The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-02-28
LATER.

THE case of ex-Treasurer Polk, the
defaul'ing State Treasurer Of Tennessee, was
called in the Criminal Court at Nashville on
the e6th ult., but was continued on account
OF the Illness Of the accused.
GILBERT l.. CRowELL, President of
Empire Mining Company. Summit County,
Utah, who had his Office In New York City,
became q defaulter on the 18th ult to the sum
OF about $775,0Oo. bis estates consists
Of real estate valued at s1o7, 600,
and about $4,000 shares of mining stock.
Crowell had the agency OF the Talman
estate In New York, the owners being Mrs
Cornelia A. Atwell. her sister Miss Catharine
G. Talman, and her niece, Miss 8. Caroline Tai
man. They confded TO Crowell's care their
securities, stocks and bonds, and gave him
the power OF attorney to transact their busi-
ness. In 1879 Crowell went into the Empire
mining scheme and bought largely of its
stock. The m ne Is failure and the assess
ments increased until finally Crowell abstract
ell $6Ol, 900 OF the Talman trust funds. Besides
this amount he borrowed from Miss Caroline
Talman $4,000. In all, in the last Ihree years
he has spent STA, 200. He was lying sick in
Jersey City, N. j., on the 26th ult.
JANE HAssNGEs, aged 106 years, fell
into an open fire at her residence In Philadel-
phia, on the 18th ult. and was burned to death.
The furniture warerooms of Grumme
& Koppenstein's and drug house of F. NJ
Brows, at Elmira, N. Y, were burned on the
% h ult. Fully insured.
Mr. GROVER, on the 26th ult., pre-
senred the credentials of Mr.. Dolph, his sue
cessor as Senator from Oregon. Mr.. Garland,
from the Committee on Judiciary, reported-a q
hill to punish false personation of officers and
employees Of the United States by fine of not
more than $1,000 or imprisonment not longer
than three years or both. in the dis.
ton was adopted requesting the House
bill in order that certain errors in It might be
corrected. The House bill to prevent the inn
portation of adulterated or spurious teas was
passed. The Committee on Education and
Labor was authorized to continue its INQUIRY
into the relations between labor and capital
etc, and take testimony. The bill increasing
pensions was taken up and discussed
the Senate. amendments to the District
OF Columbia Appropriation bill and TO
non-concurred I'm and conference Committees
appointed. Mr.. Caswell submitted a confer
enc snee report on the Postotiice Appropriation
mittee had retained In the bill the appropria-
ton of $lS5.000 for special mail facilities had
to be paid for mail transfer TO subsid zed roads
and fixed October I, 1888, as the date when
the two-cent postage shall go into effect These
were the only important items of Disagree
ment. The engrossed copy of the Senate
amendments to the Internal Revenue bill was
returned to the Senate for correction. The
House then resumed the consideration of the
priation bill. Mr.. Robinson On. Y.,) offered a
resolution calling on the Secretary of State for
British steamship Republic. within a few days
past, held an Immigrant under arrest until
they sent for the British Consul and held a
within the territory of the United States, be-
fore allowing said immigrant to land. Ad-
iourned.