The National tribune., 1882-06-10

Mr.. Bowman introduced bill granting con-
demned cannon to the city of Maiden, Mass.
All of the above bills were ordered to be
printed and appropriately referred. bill
was passed providing for the erection of pub
lie building at Concord, n. H, at a cost not ex-
ceeding S200OO0-the sum of 100000 being
appropriated by the bill.
A report was submitted on Tuesday, in the
House, from the Committee on Elections, in
the contested election case of WitherspOon VS..
Davidson First district of Florida) recon-
nlending that the contestant have leave to
withdraw his papers without prejudice. A mi
nOrity report was also made on the same sub
ject, and both were ordered to be printed.
Bills were introduced granting the use of tents,
&C. for the soldiers Reunion in Illinois; also
donating condemned cannon to Blake Post,
Medina, Ohio; Nelson Post, Newport, KY;
for the soldiers cemetery at Knoxville, Tenn;
to the White Haven Pa Soldiers Monument
Association; to the City of Lynn, Mass; to
Charles w. Sawyer Post Dover n H.; and to
the Soldiers and Sailors Association, of Della
ware Ohio; also for public buildings at Hous-
ton, Texas; Dallas, Texas; Dayton, Ohio; and
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Mr.. Browne, from the Committee on Invalid
Pensions, reported back, with a favorable rec
ommendatiOn, the bill to amend section 4706 of
the Revised Statutes of the United States as to
payments of pensions to widow and children;
which was referred TO the House Calendar, and
ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Houk, from the Committee on War
Claims, reported back with a favorable recon-
mendatiOn the bill to extend the time for filing
claims for horses and equipments lost by officers
and enlisted men in the service of the United
States which was referred to the Committee of
the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed.
The general deficiency bill was taken up and
discussed at some length. The bill granting
the use of tents for 5000 soldiers at the coming
National Encampmentat at Baltimore was passed;
also bill granting the use of tents to the
militia Of Minnesota for their summer and fall
encampment A bill was introduced granting
condemned cannon to Goodrich Post, of Dan
vile, Pa. Bills were passed for the relief of
certain army officers for services performed
during the rebellion, and granting the loan of
tents to the Northwestern Missouri and South
western Iowa Veteran Soldiers Associations for
use during the Annual Encampment at Council
Bluffs, Iowa.
Mr.. Holman presented the resolutions adopted
by Thomas G. Stevenson Post, G. A. R., of the
Department of Massachusetts, and the petition
of John S. Perkins and others, and of R. r.
Wade and others, citizens of Massachusetts,,
urging the passage of bill to provide for pay
ment of female nurses who served during the
war; referred to the Committee on War Claims.
In the House on Wednesday bill was passed
appropriating $4,000 for a public building at
Scranton, Pa. The House then resolved itself
into Committee of the Whole and took up the
general deficiency appropriation bill. Several
speeches were made and number of amend
ments offered, the subject occupying the atten-
ton of the House up to the hour of adjourn
ment.