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The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-08-16

Father Secchi, the celebrated Jesuit as
tronOmer at Rome, is going to use special
adaptation of the spectroscope in order to
the sun of the planet Venus on the occasion
of the eagerly looked-for transit of that
planet on the sth and 9th of December.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-08-16

The result of the Pilgrimage has shown
that it was grand act of faith, and not an
exhibition of the vanity and sham of human
folly.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-08-16
T AIDES HAIR STORE.
GEORGE T. SHILLING,
3SJ ----.-----. .Dryades Street 3Sl
Bet. Thala and Erato, opposite Jefferson School.

AN fully prepared to supply customers and the
BRAIDS, guaranteed REAL HUMAN HAIR:
SWITCHES. G URLS of my own manufacture
from the ghtest to the darkest shades HUMAN HATE
GOODS, Of every descriptions Silk Hair Nets, Fancy
Toilet articles Fancy and Jet Bracelets Perfumery
Fancy jet and Black Sets, and every article used In
Hair Dressing; Combs, Brushes Toilet Soaps Powder
etc. Hair Work of all kinds made repaired Conn
try and city orders promptly attended to.
Attached to my store have HAIR DRESSING
and Hale CUTTING SALOON, where experienced
and Children,
EnsllOh, German and French spoken. nOss zsIy
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-08-16

Cremation is on the increase in Germany,
where there are already eighty-twO cities
with cremation societies.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-08-16
COAL AND WOOD.

WILLIAM LEE,
COAL AND WOOD MERCHANT,
OFFICE AND YARD
On the Levee, at the Foot of Robin Street,
ORLEANS.
Orders can be left at my residence corner of Clara
and Cypress streets and at J. G. Dysarts Common
street,
Dealer in Coal and Wood, wholesale and RETAIL at the
lowest market rates.
Orders allied and families supplied at short notice.
jya0 7S1y
, 1874-03-25

Tho attendance at the Congregational Council,
Tlich convened iu Now York yesterday, shows
IN almost unanimous response to tho invitation,
and indicates that the Congregational churches.
Us rule, do not agree with alr, Dcechor and hia
congregation as to the propriety of bringing
the questions in issue before Council. Severn
'y-tine churches were invited, and seventy-fo11
lave sent delegates. These, with number OF
Professors and Doctors Of Divinity who will DO
present, will make tho number Of delegates about
16o The ioterest Of the public In the proceed
inga is described as intense, aud tie daily pa-
pers Of New York and Brooklyn aro discussing
tho matter with a good deal Of heat and person.
ality. Tho question whether Plymouth Church
should be invited on the same footing as the
Others has bceu settled aflrmatiyely. Tho pro-
caedingB we're conAnsd yesterday to organiza-
ftor
, 1874-03-25

Tho resolution offered by Aid. Bailey ut the Inst
meeting OF the Council, that petitioners anti-sa-
loonissa, md others Of tue class known as lobbv
lists, be excluded from the Council Chamber, or at
loast not accorded the privileges heretofore
given until business matters hava been aotod
upon, ID an oxccllont oaet and its OBJECT would
bo saatary both III preserving tho dignity of tho
Council, II it has any dignity worth preserving,
In e1pcditing public business aud in purifying
legislation. As. the passage Of such reHolu-
tion, however, would rule out Mr.
Hosng himself, oil hts houchmen WHO
arc sent thors to supervise tie votes Of tie
Peoples Party Aldermen, and tho crowd OF
political loafers and butnme.s whose intorosts
these Aldermen arc expected to subsorye, tloro
IL little hope that tho resolution will pass. The
only exception to BIO tasen to tho resolution IL in
its chasing the ladies who recently visited tho
Council ohambor In the same category with the
professional loafors who make q busiaess of
lobbying. Tlose ladies' wont In an orderly, ouIot
and respectable manner to rrouent a petition,
aud did 30 without any lobbying oraatempt to in
fuonce tho Council. They received rough treat
nent enough. without having tho additional iu-
dignity placed upon then. OF being olaased viii,
Peoples Party bummers.
, 1874-03-25

