The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-02-22
NEWS IN BRIEF.

NEWS IN BRIEF. |
Domestic, Foreign aud Con
GreSSi..ii''l
CONaREssIONAL.P PR0CEEDrNas.
In THE United States Senate on the 18th, Mr. |
Davis (W. va.) presented the credentials Of Mr. |
kenns elected to succeed him a. Senator from West
Virginia Read and Sled. Mr.. Blair presented sew
eral petitions Of citizens of Virginia. North Caro-
lima and South Carolina for National aid to COM
mon schools. Mr.. Vest presented q memorial of
the most citizens Of ST. louis asking that
General Sherman, when he retires. be placed on
the retired Hist with the rank of General. Mr..
Window reported the bill providing for the execu-
ton Of the provisions Of the supplemental treaty
suppression of the opium traic. After the intro
auction Of bill to legaize the Incorporation Of the
mp In Committee of the Whole, completed ana re-
ported to the Senate-......I In the House motion
OF Mr.A Mcrey (ohio), the Senate bill was passed
Second National Bank of Xenia, Ohio. Under the
call Of States, lar number of bills were intro
duoed and I'd, referred Mr.. Robertson ILal intro,
prohibiting transmission through the mails of lot
terry advertisements. Mr.. Guenther reported the
Joint resolution for Commission and Jeint Com
mission on Immigration. A bill was reported
granting pension Of fifty dollars per month to the
granddaughter of Thoma, Jefferson. The Tariff
schedule acted upon. The Legislative Appropria-
ten Bill was considered In COMMITTEES of the
Whole.
In the United States Senate the 18th, the
President laid before that body the resolutions of
the Legislature of Nebraska, asking for the admis
sion Of Canadian lumber free of duty, and COM
mendlng and thanking Senator Van Wyck for his
efforts to put lumber on the free list. The joint
resolution passed admitting free Of duty a monu-
msnt to Gen. Washington. to be imported by the
Society at Cincinnati, at Philadelphia. Mr.. Sewell
presented the credentials IF his colleague Nc Pher
son, reelected to the Senate from New Jersey.
Read and filed. The President laid before the SEN
ate the resolution of the Commercial Exchange, at
equitable bankrupt law. Mr.. Kellogg introduced
two bills to improve the navigation Of the Missis
dppi Mr.. Sawyer presented resolutions of the
stion fer harbor At superior Wis. The Tariff
Bill was then taken up and reserve amendments
aasptsd In the House, on motion BY MI.
missioners of the Freedmen's saving and Trust
Company to examine and audit all claims against
a nee be
1851. The Senate bill passed granting the right Of
way to the st. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
NJ. Page, Chairman of the COMMITTEES on Conn
merce, reported the River and HaIbor Bill. Or
dered printed and recommitted. The appropEia-
ton recommended Is 81, 1881, 900. The House then
went into Committee on the Tariff Bill, and on mo-
ton Of Mr. Carlisle the duty on nickel was reduced
motion Of Mr.. Page duty Of Is per cent. ad vaio-
ren was imposed up n quicksilver. Other slight
changes were made. when the Committee rose and
the House adjourned.
In THE United States Senate on the 1lth, Mr.
Blair introduced bill to prohibit the employment
performance of labor by convicts or persons re-
strained in their Hberty upon works or property Of
the United States, and the expenditure of any
moneys of the United States on account of such
labor The Senate resumed consideration Of the
Tariff bill. The pending question was on agre eing
to an amendment made In Committee of the Whole
putting books. etc., on the free list Mr.. Morrill,
opposed the amendment. Mr.. Bayard said he
voted to put books on the free list,
but but upon reelection he moved to amend
s1sss Agreed TO- fS .ft II the nd duty & Is pe per
itt ee Of the whole from 20 to is before the para
graph was struck out. A duty of seventy-fve
cents per ton was imposed on bituminons coal
Tariff bill was Immediately taken up in Committee
OF the Whole. All efforts to increase the duty on
manufacturers articles or wares, wholly or in part
wood and woodeuwnre was completed The Legis-
lative Appropriation bill was considered at the
evening session.
In the United States Senate on the 18th Mr.. Cock
rel presented several petitions of Oranges in Mis-
souri, for the creation of Secretary of Agriculture
"
atory, and of several educational institutions In
Missouri for the appointment Of practical astron-
omer superintendent of the Naval Observatory
and for the construction Of new observatory un;
DER scientific supervision. Mr. Morrill, presented 3
remonstranee against any reduction of the tariff
upon books below twenty-five per cent. signed by
Oliver Wendell Holiness T. D. Aldrich and John
G. Whittier as "writers of books" After q short
executive session the Senate resumed cons deration
Of the Tariff bill. The bill was amended by q sec
ton repeating sections 9U7 and 90S of the Revised
and card clothfng - In the House, Mr.. William,
(Wis) submitted the conference report on the Jap
snese Indemnity Fund Bill. The effect of the bill
rs agreed to in conference is to return to Japan the
original sum received from that Government $685.
o00), without interest to pay the officers and
Of the wyoming and To Kiang $4,000, and canoe
all bonds comprising the japanese indemnity fund
Several members xpres ed tine opinion that an at.
tempt to pay back only p,rt of the money due an.
fly seemed to think the adoption of the report
would be step in the right direction, and the best
thing obtainable this session, and the bill did moi
premises; so the conference report was agreed to-
1872 to "a. The sugar schedule of the Tariff Bill
was then considered in Committee Of the Whole.
AT HOME.
CHAs. r. THoRNE, JR., the actor, was bur
ried from his residence, No. SO Unior
Place, New York, on the 18TH According
to the wish of the deceased there were nj
religious services whatever. The remainl
were accompanied to Woodlawn Cemetery
only by the pallbearers, Mrs. Charles R
Thorne, jr., Edwin F. aud Miss Emil,
Thorne.
EDwARD G. SEeuIN, of New York, who's,
wife few months ago Killed her thre,
children and then committed suicide, ha
executed bill of sale to DR.. Royal W
Amidon, the dead woman's brother, of al
interest in the estate of his wife, and at tn
same time executed to DR.. Amidon powe
OF attorney to dispose of all his property
personal and real.
The Grand Jury of the Maine Suprem
Court has indicted the Maine Central Rail
road for causing the death of DIR. A. J. Pick
ard who was struck by train.
MISSES BOOTH and Charlesworth an
three others were expelled from the Salvs
ton Army, on the 18th, being unable t
account for the proceeds of the collectio
at the meeting of the army at Genevs
NY.
GOVERNOR MoENERY, of Louisiana, ha
suspended W. W. Bradley, Sheriff and ez
officio State and Parish Tax Collector Q
East Carroll Parish, he being defaulte
for $4,000. He will be prosecuted.
REUBEN CoBwIN and James Hamlir
farmers and brothers-in-law, living nea
Pana, Illinois, on the 18th settled an oil
grudge, in the presence of their wives, i
desperate fight with knives. Corwin ws
stabbed in the neck and Hamlin in th
left breast. Corwin fired two ineffectus
shots from revolver. Both were alive 6
last accounts, but their wounds had bee
pronounced mortal.
The Secretary of the Interior has decide
that thepreference right of the party wh
secures the cancellation of homestea
entry is purely personal one belonging I
the contestant only, and does not descen
to another upon his death.
REPRESENTATIVE FULLER introduced
resolution in the Illinois House on Il
18th, that the followin= be added to tt
State Constitution: "No person shall man
facture, SELL or keep for sale in this Sta
any alcohol, whisky, highwines, wine, al