Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-01

Donnelly case and the Ortiz McCabe case.
The control of the House by vote of the
States Is involved in seating the Democratic
contestants in either of these cases, aEd the
attempt will doubtless be resisted by the Re-
! publicans even to the attempt OF flibustering
/ tactics OF Indefinite duration. Only one of
this years regular appropriation bills, pen
envy bill is in the Conference Committee on
Notifications and awaits action in the Sen
ate, and all the rest have yet to be considered
and passed by the House.
From the present outlook it is difficult to
see now Congress can possibly adjourn before
the middle of June. The only effective i'm
petus which may be given to an earlier add
Journment Is the fact that members may
want to get home to look after then chances
Tor denomination, which nominations are
usually made late in May or early in June.
Farley has been endeavoring to obtain &C
ton at the hands of the Executive Depart
nent IN Washington, by which the lighthouse
reservation at Battery Point, Crescent City,
snail be turned over to the city authorities as
,rustees Tor the present occupants of the land.
This tract, comprising about eleven acres, is
not needed by the Lighthouse Board and
they are willing, through the Secretary of the
treasury, to rellnquish it npOn condition that
a night OF way over it shall be reserved, and
that they. shall have the free use of any
wharves that have been or may be built upon
It. The law authorizes the Secretary of the
treasury to sell unused lighthouse reseIva-
tons by public auction. but Senator Farley
Is opposed to such sale of Battery Point
because it might have tho result OF placing the
commercial Fey OF the harbor in the hands of
speculatlng Purchasers, and of BUSTING bona
hide occupants from their Improvements.
re Treasury Department authorities. there
lore, write to the Secretary OF the interior
expressing willingness to have the tract re-
stored to the public domain and made subject
to immediate entry by Crescent City as part
OF town site, provided the abOve-named
conditions should be inserted in the grant,
but Judge Marble, the Secretary's law officer,
yesterday gave an opinion that no conditions
can be inserted in n TOWNSHIP patent, and the
matter is thus referred back to the Light
house Board again for consideration as to
whether they viii agree to relinquish the
reservation for entry in the usual manner
under the TOWNSHIP law, or whether, by in.
sisting on their conditions, it will be rendered
necessary to cover the case by special Act
of Congress.
Pacific Coast Postal Changes.
WASHINGTON, February 29tb.-The follow
ing postal changes for the Pacific coast were
made last week: Offices established-Mon-
eezutna, Esmeralua county, New, John
Howell, Postmaster Wells. Benton county,
Or, James Gingley, Postmaster Medical
Lake, Stevens county, w. T., Jos. ID. Labue,
Postmaster Dover, San Pete county, Utah,
w. Robinson, Postmaster. Postmasters APP
pointed-Mrs. Mary J. johnson. Burney
Valley, Shasta county, Cal /; w. j. Nc
earthly, Coulterville, Mariposa county, Cal.
Geo. S. Ramer, David Creek, Modoc county.
Cal Geo. w. Berry, Glencoe. Calaveras
county, Cal; Geo. w. Rowan, Mammoth,
Mono county, Cal. Mr.. E. A. Hillmer,
Canon, Tooele county, Utah; Robert L.
Smith, Pahreah, Kane county, Utah.