Mr.. 4. O. Heeiug las come ont as tho saladin
who IL to oppose the modern crusade Of the
women against the saloon-kcenors. Ho fought
LIS first batIle yesterday. lie wont to Spring.
field ostenslbly in the interest of tho new May-
or's bill, but really, ms it turns out, to set hia
burly body against the progress of tho PRAYING
women, as an incident iu our temperanccs did,
patches Hhowa. The country members did not
fall down as Dir. saladin Hesjng approached; aud
his appearance III tho House seemed rather to
jeopartizo than to forward the new peoplo's
Party measure for getting Dixon out. h.
therefore, sought B no'ghboring becr-aaloon,
where ho assumed the role OF bartender when
tho ladies' came. He kept lis hat on wl,:lo thew
prayed, and 1eotured thom after they haa tuial,-
cd. When Mr. snladin 1esing has organized
the Au.i-crusado army. III Springfield, We
presume he will proceed to South Bond,
whore he has alroady boon announced,
TLcn be will cast about for new worlds to con-
qaor, and probably invade Oalo. Meanwhile.
We shall expect to zee Mr.. saladin Hesing como
back to Chicago with tnlban on hiB head,
babouohos Oh his feet, and rounded soimitor
hanging at his sido.. Tho Antl.Dixon Till nav
20, whilo hc marches against Dio Lewis aud van
Pelt. "No pont-up Utica," otc., otc.
, 1874-03-25

prlcos. Mesa pork waa very aotivc, md 1co no,
brl higlor, closing ut s14g5G714.70 caalt, anG
sl4.7oG9la.7215 ao'lor April. Lard WIS ouiot
and 2}1@6o por 1oO tas lighor, closng ut 1906
69so7}a eapli, and &B.o711@ooo seller April.
NlcatH "oto quiet and strong at 51l@5szo for
shoulders; S7.0o@7o5 for pl,ort ribs; Bh0
82hc for short clear; and a@1o1lo for sweet.
1'leklod hamH. Ilghwines woxo qnlct and steady
ut o2o per gallon. Flour was dull mud norni,,ally
unchanged. Wlluat waB active and liz lower.
cloHinE linn at s1.t722l cash. and e1.1s1S@1. .1sh
nes'or April. Corn was qttiot. and 10 higher,
closing at 011G@e2o. Bollor April, aud oiMo
aollor May. Oats welo quiet md firm, closing
at 4314o cabh, and 4c5lo sollcr May Rye was
qniot aud 1h@2c hlEhor, closing at SIC. Dar-
10y was quiet and nrn1or, at 41.4S@1.50 for No.
.. On Saturday ovoning Inst tlero was In
store In this city 34s7,o72 bu wlloat; 2.787, 7,5Go
bu corn; 8G0,746 bu oats; 95.o10 bu ryo; aud
292,658 bu barley. 1.-Two hogs wero in better do
na1'd aud rrlod lrmor, Will, sales Mt s5.00@ooo
for common to choice. Cattle wero active and
strong. Sheep met with good domand at
nteady prices.
, 1874-03-25

jayne has lad bis day, and now tho merchants
Of New York, whom lie hes plundered aud out.
ragged, arc to have theirs. Rufus Storey l. Co.,
from whom he squeezed n pcnalty Of 800, 900,
have sued him for s2o, 900, which thoy have dis
covered ho forgot to rondor to tho Government.
The honest fellow accounted to the Government
for only $4,000 Of tho forfeit. SIr. Storey Is
hftor the missing $4,000, aud processes hin
r1linsness to spend s1o0, 900 moro to recover it.
As Gen. Butlor WIS Jayne's counsel, ho may
tnow something about 1t. Another Now York
GFm, Platt, Boyd l. Co., whom Jayno has bcon
trying In vain for nearly year to make compro-
tniso, have sued him for s5o,ood damages for
trespass In seizlng their books md papors.
Jayne still holds the books but Judge Blatch.
ford has decided that lie has no right to keep
them any longer.
, 1874-03-25

A1aa Anna Dickinson gave her promised !ec-
tuEo (Which sho failed to do tho last time size
"aa III chicago) to reasonably-lnrge audience
yesterday evening, composed mainly Of tho reg
ular lootuEo-goera. Those who we're attracted
BY pruriont curiosity because Of tho indol-
icate theme under trcatment wero probably
disappointed; the Others, to whom Miss
Dickinson il very familiar, were llkoly IN
well pleased as they expected to bo. Tho real
subject Of tho lecture was the "soc,al Evil" but
It was thtnly disguised by the title "Betweon
Us 80 Truth" Hiss Dickinson did not ndhoro
Tesy closely to tho titlo when ehe uttered libel
On Tue TRIBUNE which wep print In the roport Of
her lecture. Still 1t seoms to haye been anttct-
pated that abe would not spare The TRIBUNE,
whatever else she might say or do, for tue St.
Louis Democra. Of yesterday morning predicted
1t az follows:
Wall, Anna Dickinson is on the point Of being rer-
euadca to deliver her nAughy lecture boforo Chicago
audeuce, and TIE TRIBUNE tells tha gonsls Anna that
uice young lady "hadn't ozter lecture about
thing which nice young lady "hAdn't ortor" know
anything about. Now s4o will lecture, and shs will
eiTs that Ta1nuxE editor ats.
, 1874-03-25

