destroying q space eighty
rods wide and five or six miles in length.
Many houses, barns and outbuildings and
one grist mill were demolished. About a
dozen persons were seriously injured, but
none happened to be killed outright.
COLONEL ROCKWELL rendered his
resignation to President Arthur on the 3oth
ult., as Commissioner of Public Buildings and
Grounds
THE net increase of National bank
notes or the year ended October /, 1881, was
SIS, ,651, an average of about 81, ,250, 600
per month. The total amount Of National
bank notes outstanding on the LIST was $751;,
40, 490. This is the largest amount of Ma
tional bank notes outstanding at any one
time since the organization of the system
Fifty-two National banks were organized in
the last sixmonths, with q capital Of $5,6S5,
600.
THE following is q statement of all
United States currency outstanding October
1: Old demand notes, $50, ,040.00; legal ten
der notes, all issues, $346, ,6Sl, ,01600; one year
notes of '63, $44 965. 90; two year notes Of '63,
S12, ,400.00; two year coupon notes OF '63,
$2S 5000; compound interest notes, $685.
5000; fractional currency, all issues, $l5,-
474, 44400; total, 1885,, 5S1, ,495.00.
COLONEL GEORGE BLISS, Hon. B. II.
Brewster and Colonel Cooke, as counsel for
the Government in the Star route cases, filed
in court on the 30th ult, long information
against ex-Assistant Postmaster Brady and
Others. The general charge set up in the
document is of q conspiracy to defraud the
Government and an attempt is made to show
fraudulent proceedings OF the alleged con-
carving mails on the route between Prescott
Arizona, and Santa Fe, n. NJ. The document
charges the alleged conspirators with defraud-
ing the Government out OF $3.50, 900 in manip-
ulating contracts for the mail service on the
particular route between July LIST, 1873, and
June 30th, 1850.
A WASHINGTON dispatch says Mrs.
Garfield is greatly shocked to learn that so
large q part of the remains of her late hus-
band is now in the Medical Museum. She
consented to the injured vertebra and rib be-
ing taken to Washington because she under
stood they might be used In the trial Of the
assassin, but she never consented to the
taking of anything else, and believed that all
else of the body OF her husband was In the
casket in Ohio. She now knows that all the
inward parts, from the neck to the loins,
were brought to Washington and have been
exhibited no one knows to how many curious
surgeons. She is indignant, but finds it Diff
cult now to rectify the matter.
The fund for the family of the late
President Garfield amounted to S333, 796 on
the 30th ult.
Ex-CoNGREssMAN VOORHEES,, of New
Jersey, tried on the charge of embezzlement,
has been acquitted on all the indictments
found against him.
FAIR, of Nevada. and Platt, of Con-
necticut have paired and will not attend the
extra session Of the Senate.
A TERRIFIC storm passed over Mad
ison County, Neb., on the 2Sth ult The
town of Madison was shaken up considerably,
many buildings were unroofed and the depot
buildings and water tank were destroyed
Two men were killed and another badly in
jured.
THE United States Land Office makes
the area Of Louisiana to be 41,346 square
miles Professor Hilgard, in q census report
lately published, puts the figures at Il, 5,430
square miles. The difference is one of 2, 6U7,-
800 acres
The matter of final interment of the
late President Garfeld's remains at Mentor or
Hiram having been agitated by some people
In his old district, DIR. Robinson has talked
with the widow Mrs Garhald said that IL