The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-03-29


based on the grounds that the Grand Jury had
no legal authority to find said Indictment;
that the District Attorney had NO authority to
draw the said indictment and exhibit It to
the Grand Jury because George B. Corkhill
District Attorney, did exhfbit the indictment
without an order Of the Supreme Court Of the
District Of Columbia or any Justice thereof,
and that the Grand Jury did not ind tho in
dictment on their own knowledge, neither
were Dorsey ct al, bound over to answer the
action Of the Grand Jury.
SENATOR HILL, of Georgia, had another op-
Grafton performed on his mouth at Philadea-
phia, on the 25th. The physicians say there is
no apprehension of any serious results and
there wiz be no necessity for another opera
ton.
SECRETARY HUNT received q cable message
from Lieutenant Harber Of the .Jeannette
search expedition, on the 18th, announcing
the arrival of himself and Master Scheutz at
Irkutsk, IN good health.
CoNeRBssNAN DUNN, of Arkansas, received
telegram from the mail carrier between For
rest City, Ark, and vicksburg, Miss, stating
that the buffalo gnats have appeared so numer-
Gus since the water began to suhside as to de-
stroy cattle in herds, and the mail carrier re-
quests tina the Postofice Department allow
the mails TO be carried at night instead Of dur
ing the day, a. the contract stipulates.
-. THE EAST.
ERAsTus b. Cook, broker Of Providence,
R. L, has ned, and 50, 900 Of checks forged by
him have already been discovered.
Rev. SAMUEL HUEYF, Judge Of Election Of
the Tenth Ward, Philadelphia, last February,
was arrested on the sd, on Q charge Of fraud
and forgery Of election papers
REAR ADMIRAL J. II. Porrs, commanding
In the South Atlantic sta ion died March 9, Of
apoplexy, at Falkland Islands, Patagonia.
THE theory that boiler explosions are caused
only by low water was fully tested at Pitts
burgh on the 22d. A new boiler was blown to
. oms with the water above the fire line, at 235
pounds pressure. With D. T. Lanson's device
. pressure Of 300 pounds had previously been
wilhstood by the same boiler.
THE poet 81. W. Longfellov died at his home
in Cambridge, Mass., at 3:15 on the morning
Of the oath, in the seventy fifth year of his age.
He was seized with Inflammation of the bowels
on the 23d and grew rapidly worse. His ad-
vanced age and feeble condition added to the
serious nature Of the malady, rendering his
recovery from the first hopeless
GEORGE E LANE, banker and County
Treasurer at Exeter, n. H., has been found q
defaulter in the sum Of s45, ,000-t25 900 belong
ing to Rockingham County and the rest to in
diyiduals- He was arrested at Portsmouth
on the 24th and taken to Exeter.
REAR ADMIRAL GUsTAvus II. SooTT, q re-
tired officer of the United States Navy, died at
New York on the 23d.
TIE number Of business failures reported to
r. G. Dun & Co.'s mercantile agency, for the
week ending the 23d, Is LIS, distributed as fol-
lows: Eastern States, 12; Western States, 80;
Middle States, 81; Southern States, 30; Pacific
States, O.; New York City, 4. This is very
considerable diminution in parallel with prevt
Gus weeks. There were no failures Of conse
quence In New York City.
JOHN T. RANDALL, aged sixty years, of the
firm Of Miller & Randall, shoe manufacturer
and tanners, at Auburn, Me-, was found dead
hanging in the basement of the factory on tho
morning Of the 24th.
An explosion of gas took place in the Laure
Run mines of the Delaware q Hudson Goa
Company, at wilkesbarre, Pa, on the 25th
James Williams, fire boss, William Scoville
William Ashford, and two unknown miners In
the pit at the time, are all supposed to b
dead.
THE funeral of the poet H. w. Longfellov
took place at his late residence at Boston on
the 26th, and was attended by many persons
famous In the literary world. The services
which were short were conducted by Rev
Samuel Longfellov, bro her Of the deceased
The remains were laid away In the family
vault in Mount Auburn Cemetery. Memoria
services were held In the evening in the chape
at Harvard College The eulogy was pro
nounced by Prof c. C. Everett.
o. Il
dent of French Creek, Erie County, Pa, fel
from hay-mow on the 25th and died in few
minutes from the shock. He alighted upoI
his feet, and no external or internal injuries
were discovered.
tor, at Sutherland Falls, VI. was burned OF
| the 18th.
TIE round house, freight and passenge
depot Of the Chatteangay Railroad, at Platts
burg, ". T, was burned on the 25th. A DO,
named Lowell, aged twelve, was burned b
death In the round house. The Ere was cause,
by the explosion of barrel Of kerosene.
THE amount Of bank notes received st tn,
National Treasury at Washington for redemp
tionduring the week ending Gath amounted :,
81, ,1s6, 900; bonds held to secure National banl
circulation, $36e.e55, 100 as follows: Currenc
skies, a6S1, ,0oO; i've per cents, $174, 900; fou
and one-half per cents, So, ,2eS, $50; four pc
cents, s93 CSC, $50; three and q half per cents.
s240, ,205, 400; bonds deposited secured circula
ton during the week, sl,0s7, 100; secure cir
culation withdrawn during the week, q, ,Sol,
100. l
THE following is the weekly statement Q
the associated banks of New York City for tn
week ending the Gath Loans decreased, q, ,097
100; specie increase, 81 400; legal tenders de
crease, s196 800; deposits decrease, 81, A, 200
circulation increase, S2l, 600; reserve increase
$ls4, 500 The banks now hold 8, ,SSS, 100 4
4 excess of the legal requirements.