Minority and majority reports on the public
binding Of tho State hayo bcou made by tho
Printing Committee Of the Legislature. The
former cons der tho contract not unreasonable
and 1opo,t tho work to haye boon we'll
done. Judge D1adwell stntos. on the other
hana, that the work wns badly done
kud that great many volumes Nero
bound in cloth by tho order of the Printing
Commissioners, but contrary to the law, aud ut
an unwarrantod extra cost of 5000. Tho bind
Ing of these volumes coat 50 cents, while the
Law allows 80, and Mr. Dradwell recommends
joint resolution Of the Legislature forbidding
the Commissioners TO allow more than rs cents
4 Yn1tlma
, 1874-03-25
NOTES AND NEWS,
Special uispateh to the Ch.cu % Tribune.
TTfR oErTf,NNrAr

TIE CENTENNIAL.
WARRINGTON, D. G., March PA petition has
beon sont to Congress, headed by Peter Cooper
and signed by number Of tho prominent busi.
ness men Of Now York, urging an appropriation
for the philado!pha Centennial Exposition.
THE LATE JUDGE DENT,
The remains OF Judge Louis Don't wero shin.
ped to-day for st. Ionis. TAoy were accom-.
panied by Dr.. Alexander Sharpe and Col. Frod
Dent Grant
ITO Tie associated P7esaj
SPECIAL AGENCY DISTRICT.
WASHINGTON. D. g., March 24.-1he Secretary
Of tho Treasury has established the SeyelI-
teenth sEocial Agency District, embracing al
porta within the Collection District OF New
Orleans north Of Paducal, Ky., and Nashville.
Tenn., and including those ports. The head.
quarters arc at Cincinnati. Special Agent James
=. Morris has bcen assigned in charge Of tho
District.
NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED,
=, Tito Senate confirmed David Reid United
States Attorney for the Wcytorn District Of
lennsylvania; Frederick Herman gcheuck Of
indiana, Consul nt Darcelona Giles B. Oys-fon.
receiver Of Public Moneys at Salt Lake. Civ:
Thomas 3. Burns. Collector OF Internal NeYopfea.
Fourth District OF Kentucky.
The nomination Of Thomas 3, Van Duren aa
Consul at Kanagowa, which waB confirmed Few
daSs ago and laid aside, op motion to loconsiler,
was to-day flnally confirmed.
, 1874-03-25

Special O,spatch to The Chicago Tribune.
bos7oS, Eaas., HAY 2i-Thoso who expected
to know nll about 1t after tho first vote OIL the
scnatorship IN tho Legislature THIS afternoon
reluctantly admit TINT they arc no waor than
they worc this morning, exoopt that they can
not figure up 40 many votos for Dawes as .hoy
expected. Thoy don't untlerstand 1t, aud what
is worse, they cannot put their fingers on tho
names which they confidently expected would be
counted for Dawes.
At THE 0AU0us TONIGHT,
The Hoar party said nothing, but Dawes
friends wera extremely nervous lost thcy should
be bound by tho action OF tho caucus, and this
anxiety gvoH color to the charges that are fleely
mado tonight that they will
TRADE RATHER THAN ZEE HoAR ELECTED.
The sixteen votes which Sanford lad tU-duy will
bo divided round Tomorrow, but thers will
probably DO no slgus OF yielding on
the part Of the Democrats. They are
Jubi!aut over tho fact, OF which thoro nov eau bo
no question, that 10 long us both aides ronlain
firm there Gun be no election without them,
Thcro is littlo oxoitomant tonight, the CANVASS
lo!ug BY common cousont postponed to to-mor-
row night.
OPINIONS ARE DIVIDED
whether more than one baliot will bo risked to-
morrow, whon they moot in convention.
, 1874-03-25

