The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-12-13
General News Summary,

General News Summary.
CONGRESS-.
TIE Senate was not in session on the
9Th. Among the bills introduced in the House
were-levying tax on incomes; to substitute
greenbacks for the issue of National Banking
4 Associations: dividing, Michigan into three Ju-
dicial Districts: providing for general amnesty.
Bills were passed RENTING the tax upon alco-
hoi used by scientific universities and colleges IN
preserving. specimens; repeating the iron,c!sd
jurors who have voluntarily taken mp arms
against the Government. or given aid or comfort
instruetins the officers Of the House g inforcs
the joint rule prohibiting the sale OF intoxicat-
ing liquors in the Capitol building.
The Senate was not in session on the
9TH. "A resolution was offered, in the House, for
adjournment from the 10th of December until
the 10th of January. A bill was passed repeating
a sne eksng statutss f9E re re- TsneTs. Of psten
OF Patents to renew or extend any patent for any
desigmwhatever.
BILLS were introduced in the Senate,
on the 9th, to organize the Territory of Tish-
mingo, and for other purposes; to extend the
time for presenting claims for colecting. drilling
or organizing volunteers for the Var of the Re-
to making the House , bin to to authorize tie
free coinage of the standard silver dollar and to
restore it's legaltender character the special order
tion were submitted by. Mr.. Matthews. re-
citing that, at the date Of the passage, in 1870
Gf sbe as ss authorizing tho the Isfdine cf The Ns
States bonds, principal and interest, were de-
cared to be redeemable in coin Of the then pres-
ent standard vslne) the United States coin then i
cluded silver dollars Of the weight Of N2X grains
each. and declaring that all such bonds are
therefore. payable, at the option Of the Govern
such coinage as legal.tendeI in payment Of such
bonds is not in violation Of public faith, nor in
the President for information as to what
legal impediments, if any, existed which
a ths % uhon Gm pao Rasa ss % nd IL L
branches. In the House, the Post Route bill was
passed. Majority and minority reports were
made, from the Committee on Elections, in the
Colorado case---the. former declaring Patterson
Dem.l entitled to the seat, and the latter being
in favor Of Belford RepJ Seven Of the Com
iRepnblicans) indorsed the claims Of Belford,
and Mr.. Cox took the ground that there was no
valid election. ai'ss
In the Senate, on the 7th, the House
bill for the relief of the sufferers by the wreck of
the steamer Huron was amended and passed !.
A resolution was agreed to calling on the Attor-
tions commeneed in the Courts Of the United
States in the District of South Carolina, since
Jan. 1876, for offenses against the lives, prop
son, with the names of alleged offenders, and q
statement OF the disposition OF such prosecutions,
and the date thereof. Adjourned to the 10th:
settlers on certain lands in Minnesota heretofore
granted for railroad purposes. A resolution was
to JAM io 81 70 TIE i 'ne '0'n 'n''
BILLS were introduced in the Senate,
On the 10th. to declare certain lands heretofore
granted to railroad companies forfeited, and to
open the same for settlement; to provide for
challenges to jurors in trials for bigamy and
poiygamy in the Territory of Utah: The resolu-
ton declaring j. B. Eustis entitled to a seat as
Senator from Louisiana from JAM y 1875 fo5
requests t usii ss i excused from fu
ther service on the COMMITTEES on Territories: and
on. Public Buildings and Grounds,
and Mr.. Eustis was. appointed e mem;
concurrent resolution declaring the right of the
Government to pay the principal and interest of
the bonds in silver dollars containing 4l2M grains
standard silver was debated, Mr.. Matthews max
ing lengthy argument in its favor, Messrs. Nor,
rill Conkling, Thurman and Edmunds partici-
pating in the discussion Among the bills IN 4
justing the salaries of Postmasters on the basis OF
the number of stamps Cancelled instead of the
Sbr for S on or
election of Senators by q direct vote OF the peo.
PIE; also an amendment men providing that
he sir wears. A resolution was adopted
distributing the subjects treated of in the Presi
dents annual message among the various COM
Committee on Foreign Relations was that relative
to Mexican affairs and the Bio Grande border.
an amendment being offered by Mr. Hewitt, de-
bated and agreed TO- instructing the committee
to take into immediate consideration the best
means of removing existing and impending
causes. of difficulty between Mexico and the
United States and have leave to report results of
deliberations, by resolution or otherwise, to the
House at the earliest practicable day.
DOM EsTIC.
ORDERS were issued from Washing
ton, on the 4th, for the departure Of a number
of troops-cavary, artillery and infantry-to
the Rio Grande, in the interests Of peace, and
for the security of the people from raiding
p rites.
In his recent report, Sec'y Schurz
states that the total number of acres of Gov
ernment land disposed Of during the last fiscal
year was 4,s49, no; disposals for previous
year, 6, so, 1876. 36-a decrease during the last
year of 1,674,55S66 acres. The total cash re-
ceipts were 81, ,452, ,696.23.
IhESlDENT OOWAN, u JIG RcstuHiSS
(Pa) Road, has informed the miners that, dur
ing the next year, for every twenty-five dents
advance in tolls and freight the minimum Of
wages will be advanced 10 per cent.
ON the evening of the 5th, the Ger
man National Bank, of Chicago, closed its
doors and announced It's intention OF gong !
into voluntary liquidation. The deposits
amount to S1S3OOO, and the Directors claim
that the sum Will speedily oe paid, dollar 1or
dollar, ana Ina. s.ocknoloers VIII reaiize ~
per een'' on tieir S'ecA- f
ON the 9th, the Secretary Of the
Treasury issued his tifty-tifth call for the re-
demption Of $40 bonds Of 1855. The amount
called for is S1O,OOO,0OO, and interest and prin-
cipal are payable on the 9th OF March next
Il The New York CITY branch of Greene
baum Bros. organizers Of the suspended Ger
man Nationsi Bank 0cs Chicaea. notified the
stock Frcbstre ON tt,1 nh 81 II. z,,s,.ans,on
vhichit was hoped would be but temporary.
On the hearing Of 4 writ Of .fabeas
corpus, on the 9Th, Judge McAllister, ofchica-
go, lately one of the Judges q The supreme
Court of Illinois, decided that the nlinpis law
for the punishment Of yagraats and syaga-
ponds, known as the Tramp law, " is uncon-
s''sutionat ana void. The Judge declared Z
"one Oh the most AIoc'ow n~s es.1
upon 'ne seA'u O0As !. al'' s '.ssss ar
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