The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-04-25
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from haf past eleven till merry two
''clock. Finance vas the IN ! So. Jr
discussion.
The Senate resumed the g. n>ld' ratiol
# the bill to enable Mennuni, rs from
sussia to effect psimaneit settlement
n the public lands of the United states,
Mr.. Ramsey submitted an amendment
providing that under he eighth section
pf the bill, the aggregate lands held unN
er tc,pratnry settlements shall not III
ny o3e time exceed 300. 600, instead ut
500, 600 a res, as reported by the com
mittec, nor shall any one field embrace
nuie than 90, 600 instead of 100, 900 acres,
which was agreed to.
Mr.. Gent submitted aa amendment tn
he second section, Of the bill providing
hat the location might also be made os
certain lands in Minnesota, had in trust
by the government, and not exceeding
| 100 acres to each member of the society.
Agreed to.
Nr. Pratt urged the passage of the bill
| and spoke of the Mennonitcs as being an
| industrious class.
Mr.. Carpenter said in his opinion the
bill was bad in principle, and certainly
not in accord with our policy. In set
ling tins country it would bear no fruit
| but evil.
Gen Babcpck, Priv.te Secretary of the
President. delivered a message to the
Senate, which was read at once at the re,
quest of Mr. Conkling.
TIE President returned the Finance
bill without his signature, and said that
the fact could not be concealed that the
bill would increase the paper circulation
ol the country $1O0,09O,000. lie re-
commend d, earncs ly, sacA legislation as
would secure as speedily as piact' cable, \
return iospecie payments, and refers tc
pledges of the government to make pro-
vision at the earliest possible moment
for the redemption of United States notes
in coin.
There is much gossip concerning tn,
Forthcoming report of the Committee OF
Territories, in the matter of the nomna-
tion of Ed. Brooks as Governor of Colo
RADIO.
The committee consists of seven Sena
tors Boreman, who is chairman, ant
Patterson, of North Carolina, were Nc
Coo men from the start, while Hitch
cock and Clayton were opposed to Nc
first nonscommittal yielded to the urg
5 ing of Grant aud went over to the side q
r McCook's friends. Thus McCook got
small majority re ort in his favor
: ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT HIGHWAY RoBBER
SAN ANTONIO, April 22.-The Heral
t publishes the particulars of another dar
ing attempt at highway robbery. MI
Miltback, a commercial traveller, en- rou'
from Goliad to Beeville, in an ambulance
acc ompanied by negro driver was at
tackled by three bandits, one of whol
got into the ambulance and tied th
former. While the woud-be robbel
1 were iummaging around, Mr.. Mitbac
: succeeded in getting onc arm loose, an
obtaining a pistol concealed under th
seat, he killel two of the highwaymsr
but was himself killed by the third. Tl
S negro driver managed to escape with tn
money, amounting to several thousan
q dollars
HAVANA, April 81. Advices frol
: Matanza, of .he 18th inst, say that Put
G gar, Governor OF Maicoe, had fled frol
, the province, the people having revolte
= against his despotism. He went to til
Island Of Oralta, and thence to Kingston
1 1t is reported that President Blanco hi
j offered him mission to France to kee
G him out of the country.
MISCELLANEOUS,
New York, april GA large NEE
ing was held last evening in the Churc
r of the Pilgrim, Brooklyn, where aG
n dresses were made by Rev Drs. r.
). Stokes j. Hall Cuyler, and Kev. NJ
| hn 4
auspices of Adams Temperance Societ
II The st. Johns Guild has voted almo
!, unanimously to sustain the ministry
the Rev. A. Westfall, who has been d
prived of his office by the vcstry of Tri
: ity Parish.
u SAN FRANCISCO, April 22.-The Stat
Convention oi Changers is in session
n this city. Thtre are about three if,lndfi
. delegates present. Geo. Culby is pres
y dent. The proceedings are conducted
IL secret.
= 1t is stated unon the authority of Il
department of agriculture, that h
: amount of muscular force in the count
y available for agricultural labor is rel
= lively, if not actually, diminishing, III
o that it bears smaller ratio to the VOL
expected of it than formerly. But a
IS though every year it becomes mo
# costly element of production, it is r
:, placed by cheaper mechanical fore
which lessons the amount of muscul
e and increases the amount of thought al
It attention required, and so elevates agI
cultural labor.
San Jose is shipping hop roots to Ne
: York. The California roots are superi
k to those of foreign importation, and W
3, bring from $5 to $40 per bushel.
THE STAGES OF THE OLDEN TINE.
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