Noar]y 900 persons were in attendance on tue
Canal Convention. which met in Nool Island
yesterday. On tho recommendation Of the
Committee OH Credentials, all poraons pros
ont Interested in tho subject before tho
body were admitted NJ delegates. 1lr. j. II.
Allen was chosen President. Ex.-Liout. Gov.
Bross, Of this city, addressed tho Convention at
longth in favor OF the Rock Island L. Honucpin
Canal, and malo thorough reyiow Of tie
transportation question md the needs
Of the Wcst for IN adequate outlet for it's pro-
d1co. The resolutions Of the Convention, while
particularly asserting tho benefits Of tho
proposed canal, arc favorable to other
practicable transportation routes by water,
and recommend tue improvement of tho
mouth of tho nlisslsaippi. bIr. Hawley's
bill. now before Congress, tor c.nal
to connoct Lake Michigan, tho Illinois and Itook
Rivers. was indorscd. A committee Of thirteen,
with alr. Allen ut their hoad, was appointed to
memorializo Congress IN favor OF the canal, and
tho State or Illinois was advised to cede
tho control of tho Illinois River and tho Illinois
d Michigan Canal as navigablo highways to The
Federal Government, II, III returu. 1t would as-
sumo tho construction Of this new waterway.
, 1874-03-25

Senator Sherman exp] aimed his new Currency
bill to the sennte yesterday. 1t was a compro-
misc, he said, md had all tho strength md
Teatness Of such O measure. The Finance CON-
nistee had fixed upon sas2,ooo,oQQ'as the limit
Of the currency, aa that was tho amount nov in
circulation. Senator Sherman uttered tho time.
redeemed in gold. He hoped CongrcHs would
not adjourn without preparing some plan for re-
deeming this Increased currency. II it did 80,
the country would be dishouorod.
, 1874-03-25

There WAS some preliminary aud Informal
balloting for Senator yesterday by tho Mussa-
chusottB Legislature in separate session. Tho
highest number Of votes cast in tho House was
GO for Nr. Hoar; In tho Senate, II for slr.
Dawes In tho House, Mr.. Curtis oamo uo3t to
Hoar. with 63 votes, aud Dawes was third, with
61. Charles Fralcis Adams got but H. In tho
Senate, Curtis mud Hour came noxt to Dawes.
with 10 votes each on tho first two ballots In
joint seaslou 1877 votes would be necessary
to an election, and in yesterdays voting
Dawes fell 80 below this number. and
Hoar 81. It is worth noting that nil
tho avowed Butler mcu went for Dawes.
These figures do not revoal tho future, anv
furthor than to show tint tho clans arc 80
evonly balanced that the election may taao
long time. In tho election which resulted in tho
choico OF Senator Sumner, Hcyoral months were
consumed. Speaker Sanford, of the House,
appears rather unexpectedly with sixteen yotov,
aud stands fourth In tho competition. In case
1t should be found necessary to abandon tho
effort to elect ono Of tho old stagors. os it has
beon predicted would bo tho evont, Speaker
Sanford, or some other one of tho young inou of
whom the Springfield Republican is so fond
may be the successor to Senator Sumner.
, 1874-03-25

nAshlNuIoHt u. u. March 24.
Mr. SCOTT presented petition Of citizenB Of
ment Of the duty On tea and cotroe. Referred.
NJ; ;flEL1NGHUYSEN presented \ petition
Of citizens Of New Jersoy, asking for the PASSAGE
Ct la% providing for o5~loo convertible bonds
| Mr.. MORTON presented petition Of citizera
q Indiana and Kentucky, asking that the law Of
| Congress relative to bridges over the Ohio River
be amouded as to require that the brid gcs over
that river shall hayo 4U0-feet spanA and d pivot
draw Of 1G0 feet. Referred.
suERa1AN's FINANCE BILL,
| At the expiration Of the morning hour, the
Senate laid aside informally the bill to ooualizo
the distribution Of the currency, and t1oI up
| the now financial bill reported by 5lr. Sherman,
! from the Committee Oh Flnauce, yesterday, Tue
provisions OF the new bill wero explained by A1r.
Sherman.
11r. SHERMAN said tho bill reported yeetor-
day. and just takon up. was not satisfactory
one, aB it Wa9 in the nature Of q compromiae;
aud, whila it had the strength Of a promise, It
There was q. necessity for those On one side to
yicld their views, to some exteut, to others and,
uulesa they should 30 yield, no bill could be
passed. There must be Homo middle ground
agreed upo,. to make tue bill satisfactory to ali.
II only remains for the eeuato to say II this was
fair compromise. whether it would improve
our currency and give tho relief demanded. Ho
then had the bill read by sections, aud
explained the PROVISIONS Of each. lie
ealo eae unisoa staEes notes Ct this moment
ate ~ a nnconsot9e, treaeemahIo and doprecatoa
y. 49, snu u,n ~ ror cens Ihey nag deprecaed
, ovr n sco tq.e m asSae a. one tmo bong worth
1 en,a AZ oonS T ~ Euu, aao oven now worth only
~ ~ Gpi,,a. + M na9 reported IN taVor
saa1 TX Sao 1no OF United States notea Ut
sa,,;; ~. tnas oeng the amount no" out
fnho x nat nt ho nopea akc u woa @ soon DO prac.
IL" rro,n oat ytn hn ~ aaa a ToGoYor
lad Gee1, 1od nGn, suu ~ ,anasa ny
~, u' pTeauso ', IL Was tno amount now IN
nntna mmat ho 10 roona aa'o anst como "hea those
, 1874-03-25
TEE HOWARD CASE.

