The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-30

lDH6ticY va E1ldUdmdt AdluWCb va 1AOu-
lucky, Veeder of New York, Reilly of
Of Pennsylvania, Keifer OF Ohio, Robinson
Of IEdiana
Public Expendltures-Hatchcr of Mis-
souri,, chairman; Burdick of Iowa, and
others.
Private Land Claims-Guntor of Ar
kansas, chairman.
Manufactures-Wright of Pennsylva-
MIA, chairman; Dibrall of Tennessee, War
ner of Connection, Wilson OF West Vir-
giuia, Ligon of Alabama, Davidson of
Florida, Harrison of Illinois, Reddic of
New Jersey, Ittner of Missouri, Upton of
Illinois, Bacon of New York.
; Agriculture-Cutter of New jersey,
chairman; Glover of Missouri, Pridemore
of Virginia, Covert of New York, Aiken
of South Carolina, Finlee of Ohio. Steele Of
North Carolina, Deering of Iowa, Hayes
Of Illinois, Watson of Pennsylvania, Cllk-
ins of Indiana
Indian Affairs Scales of North Caro-
liUa, chairman.
Mines and Mining-Beebeo be of New York,
chairman.
Education and Labor-Goode of Vir-
gnia, chairman; Clark of Iowa and others.
: Coinage, weights and measures-Steph-
ems of Georgia, chairman: Knapp of
Illinois.
Patents-Vance OF North Carolina, chair
man; Douglas of Virginia, Clark of Ken
lucky, Smith OF Georgia, Aiken of South
Carolina, Townsend of Illinois, Cutler of
New Jersey, Ward of Pennsylvania, Pol
lard of Missouri, Briggs of New Hamp-
shire, Willis of Michigan.
f Public Buildings and Grounds-Cook of
Georgia, chairman.
ACCOMPLISHMENT Maryland. chairman.
Mileage-Coe of Indiana, chairman.
} Expenditures of State Department
Springer of Illinois, chairman.
t Expenditures Of the treasury depart
ment Glover of Missouri, chairman.
Expenditures of the war department
. Blackburn of Kentucky, chairman.
Expenditures of the navy department
. Willis of New York, chairman.
Expenditures of the postOfice depart
ment-Williams of Alabama. chairman.
Expenditures of the interior department
=. Sparks Of Illinois, chairman; Robbins
of North Carolina. Lockwood of New York,
Oliver Of Iowa, Willis Of Michigan.
Expenditures on public building Lynch
!, of Wisconsin, chairman.
. Expenditures 10 the department of jus
tice-Bragg of Wisconsin, chairman;
Duuham of Kentucky. Eden of Illinois,
Hardenbergh of New Jersey, Hartridge OF
e Georgia. Evens of South Carolina. Miller
:: of New York, Conger of Michigan Wait
: OF Connecticut, Gardner of Ohio, Robin
/ son of Massachusetts.
4, Reforms and civil service Harrison OF
L. Illinois, chairman; Price of Iowa, and
t, others.
}, Mississippi levees-Robertsua of Louis
lana, chairman; Hatch of Missouri, Morey
(. ot Mississippi, Young OF Tennessee
,f Knapp of Illinois, Lander of Connecticut
is Martin of West Virginia, Everett OF Penn
't tsylvania, Pound of Wisconsin. Robinson
r of Massachusetts, Bisbee of Florida.
S Rules-The speaker; Stephens of Geor.
gia, Sayles Of Ohio, Banks of Massachu'
e, setts, Garfield of Ohio.
Of Revision of law regulating the counting
T. OF the electoral votes, etc.-Southard oI
Ohio, chairman; Hunton OF Virginia. Pot
OF ter Of New York, House of Tennessee
a. Bicknell of Indiana, Herbert of Alabama
Carlisle of Kentucky, Butler of Massachu.
S sets, Browne of Indiana, Brogden o
+ North Carolina, Tompson of Iowa.
T. Printing - Singleton, of Mississippi
q, chairman.
/ Eurolled biIls-Hamilton of Indiana
il chairman
Library-Cox of New York, charm an
k, Mr. Mills. Of Texas, declined to serv
r on the committee oG naval affairs ant
It territories.
t. Thanksgiving Proclamation.
" u, The following proclamation was issue
~ by the president
- The completed circle of summer an
winter, seed-time and harvest, has brough
- US to the accustomed season at which re
-, ligious people celebrate with praise an
oP thanksgiving the enduring mercy of Al
ls- mighty God, this devout and public con
!, fession of the constant dependence of ma
upon the Divine Father for all the goo
n gifts OF life and health, and peace and hap
80 plness, so early in our history made
30 habit of. Our people find in the suIve
= Of the past year new grounds tor its joyfU
A. and grateful manifestation. In all bless
10 ings vii i3h depend upon benigDant seasons
> this indeed has been a memorable yeal
=. Over the wide territory Of our country
10 with all its diversity of soil and climat
"a and products, the earth has yielded
- bountiful return to the labor of the hui
II. bandman; the health of the people ha
70 been bighted by no prevalent or wild
spread diseases; no great disasters of shiI
II wreck upon our coasts or to our commerC
Fl. on the seas have brought loss and hardshi
ee to merchants or mariners and clouded tt
m happiness of the community wit
oe sympathetic sorrow. ln all that col
40. Germs our strength and peace an
greatness as nation. in all that toucht
or the performance and security of our go'
of ernment and the bene6cent institutions c
,oa which it rests, 10 all that affects the cha
% %as acter and disposition of our people an
pa, ~ HI'J ~ -
permanent and universal throughout th
es- lands, the experience of the last year
IF consplciously marked by the protectir
oe providence of God, aud is full of promi
re and hope for coming generations Und
CO. a sense of these infinite obligations to Il
of Great Ruler of times and seasons an
events, let us humbly ascribe it to OF
nd own faults and frailities if in any degr
~ that perfect concord and happiness, pea
hor and justice, which such great merci
sor should diffuse through the hearts and liy
10 of our people, do not altogether aud alwa
so so and everywhere prevail. Let us with O.
spirit and one voice iift up praise al
,ri Thanksgiving TO God for his manifold goo
. Of ness to our lands-hIs manifest care
80, the nation
RS Now, therefore, |. Rutherford B. Hay
inc president of the United States. do a
,n;s point Thursday, the tWenty-ninth day
November next. as day Of nation
aIo thanksgiving and prayer, and [ earnest
recommend that, Withdrawing themseiJ
from secular cares and laburs, the peul