The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-29
IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
uoNoaEssIoNAL PROCEEDINGS.

THERE was no session Of the Senate on
The 18th .. In the House bills passed;
Granting the consent Of Congress for the
COnstruc ion Of dam across the Missis-
sippi at 81. cloud; extending the duration
OF the Alabama claims Court OF commits
sionCrs; for the appointment of two Hddi-
tiOnal Associate Justices Of the Supreme
Court OF Dakota; TO change the Eastern
aud Northern judicial districts Of Texas, and
attach part of the Indian Territory thereto.
Senate amendments to the Indian ApprOprt-
alton bill were nOn-cOnCurred in. There was
q lively debate among Missouri members over
The bin dividing the Eastern and Western Dis
tricts of Missouri into divisions, and prescrib-
ing times and places for hold court therein.
IN the Senate on the l9,h bills were re-
ported favoutbly and placed on the calendar:
10 establish another Judicial Circuit by divid-
ing the Eighth Judicial Circuit Increasing
pensions of soldiers and sailors who lost an
arm or leg. Limiting the time for instituting
prosecutions Tor violations Of the Internal
RpyputIe laws A mort r3.is of the late President
Garfield, made by an Italian artist, was nc
Ccpted, "A bill was introduced to declare for
feted the unearncd lands granted the At
luntic Pacific Railroad company. A .eugthy
debate was had over the bill providing Tor an
investigation of the recent bank failures. ...
In the House the contested election case Of
wallace W. Mckinley was postponed bllls
were introduced and referred: Authorizing
the Secretary of the Treasury TO use all sur
plus money lu the treasury in the redemption
Of outstanding bonds at par. Directing the
same official 10 allow "a rebate of ten per cent.
register. The consular and diplomatic apprO-
prIation bill passed; also the army ana Dis
trict of Columbia appropriation bills. mo
tion 10 make tho senate bankruptcy bill a
special order for Tuesday, June 10, was lost.
In tho Sena'e on the 2Oth bills passed
Extending to August, 1885, the time for com
plotting the cable authorized 10y the act of
AugUs.. lsS2. Providing for the construction
of public buildings at DCtrO {. For the con
structiun OF q bridge across the Missouri
River in Douglass County, Neb. The agri
cultural nnpi iopriatton bin also passed.
the House NJ O.. Hewitt rose to npr-
6Onul explanation regarding a letter bearing
his signature. which has appeared in he press
the chairman Of the Ways and Means Commit
tee. Tho Indiana contested election case of
English VS. fCcllc wus then discussed until
adjournment.
presented protesting against Government as
sumption of the telegraph service. Bis
passed for the erection of public buildings in
various cities: also authorizing the issue of
the Congressional Record and United States
.HtutCs to public libraries; tor the cOnstruC-
tiOn Of a bridge across the Mississ ppi at Sib-
ley, NJ D., and for bridges over the Missouri,
Illinois ana Jane, Rivers at various points D..
. In the House the English-Pc'lC contested
CHse was decided by the adoption of the mi
III,
In the Senate on the 2ld the bill passed
authorizing the construction of bridge.
over the Missis sipp River at -. Paul;
Rsl, tho bill creating the Northern Judi
ciul District of Texas, providing for the
holding of courts twice year AT Browns
vile, also, the bill COmpcnSating the ON
GERS and men Of the Go crnmcut steamer
}. Don Cameron for losses incurred 10y
the sinking Of the steamer in the Missouri
River iu lot3. The labor bill was discussed
until dIOurnmCnt... In tho House bill
passed authorizing the coustru 'tion of bridge
over tho Missouri river at bulO ard Decatur
Nch. The EngHsh-Pceilc contested election
case was taken mp and, after stormy de
bate, Mr.. fccllc was oustci and Mr. EnEisl
ttrt.