The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-01-25
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGREssIoNAT. PRoCEEDINGs.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
JANUARY 13.-AIr. ingalls, introduced
bin providing for the appointment by the
President Of seven commissioners from civil
life to consider and investigate the whole
subject OF railroad TRANSFORMATION and report
20 Congress the first Monday in December
1883 The second section fixes the salary of
the Commissioners at $40 per Cav and travel
ing expenses. The bill for the relief Of Ben
Holiday and the Agricultural bill were dis
Cusscd' '''''' Immediately after the reading Of
OF the Whole Mr.. Reed fMe.) in the chair, on
the Pension Appropriation bin. 1t appropri-
for army pensions, 81 900 600 for navy pen
Sious $4,000 tor ices and expenses OF the ex-
auce for Ucn-ioJl' flents $40 Go0 foI. contin
EcncIcs. Mr.. O'Ncil (Pc n.), under authority
of the Committee on appropriations, moved
20 increase the appfop pIlalIon Ipr army pen
slons to tS5, 100000, and after some discussion
tie motion was adopted. An amendment
was also adopted making Immediately avalI-
able 1000 OF the appropriation for fees and
expenses Of the examining surgeons, and the
committee rose ana reported 70 inc llouse'
when the bill was passed. The Fertilization
pm, which approprate5 $4,000 was also
passed, as was the Dlli adjusting the pensions
for persons who lost az eye in the naval or
military service.
JANUARY 15.--In the Senate several petit
tiOns relating to tariff changes and one asking
appropriations to make immi igratiOn inspect
Ors II means of preventing the spread of
small -poN were submitted. A numbcrof bills
were then introduced and referred, and at
,Iif ri t IIia 'i'S .,10 J,I1 AK ~ az
russed. AZ the ciOseof the morning hour the
q irngfhT dise,lssIoT en- 5IIed In the fTouso
Joseph Wheeler was sworn in as a Represent
Under the call of states "a number Of bills we're
introduced and referred among them a bill to
tir-t Monday in Narch Iss2 Tfuder tbe
SnealE@I, raII II conn, tttoc. for ,0mtion, ~
suspend the rules, Mr.. Butterworth, from
moved To- ado9t a RESTITUTION f,ino Wednes'
Ga,- mo Jftn inst Tor ~, ,I.',s;Jor., -, ~
7ncasIle- ron, tiat ro,nInirt, ,iich ,fl,a
e,irf+rd ,aT%t, 80 it nd w. y, ' - o., ~
necessary two thirds In the aflirmat've 4
resolution was adopted making the bin for
,EG 5ubn",It , "5 5o common rc9n"l7 me spe4iai
"A letter from the Secretary OF the Nsy,. with
the report of the Naval Advisory Board as to
the wisdom ana cxpediencv Of compIctfng
the frGncIuds NIouadDocIy Puritan Aupbi-
tritp and Terror I}p .arrcJ
JANUARY lG.--lh the Senate Mr.. Dawes,
from the Committee on Indian Affairs re-
,,o7tnd a him for ~, ,ll t,,,,,,t Of tonic T., ~.
a. "''' ho' lio % u l'''t"S III sC'
1Ituty 10 Ihe pt,a"a lldiahs OF Jhe lhdlan
l'lih'tN. rev o'hcf - us not ,oi geheTll
interest wcremlsO reported. The bill for the
1ctltt nI 'on n lIlciy WasIu theT con~l tered
Dut il1 INC cIosG OF me morning h"ur the blIl
'i.lll'lIlce' tepotiea LitNol ilny lhG House plIl
~ Ht'l'll 'pS bSatal lll"ii'A -oi HS' System;
tI1l Gu l l7ill, - ,'l !; 81 81
,I ,'' '.... III ~ t''e h"u7e. JoaCpH r ~.
g @ " a. 1 u +, 49, ~, p l'' tss ~. Y =
MIR. UpdcgraH, dccea~ed Mr. Carpenter
ti'W@ submit ieda conference report on the
~, @ "a III en-, 600 NO
.I,nro tb,,, ,. ~ ,,,sead thr II,,,sr Mo tGtoI
,,,t,,rt ,,,,-,,,,I.,ato ems Gt0 Nj. L-,Iia,y
NON, fno tyavl t,rd NIaors GnrnT1itt tee ~
5orf.d rl TARIFF biI ,hicb ls rffcI,,.,l f., ~ a
Eouruittcc Of the-WhO e. Vhs Naval ApDrO-
prfutf0n bill was also rrportcd- The House
then went into Committee Of the Whole. Mr.
RYAN tkun) in the Chnir ON the state OF the
Union, Alter rba committees rose MIR fam
runnd from tho TIdici;TrI- t:ornrnittco snb-
mftted an adverse report on the measures tC
admit Majors, contingent member from Ne.
hraska.
J,>v,py i'm the Sonata Mr. nd.
IhuRu-, bS request, luJioduccd OIL 20 pro
vide for the appointment of commission &
in,.pstirutc tbc subfnct or oilrood a t,,n.,,orta
to M, ~, r 80, ,.,,,,,,t ~, ~, ri,,i
tnrlI ,,,nrnnpiatfon mn ,,,o1 lr,Toed 20 M,
POS. .6fiirn INSTRUMENTATION lin ,vos tGnn co1,
-iIarcd o,,d ,ftaT. snrno debate ana tbo a(IC,t
iion of an nfn6ndncnt striisfne, ont the Hons,
'''i ~ 90 iii - 90 - ~ ,' 'io'