The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-05-18

House bills we're passed donating condemned
cannon Tor monumental purposes. Mr.. McDill
introduced . bill for wagon bridge between
Council Bluffs and Omaha. The President
nominated H. g. Miller, Of Minnesota. Consul
at 6uayaquil +. ": Oakley, Marshal for tho
Western district Of Wisconsin, and Z. 4 Cor
of Representatives, on tho bill to en-
of Agrcultnre. after half dozen
speeches, Mr.. Townshend offered IN amend
ment, which was adopted, that tho Secretary Of
viss,re sor !. ..y:siOn q forest4y, which uas
adopted. A suhstitnoe ~ tho olGinAl bill, -
fered By II. MeKsnna,. Va rejsceed. IAe
previous question was ofdE0d, md ~ adt0Gnr
ment was taken.
The bin for intermediate Appellate Courts
was taken up In ths Senate on tho 10th inst
Mr.. Jonss, Of Florida, opposed ths section
limiting the appellate jullsdiction of Circuit
Courts Nj. Davis urged IL retention - ncc-
essary. a joint resolution was pAssed appro-
pri.tng eco uoo 70 supply the dsacisncy fof
Of III tho ns,1 Trsssury = Department. 4 bin vss
passed to establish An assay Office at
Deadwood, Dakota. The House, BY . voc OF
III to Z, passed the bill creating sn Executive
Department Of Agriculture. Tho confereOcs
report on tho Indian Appropriation bill was
agreed to. BY vote Of 134 to IL, the District
Gome debate on t6s deneva Award bili followed
The United States Senate passed : bill on tho
l1th inst. for the relief Of L. n Day, Of New
Orleans, who purchased mortgaged land under
the Confiscation oct, when the Government OH
brance. When the bill for intermediate Appel.
late Courts came mp, Mr.. Morgan said It had
been limited that the President would appoint
number Of Democrats to the new Judgeshlpe,
and he spurned the overture. Messrs. Dawes
and Ingalls, expressed sho opinion tnat shcn
negotiators deserved to be impeached. Mr.. Davis
proposed an amendment. which was adopted,
that the juriLiction Of Circuit Courts shall re-
main unchanged. The Indian Appropriation
bill, as reduced by the confer ence COMMITTEES
TO e455, 200, was passed. In tho House, Mr..
Sherwin reported . bill for the annual apprc-
70 aid In the support Of free schools, the
amount to be apportiOned on tho basis
OF illiteracy. Mr.. Rice made IN adverso
report on the bill to shorten 70 two years the
period required in homesteading. Mr.. Steele
reported favorably bill for retired list for
nom commissioned officers who have served for
thirty years. The Speaker presented commu-
nication from the Secretary Of War, stating tho
expenditures Of the Signal Service Bureau for
the past seven years.
The intermediate Appellate Court bill was
passed in the Senate, on the 12th inst, BY :
vote OF 50 to 1s II creates nine intermediate
courts, or ono in each existing circuit, and
eighteen new Circnit Judges, who are TO be ap-
pointed by the President. The 6rst term will
begin In November Of this year. A bill was also
passed to authorize the st. Louis and 6an Fran
cisco Railroad Company to bridge the Arkansas
river at Van Buren,. Reports OF conference
committees OH the agricultural and for
tfcation appropriations were adopted.
The House passed bill to provide for the re-
m0yal OF the remains Of Minister fitzpatrick
from Chill to the United States. The Geneva
Award bill was passed by 1872 to 66. Conference
reports on the Agricultural and Fertilization
bills were agreed TO- Mr.. Crapo endeavOrod to
call up the fct to extend the charters OF nation.
al banks. but the Democrats refused to vote.
The House Of Representatives, at it, session on
tho 18th inst, ordered the River and Harbor APP
preparation bill printed andrecommittod. Objec-
| ton was made TO calling mp the bill to suspend
the issue OF silver certificates and limit the coln-
age OF silver dollars Mr.. Grape called mp tho
act to extend the charters Of the national banks,
| on which three speeches we're made, when
! it went over. Joint resolution was
introduced to make Lieut. Danenhower
Lieutenant Commander for his services in the
| Jeanette expedition. Mr.. Davis, Of Illinois,
| laid before the House petition signed by more
than 1900 citizens Of Chicago aud vicinity, ask
ing for legislation to prevent the adulteration OF
butter and cheese with foreign fats. The petit
| ton was referred TO the Committee Of Ways
and Means. The Senate was not in session.