The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-03-12
LATER NEWS.

ARCHBISHOP BREATH, a resident OF
Alton, ILL.,, for fifty years, died on the 10th,
aged seventy-nine. At the time Of the pro-
slavery riots in 1857 he was one of the sixty
men vino enrolled themselves to defend
Lovejoy.
GEORGE CRAGIN, who with John
Humphrey Noyes founded the Oneida Com
munity in New York in 1S4S, died suddenly
of heart disease on the 10Th.
RI. REV. ROBERT H. CLARKsoN,
Bishop of Nebraska, died at Omaha ON the
10th. He has built over fifty churches in
Nebraska and Dakota, and his death is Ia
mented by all classes in the State.
Ten men who left Spokane Falls,
Wyoming Territory. On the Itch ult. to
locate the trail to the Coeur d'Alene gold
mining district, have not been heard from,
and it is believed they have been lost in the
snow drifts of Idaho. Their names are
Charles Pond, L. Merriam, Charles Boat
man, McNutt Whitesell, William Deane,
George Spafford, William Hayes, Peter
Esch and one unknown.
The sculling race between Wallace
Ross, the New Brunswick sculler, and Bu-
near, the English oarsman, took place on
he Thames on the 10th, and was won by
he former by six lengths.
MR. BAYARD submitted q resolution
n the Senate on the lUth instructing the Com
nittee on Judiciary to report as to the ex-
lediency of amending the Constitution, so as
to provide that Congress shall not have power
% make anything but gold and silver coin
egal tender for the payment of debts, nor
Nass any law impairing the obligation of
ontracts Joint resolution proposing the
blowing amendment to the Constitution was
ubmitted by Mr.. Garland: Article 18-
hat portion Of the public debts Of
ates ndes PFSotS BY notes s issued sued
he quality Of lawful money and as legal ten
Ter for payment of debts, shall never exceed
he sum of $3.50, ,0OO 600 unless bill or bills pro-
iding for such increase of iesue shall receive
he concurrence Of two-thirds of each House
fCongress, and votes on all such bills shall
Ie recorded by yeas and nays on the journal
Of each House. A number of bills were re.
ported fnvorably and placed on the calendar.
rhe Senate went into executive session
for the consideration of the Mexican
ourned.. In the House Mr.. Keifer reported
back the Military Appropriation bill with
senate amendments, recommending concur
'ence in the amendment providing that any
cadet dismissed for hazing shall not be eligible
to reappolntment, and non-concurrence in
other amendments; agreed to. Mr.. Hewitt
introduced bill providing a constitutional
amendment that Congress shall not have
power to make anything but gold
and silver tender in the payment
of debts. The Senate bill establishing
standard time in the District was passed
A message was received from the President
transmitting, without comment, the docu.
ments received from the Secretary of State
relative to resolution of the House on the
death of Edward Lasker. Mr.. Hiscock offered
resolution reciting the facts connected with
the passage of the resolution Of coincidence by
| the House, and that the House does hereby
| reiterate the expression of sincere regret al
| the death of Edward Lasker, and its sympathy
with the Parliament Of the German Empire
of which, for many years, he was distln'
guiehed member; referred to the Committee
Nn Foreign Affairs. Adjourned.