The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-03-15
WARRINGTON.

UNDER the direction Of Secretary Kirk
wood The Toledo, o, marsh lands were sold at
public auct on on the 9th, In the Land Com
missioner's office at Washington. II. NJ.
Hanna, as attorney for q Toledo sporting as
sociation, purchased the entire tract, of 5, 800
acres at an average price of $3.50 per acre
THE following Star reuters gave bail at
Washington on the 9th and were released: j.
A. Minniv, James W. Donahue, W. II. Turner
and Charles y. Dickson. It was agreed among
th- counsel that the case should come to trial
early as possible.
The record In the Flipper court martial case
together Nitht the rep IT thereon of Judge Ad-
vocate Swain, was submit ed to the Secretary
of War on the 9th. General Swain is under
stood to recommend q mitigation of the SEN
tence of dismissal and the general impression
& the sentence viii be mitigated.
SECRETARY FoLeER stated on the 9th that
It was only ques ion of time when another
call forsbonds would be issued. AS soon as
the surplus is sufficiently large, be said, call
would be made.
THE United States bonds redeemed under
B5s05O; 1O6th call, $17, ,SSs, $50; 107th call, 81
$50, $50.
A WASHINGTON special says that II is gen.
orally believed that Senator Ben Hills NAL
ady is mortal, and that he cannot live much
longer. .
The finding of the court martial in the case
OF Sergeant Mason, who shot at Gui eau last
September, was made public on the 10th. He
was found guilty, and Will be sentenced Ito
be dishonora ly discharged from the service OF
the United States, with loss Of all pay and al
lowances Eow due to b IN, then to be confined
at hard labor in such penitentiary as the proper
authority may direct for eight years"
SECRETARY Hunt received the following ca
BILE message from James Gordon Bennett on
the 10th: ''My correspondent intends to leave
Irkoutsk at once for the Lena's mouth, and
tel graphs 1t to be of the greatest advantage
in following up. the sea eh IL Noros, one Of
Lieutenant Denenhauer's crew, could be o.
dere 10 accompany him. He says that Harber
will get there to late to reach the Lena delta
on sleds. Will you kindly send the neces ary
permission for Norosi" Secretary Hunt ca
bled Nor.s to accompany the correspondent.
THE >enate on the 10th confirmed Colonel
Rufus Ingalls,, Quartz ermaster General; Wal
ter H. johnson, Collector Of Internal Revenue,
Second District of Geo. gia; Butler r. Strong,
of Pennsylvania, United Stat s Marshal of
Dakota; sullivan NJ. Cutchenn, United States
Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan; red
erick Solomon, OF Missouri, Surveyor General
of Utah; Ohm NJ. wills n, of Ohio, United
States Consul at Bremen.
REV. HENRY HIGHLAND GARRETT, United
States Minister to Liberia, died at Monrovia
on Feb uary l3.
CoSGREssNAN Co3B, of Indiana, whose va
rious measures relative to public land grants TO
various railr ads which require tha where the
original grants have not been complied with,
the lands shall revert back to the Government,
proposes to continue war against them. For
this purpose he will formulate another resolu-
tion more thorough and searching in its ma
ture which he will offer in few days touching
this matter.
WAsHINGToH lawyers give II as their opinion
that the -tar route trials will result in acquittal.
DELEGATION from the Society of Friends
had an interview with Indian Comm ssioner
Rice and Mr.. Haskell and Senator Dawes,
Chairman of he House aud Senaie Commit
Il tees, On the 10th, on Indian Affairs, in advo-
cacy of the bill now before Congress granting
the right OF Indians TO hold lands in several
ty. They were informed that a general bill
for that purpose would not pass and sugges-
tons were made that individual bills having
in effect the same result would probably re
csive favorable consideration.
SPEAKER kzIYER LAID before the He1se, o.