The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-01-24
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A BOILER in the Philadelphia Ledge,
paper mills at Elkton, Nd, expl ,ded on the
22d, wrecking one-half OF the immense build
ing and killing Patrick Mccormick and James
Garret and seriously injurinR eight others.
The Court of Claims at Washington
on the 22d, rendere q decision in the case of
Commander James ID. Graham, of the navy,
in effect that naval officers while travelling in
q foreign country under orders are entitled to
mileage the same as when travelling under
orders In the .. tied States. Judgment was
given for SAG, $40 In favor OF the claimant.
The President approved on the 22d
the Agricultural Appropriation bill and an act
amending sections 1926 and ,927 Of the Re-
vised Statutes so to exte' d the limits of the
turisd ction of justices of the peace in the
Territories OF Washington, Idaho and Mon
lana
SECRETARY TELLER has ordered
stricken from the Phelps decision, clause
which has been misconstrued. The decision
ley.
THOMAS HILsEN, of Philadelphia,
jumped from the bridge crossing Niagara
River on the 22d, aud was carried over tue
falls. Before going 10 the bridge he expr ssed
trunk and some valuables to Edwin Selevage,
New York.
1HE mixing house and six packing
houses of the Grant Powder Works, at Point
Clement, Cal, exploded on the 20th The
foreman, named Cook, and betwee, thirty and
forty Cinnamon were blown to atoms. The
entire works taking fire were destroyed. All
the houses within q radius II a mile were cora
plstely shattered.
SENATOR LoGAN's bill was reported
to the Senate on the I'D with favorable re-
oommendation. It requires telegraph COM
penies to receive dispatches from any person
or from any other line and transmit the same
which continued till the expiration of the
morning hour, when the regular order wns
called for and the Tariff bill was taken up.
ton of Van Wyck to put al. articI, $
in the wood and wooden ware schccu cule
on the free list, which he modified so
as 70 leave the duty thirty per cent. on house
or cabinet furniture in the rough and thirty
nve per cent, on the same finished. Mr. Piatt
intro luced bill authorizing the extension OF
tne tree delivery system. Mr.. Plumb. from
the Public Lands Committee. reported an
original bill to prevent the unlawful occu-
patton of public lands. Senator Bayarl
vent railway disoriSnination. AdJ%urnedp. fm m pre-
The House Committee on Agriculture agreed
TO report favorably Anderson's bill creating
An AGRICULTURAL Commission to inquire into
the subject of transportation and other mat
tiers pertaining tn agricultural products. Un-
oer call OF the States number of bills were
introduced and referred, one of them by Mr.
Rosecrans empowering journal site writers to
procure copyright and receive protection utter
TIER articles have been published Mr.;
for the further suppression of bigawy
and poygamy. On motion of Mr. Caswell, of
Wisconsin, Joint resolution was passed ap-
propriating 100000 to continue the work OF
the census bureau. A bill was passed to re-
peal the license tax on commercial travellers
In the District of Columbia. The House then
Naval Appropriation bill and adjourned with
cut action on the bill