WASHING TON, D. c., March M.-The Howard
Court Of Inquiry to-day continued tho hearing
OF Gen. Ballock, witness for the prosecution.
Tho Testimony principally related to the 1uothod
Of paylag bountioH to colored soldiers. Wsncss
testified TINT no worry general rules hsd been
adopted for this purpose, aa each case ,ece,vsd
specific instructions. Con. Howard supervised
Ills action, either by personal examination
or by m inspection Of his books
of approving all vouclors by Gen. D.llocis seria-
tum. Gen. Howard, on account Of tho logs Ut
bis right arm, got permission from tie SECOND
Comptroller to approve the abstracts Of vouchers
paid, which rocited aud described tie vouchers
and accompanied tlona. In mnny instances Gnn.
Ha!lock had vouchers sent to him recolpted by
Claimants before sending tho money to the sub
agents to make pavmouts. and in soma instances
tue payments wore not made beca,lso Of not
antng tle claimants. The examination Of GouL
ballock will be continued tomorrow.
, 1874-03-25
C0RNEREO At LAST

Some time since wo characterized tho North
suestern Christian Aduocata as "au untruthful
Sheet" Wo laye had OCCASION several times to
prove its untruthfulness, aud We are now called
upon to prove its editor, Mr. Arthur Edwards to
be IN untruthful person. A fow weeks ago 10
male certain statements in tho columns Of hia
paper concerning All alleged intorviow between
the Rev. Arthur Mitchell and AIr. Horace White.
Before We had tmo to reply to il ho sent US .
note retracting, AZ he says, one-lh{'u Of hia ae-
gasions respecting tho alleged interview, and
maintaining the truth OF the othsr two.thirls,
We tlon published note from tho Rev. Atr.
Mitchell stating TINT no such interview eyer
took paco,-thuu cutting awny the remaining
two-thirds Of the atatemont. lIr. Edwards
thou declared In tho Aduocate that he Aad been
Uniformed " that such au intorviow had taken
place, and that ho could provo Tint lie had bean
30 informed. Ho added that If the alleged iu-
torsiew did not take place with tho Roy. Iii,
Mitchell, 1t did tako pluco with tho officers Of
tue First Presbyterian Church. Wo .opllod thet
no auoh interview had taken place with tue
officers Of easd church; and, since the whole
thing WAS lo. We Expressed the bollef that A1r,
Arthur Edwnrds had aseuer been 50 Informed by
anybody, and called on him to prouuoe his
informant.
Ih'H WAS to1erably direct challenge, and how
A"a 1t boeu answered. We publiHl. tho auywor
Ill another column- Iustend OF giving The ALL
shof'ty Tor h4a statement, ,-iuBtoad Of ,oaairm-
1nglt eSe',-he coples sllly article from tho
1'osE a"d Aatl published two days after bis own
article had boeR publiahel-~an artlulo ia which
Nc ase aolo to count uo lesa than avo talashoods,
ena whioh. aysn Il u 4sS4 Ill tsue. dusa poh
, 1874-03-25

On returning from. Wisconsin, member Of tht
md ,vl,, n "as a,o. osssea 10. m IN what had been don't
ora, manner, ul.at they had hem aha", a,a ~ ,aeo ss
l'cs requested tint shuu'd not bo informed OF tho
sona had co, ntroa ~ .ro,a "'u not %ish, per
WIN tiny worc, how It was done, or how ,nuc,, thoy
eo wanted to oloso my cars TO thnt, mud look only
In cany"rs,,an ,rf,,, s1u u tfoso'loe''
1'eing present, think, wo cao to @ sort of nnt,er.
s!anng tas, "a 'na'D'anat 1tr'ons, wo should mt
" ""S'a'.s "uot- s'4a' '''"t TUG J6ftrH might
, 1874-03-25

