The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-04-07
TOPICS OF THE DAY.


THE consular and diplomatic Appropria-
l1on BIN. with an amendment increasing BY
po,ooo che amount - apart for state Depart
ment contingent expenses. passed she senate;
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Sui "; taken Up and nr. washbnrn sdyo-
sstsd 4 mean. q y. e sSor
place the Sin in harmony with the history
q sns country" An al1sien to, e shs ~ ,uf Hs
mond. 81 Georgia An amendmens We q.
tered limiting che operation Of the law 20 ten
years Instead Of twenty.
IN TIE Senate. March -, the bills IN rela-
don 20 the vencxuela award we're indefinitely
postponed. The resolution for reciprocity
treaty with Mexico vss referred g Commit
nrisiion Bill came from committees. With
amount q 81 ~ 800. In the HOUSE. debate
q ord sns c Il south Nc cslins. and NJ wise
Pennsylvania. spoke IN favor Of tne Dill. ana
Mr. Morse and Mr.. Joyce opposed y:
ssy sSs s6s zS 'nsF rass srosss tie
debate % 3 Close In the course q MS re-
marks he said he witnessed scene the other
day-ns sav one 2, sce ,op2S,s e member
nese Companies. through their agents in thia
s Sss a. y every so He Knew e s%o %
road corporations that had united % defeat
this bill. number Of emendmente we're re-
Iected. ana the blu hna'lv passed BY : vote %
THE bin authorizIng The construction Of :
bridge over the Missouri River - or near A.
row Rock. No. passed the Senate. March p.
The me-. savine service bin was debated.
amended, and passed-le % g ~: Kellogg
reported bill appropriaeing $500 e. for
3 e esRPps s9e s On sSs sssspP ana
With the plans rscommsndsd by re Miss!s-
sion discussion va resumed. and Mr: Miller,
Of New York. gave some reasons TOR HE belief
IN protection. he said be feared that unless
"a S III, s issue ehey would Be- ieit Il home.
The House passed number q pnvets W. 4,
one referring 20 court Of claims the claim 9!
captors Of Che ram Aibemarie- Adjourned
until the 9Th
In the Senate, March 9TH, the COMMITTEES
on revision Of the laws was instructed g IN
ouire what leei -lation Wa necessary 70 define
che term sIndian country" - used In ths
Revised Statutes. The bill for the ad'
mission OF Dakota was rocommitfod- In<
bin passed Ersntinx pension. g s p,r x'o Tn.
q SsF s;, z's s,; en- dneassed
The agricultural appropriation Dill Vas e
ported with amendments. Mr.. Calls reso!u
ton n favor q paying spsna'sn ssm, sesos
.-...In the Housc. bills were introduced and
referred authorizing payment Of medical ex
perts IN the Guiteau trial. not exceeding "
issue of IS 900 ooo fractional currency;. e
the appointment q Joint committee q u
teen % investigate the overflow ana fepor
ne ss' poss.o y appropriation bin Va =
ported ana referred 70 committee Of th
whole. The Garleld Memorial hospital bil
new extradition treaty with England va re
ferred-
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
The appointment Of Judge Blatchfor'
- Associate Justice Of the Supreme CouI
has been confirmed BY the Senate.
GEN. GRANT and bis wife have bee
entertained q dinners given BY secretar
Frelinghuysen. President Arthur. Georg
Bancroft, Gen. Edward Beale. and Ban
croft Davis.
The President has rendered % Sens
cor Teller the secretaryship e the interior
THE Minnesota Senate, BY vote
% 70 8, found Judge Cox guilty Of the q
lenses charged against him. The verdi
deposes him from The bench and disqualifi'
him from holding ofIlce for three years
COLLECTOR ROBERTSON, Of Ne
York. SAYS: II have read the testImor
given By 6hipherd before the House Con
nIttee. and % far - that testimony relat
% me, shipherd has stated facts tersely a
eAlrly. I was employed By the Peruvil
Company % examine questions affecting q
~~~rr.rv "a a. rive 4 LEGAL 0oinion m