The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-04-29
GENERAL GRANTS BIRTHDAY.

The General Takes Drive with His
Family-School Children Gather to In
quire After His Health Flowers and
Congratulations Pour in All Day-Note
from tho General.
NEW YORK, April 2s.-At noon yester-
day General Grant, accompanied by Mrs.
Grant, Mrs. Sartoris and U. S. Grant, Jr.,
left his house for drive In the Park. He
was absent only half an hour. During the
morning the residents OF the block in which
the General lives hung out flags from their
windows In honor OF the Generals sixty
third birthday. rfss..rgf
In the morning school children gathered
about the policeman in front of the Grant
residence and piled him with questions
Notes of congratulation and baskets OF
flowers were constantly arriving all day.
Hudson Post G. A. r., OF Fair Haven,
N. Y, sent set of resolutions mounted on
white silk and blue velvet, and General
Grant mailed $50 letters acknowledging the
receipt of similar tokens from all parts OF
the country.
General Grant sends the following for
publications: n
To the various members OF army posts,
orat,oD. sov,vo, and in9ividnaIs North and South
Who have been so kind as to send mo CON
gratulations on my si1ty-third birthday.
WI Wish 70 oneE my gra'SS1ur So so rvmepSns ana
60 tomcbinv In tone. that II would have been
impossible to answer them IL / had been in
perfect health. ". o. h ohAsL. 81
Among inc senders Oh mowers anu otliel
Deautllui presents were AlluIcm NMhsso' i NJ
General Horace forter, Hoyeinor ahu mie.
FISH, MIS-: A. %. Corneli, Juuse nlSla.ialn
and most Oh otiers: Dnlnuay e"lu' VIZ VIZ
sent py the DaSketrul, Oh 'he 'noS' oo'''y
hnlsh ana unique design. l., A.. ,.,
Ihe ueneral remained III 'no uiawniS
room WIN the members ol nls iunny m o1 uno,i
alVer zen CLOCK last eNel'ns' ~ ~ ooe eS
tired, Dut helu up anaLIhsIy. na ne SIIn1 Soeineu
supremacy happy anu JoLheo III 'iio 'oh'oi-
satlon WIN much sprlt; r a.
l~NplANAPoLls' ~ Aprll Ze'Llne nnSs in Vn
the postoiiice ana the court mouse anu Guy
oinces were noisUea YESTERDAY ~ hVlioi "a
General grants Slxty-tnltu pItluay; As az
pubic meeting last hight not ohe-IiLlu UA
the people VINO desired coulo oDVaua "ulills-
lance. Governor Gray presInu' oPeecnes
We're made Dy senator haiIls4n, e11oenavor coI
Mcdonald, ex-Governor forter' Governor
Gray ana otheIs' menorl" auuleSs "
General Grant, expressing inc love ana aa-
mlratl0n OF the people OF lhulana HIe,
specuye oil party, for MN as soiuier anu
statesman was adoptea, anu copies olueleo
sent to the General, Inc meetlhB WIS
great success. %
LOUISVILLE Aprl SS,-lne grant me
moral meeting was calleu 10 0IueI Uy SaPs-
am Leathers' aCOnieueIaIe so,uler' anu was
presided over Dy ex-ohshceI,or BRUCE q
Confederate congressman. Inc most eio-
quent speech was made py deneral Baker,
confederate soldier
GALENA, Ill, April 2S.--in TINS CITY,
General Grants former nome iagS were
displayed yesterday on public ana private
buildings III honor OF MS slxiy-hru DIlth-
day. Ihere was no pubic demonstration
WASHINGTON, Aprll 2o'-lne celeora-
ton OF the birthday OF General Grant TOOK
place last night In the metropolitan Nj.
Church where the General formerly wor-
SHIPPED. The meeting was presided over py
Senator Manderson, ana addresses were maze
by commissioner BLACK General h. ,: bur
dett, General H. Il. Doiston' Judge ohella-
baTger and others;
CHICAGO, April 2s.-Flags were hylng ~
many parts OF tne Guy yesterday III honor OF
the slxty-third Dlrthday OF Geherai Grant.
Ihe proposed demonstration IN .he evening
was postponed IN consequence OF Ihe ilaoil-
ity OF Senator Conkling' Henry Watteison
and other invited guests 70 auenu.
TOPEKA, Kan, April sS,-lh accordaneo