The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-01-03
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M, LEON GAMBETTA, the eminent
French statesman, died at his residence at
Vile d,Avray, Paris, at 1880 on the morning
of the 1st- The death agony lasted two hours.
Spuller, Etienne and DIR. FrenZal were present
at the last moment The physicians who a.
tended Gambetta state that his death was due
to pyemia caused by suppressed erysipelas. A
clot OF blood formed in the heart and sutfo-
Gated the deceased. Gambetta was born at
Cahors, October 80, 1888, OF Genoese-Jewish
descent. He studied law and became a MEM
Der of the Paris bar in 1859. In 1859 he gained
notoriety by publicly denouncing Louis Napo-
leon, and in 1869 was elected Deputy by the ultra
liberal party for Psris and Marseilles. Sickness
prevented him from taking his seat until 1870
Upon the surrende' of Napoleon, at Sedan. he
was among the first TO proclaim the Republic.
One of the most notable events in his history
was his escape from Paris I'm balloon durii-g
the siege of Paris He made desperate. but
futile attempts, as Minister of the Interior, to
raise the siege, resigned as Minister, was
reelected to the National assembly February
s, 1871, stir ed up intense political excitement
in 1872, attacked the Bonapartists aud Theirs,
whom he afterwards vainly endeavored to
uphold in the Presidency. He was spoken of
as the coming President of the Republic.
Hon. ELISHA ALLEN, Hawaiian Min
lister to the United States, was stricken with
PARALYSIS while attending the Presidents re
ception at the White House on the lst and
died four minutes afterwards.
A GRAND banquet was given Hon.
Frederick A. Douglass at Washington on the
lst, which was attended by large numberof
the most prominent colored men OF the coun-
try.
The breaker No. 10 of the Pennsyl.
vania Coal Company, at Pittston, Pa, was
burned on the 1st. The origin OF the fire was
unknnvn. Loss sl5O,OOO.
ELIZA MANNING HAWTHORNE, only
sister of Nathaniel Hawthorne, died at
Beverly, Mass, on the lst, aged over ninety
nine years.
THERE being no quorum present in
the Senate on the Both ult. no business was
transacted, and that body adjourned until the
I'd. -. In the House the Senate bills to reform
Civil Service and prevent official assessments
were taken from the Speakers table and re-
ferred to the Committee on Civil Service Re
form, and leave was granted the Committee TO
report back ut any time. The Senate bill ex-
and equipments lost by ;he officers or enlisted
men in the service of the United States, with
an amendment limiting the extension TO
one year from the passage of tho act, vas
passed. On motion of Mr.. George, of Oregon,
the Senate bill passed apprOpriating SI0l,OJJ
to reimburse the State of Oregon for money
expended in the suppression of Indian hOstili-
ties during the Modoc wars. An amendment
was incorporated In the bill appropriRting
g, 400 to reimburse the State of California for
like expenses. Mr.. Manning, of Mississippi,
offered a resolution requesting the Attorney
General to inform the House what necessity
ssmers sor ssistaPp sPPO1pp9 pstTiot at,5rneS for
the District Court of the United states
for the Northern District of Mississippi,
and to forward TO the House all correspond
ence in regard TO such appointment MIR.
Hiscock objected to present consideration and
IL was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
The speaker anno9need n,iin the aPp0Inrme"t & oi
Committee on Civil Service Reform. Ad-
,ourned until the I'd.