The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-22
Monday, February II.

A -Soon after the senate met this
morning, Pendleton of Ohio arose to perform
the saddest and one of the most heroic acts OF
his life, and that was to present the credentials
of his successor, Henry i. Payne, recently
elected to Mr.. Pendleton's seat by the Ohio leg
stature. He did it without finicling.
Bills were introduced for q survey of passes
between the afiiuents of the upper Mississippi
and Columbia rivers to ascertain the distance
between the nayigable waters of those rivers;
authorizing u foot and carriage or railroad
bridge across the river at 81. Paul (Mr. McMil-
LAM; authorizing the Mississippi river commits
sion to appropriate land and material required
for Its work. The bill passed securing to Amer
lean inventors the full term of seventeen years
for their patents IN cases whore foreign patents
expire before that time. The senate voted to
recede from its amendment to the Greedy relief
expedition bill. TIT resolution for the relief
OF flood sufferers, mentioned i'll the house pro-
ceedings, was adopted.
The bill reported in the senate fixing the sal
aries OF judges of district courts fixed the sal
aries of judges of the districts of Minnesota,
Kansas and Western Arkansas from July l.,
1881, Mt $4,000 and the judges of the following
districts.
The Senate confirmed; Henry D.. Lyman,
Qhio, second assistant postmaster general;
William Christy Wilson, La, assayer of the
master, Iowa Falls, Iowa.
Register of Land Oiitces-Myron II. McCord,
Mansau, Vas. Henry Esperson, La Crosse,
Wis r. N. johnson, Fergus Falls, Mimi;
Henry ", Lord, Gree!sburg, Oak.
Carrie G. Bell, receiver of public moneys, Bay
field, Wis.
Nominations.-Hcnry NJ. Lawson, Texas,
agent Quapaw agency, Indian Territory; Dan
lol u. Dyer, Kan, agent Cheyenne band, Ara.
paioe agency, Indian Territory. James II
Stewart. postmaster, Charieton, Iowa.
HousE-Bilis and resolutions were intro
dnced facilitating the settlement of private
land claims; restoring those dropped from the
pension rolls for disloyalty; providing for the
election of president and asolishing the electo-
raj college; encouraging Indian education in
Dakota; nbolishing the Office of assistant sur
seon general of the army; for
the MississippiatS ST Paul (Mr. Washburn); re-
pealing the import duty on books in foreign
languages (Milo Whitel; for the preservation
OF forests at the sources OF nayigable rivers;
amending the Pacific railroad act 20 as to re-
quire q company 10 build n railroad and tele-
graph line from Sioux City, Iowa, west to the
Union Pacific via the Niobrara valley (Milc
White): requiring the secretary of the treasury
to pay SlUO,0U GO in 3 per cent bonds. The
military academy appropriation bill was re-
ported, also a joint resolution appropriating
$SG0,N0 for the relief of the food sufferers.
Aster o long debate the resolution passed
2s3&3 to 12.
MI. Washburn introduced in the house to-
day q bill to authorize the construction of one
Or more carriage or railrond bridges across the
MlssissiPpi river at st. Paul. 1t is a substitute
for . similar bill introduced by him some tim
bgo.
A bill was introduced in the house to-day by
Hon. ID. D. Henderson of iowa to provide fol
the Issue of circulating notes to national bank
associations.