The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-03-19

eminent 81 the various Indian rcscryntions.
and providing for the punishment. q the
on . The same "a ne, Nj. Weilbcrn ~, Texl from
the same committee reported bill 20 prevent
a. Mr. waddell a., Mo-. from the same com
tiers on absentee shawnee lands in Kansas
mittee reported a bin authorizing the secrc. II
tary al the Treasury % ascertain ana report
esiness assumed by Kansas in repeiling inva-
sion and rupprcs=ing hostilitirs; ana MT
Epson (D.. Tex reported q similar bill All
ton 81 the morning hour the Political Assess
rnent bili being the first bill ON the calendar,
was taken up. and Mr.. Hostctter d. ind-)
spoke thereon
Count Litta, First sccretar. Of .hc Italian
Legation at Washington, T. dead.
The Senate, on the ith, rejected the NOM
ination Of Gen. Mcneil. Of ST. Louis, as
United States Marshal for the Eastern Dis
trict OF Missouri. The vote stood seven FOR
confirmation and thirty-two for rejection
The Senate Committee on Appropriations
increased the amount granted for the "star
mail service deficiency from $l,o7o.ooo. as
granted BY the House Committee, 70 Si,5oo,-
600. The Committee, by party vote,
adopted a resolution censuring the Post
Office Department for creating deficiency
by "dlsregarding the law which prohibits
expenditure Of money i'm excess Of apprc-
priation; which deficiency, unless supplied,
threatens TO deprive the people Of the neces-
sary mail services TO which they are en-
| titled"
The House Committee on Appropriations
have determined 10 press 70 passage tne
several appropriation bills In order as fol-
D ~ - r.. ~ Mar
I Diplomatic and Consular, and Indian. Inc
! subcommittee i'm charge OF the remaining
I regular appropriation bills which have not
i vet been acted on by Congress have been no.
: titled that they shall proceed with the bills
! now under consideration and press them to
!. early completion
4 The Senate Committee on Appropriations
e will recommend for passage the bill 70 re-
z peal all laws which provide for permanent
q and indie finite appropriations except 50 faI
> as they relate TO the sinking fund and 10 ths
- payment Of interest or principal Of the pub
!" lie debt or Of the bonds issued 10 the Pacific
a Railroad Companies and to certain cthe
b. specified objects. such n the support OF tn
~ Marine Hospital service, etc. The bill AIS
81 proposes number Of important changes u
~ the laws concerning Elapsed appropria
'h tisns.,
An additional report has been made b.
ne Mai. gen. Wright. Chief Of Engineers,on IN
y subject Of establishing dams and reservoir
= FOR the purpose Of rendering the Upper Mis-
~ sissippi nayigable throughout the summe
ed season OF low water The report says tha
~ the plan is feasible, and that through Its or
Grafton a reserve amounting to 81 ooo, 900 ,oo
,lll cubic feet OF water can be accumulated an
an made available for doubling the depth oftf
ted river after the 18th Of July. The first cost
s nd the proposed system il estimated at 5000
CO. and the annual expense OF operation therea
gu -, ter about $40.
er. The Committee on Invalid Pensions ha
tue unanimously agreed to report favcrably 4
"a. bill introduced by Representative Clardy,
il Missouri. providing for the payment Of a
onc rears OF pensions 10 the widows and min
heirs Of soldiers who died in the Unit
Il, States service during the war Of the rebelio
-. or who have since died from wounds and
and iur e. contracted In such service.
ii-- The House Committee on Commerce "
ecn make 4 favorable report on the bill intr
duced by Mr.. Clardy, OF Missouri, prcvi
ub- ing for the removal by the Lighthouse Boa
AIRY Of wrecks and sunken vessels lying in
,en- course ~ commerce and obstrncting ma
ex- CATION in the Mississippi River and trib
49, taries-
~. Commodore Isaiah Hanscom, Chief Of
red. Bureau OF Construction and Repairs OF
mn, Ur Navy Department, died on the 9th.
the Representative Aiken, Of the Committee
war Agriculture, has introduced bill max
eiief the Department Of Agriculture an execut
end department, and it, head q member OF
red Cabinet. Representative Covert, Charm
bill Of the Committee, presented minority
s 's port, signed by himself alone.
oriz The House Committee on COMA
mel. Weights and Measures have agreedto rep
'n,e, favorably Representative Forts bill 20
-. vide for the exchange Of trade-dollars
rules legal -tender silver dollars. A provision
bills added that the Secretary Of the Treas
aper shall cause TO be exchanged At the Treas
=, need "a and at all sub-Treasuries Uni
-icns States legal-tender silver dollars for tr
2 ior dollars At par, and shall recon said ira
Il tor dollars into legaI-tender dollars, A. now
port yided by law, and shall step the furi
;, cn1es coinage OF trade-doiIars, provided that
'ugar amount 20 redeemed shall not interfere y
caie- the minimum now authorized BY the eN
izing ing law.
% The United states Supreme Court has
iuNl- --s-s.... - 49,. additional c,t ~
iffcd. liyered Opinions IN W. uuNs''.''.
inter- volying the constituticnality Of the Fed
mani nan. Election laws, in both OF which their cor
Mr.. nationality u sustained. Jurtiets ie'u
Flee, Clifford delivered dissenting opinio
'stion both cases. A. did also Justice Bradley.
D. en- The delegates 70 the Methodist Episc
= ., ahe Conference tcolored), about two hum
acant. and fifty In number, on the sth called ,
and President Hayes al the White House.
ii re- rc op Peck made brief address on the pa
b was the delegates, to which the Prffden'
spondcd.