The Springfield journal asks us to state the
evldonoe OIL which we haaed tho moral reelection
tint "Mr. Phillips, having approved the means
by which the State Printing contract yaa OBJ.
tainel, calluot now plead that he IL MI iuuooeuk
third party" We answer that thero iA q good
doal OF evidence tending toward that conclusion
IN tue testimony taken by tue Investigating
Committee. Perhaps tho most humorous IL that
glyeu by Gen. Dsayman, On paxea 100 and ls1.
1rsyman, Dallhaohs. and Phillips It viii ba re-
taemhs<sd. Tess Pftsideut ssase.asy, aud
, 1874-03-25

affirm tho sarno things that Mr.. Arthur Edwards
affirmed, and ia, therefore, wholly Irrelevant.
We hayo now proved our Original statement
that tho 0hristian Aluocato Is MI ,,ntr,,thfu1
shoet, "nt TINT its edtor III MI untruthrul porson.
II any WHO havo followed tho controversy as,aii
infer tint tho oditor Of tic Aduocato is also a
stoucl1, a1ld unfit to conduct my kind Of a nevs-
paror, We Hl1nll not dispute nuch conclusion.
, 1874-03-25

!SpeoiaF Djst,.ch to 19te CHICAGO Tribune,
WAslt1HaToH, Marcel, M.-The greatest intor-
eat IL displayed hora iu the pending Senatorial
elootlon in Massachusetts,. III the House today
tho Moor reaiIing the frequent kilograms
that wero received, announcing tile u.s.
poet Of a1Iaird III Dnaton. 1t Ia
lilo general opinion horo tonight that neither
1Ioar nor Dawes will receive tho coveted honor.
Dawes III credited With saying to dny. "Last
wiutor was defoated because butler opposed
NO. aud this wintor, It seems, ! I'm to ke de-
1aatqd because nutlorls understood to to be Tor
mo-" Tie belles that Adaia4 xlll b. slsatdd in
gaining atouaa
, 1874-03-25
Ibe Obi12aigu W2ibna1e.
"Wednesday Morning, March 26, 1874.

There is painful humor In tho account Of tie
sesulta Of the temperance crusade iii Dayton, o.
since tic 9Th inst, say tho dispatches, four
'aloons have been c1osed-but, they. add. 3o2
IT'LL remain.
, 1874-03-25
CoMM1ITEE WORK.
Stee1at Oianetch to The Ch.ca1o 4,r1oun.
PROPAGATION OR rtaitrn

PROPAGATION OF r1Hi1Es,
WASHINGTON, y. G., March 24.-Tho To,,e,
Appropriations Committee hnye agreed to rcc.
ou'mond an appropriation Of $4,000 to carrv or,
the work. Of propag,tlng fool fHtea. Prof.
Baird, WHO haH had Charge Of this work. m.
pcafod before tho Committee to.uay, n,,, u.uIo
an argument In favor Of tito appropriation,
TAXATION OF RAILROAD LANp-oRAars,
Mr. Crounac, Of Ncbraskn, was hoard Ly tit,
House Public Land Committeo to-t]ay in nj.
vocacy OF a bill introduced by him doo1arip lint
tho lauda granted to tho Pacific Railroads mav
bo taxed by State authority, but no conclusion,
Was reached by the Committoe.
NEW LAND-d1ASr RAILROAD,
The Honae Rail"aya aud Canals Committee
heard arguments today in favor Of the lill
granting Government ald to projected narrow
gEan!go s. railroad to connect tlo Central Pacific
oregon The road is to DO 7lG miles long, s1,I 200
mlos OF It will DO blrls by tho State OF Oreyou
ama' 70 ald IN tho construction Of tho remaining
ou!, tlle 0ovornrncnt III asked to guarantee tie
Of slo.ono per milo. Il is ~ asserted e Cd tint tn
o:ouo, ,ooo have been subscribed to butd the
road, md TINT 10 per cont Of that nmonnt
eau eau 10 at once realized II this bill passes and
tno constraosion Of the road is immediately com
tlic proposition favorably.
THE 1fA0EnBTowN BANK:
Inc 6cnato Flnanco Committee havo t1ocidoa
to to foport adversely on the bill authorizing Tao
National Bank at Hagorstown, Nd, to n1oyo to
Tits city, which rocenty paHsod tho House.
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