The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-08
TELEGRA.P!:HIC,
Heavy Storm in the East.
Meeting of the Illinois
Legislature.
Other items OF Interest.


great storm seems to have centered about
in this parallel and one hundred miles east
of here. Supt Williams reports the tele
graph lines on the Marietta road between
Chillicothe and this city for distance of ,
forty miles entirely gone down. The lines
on the Muskingum Valley road are fright
fully disabled between Lancaster and Viii
mington No word has been received from
Columbus yet 1t is impossible to reach
any point farther east than Xenia or
Springfield. Men have been put to work
on all the routes and telegraphic COM
munication will be resumed as soon as pos
sible. No reports have been received yet
of the damage of railroad and private prop
erty.
At ten o'clock tonight the snow changed
to sleet and rain. 1t has fallen since last
night. The telegraph poles and wires are
down on the Marietta road, and communi-
cation between here and the East and
North has been cut off, The damage to
the wires is not known
COLUMBUS, Jan. The storm last night |
Frustrated all the telegraph lines leading
out of the city except one. The sidewalks |
| of the city are covered with branches of |
trees broken down by the weight of ice
collected on them.
CHICAGO, JAN IA severe storm of |
sleet and snow is prevailing over the Mid |
die and Eastern States, utterly prostrating
telegraph lines and entirely cutting off COM
munication with New Y York, or in fact any
points farther east than Toledo and Crest
line. The weather here is beautiful warm
and clear.
SPRINGFIELD, Jan. 6.-The members
/ in thiS in iaYt
numbers to reinforce those here yesterday
and fill up the quorums. They spent the
forenoon shaking hands, asking each other
how they were, and what was the condi-
ton of their wives and families. Each as
sumed to believe that the other had walk
ed from home, because they received no
passes. 1t is gratifying to know that so
far not a single member had been able to
exhibit pass, and all seem to have paid
their fares like men, They get no mi
leage for this session, so they feel it worse
than ever. Some of them have a linger-
ing hope that the roads will come to time
yet, but majority have made up their
minds to buy thousand mile tickets, if they
can get them, and travel by wholesale.
mere is prevailing an opinion that the ses-
sion VIII last three months, unless, indeed,
the frost Should leave the ground and the
blue birds begin twittering around the
Capitol before that time.
SENATE-The Senate met at noon, Pres
ident Early in the. chair
Prayer was offered by Mr. Hale.
The journal of May 6. was read and ap-
3 proved
Maurice Kelly was sworn in as Senator
from Adams.
The roll was called and showed the fol-
lowing absentees Senators Brooks, Can
j.. field, Donahue, Green, McGrath, Thomp-
son, Waite and Williamson.
] Senators Hampton, Casey, and Yager
were appointed inform the Governor
r that the Senate was ready for business.
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs
Waite and Donahue.
MIR. Steele introduced bill providing for
s the times of holding Circuit Courts in this
fy State, which was read first time and re
ferred.
A number of important petitions were
:, presented and referred
MIR. Casey introduced bill for the de-
IS, ferring of the time of collecting the delin
- quent taxes of 1873, which was ordered tt
first reading.
! The printed message of the Gov, will
accompanying documents, was presented b.
his Private Secretary, land the message read
y After a suspension of the rules, joint res
of nlution was introduced by Mr., Sheldon
ordering 500 copies Of the same printed
Amendments were offered providing fo
the printing in English and German anc
Scandinavian. A motion to refer the res
o. olution and amendment to the conimitte
Q on printing was lost-yeas, Ia nays, Is
The amendment ordering the printing il
rit Scandinavian was lost The amendmen
,.lar.pO tho pripffpn nf
70 German was adopted-yeas, % nays, Ii
The resolution as amended was adopted
. yeas, 27 nays.ll, the following voting i
. the negative :-Messrs. Burke, Casey
tCrews, Casey, Hampton, Henry Hundley
Palmer, Voris, Whiting and Wilcox.
Mr.. Steele presented the report of tn
JB- Joint Committee on the revision of tn
statues. which was placed on file.
Adjourned.
HoUsE--At noon Speaker Cullum calle
ed the House to order,
Prayer was made by Mr. Webster
The reading of the journalwas dispense
-, with.
ich The roll call showed the IO3 member
were present. New members were swor
5n in.
~ A resolution setting forth that Mr.. Sy
80 vester, of the Thirty-second District, ha
~. forfeited his seat by changing his domcil
was referred to the Judiciary Committe
Armstrong (of LaSalle,) Connolly, an
Hart were sent to the Governor to see
he had anything to communicate.
A petition asked an extension of time f
collecting taxes.
An attempt was made by members
n the suburbs of the House to have a ne
w drawing of seats. 1t was defeated.
Rountfee offered resolution to inqui
what committees were entitled to clerk
and it was referred, with power to act,
the Committee on Contingent Expenses.
Shumway offered resolutiont to adjoul
sine die, but it was voted down by a ter
fic roar
Roy introduced bill repeating the gr;
law, which was sent to the Judiciary.
The Governor s message was present
and read,
Anderson moved that 5000 copies of t
message be printed in English. and Wa
burn offered an amendment to print 30
fer in German, 100 in Swedish. The amen
ment was lost, and the original motion CT
ried. After referring the various subjet
in the message to appropriate COMMITTEES
the House adjourned.
Sc, SPRINGFIELD, Jan. IA joint reso
ton was adopted in both Houses, ,conden
ing the members OF Congress and otf
eS, officers of the COVER nment for the increas
salary bill, and instructing the Illinois s.
ators and requesting the representatives
acks, Gnnurass to waite for tho uuaauditiona al