Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-11

used by the presi en- in caso OF actual or threat
cned epidemic to assist local boards TO proven
or suppress the disease, and to establish ari
mnintIia more perfect quarantine. Tie ir
crease in the appropriations is made up OF
large number OF small items the majority
which are Of local interest only.
Pending consideration of the bill a messag
was received from the House announcing tina
tli-.C body had non-concurred in the Senat
amendments to the river and harbor bill lii
Senate insisted on its amen ments.
CDnsidera ion of the sundry C vii bill We,
then proceeded with, and after much debati
the amendment pro oSed by the Senate com
miltee to strike out the clause providing com.
prnsa ion by salaries instead Of fees for United
Stat marshlls, wa agreed TO.
Mr.. Be:k OF Ky. moved to include the Cin'
cnnati and Louisville exp"si ions in the clausd
providing for par icipation by the government
n the New Orleans exposition; agreed TO.
Mcssrs. Jonas and Gibson o. La. energeti-
emily opposed The commit els proposed amend
mcnt TO reduce from 500 900 to $3.50 900 the
amount appru upriated to enable tho government
| to participate in the New Orleans exposition
and NJ Gibson moved to restore the amount
to $500 900; rejected.
Tho appropriation was then made $4,000
and the bill was passed.
| HOuse.
Mr.. Bingham, o. Pn., from the committee
on post Offices and post roads, reported bill
! fxingat two cents an ounce or fraction thereof
the rate of postage on maIlable matter the
| frst-class.
Mr.. Stockslager, of Ind, from the commit
tee on p nsions, reported bill granting PEN
sions tothe surviving officers and men OF tho
| Gippccanoe campaign.
Mr.. Garrison, of Va, asked unanimous con-
sent to take up for consideration bill for TIE
| completion Of a monument 10 Mary, the
mother of Washington, Mt Fredericksburg, Va,
but Mr.. Weller, OF Ia, objected.
| The House then resumed consideration of the
bill foneiting the land grant of the ''back-
bone" rail .oad of Louisiana and it was de-
ieat-d
Conference reports on the b granting a
right of way through Indian territory to the
| Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railroad COM
pany and on he pension appropriation bill
were agreed to.
Mr.. Folney of Ala, submitted the confer
ence report on the army appropriation bill, an
nouncing an agreement upon all items except
upon the Senate amendment striking out that
portion of tho bill which regulates the compen-
! satlon to be paid to subsidized always for
army transportation, and it was agreed to, the
disagreement to the amendment indicated was
insisted on, and Messrs Forney, Townshend
and Keller were appointed as conierees.
Bills grant ng pensions of $50 month to
the widows of Comdr. Gushing and Lieut.. De
Long were discussed, but action was taken.
The speaker laid before the House a message
from the president transmitting q communica-
lon from tie secretary of the interior, calling
attention o 4 fact that no appropriation has
been mad to AIRY into operation the provi-
s!ons Of the a;. establishing bureau of lubor;
refer ed; also IL lete from the secretary the
treasury, inclosing memorial from George w
Brown, SPECIAL agent Of marine underwriters
OF New Y ork, asking t vat penalty less severe
than death be imposed Ior tho crime of casting
away a vessel in cases where only property is
mperiled.
The Senate amendments to the deficiency
appropriation bill were non concurred.
A bi was passed making Dennis, Mass
and Bourne, Mass, ports of delivery.
These bills were introduced and refcrrei;
By Mr.. Browne, ofInd., authorizing q seal for
the pension Office; by Mr. Lewis, of La,
directing the attorney general to sue tor
the recovery and restoration Of lands
granted to the New Orleans, Baton Rouge
and Vicksburg railroad company; by Mr.King,
of La, appropriating $500, coo t. he expended
by the national board of health to prevent
the introduch and spread of the Asiatic
cholera in the United States by Mr.. Maybury
ofMioh., directing the public lands comuitteo
# the Senate and House Jointly to investigate
the operations of the homestead and preemp-
.
and resolution, recitng that on February 70,
the House adopted a resolution calling on the
president for communica ions which have
passed between the United States and Russia
with respect to the treatment of Hebrews by
the latter government and that no such COM
munications have been tran mtted and re-
specially requesting the president to comply
with the resolution.
The House insisted on its disagreement with
Ino and
receded from its position with reg I'd to tho
post-office appropriation bill. The rest of the
day was spent in talk about the fortihcations
bill wi hout action
Mr.. Henley OF Cal, from the committee on
public lands reported bill for the forfeiture
of lands granted to the projected railroad from
Portland, Or, to connect with the Central Pa
cific.
The Senate amendments to ther river and har-
Dor appropriation bill were non-concurred in.
Several bills we're introduced and referred,
among them one for the construction of break
water at the northern end OF the Cape Cod ship
canal.
Mr.. Forney of Ala, submitted the confer
ence report ON the army appropriation bill. he
explanatory statement announces that the
Hose conferees have receded from the ds.,-
greement to the Senate amendment striking out
the clause relating to the rate of compensation
to subsidized rul Dads for army transportation.
! his was the only point Of difference between
the two houses. The report was agreed to
without division.
Mr.. Herbert of Ala, from the ways and
means committee, reported resolution au-
thorizing the speaker TO appoint a committee
oil five members to investigate and report
whether the Alaska commercial company has
complied with its contract and agreement with
The United States, and whether the contract
should be abrogated or modiied aad to in
quire into the circumstances under which the
act of Congress authorizing the contract waS
rassed.
The conference report on the bill granting
the right of way through Indian territory to
tho Southern Kansas railroad company was
adopted.
The Mexica1 pension bill was taken up and
the House concurred in the S nate amendment
striking out the clause granting pension to
the surviving officers and enlisted men who
served GO days il the Mexican war or who
actually served in the army and navy in that
war, ard insertin; in lieu thereof, provision
granting the pension to those who actually
served II days in Mexico or on the coasts or
frontier thereof or on route thereto.
Pending further ac ion the speaker laid be-
fore the House message from the president
vetong the FitZ John Porter bill.
MIR. Slocum of N. Y, moved that the bill be
passed notwithstanding the objections of the
president and on this motion demanded the
previous question The bill was then passed.
yeas 1853, nay "a, four more than the nece sary
two-thirds.
Earned His Liberty,
While gang of rs convicts were at worlt
recently in Plymouth, Eng, jail, one of them
hit the solitary warden in the head with
stone, inficting a stunning blow. The entire
gang then rushed upon the keeper, and life
sentence convict named Stevens lied the