, 1875-02-26
INDIANA.
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1sp1ASAroL1s. Ind, Feb. 25.--Lit.lo was done
IN tho Legislature to-day. Tho 8opa.o amended
tho Public Warehouse bill 30 AZ to apply only to
such honacs AZ choose to operate Under ia pro-
visions. Tho session waa epcnt In . fsuttosa
debate on tbs Fee aud Salary bill. This House.
In tho morning. after long debate intle e1uiso1y
postponed the bill for two now 1naanu AsylunH,
one in the North and tho other In tho South, by
vote Of ~ to II. It was. In tho afternoon, re-
considered, and smother fight ousucd ending In
10 locate one asylum on Tho groundH
now owned by tho Btasa at this
point to cos. no. exceeding s35o,000
Tie voto on this vas IS to 10. Tho Commit
ton bill, amounting. in tla ayggregate to s3S9,
Co.,. The appropriations for the institutions arc
ns follovs; InHane Hospital, a135. 600; Deaf
aud Dumb. eG7, 000: blind. e320c0; soldiers
gsphasss' Homo, $4,000; ionss Of Refuge,
vers,ty, ss09o. Tho House rejected tho Hcnate
Local Option Liquor lAw. and ndharel to tts H.
ecsc bill. Tho northern Prison Investigating
COMMITTEE left for Michigan City tonight.
An EXTRA noED.
Ono more Internal improvement bond has
beon found than payment IL provided for. The
act IT 1874 pahcs III. but ntuety-eght have
been paid, the General Government ho1ds Hixty-
nine, aud now SONS Itondoner preacntss tn enty..
bouds Of 1859.
PROPOSED NEW DIVISION OF INDIANA AND TL11vo1B.
cors'pond<nes re- q e Tia ch,saeo 7tisnns:
and Illinois 10 ono Of tho questionB which has
bcen presented to the legislative mind I,cre--oot
in tho shape ot bill or resoution-by several
1nonlbers ot the Legislature from the uorth aud
Of tho State; The plnn is, to divide the State
ing tho Cap,tRI Of tho north hnlf OF lie Two
States to Chicago, aud tho Southern CAPITAL to
Terfo ltaute, or fome poiht Conveniently near
tho contro, AZ we'll ~ near one Of the naveabls
seems at first Eight. It meets With some favor iu
tho touth eud Of tho State, because,
IS leading Democrats eAy, the south end Of tho
two States would make q permanently De.no-
Of capturing tho ono on tho north occasionally.
Thcts cnn be no doubt that maturity Of Tho
tnetnbors from tho north end Of the State would
favor such proposition, because their local !n-
tercsta are identified With Clucago That thu
Latusal boundaries. II NO divided, would BIZ bet
ter thsu At present, many admit who laugh ut tho
idea; aud certainly tho people would bo moro
homogeneous under Tue new arrangement.
A resolution will bn introduced before tho
close Of tho session Of the Legislature. asking
the appointment Of = Committee to coufer Will
q Committee Of tue illinois Legislature, layiug
this object 10 vfow. It will not pass. Of conrHs
but 1t lnay be NJ opening wedge which will ho
well pounded 10 tho ne1t canvass In this State;
and, II tho Illinois people consider such plan
At all. tho loAven which is now being distributed
may work through tho ~hole msss.
THE WOLF LAKE HAnDoR QUESTION
comes up to-morrow, underA special order, In tho
Senate. Its friends will he able TO show its
that Michigan clty provides ali tho lar
bor-cons euiencss which tho gront State
of Indiana needs. True. Michigan City harbor
drifts full OF aand each rear bnt then Uncle Sam
will appropriate to hare il drclged out and de-
poaited out IN tho tAke, wl1cre It js wasfcA
aehore xnd again blown into tho harbos. Hut, II
Wolf Lake phould bs ma.lo harbor. = large rev
enue eau DO densel from the oxporta.ion Of
wolf-sklns,-tho aild marshes thorchhonts fur
nls!ling full supply Of tie vatmluts. Then tho
lonely aud uow-descrttd marshes would abound
With evidences Of commerce, aud tho c!oar bosom
Of tho lakes would Ia whtenod with the BAils OF
vessels which would be attracted there to remove
tile ioo-cfop after tho v,nter-soason, and tho
prairie hay Rfter harvest. J. Il. ".