Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-28
Appropriation BilI,-The Funding Bill.

DOMESTIC.
Appropriation Bill>-The Funding Bill.
WASHINGTON, February 27th-The river
and harbor bill, as passed by the Senate last
night, contains all the Pacific coast appropri-
ations voted BY the House of Representatives.
together with Farley's amendments increas-
ing the amounts tor the Sacramento and San
Joaquin rivers and Wilmington harbor, and
inserting a new item for Humboldt BAY,
which have heretofore been described in these
dispatches. The Senate also adopted an
amendment offered by Farley, which makes
the proviso attached to the Oakland harbor
appropriation read as follows: 1.-THE sums
appropriated and reappropriated shall not be
available until the right of the United States
to make such improvements as are herein pro-
vided for shall be secured, free of expense to
the United States, in a manner satisfactory
to the Secretary of War" The proviso as
passed by the House required the Depart
ment to secure the right of the United States
to the bed of the estuary and training walls
of the work.
The sundry civil appropriation bill, as COM
pleted by the House of Representatives in
Committee of the Whole last night, is IN
changed in its Pacific coast items reported in
| these dispatches of the 18th instant. The
| auouh1 ny VIC SomLllIIcG Ou
Appropriations for surveying public lands
has been increased however. This was done
on the motion of Representative Page, who
| supported his amendment with vigorous
little speech, and was seconded in his success
full effort by several other Western men, in
Guiding Ryan of Kansas, Horace Davis and
Delegate Brents
The prevalent impression tonight il that
the funding bull, which comes up in the
House tomorrow, will in some way or an
other be defeated of final enactment unless
the fifth section be either wholly stricken out
or materially modified. If the amendments
of the opponents of this section be rejected
or excluded on points of order, they threaten
to resort to fiibustering, and thus endeavor to
keep the bill in the House until the session
expires. If, however, these efforts prove
Unsuccessful, and the bill shall be returned
60 the Senate with any change whatever in
the Senate amendments awaiting con-
currence there will very probably be ma
jority in that body who will insist upon
amending the controverted features of the
fifth section. with the result of forcing the
House to some position else of wrecking
the bill.
Pacific Coast Postal Changes.
WASHINGTON, February 27th.-The follow
ing postal changes are announced for the
Pacific coast: Offices established-Bethel,
Fresno county, Cal, Stephen D. Ballou,
Postmaster Simmons, Tehama county, Cal,
John H. Perry, Postmaster Metallic, Es-
meralda county, New. Richard T. Pierce
Postmaster Mondovi, Spokane county, w.
T., Chester d. Ide, Postmaster Aurora,
Sewer county, Utah, Newman Van Lenven,
Postmaster Pichac, Pinal county, Arizona,
Manuel S. Rameriz, Postmaster. Offices
Observation-Disclosures Butte county, Cal. ;
Roberts Landing, San Joaquin county, Cal
Postmasters appointed = Townsend Wood,
Castroville, Monterey county, Cal; Thomas
I. Tidball. Jolon, Monterey county, Cal ;
j. G.. Wilson, Lawtonville, Mendocino
county, Cal; Barclay Jones, Butlerville,
Marion county, Or; Alonzo E. Austin, Sitka,
| Alaska.
Temperance Legislation in Nebraska.
OMAHA February 27th.-The Nebraska
| Legislature adjourned sine die at Lincoln
this morning at 3 o'clock Among the prin-
cipal bills passed during the last hours of the
session was high license for saloons, which
goes into effect ninety days hence In cities
of over 10, 600 people the license is 81, 900 per
year, and in smaller cities $500. Saloon
keepers must give bond of $500, and they
are made responsible for civil damages. No
screens are to be permitted in a saloon.
| Druggists do not have to take out license.
An anti-treating bill was also passed, making
| it misdemeanor for one man to treat another.
All through the Legislature a strong fight
was made by the temperance agitators to
pass bill submitting prohibitory constitu-
| tional amendment to a vote of the people, but
this BILL requiring a three fifths vote of the
| Legislature, was defeated by only two votes.
The above bills were then passed as COM
promise The Legislature passed bill sub
mitting a woman suffrage constitutional
amendment to vote of the people at the
general election in 1882. The anti-railroad
| legislation is not considered adverse or unfair
to the railroads, even by themselves.
Northumberland Passengers.
OMAHA, February 26th. - The following
through passengers were on to-day's train,
Sacramento March ID: G. W. Updike, New
Jersey Mrs. Burrage, J. Honigsburger, H.
B. Williams, Mrs NJ. l.. Poett, Mrs. Leon
ard, A. II. Bracket, San Francisco; R J.
SALESMAN, Erie, Pa; G. W. Tolle and wife,
Dutch Flat Cal; Mr.. and Mrs. Skinner,
Detroit E. L. Frank, New York; Isaac
Durboraw, New Tacoma, W. T; E. 9. Mix,
| New York; ID. Il. Thomas, W. b. Thomas,
Plumas county, Cal.
OMAHA, February 9th = The following
! through passengers were on to-day's train,
| leaving at 1915 P. NJ, to arrive in Sacra-
mento, March Sd: Mrs. G. A. Gooding,
! Boston; Mrs. q. H. Fisher, A. J. Boutwell,,
| New York; G.. U. Moulton, Buffalo; Henry
| IL. husser, Cincinnati James Morren,
Kansas City; G. FL. Little, Milwaukee !;
| w. L. Hudson, st. Paul, MINI.
Murder In Cincinnati.
| CINCINNATI, February 27th.-John Sulli-
van was murdered by Dick Hurley near mid
night in Bucktown, corner of Eighth street
and Eagleston avenue. The trouble started
at a game of cards, played by four persons in
a low saloon, where Dick Hurley and John
Sullivan were spectators. The four card
players got into fight, and were elected
Mike Murphy came at Hurley with knife,
but private Waterman disarmed him. Hur-
ley went out the back door and started home.
Murphy attacked him, when he shot three
times, one ball wounding Murphy, another
| killing Sullivan, who was on his way home
Sullivan died at quarter past II. Hurley
! is arrested with charges of shooting with in
tent TO kill and murder About two wears
ago Hurley. then member of the City Dem
ocratic Committee, stabbed, almost mortally,
John Hinkle, another member of the same
committee, but never was prosecuted. He
was shortly afterward made Waterman of the
city building. He was regarded as cour-
ageous, cold blooded. malicious desperate.
Mysterious Affair at Chicago.
CHICAGO, February 27th.-To-d day the po-
lice were notified of the mysterious case of
the body of man lying dead in bed at 347
South Clark street, which recalled some of
the circumstances of the Chastine Cox muir
der case. and the tying of Cadet Whitaker
at West Point. On going to the place indi-
Gated they found the dead body of Hebrew,
aged 50 years, named Lazard Stern, with
the hands tied in front with a wooden stock
ing, and the legs tied near the ankles with a
small cord. The body was partially covered
with blanket, and a pillow lay on
the face. Various articles in the
room were strewn about in dis
order. The deceased was an insurance
agent, and had been living alone in the room
for some time. Several of the neighbors
considered him slightly insane, and the police
theory is that he committed suicide and tied
himself in a crazy fit to make his death look