Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-09

amount of revenue collected in each
and cost of collection.
O'Neill of misunderstanding pen
sion to the widow of General Frank u.
Blair.
Stockslager-To place coal and wood
on the free list.
Breckenridge--To extend the money
ORDER system to county seats with 1000
Inhabitants.
BY Associated Press
DEATH OF MRS. PATTERSON.
Washington, January S--Mrs.
Lucretia Il. Patterson, ife of Senator
John j. Patterson of South Carolina
died of heart disease this morning.
FORFEITURE OF LAND CRAFTS.
The house committee on public
lands acted favorably upon the report
from the subcommittee on land
grant forleitures. declaring forfei ed
the grants of seven roads, as follows
Gulf d Ship Island, Elyton Il Boards
Bluff; Savannah IL Albany; Tuscaloosa
Il Mobile; st. Louis, Iron Mountain d
Southern, formerly the Iron
Mountains; Missouri IL Iron Noun
tain of Arkansas; Mobile & New Or
leans and Memphis d Charleston. 1t
was determined 10 hear the attorney
of the Texas Pacific road at special
meeting on Thursday Of the commit
tee 10 consider the forfeiture of the
land grant to that company.
a SUB COMMITTEE.
Al meeting of the house committee
on postoffices and post roads Rogers,
Ward, Taylor, Bingham and Wake
field were appointed members OF sub
committee on postal telegraph.
COMMITTEE WORK.
The house committee on patents has
agreed unanimously To report favora-
bly, the bill authorizing the attorney
general 10 begin proceedings in any
United States circuit court To set aside
a patent when il shall ,ppear to his
satisfaction that such patent has been
procured by fraud or misrepresenta-
ton, and empowering the courts oft e
United States to adjudge such patent
void in whole or i'll part, upon proof of
fraudulent procurement.
The committee also agreed to report
favOrably The dill 10 amend Che patent
laws, so as to provide when an article
is patented in foreign countries pre-
vldusly 10 obtaining patent in the
United States. the patent granted in
this country shall not expire till seven
teen years after the date OF the issue
of the foreign patent.
The house committee on military
affairs will report favorably tie bill
relative TO the dat, of mastering in
certain officers. The object of the
measure is to pay these officers for all
the time served. Members OF the
committee are OF the opinion that
nearly every regiment in the late war
had one or two officers who will be
affected by the bill. In some instances
they served year or more before
being mustered.
Alilthe Interstate commerce bills he.
fore the committee on commerce VIII
be considered 10y the whole committee,
and have precedence over all other
business. The chairman of the COM
mittee il instructed 10 report them
back to the house at any time for
reference.
DE LoNG's REMAINS.
Secretary Chandler is making ar
engagements to have the bodies of Lien
tenant. Commander DeLong and his
companions appropriately received on
their arrival 1T New York.
He will direct the commander
or naval officers TO receive the
bodies, aud they will be accompanied
by relatives and friends of the de-
ceased. Upon reach ng New York,
the bodies will be taken To the New
York navy yard, where Temporary
vault Will be erected, in which they
will remain until iilalIy Inferred i'm
opnOrdanaa with five Xyi5nps of friends