The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-03-08
WEST Ann sotrrw

THE Baltimore Board Of Trade prepared
q circular letter to be sent TO the Governors Of
the States and different commercial bodies Of
the country, for the purpose Of soliciting their
active cooperation In furtherins the bin be-
fore Congress to connect by canal the waters
Of the Chesapeake and Delaware bays.
| DISPATCHES from Riverton, Miss, on the ID,
state that the loss Of life and property occa-
stoned by the breaking Of the leyee at that
point is fearful. The cattle are al drowned,
and there are no provisions left for the people
to subsist on. There were three breaks IN the
evee, and houses and all kinds of st ck were
nos ing IN. An the houses in Riyerton left
by he food win be rendered unit for hahfta-
/ ton. l -D s-'tr
The Michigan Supreme Court decided on
the ID that opera ions in grain, where no grain
is handled is gambling, and notes given TO
covermargins cannot be collected.
THE Iowa sta Free Trade League I'm session
at Des Muines, on the Sd, decided 10 hold .
number Of mass NEE ings or lectures to dis
seminate heir views. Tn mas G.. Sherman.
the Brooklyn free trader, win be heir speaker.
JUDGE L. II. MAYNuM, Commissioner of the
State Of Arkansas, shipped en- thousand
rations to the sufferers of Arkansas from
Memphis on the Sd, per the steamer Belle of
Memphis The river was stfn rising at that
point.
TIE Bank Of Butler, organized two years
ago under the State Law of Indiana with an
authorized capital of 81, 900, made an assign
ment on the Sd to the Commercial Bank Of
Toledo, Ohio. Liabilities, SIS, 900; assets, $7oo
TEE An'iChinese mass meeting at San
Francisco on the 4th was the largest demon
stration ever heldin that city. Not less than
thirty thousand persons ere assembled in ]
Platt's Hall and around sp eakers stands that
had been erected IN Montgomery and Pine
Streets. Mayor Blake p resided with q large
list of vice-Preside It's fro m the most infuen-
'ial business men of the city. The chairman
read the following dispatch from Governor
Kinkead, Of Nevada: "Nevada unites with
your people to-day. Meetings win be held in
all the towns Of this State to give expression
10 the popular opinion.n dispatch was also
read from Senator Farley, expressing cons
dence in the passage Of the Anti Chinese bill,
which was received with great enthusiasm
The following resolutions were unanimously
passed: /. That, laying aside al political
distinctions, we unite Is one man, as one
people, Us loyal and law abiding citizens Of the
Republic, in urging upon Congress the abs =
lutte necessity for speedy and effective legisla-
ton pursuant to the terms Of the recent treaty
with China, restricting and controlling Chi
nese immigration. 2. That our Senators and
Representatives from this coast have our en-
tire approval and hearty and united support In
their efforts to present this great question to
the coIntry as Of vital Importance, and deserv-
ing immediate and fave able action on the
part OF the Federal Government The m ct
ing was addressed by JudgeJ 8. Hayn, il. II.
Estel Irving NJ Scott, Paul Newman, John
F. Swift, ex-treatv Commissioner to China, W.
T. Coleman, Horace Davis, George Fiourney
and others. The speeches wers characterized
BY moderation and dignity Of tone, and calm |
argument, reviewing In a number OF cases |
the positions taken by the opponents Of |
the measure now before Congress- The den
anstration throughout was conducted with |
the greatest deeorum becoming the deliberate |
expression of sentiment. Business was closed |
for the day. Dispatches poured in from the |
Interior Of tho State sad Hsvada. showing