The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-01-17

(Mo), 20 give the oaacers az the Missouri MINI.
s snn %"nas also, 20 pension ,hs widow.
isA; Orr, making sioux City, Iowa. a p"r, ! ~
entry Hooper, providing for the converrihi,,,af
lsa. Wilson undl offered resolution pror way
for "a secret committees ~ fve to inquire xbss..ng
u the Union Pacific Raiiroad COMPANY Mn ..nds
they obtained them i.r = valuable conside ra,ase'
for the erection 81 a monument AZ Wash,ng,uu,,'on
commemoration 81 the Geneva peace arbitra,,nn
a. 70 the .S,sy ~ sSssS
House for IN: frssidenrs cfficial aud family family
rs:x.sss Gs suss .s..as.
Mobilier Investigating Committee. '
TUESDAY, Jan. 7.-SExATE-Bills i,,ro
duced ny Buckingham, to amend the Nate,
Currency act 50 AS 10 allow free banking. ana ~.
vides that United states bonds be coun,cd d,
making up the legal reserve, and that banks man ~
isssrss ais" rr"vdss for ,Rs rs ~n accrued
Treasury notes III coin or with currency hama
bearing SGi.io per cent. coin interest, said b"nSs
to he pa able on demand; by Anthony t,r ~
provement 81 over lowed lands az the Navy Ya,d y,
brooklyn. ..freiinRhuys sen offered "a joint resoh.
ton proposing AN amendment to the Cons,i,n,,"a,'
providing for the settlement Of contests as To ,ha
Court IL the United states sherman's re- saln,ae
If inquiry AS to the late elections in Louis anS
Housk.-The House Appropriation bill ann
pr,si,nn sissA,sn, was reported and made the
;,,a ~ ,ss MA, nn ;,an wen, into Con-
Hill The Speaker announced the following s.lsr,
committee ON the Credit Mobilicr and Union Paanc
railroad questions: Wilson Ind.D, shellabaruer
Hoar, Swami and slocum.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. S.-SESATE.-Bls vera
passed for the erection Of public buildings a,
Evansville, Ind, and Grand Rapids, Mich
resolution was passed appropriating $1,000 10 de-
fray the expenses II the investigation into the
Louisiana and Arkansas elections. A utinn
passed In tructing the Secretary u tn. Int.
rior 10 furnish Information AS to the Modoc Indian
HoUsE.-Bills passed: To readjust the west,
ern boundary Of Dakota; Ia transfer To- The
Territories the control Of the Territorial pen
tentiaries.. Butler introduced an amend en-, 10
the Bankrupt act, excepting State corporations
from its operation. Sargent offered an amend
ment to the Executive Appropriation bill increas
ing the Presidents salary from Sa5,0l to 5000
Holman objected that the amendment, wa ont Of
order as y repealed law, the Speaker overrnled
was sustained, and the amendment was lost
THURSDAY, Jan. 9.-SESATE.-Blls intro
dueed: To raise the salaries Of bureau officers in
the Executive Department at Washington: 10
authorize the sale Of the reservation Of the lite
Indians in Kansas and Nebraska. and u that por
ton ~ the reservation ~ the Sacs and Foxes living
in Kansas; to incorporate the North Central Rail
way Company of Minnesota, and granting the right
~ way for its constructions; to incorporate the
European and American Land and Emigration
Company, with apital stock If 81 ,0l00uO: also
number Of other bills az minor Importance 4
bill was passed to prevent United States Officers
from practicng rs attorneys in the United States
courts Ramsey, from the Committee on Post.
offices and Post Roads reported the House bin for
the abolition Of the ranking privilege; also. bill
authorizing the construction u bridge across the
Missouri river at Lexington, Mo.
HoUsE.-A bill was reported for the admission q
Colorado AS a State. An amendment offered
providing for the admission Of Utah, which was
rejected. The bill to establish a Bureau q Emf.
grafton was referred to the Committee Of the
Whole, practically killing it,