The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-01
IMPORTANT EVENTS
Collased and Compiled from all
Quarters.
coNenEssroxAL PRoCEEDINe..

CONGRESSIONAL FkOCBEDNNe1S.
In the United States senate, on the 10th. the
House bill for extending the time of fling the
Alabama Claims, passed without amendment. Mr..
Plumb introduced bill for the con truetion Of 4
bridge across the Missouri River At Leaven worth.
The eenste then resumed consideration 90 Of the
twenty Per cent. ad vdiore was laid on extract Of
meat, and thirty per cent vegetables prepared
or preserved" not .otherwse provided ,, Ior; An
turers of tobacco shall, In additio to all other
quiIemsnts Of law, print or paste on ea:h package
% the lae ReAis seyersi an other ' siss. Alterations
TsT Saas S 5, 4. following 'as ass as4rs
Allison, Anthony. Barrow, Bsyard, Blair Br1Tp'
Camden, Cameron wis , Conger; Davis Gn1,
Hale, Harrison, Hawiey, Hail. Hoar, Ingalls,, jack
son, Jones (Ela-), Jone. SNeyl,, Kellogg, Logs1,
Morrill,, Platt, Plumb, Rollins, sawyer sewen,
Sherman, Slater, Tabor, Van MyGk, MindoM.42
G TaT SSs ssSs fraes Pss
dleton, Pugh, Ransom, Vest, Vance, VOORHEES,,
walker, wiInams-ls....:.Ths House considered
Of the Whole, with no definite action.
liz the United States Senate, on the 2ist, q reso-
luton was offered providing for COMMITTEES of
seven Senators to examine the Mississippi improve
ments; also resolution calling on the President for
Information as to an agreement nno9g eel.1,n y. rn
store peace in South America bill was passed,
appropriatiDg 1850 for monument at Washing
fcations Appropriation bill wa. passed, was also
the Army Appropriation bill, The joint resolution
terminating the fisheries clause in the Washington
Treaty was adopted. The. Utah I'LL was taken
up...... In the House the Senate amendmens to the
Pension Appropriation bill were concurred in.
Appropriation bill The Sundry Civil bill was con-
sidered in Co mittee OF the Whole. vigorous
discussion Tss had % sser . M ~ Ssers
tary of War to detail commissioned officers for the
Signal Service Bureau. An amendment was adopt
tail Of Officers for service in an Arctic expedition
An amendment was offered to reduce the appro-
Priation for the U. s. Geology Survey from I24co)
TO f222, ,eo0.
The United States senate on the 22d, immedi-
stely after the reading of the journal went into
ecutive session and confirmed the nomination Of Al
gernon s. Badger as Collector of Customs at New
Orleans. Mr. Garland called up the resolution Of
mittee 10 examine and report upon the methods Of
improving the navigation of the Mississippi River
below Cairo: Adopted. The Senate then proceed
ed to consider the Naval Appropriation bill The
amendment Of the committee making appropria-
tions for engines and machinery for the double
mendafion Of the Naval AdTiscry Board. was agreed
to-yeas. 27; nays, II. he other amendments of
In the House. the he ii B Ii passed creating three ad
ditionnl land districts In Dakota The Army and
Fortifcation Appropriation bills, with the Senate
referred. Mr.. Ryan submitted conference report
on the Indian Appropriation bill. Agreed to. Mr..
the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill
Agreed to. Ar. Springer obtained leave TO have
printed in the cord the memorial of the Iroquois
favor Of the cession Of the Illinois and Michigan
Canal to the United States and the construction of
Committee Of the W y hole on the sundry Civil Ser
vice bill. The amendment to reduce the appropria-
tion for the geological survey was rejected;
In THE United States Senate the z3d, an
r&ar
900 for the building of experimental gunboat.
was ruled out as proposing new legislation, was
also the section authorizing the Secretary of the
Navy to sell vessels stricken from the register.
The bill was passed The conference report on the
Consular bill was agTeed to The he Utah bill was was
Of quorum. lin the House, the "Pound" rule,
setting apart one hour each day for the considers
which there shall not be i've objections adopt
ed. The Senate amendmentsto to the Army Appro-
pliation and Fertilization Appropriation bills were
non-concurred in, and conference committees were
appointed. Mr.. Williams lWis-) Chairman Of the
Committee Foreign Affairs reported back the
resolution calling the President for all cores
pondence between the United States and Russia in
regard to the treatment of the Jews in Russia.
Adopted. The House then went into Committee Of
the Whole on the Sundry Civil Appropr alton bill.
Amendments were adopted preventing any lease
past or TO come of Yellowstone Park, and app opri-
ating $4,000 for the extension of the House
Library.
AT HOME
A BLOODY tragedy was enacted on the
21st, near Memphis, Tenn. Daniel Town
send and his wife, Minerva, an aged cou-
pie, while sleeping, were shot and killed
by Alex. Hill, youth of twenty years.
who worked on a farm owned by Town
send. No cause for the desperate deed is
assigned by Hill, who has the appearance
4f kasr
slept in the same room. The murder was
committed at three o'clock in the morning,
the weapon used being a shotgun. The
murderer fled in his night-clothes after he
committed the act, but was soon afterward
arrested and lodged in Jail. Both the
criminals and his victims were colored.
A CASE against the Maine Central Rail.
road Company for'carelessly and negligent.
ly killing DR.. A. J. Pickard, at Carmel,
Me-, December 26th last, at the crossing oi
the railroad and public highway, has
been tried. DR.. Pickard at the time was
travelling along the highway alone in q
sleigh. The alleged acts of negligence on
the part of the railroad were excessive
speed and failure to whistle and ring the
bells. Verdict, guilty. Forfeiture imposed
by the jury, 5000.
CHARLES G. CHAMBERS, travelling sales
man for London & johnson, coffee mer
chants, New York City, has mysteriousIy
disappeared, after making some heavy
collections at Greenpoint, and it is feared
he has been foully dealt with.
A FORMER member of the Dublin polict
force, now at Chicago, makes a public
statement, charging the informer, Carey
with being the chief of the assassination
eonspirators.
DURING the month OF January there
were 800 cases of smallpox in .Nachitoches
La, and seventy-five deaths from tn,
scourge- The number of cases has de
creased somewhat. Refusal of coloreC
people to be vaccinated is the principa
cause of the epidemic.
TIE suit of John NJ. Forbes against tn,
Fitchburg Railroad Company, at Boston
resulted in q verdict of Sol, 900 for tn
plaintiff.
In view of the terrible calamity in tn
Catholic school, New York, the Chicag
Board of Education has decided to hav
all the public schools inspected as to thei
provisions for escape of the scholars in cas-
of fire.
A PROMINENT Naugatuck Valley lawye
has been investigating the State Industris
School at Middletown, Conn, and the re
suit has caused no little scandal in ths
State. 1t is said that the institution is lii
tie better than house of assignation. A
Investigation will be made, and shockin
state of affairs is expected to be disclosed
OF recent inmates, Katie Boughton hs
Just given birth to an illegitimate child {
the New York City Hospital. Mar
Jessup. of Waldron, has an illegitimai
child six months old. Fannie Tucke
aged seventeen, is about to be confines
and Mary Green, aged fourteen, was col
fined January 1. The last three are at th
New Haven Home of the Friendless.
is alleged that these girls were all ruined I
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