Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-16

improvement fund are exhausted, and the |
probable amount due the State from the |
United States being no larger than the amount |
already appropriated heretofore, be it therefore
Resol,vd, That no bills appropriating money |
out of this internal improvement fund to aid |
in the construction of bridges or other similar
purposes, be entertained during the session of
this House.
DEFALcATIcH.
Mr.. Giles, of Scott offered the following res
olution, which was ordered placed on file:
WHEREAS, the frequent repetition of defanlt-
ing County Treasurers and the great abuse
attending the public interests therein demand
more guarded statute in regard to such offic-
ers;
AND WHEREAS, the Governors Message refers
in explicit language to such offenses, and adj
vlses the appointment Of competent account
ant for this and similar duties; therefore,
ReSot,ed, By the House of Representatives,
the Senate concurring, that special committee
of the two Houses be appointed, to consist of
three on the part of the House, and two
the part of the Senate. to report by bill or
otherwise, as promptly as possible, some meas
ure that these and similar abuses may be rem
edied.
Mr.. Brandt offered the following, which, on
notice of debate by Mr.. West, went under
the rules
Resolued That d special committee of five on
State text books be appointed, and that all
matters relative to that subject be referred to
said committee.
| INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
| Mr.. Ladd gave notice Of his intention to in
troduce a bill for an act appropriating money
to meet deficiency in the fund appropriated
in 1877 for the support Of the INDECENT insane.
! IMPROVING THE RED RIVER.
| On motion of Mr.. Sabin, the rules were sus-
pended, and the memorial to Congress hereto
fore introduced by Mr.. McCrea for the i'm
provement Of the navigation of the Red River
of the North, read, and the bill passed. Ayes
81; nays none.
On motion the rules were suspended and the
bill of Mr.. H. Fl. Gilman, appropriating sos
| QUO for legislative expenses, was read second
and third time and passcd.
HEADING OFF AN INSURANCE COMPANY.
| Mr.. Morse, of Hennepin, introduced bill to
| tual insurance companies, on which the rules
were suspended and the bill read a second and
third time and passed.
| 1.-THE bill prohibits the voting by officers by
proxy In mutual insurance companies, and was
introduced and pushed through to meet an
emergency presented in the case of the Farm
ers' Mutual of Minneapolis, whose secretary,
w. A. Nlmmocks, has, it is understood been
sending through the country large numbers of
printed powers of attorney constituting HIM
self proxy, with full power to VOTE &c. To
head off this little game the bill was intro
duced and passed under suspension of the
| rules. The annual election of the officers of
the company takes place to-day at 10 o'clock,
and this accounts for the haste in which the
bill was put through.
ONE SOUL MADE HAPPY.
Upon motion of Mr.. McCrea, the action of
the special committees, on restitution by rea-
son of grasshopper ravages, employing a clerk
was duly authorized by the adoption of reso-
luton authorizing the same.
| CHRISTOPHER PETITION.
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of Hawk Creek, Renville county, relating to
grasshopper depredations which was referred
to the committee on grasshoppers. Adjourned
| to 10 o'clock to-day.
The Heroine Of the HicAs-Lor,l Mor,.iagc.
Many Washingtonians remember Mrs.
Hicks, the dashing widow, as the star board
or at the Arlington house in the winter of
| 1872. Mrs. Hicks came to Washington i'll
regal style. She had the best rooms in the
hotel. She was accompanied by Mrs. Hills,
an old lady of white hair and aristocratic
/ bearing, who was unable, as we noticed, to
be out much at night. She came in the ca
pacity of friend and companion to Mrs.
Hicks. She had her separate suite of rooms
as well as Mrs. Hicks. They each had their
private servant and Mrs. Hicks had her maid
besides and her coachman and footman. Her
rooms were the sanle which Secretary and
Mrs. Hamilton Fish occupied one winter,
and the same which King Kalakaua and suite
were assigned during his stay in Washington
These consisted of sleeping chambers, bath
rooms, breakfast room, two parlors and SER
wants quarters. For these Mrs. Hicks paid
$50 day. She rarely breakfasted away
from her apartments, but, unless dining out
she always came to the O'Clock dinners.
sensation always attended her entrance te
the dining room. She was always dressed
most richly, but never SLOWLY. A handsome
horse is best displayed i'll a simple harness
Being horsewoman, she followed the motto
in her own trappings. Few women possess
a finer form than Mrs. Hicks. She was unu
q well-poised head. At this time
she wore little jewclry - occasion
ally necklace of diamonds and cmeralds
aud occasionally solitaire earrings as big as
her thumb nail. Her dresses were singular
ly plain, but the fitting of them was work
of art. She was very graceful and self
possessed: her manners were not naughty il
the least, but they possessed that quiet
reserve and self-consciousness that kept all
at a distance. Side by side with her walked
her chaperone, Mrs. Hills, both in immacu
late white kids, new pair every day. Be
fore the ladies, strutted their major domo
who never left their side at the table. Other
walters might bring Mrs. Hicks her food, but
only her own servant might place it before
her. Her dinner over, the whitest of hands
were dipped in the inger-bowl, dried on the
softest Of napkins and drawn again into the
whitest of kids, and Mrs. Hicks and her COM
panion walked out of the dining room, pre-
ceeded by her servant and followed by the
eyes of the common mortals. She had little
company, but it was of the best None of
common herd ever dried their fleece at hel
fire. She went out great deal in her own
carriages, driving big team of banged step
pers to a fine coupe and Victoria. She also
had saddle horse, and when she trotted
along the avenue or through the park, fol
lowed by groom in mulberry coat, cooked
hat, striped waistcoat and knee-breeches, she
was the personi6cation of grace and beauty.
She was on intimate terms at the house of
George Bancroft, the historian, and with the
families of several of the foreign ministers.
Gen. Banks was frequently in her company,
and also Gen. Butler. There was report
current at one time, that she and Gen. But
Ter were to be married. This is not extraor-
binary, as her name has been connected with
a good many desirable widowers, including
Gen Schenck and the brother of the Duke
of Richmond. Her departure from Wash
ington was regretted by her landlord at least.
Hayes Himself Prores the Truth of Chand-
Iey's Charges.
From the Utica Republican, Senator Conk-
| lng's Home Organ.
The Hon. William E. Chandler, of New
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