The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-02-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
A General Summary Of Events ut Home
and Abroad.
Compiled from Daily Reports up to the
Hour of Going to Press.
CONGRESS.

AASoA Va ooAAAB ~ II ECss.
CONGRESS.
Mr. MILLER, of CAL, from the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations, reported favor
ably bill in the Senate on the slst ult., for a
maritime canal company (Nicarsuguan Com
pany.l Mr. Hawley Introduced bill to re-
9ish fs she rnnS Of ssior General insfs Ths
bill providing for holding Centennial
Cotton and Industrial Exposition IN 1854,
to provide that Invitations 10 foreign nations
to participate in the exposition shall be given
Pyesident U wss S passed. The senate 81 nSstns o
on its amendment to the Postofiice Appro-
farifff bin was then taken up Tor considera-
ton but the debate was interrupted by the
to the death Of Representaiiye orth Ad.
dresses were made by Messrs. Harrison. Frye
and Voorhees,, when the Senate adjourned.
In the House the Speaker presented resolu-
tions from the Board OF Trade of Port
land, Oregon, thanking Commander Merri-
ing ing" the a insabordinate u Indians OF Of Alaska, |
thus rendering life and property Sc
Caswell the senate amendments to the House
joint resolution making appropriations for
continuing the NV work & Of the tenth census % % was
mittee of the Whole on the Tariff bill and after
completing hfty-two of the 160 items on the
House began eulogies on the late Representa-
tive Orth, of Indiana Resolutions OF respect
were adopted Adjourned
The Chair laid before the Senate on
the LIST joint resolution of the Illinois Legisla-
ture thanking General Sherman and Senator
Vest for their efforts 10 preserve Yellow Stone
PARK; also one from the same body In favor OF
an appropriation for the completion OF the
Hennepin canal Mr.. Ingalls, presented a petit
ton from citizens of Dakota against q division
of that Territory, and asking its admission
also presented in favor of Government aid for
common soho Is Mr.. Morrill, reported q Joint
= parcSase and eonase Of Silver We bullion By the the
Secretary of the Treasury. The act referred
sss tSae 10 more
resolution directing the Secretary of the
Of " ali sugars sim imported during the fis- Is
cal saoy year ar, as .doasn6 denoted NJ by the polar
dari 5 of the collection district OF Kentucky.
Also a resolution, which was agreed to,
providing by law against the employment
der the United States. The credentials Of
sinia, gin were presented and died. The Tsrif bin
disposed q. Adjourned; In the House Mr..
should be entered into whereby the House
should sit until six o'clock each day so
siderstion. Mr.. Houck, from the Committee
on War Claims, reported q bill to allow the re-
Treasury Department known as the Fourth OF
July claims; placed on the calendar. The
| House then went into COMMITTEES of the Whole
bill. Adjourned.
Mr.. HoAR presented petition in the
Senate on the I'd, from President Eliot anc
other professors Of Harvard College asking
| that no one but a professional astronomer oi
| experience shall be hereafter eligible for the
gN States Naval oSservatory' - The Tarii % bill % wss
taken up, and after a spirited debate upon the
/ question OF quorum voting on the amend
| ment to the varnish clause. the followine
was agreed upon: Shellac varnish, twenty
/ cents per gallon and in addition thereto al
the alcohol contained therein; varnishes
other than shellac, forty per cent ad valoreu
and in addition thereto an amount equal e
MccoOk. Of y. Y, presented a memoria
York City urging Congress 20 pass
bill limiting the coinage of silver dollars to tn,
Presented protesting against the transfer o O
| the revenue marine life saving and coast sur
vey services TO. the Navy Department. Or
was adopted calling on the Secretary Of tn,
Interior for Information relative to thu
After the appointment Of conferces on ts,
| Posfofhce Appropriation bill the House wen
pending amendment being that offered b.
| Mr.. Curtin. of Pa, to increase the duty OF
tanning bark from ten to twenty per cent a
ment was agreed to, 9S to "A. The clause nov
reads THE extractor hemlock and other bari
used for dyeing and tanning not otherwfs
provided for in this act, twenty per cent. q
valorem." Adjourned.
In the Senate on the Sd Mr.. Coke
credentials of reelection were read and filed
Mr.. Cockeren presented memorials OF Mi:
souri, Grangers asking for the passage OF tn
bill creating an Office of Secretary of Agrtcu
ture. Mr.. Logan, from the Committee on Al
propriations. reported the Pension ms AgPr9priss =
important amendment to IL in relation
Furnishing persons improperly obtaining pei
sion certificates At the close OF the morntn
business, the Senate went into executive sei
sion and confirmed the nomination. OF ketcf
um to be Appraiser Of Merchandise OF Me-
York and starbuck TO be Supervising II
trict. When the doors opened the Tari
| bill was taken up, but before vote coul
futions in relation TO the death OF Mr.. Low
were received. Appropriate resolutions ver
offered and the Senate adjourned. In th
ing u' Of nj the se worlds Industrial and Cotto
Centennial Exposition In 1884 was passe'
Mr.. Randall, from the Ways and Near
: portation Of adulterated tea Mr.. Beach, {
New York, objected TO present consideration
!, and IL was referred to the Committee of Il
after the rejection OF several amendments tt
| Committee rose. Public business was su
pended and the House proceeded 20 the CO..
ssatS Sf Hon or M IpHe, Of AiaSs%a %ft1
| euloRistic addresses by Messrs. Jones, of Te,
as, Ford, Burrows, OF Missouri, Otis and He
| bert the resolutions were adopted, and Il
House, rs an additional mark of respect to q
memory Of the deceased, adjourned.