Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-12-20

Oongrssslonas.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10th. SEW
ATE-The House concurrent reso.
luton for adjournment over the
holidays was referred to the Com
mittee on Appropriations.
Farley introduced bill to ena-
BILE the State of California to take
lands In lieu OF Sixteenth and
Thirty.sixth Sections, found to be
mineral lands. Referred to the
proper committee.
H0ar presented the same bill %
that introduced by Edmunds in
the last Congress to fix the day for
the meeting of the Electoral COL
lege and to regulate the counting
of the electoral votes.
H0UsE-Resolutions were intro
duced into the House to-day ask
ing information concerning Amer
lean citizens confined in British
prisons, and in regard to the dis
continuance of the Star Route ser.
vice.
On motion Of Mckinley the
Senate bill granting ranking
privilege to Lucretia r. Garfield
was passed.
Tillman introduced q bill to
authorize the National Banks to
make loans on mortgages, or real
estate, also, for the relief OF own
ers and purchasers Of land sold for
direct taxes in the insurrectionary
States.
The Utah delegate case has been
postponed until January 10th.
Haskell called up the House res
olution providing that the rules of
the 46th Congress shall be the
rules Of the present House.
Adopted.
Hawk introduced a bill for the
protection Of the person OF the
President of the United States. 1t
provides for the punishment by
death for an assault with intent to
kill the President. If 1t shall be
shown that the assailent was irre.
sponsible at the time Of the as.
sault he shall be confined in an
asylum for insanity for life. Re.
ferred.
After the presentation OF u num-
Der of bills the House adjourned
until Wednesday.
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It's WRy.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19th.-The
report Of Joseph x. McCammon,
Commission of Railroads, has
been received by the Secretary of
the Interior. 1t says that the in
dicatiops are that, within q short
time, there will be five different
routes to tho Pacific Coast where,
less than a year ago, thereiwas
but one. These railroads will be
instrumental In developing the
country at o rapid rate. Capital
has been invested in immense
sumr, and still the tendency is
towards increased developments,
principally Ia the West and South.
west.
Aec,dens az - Fare.
NEW YORK, Dec. l9th.--By the
fire In No. 22O West Fourteenth
street, Mary Burns, q servant, was
very badly burned, and Betsy
Lewis, q cOlored servant, was seri-
ously injured by fall to the yard,
the rope by which she was lower
ing herself to the ground having
broken. The other occupants were
rescued by the firemen.
mura.r aod su G de.
NEW YORK, Dec. 19th,-Menzee
Felix, O confirmed invalid, this
morning, while in bed, beat his
wife's brains out with mallet and
then hanged himself. Jealousy
was the cause.
Musdex~r TO Hapg.
NEW YORK, Dec. 19th.-William
| Sudram, convicted OF The murder
| Of Mrs. Catharine Creve, his land
lady, will be hanged on the 10th of
February.
A DeimaniCo Deed.
NEW YORK, Dec. 19th.-Delmon on
leo, q con of the old caterer, died
to-day.
MRS. Lipcoia Nos BIND.
NEW YORK, Dec. 19th.-The
Inter Ocedn's statement that Mrs.
Lincoln has loet the use of her
eyes is untrue. DIR. Lewis A.
Eayer, who has been her physician
ever since her return from Europe,
year ago last September, told a
Herald reporter that her eyes had
been growing considerably weaker
| for some time and that he deter
miBed to call in as consulting ply
sicians the oculists, DR.. G. b.
Agnew and Holman Knapp. The
facts that she had been accustomed
to sitting in dark room,
and having her letters written re-
Gently by an attendant, has doubt
less led to this statement. Is.
Family Quarrel.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 10Th. H. Fl.
Bruno, a lumber dealer, was shot
and killed by his brother-in-law,
August Koors. Family matters
were the cause.
money and stocks.
NEW YORK, Dec. 19th.-Silver
bars, 1122; money, 6 to / per diem;
governments steady; stocks weak ;
w. U, ssh; quicksilver, 1871; Pacific,
All; Mariposs, 3; WelIs, Fargo, 1874;
New York Central, 1851; Erie, 433;
Panama, 1893; Union T. ,ific, lis;
bonds, III; Central Pacific, 92a;
bonds, lis; Sutro, 1t.
Another ONO Fire.
Lorraine, o., Dec. 19th.-A fire
yesterday destroyed the machinery
of the Cleveland, Tuscarora Val
ley and Wheeling Railroad shops,
with the contents, including ma
chinery, tools, stock, one coach