The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-06-21
WEST AND soUrR.

Ex-GovERNoR WILLIAM DENNIsoN, known
as the 'War Governor Of Ohio,n died at
Columbus, o., on the morning of the 18th,
aged sixty-seven years. He was Governor Of
the State from 1850 to 1852, and took a very
active part in the warmeasures that devolved
on the State. He was Postmaster General
under Lincoln and johnson and held other
important offices at different times. During
later years he has taken but little part in po-
htical affairs, but was active in securing the
nomination of Garfield at the Chicago Con-
vention. He was Republican from the foun-
dation Of the party and man much respected
in public and private life He had been In
declining health for some time and his death
was not unexpected Governor Dennison was
also President Of the National Republican
Convention which nominated Lincoln and
johnson, and was q candidate for Vice Pres
ident before the National Convention Of 1872.
BRAxToN PRArToN, a prominent Indian Of
the Cherokee Nation, shot Professor Arnold,
Principal of the Mitchell Spring school, on the
18th, killing him instantly, for severely pun
ishing Pratton's brother.
THE American Institute of Homeopathy, at
its session in indianapolis, on the 18th, elected
the following officers: President, Bushrod w.
James; Vice President, o. 8. Runnels; Secre-
ls
Censors, F. r. McManus, B. R. Rush, d. 8.
Smith, r. 81. Orme and Mfllie J. Chapman.
Niagara Falls was selected as the next place of
meeting.
THE Arkansas Democratic State Convention
met at Little Rock on the 18th. State Senator
b. C. Upton, of lizard County, was made tenn
porary chairman. The following officers were
nominated: Judge ]. II. Berry, of Benton,
was nominated for Governor by reclamation; ;
Secretary, Jacob Frolich, of White; Treasurer,
W. E. Woodruff, Jr., Of Pulaski; Auditor, A.
w. Files, of Ashley; Associate Justice, W. w.
Smith, of Phillips. The temporary officers
were made permanent.
A SAND FORKS, Dakota, special Of the 18th
says Governor Ordway had a pow-wow with
Kishoph, head chief of the Turtle Mountain
Chippewas, who Secretary Teller holds have no
title to the country beyond the DEVILS Lake
reservation in the Turtle Mountain region.
There are only two hundred of these Indians.
The chief made a pathetic speech protesting
against being deprived of this land and offer
ing to sell it cheap. He expressed a warm
friendship for the whites. Governor Ordway
said he would present the case to Secretary
Teller.
THE first regular shipment Of new wheat ar
rived at st. Louis on the 18th, being lot of
fifteen cars from Southeast Missouri. Eight
cars were graded No. 9. Flour from New
Texas and Tennessee wheat was exhibited on
change the same day.
THE four Brookield (Mo.,) Bank robbers
pleaded guilty on the 18th, and were sentenced
to twenty-five years imprisonment in the JEFF
ferson CITY penitentiary.
Ex-PRIsoNERs OF the late war held their
reunion at Dayton, Ohio, on the 18th The
ed in by the heaviest rain storm known in that
section for years. Nearly all trains on the
various roads were delayed by washouts, and
some did not reach the city until the middle
of the day. The storm kept many away, but
Notwithstanding this upward of 5000 people
were present, and the association was largely
represented from all parts of the country. The
following officers were elected: President,
Judge O'Neil; Vice Presidents, L. Wilkinson
GAINESVILLE, and 8. wnloughby, Xenia; David,
Bragg, Cleveland, Recording Secretary; ]. B.
Humphreys, of Kenton, Corresponding Secre-
tary; Colonel Mccormack, of Cincinnati,
Treasurer.
A PIERCE storm passed over Clarksville
Tenn, ON the morning Of the 18th, unroofing
a number of houses and destroying trees and
fences. Two men, William Bird and Edward
Sinclair, were killed by lightning.
MAJOR NJ. !. WALDRoN, formerly Superin-
tendent of the railway mail service in the
Southern Division, and who was indicted in
June, 1881, for bribery In connection with Star
route cases, was tried in the United States
District Court at Memphis, Tenn, on the 10th,
and acquitted.
A LANSING (Mich-) special of the 1etA says:
"Returns to the Secretary of State from 979
correspondents, representing IA townships,
show that wheat during May not only main
tanned its condition but in the latter part
of the month greatly increased In vitality.
The condition on June 1 In the southern
four tiers of counties, which are the most
fully reported, was forty-one per cent better
and In the entire State thirty-three per cent.
better than on the frst of june, 1881. Seven
per cent. of the wheat and corn crops and
six per cent of the oat crop are still In the
farmers hands. The planting of corn has been
unusually delayed by the wet weather. Many
fields were implanted to June 1. The Ecreage
of corn and oats will somewhat exceed last
years. The condition of oats, ninety-three
per cent. barley, ninety-four; clover, seventy
nine; timothy, eighty-six- Compared with
last year less than one-fifth of the annual acre
age Of clover viii be cut in Michigan this sea-
son owing to the winter killing and drought" I"
A STORM passed over LeaEenworth, Kansas,
on the morning of the 18th, doing consider
able damage to property. The main tower Of
St Mary's Academy, four miles south of Leav-
enworth, was blown over on the doruitory,
crushing in the roof, and Ida Golden. Annie
Mcdonald and Mabel McLanathan, of Leaven-
worth, and Mary Austin, of Carrollton, Mo-,
aged from eleven to fifteen years, Here In
stantlv killed A ecore of other chilifren vHra