The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-12-25

tEe tow<etate Grange adjourned on the
18th to meet 1t Des Moines on the second
Thursday in next December. Before adjourn.
ment several resolutions In favor Of various
transportation schemes were adopted, among
them one for double-traak freight railway
from Council Bluffs directly through on the
shortest line to Norfolk, Va. Statements were
made In the Grange during the debate, proceed.
Ing the adoption Of this resolution that En-
ylish and German capitalists were ready to i'd
vance the required money to build and equip
the road.
The South
A Galveston (Tcxas) telegram of the 10th
says the news so fur reccieed from the resent
State election show an increased Demo-
cratic majority.
Texas. On the 5th inst. the Indians attacked
three men seventy'nve miles from San An.
tonic, and MORALLY wounded George Bell:
They drove Of seventy-ave head of HORSES;
tn raid on Euscss RivSr the Indians killed
twenty four persons, mostly sheep-herders.
At another rancho, where thirteen herders
were drying sheep, they killed seven and hung
them to trees. -. ..
Secretary Of War pe.kn.p and Mrs. Aman-
I'd I. Bowers were married at Louisville, KY,
on the evening of the 18th.
A Columbia Is. co. dispatch of the 18th
says the father and mother Of the Bender
family, the discovery of whose Systematic
and horrible crimes In Kansas sent Z shuddsr
through the Entire country in May last, hsd
been arrested at Bivingsville, in that State.
A son and daughter, living in North Carolina,
were being sought after.
Congressional.
In the Senate, on the 9th, bills were in.
troduced-to provide for the resumption Of specie
payments and tree banking; to provide for the
connecting the telegraph with the Postal service;
I'm sea ssFa'sR ,.. g. dss,i s li#
militia to be Of the same pattern ~ adopted for
s!!uction q levees lie Hissis.ippi River The
the Committee on Mines and Mining, TO al the va
cancy on that committee. Several resolutions Of
inquiry and Instructions to committees were adopt
In the House, on the 9th, q bill was re-
ported from the Committee Of Ways and Means,
and after discussion passed. providing for the re-
demption Of the loan Of 1856. 1t differs somewhat
from similar bill passed By. the Senate. 1t de:
adsf Gf IA sss % s S.l
registered bopds Of shs sa iss 81 rs Il, Ell
January, 1874, At which date interest thereon On
Ss to 'e Cary at thu. nras PROVISION :#S s p:s:
ond section authorizes the Secretary Of the
Treasury to issue an equal amount Of i've per cent
bonds in exchange for such bonds Of 1855 a. the
fore the ist Of February. 1S74-provided, that NO
commissions or allowances whatever be paid for
ssd on g he g
Salary law several members taking part In the de-
| bate. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 10th, petitions
were presented and .refefred-askine for the ~
pointment of committee to regulate the traffic in
| alcoholic Liquors; from the business men Of Chi
introduced or reported from Committees-su.
thcrizing the Secretary Of the Treasury to issue
permanent circulation; to authorize the orraniza.
ton Of National banks without circulation; pro-
viding for the free transmission BY mail Of
00WeU8.
per exchange to be made ffee Of postage, as
formerly, and also free transmission Of weekly
papers to subscribers within the county where
nesty was read. Mr.. Sumner objected to the Sec
ond reading Of the bill At this time, not because
he was opposed TO general amnesty, but before i
ored fellow citizens. Executive session and ad-
journment.
In the House, on the 10th; bill .saa In:
troduced and referred to authorize the organiza.
ton Of National Banks without circulation :. "A
bill was passed authorizing the present number of
enlisted l men Of the navy to be increased from
January l, 1873 A lengthy discussion then COM
menced on the salary question, when notice was
s1s be a
following committees: On Mississippi Levyes-
Morey, Chairman, Huflbut stannafd, Pierce, Rice,
and Proposed National Census Of 1sSSHKelIcy.
Chairman; Bawley Conn., }. G.. F. Hoar, Shanks,
Woodford. Butler CTenn.), Smith (Ohio) Hart,
Clayton, Young, Harris, Stamford. Adjourned
In the Senate, on the 18th, Senators
Matthew b. Carpenter and Allen G. Thurman were
nominated pro tenn President Of the Senate. The
IL; blank, 2. Mr.. Carpenter was declared elected
"A BIZ! was passed removing the political disa
bilities Of Thomas s. Bocock, Of Virginia, John H.
lion. asking Tor the sppointment, q CON- si
missioner to regulate the traffic in a.
cUholic ltqutn were presented and refer
section MsIsS s T. ssgss Il, 'ss
free transmission Of periodicals. magazines and
newspapers through the United States malls, and
the as II ss s. Fsa ge s k %s 70:
ment Of Customs duties in oas.haif legal tender
aPs; onsf s PFs ssaess for r IL
commissioners to investigate the alcoholic liquor
tiic aspects in connection with pauperism, crime,
social vice. public health and the general welfare
Of the people and who shall also inquire and take
restrictive and prohbory legislation for the pre-
vention Of intemperance In the several States of
the Union. Adjourned to the 18th.
In the House, on the 18th, resolutions
were adoRted-providing for . survey to ascertain
the praeticabtlity Of ship canal connecting Lake
Michigan with the Wabash River; instructing the
best and most practicable method Of electise the
bnnsf to ana sdu.. snd decide eSs :. %
cussion on the bill in relation TO salaries the House
refused to second the previous question on the
majority bill-yeas 100, noes 145-when the minor.
commit the bill to the select committee with in.
structions to report bill repeating the whole sal
sy 81 se Of The , s1Sse e fl /: The
mileage and all other expenses, exclusive
OF any estimate for the franking privilege that
was paid to Senators, Representatives., and Dele
gates in the Forty-frst Congress, and to fix the
compensation 81 the amount thus ascertained as
nearly as practicable, with the necessary travelling
expenses, and restoring all other salaries a. they
were before the passage Of the act. Adjourned
There was no session of the Senate ON
the 18th. In the House the Senate bill removing
political disabilities from Thomas Bocock, Z. ].
Harvey, and Daniel Trigg, Of Virginia, and John
X. Egan, OF Texas, was passed. "A petition was
presented from large number Of business men ail
over the country for . repeal of the bankruptcy
law. The Speaker laid before the House !
Communication from the Secretary Of War cal.
ling attention to defalcations In the &C.
counts OF General O. o. Howard, Of the
Freedmens Bureau, and the letter and accom-
panying reports relating to the alleged defalca-
tons, were referred TO the Committee ON Military
Affairs: The Salary question was then taken up
and debated ct considerable length, when 1t was
ordered that 1.-THE Select COMMITTEES report bin
repeating the whole Salary act 20 far ~ the came
can be done under the Consultation, excepting