The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-02-20
Washington


reported by him 10 the Senate, provides that
foi the purpose Of securing the benefits oi
common school education 10 all the children
living in the United states, there shall be
appropriated annually FOR ten Years a sum
OF money beginninr with Sij,OOO,Oh and
diminished by Sl0)O,OO IN each sue
ccediug year. which sum shan Da
| mid ont b. each Of the several States and
| Territories and the District of Columbia III
| that urnrortion which the whole number of
persons Of ten years aud over in such State
| or Territory. or in the District. who cannot
| rend md write, bear to the whole number OF
such persons in the United States, according
J 10 the census Of 1850. IL provides that no part
| of the money shall he paid out 10
any Stat, OF Territory which shall not, dur
ing the first five years of the operation OF
the act annually eXpend for the malnte-
| nance of the common schools nj least one
third II the SUN which >hall be allotted 70 IL
of this propGsal slucatilnai fluid, anl lur =
ing the second five years, n sum at least
equal TO the whole amount of the allotment
made to It,
Tnp last national debt statement issued
| shows the following:
Decrease Of debt during January sll,95S,Oi
Decrease of debt since June ~, .,.- 400
! lNSi. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Np,Vu.,fo1
Cash in the treasury ............. Ttb,ilJ'-b.
Gold certificates outstanding. lOl,2N,o!,
silver certificates outstanding. llO,l5',oDi
inp''','.,'..'..',.....,..... vi v''''', lG,SsO,OO
i'G'u'''''6 n., ''' '''',"''' '..,,,'''.. 500. .aJ
Feoel tenders outstanding ...... SAG, ,6Sl on
fractional currency mot includ-
ing amount estimated as lost or .-
: destroyed ................,..'' o''o',-'
' | l.. -. .,st.sr 90.
SiI Nations, Of New York, have been
D Washington asking foran indemnity of abou
81, OOO for lands surrendered TO the GOV
, ernmeut many years ago.
y A DELEGATION of six men, representing I'll
! Ama,pamated Association of Iron Worker
the Miners association ot the PittSburg dl
trict and the Glass Worker, association, {
Il Pittsburg, have been testiying before I'll
u House committee on labor and endeavorln
e 10 secure legislation % prevent the imporu
ton Of foreign laborers under contract.
i THE Senate labor committee ordered
" favorable report on the bill establishing eng
~ | hours as n DAYS work for luborcrs and II
er chanics in government employ.
ii. DURING January the various United stat
ho | mints coined ~, lNO gold pieces, worth )
COL, ,2i5: $3.50, 900 standard silver dollars;
=, O5O,OOO dimes worth Sluj,OJO, and 2,S'3,'
" minor pieces, worth sl0i,71S, making to
o' OF {, $50 $50 pieces, worth Sl,2H, VS.
mo- Mr.. BuRCuARp, The director of the Unit
he stat.s mint, told Subcommittee OF
n House committee on weights AM mcasur
d, hat he thought between five and seven III
lion trade dollars were out, and he beleV
In the hands of traders. The sub commit
eu has been considering the subject OF the vii
in drawal of the trade dollar from circulation
congres ional enactmsnt.
,!s THE President sent the following nomi
la tons to the Senate: Henry ID. LYMAN
~ Ohio, to be second assistant postmaster-g
eral; William II. Dickson, of Utah, to ba
torney of tho United States for the Terrific
of Utah.
The Senate confirmed the nomination oi
rio A. Leonard, TO be consul'general OF
do United States at Calcutta: Oscar Malmros,
at Minnesota, to be United States consul
ts Leith; Joseph II. Durkey, as United Sta
en- | marshal for the northern district OF Flor
md and Richard S. Tuthill, United States
vii torney for the northern district OF lllinoi
at MR RICHARD A. ELMER, second assist
poStmaster-general, has resigned his !
age ton in order to take the presidency nj
hile American Surety comrany of New YORK
'rth EDWARD MCPHERSON, of Pennsylvi
IN has accepted the secretaryship OF the lie
lican congressional committee
ear REPRESENTATIVE YApLE, Of Michi
@ Dl called at the DEF artment Of agriculture
sona a sample of ham which had ben sen
""u him from Niles, Mich DIR. Salmon exam
the porl, and pronounced it infected
ANY trichinn to Il greater degree than any ne
10 IN ever examined. The hog appeared TO
healthy animal when killed. a iami
ties five persons IartOok OF the ham in u
ed a state One person Is dead, and four
were reported in Il critical condition.
near TuE naval appropriation bin provide
o by an nppropriation of Sl4,329, 1876, being SS
lntly 3Oi less than the estimates, andsS 30
l. less than the appropriation for the
ed at rent year.
putty Tur Senate has rejected the nomlnatlo
IL by Paul Strobach as United states marsha
the middle district OF Alabama
Pete. THE Senate committee on conlmerc'
years tboriged Mr., Frye TO report 10 the Sen'
-Four now iii, for the relief of American
pera- ping. This has been prepared by the
yd Of mitfee as n substitute for all the various
lards heretofore referred to II on the same se
subject
ONO, UoN WILLIAM M. EvARTs, represe
~ im the Western Union Telegraph company
S~''- peared before the House conni,ittee o,'
Offices and post roads, and made long
that ment against the proposed hlll estaoiis',
States noatoi tsIoornnh. He said that should I
killed nS tba three Hills before Congress tome
're he become a law the problem of govern
control Of the telegraph would not be SO
in the SENATOR MoRRILL's new coinage, bi
lurus, troduced by him in the Senate, provides
'eived the new coinage shall be based upo'
nator, ,'a,r;c svstem. that the new fractional
81 for shaii c9ntoin an amount Of silver pI
r Car. s;"',a, to tbe nominal values represent
Black t,,n,'' tu" oS cnmnarei with the standard
tudied n JnIIar. that new iiye-cent silver coin
Ire, in ',;.",oJ Cor the present five and tire
served ';otoi COINS and a one cent nickel cni
the present copper coins tp"t tt the ,,.nq traG
near silver Ill Tue .a,, nieces. and th.
,s nan,s W.. amount of silver thus u,ed SHAH oe N