Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-20
WASHINGTON.
Efforts of the Texas Delegation TO Inn
prove Our Postal Service.
Mayor Smith Homeward Bound--Notes
OF the Day.

tir, less in their efforts 10 increase MAJ
facilities in different portions OF Texas
Every dav calls are made at the post
Office department TO explain the need'
of the people in the growing section
of the state. Earnest petitions ar
coming to Washington for new maj
routes, and he large size and rapi'
Growth OF Texas requires a create
number of mail changes than au!
state in the Union. The department
officials say they have difficulty IL
keeping correctly posted,
| PERSONAL.
A letter was received here to-da!
| from MAYOR smith ia New York. III,
saws that he has left for Texas, vii
Cincinnati. H. NJ. Herman will re
| main later to transact the business fol
which they had gone to the metropo
| lis II was the intention of Mayor
| Smith To return to Fort 10y way o.
Washington, but later developments
caused him to change his mind.
POSTAL MATTERS.
Richard. Cox was commissioned
postmasrsT at Cox, Lamar county, and
Abbie Dickson ut Walker Station.
rhe route from Oakville TO Cotulla has
been curtailed twenty-five miles, t.
begin at rilden Leaving Oakville,
the mail will run six times weekly.
GEN. oRp's FUNERAL.
The body OF Gen. ord is expect ed to
reach here on the 27lh. The United
States troops at Washington barracks,
under command of Gen. Ayers, will
escort the remains to Oak Hill. The
following general officers are detailed
rs pall-bearers: Generals Bennett, Nc
Fealy, Wright, HaZon, Sackett, Rock
ct, Halbard and Perry. The department
of state received information confirm
ing the report of the dangerous illness
of Minister Hunt.
DE LONGS REMAINS.
Secretary Chandler, the Russian
minister, and number of bureau off
GERS of the navy department leave for
New York to participate in the cere-
monies of the reception of the remains
of De Long aud his comrades.
BY Associated Press.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
Washingt0 February l0.-John CO.
burn Of Indiana, associate justice OF
the supreme court of Montana.
NOMINATIONS.
Max Weber of New York, consul at
Nantes, III. b Prieste OF the District of
Columbus, consul at Mozambique.
A GRACEFUL ACT.
The British government has tender
ed to the United States the steamer
Alert for The Greedy relief expedition.
She was built especially for the Arctic
seas, and will be used as IA supply ship
aud follow i'll the wake of the other
vessels.
COCKRELL's BILL.
\ bill was reported by Cock
rell from the committee on
military affairs to provide
for the disposition of abandoned and
useless military reservations. 1t pro-
vides that land included within any
reservation which has or may become
useless for military purposes shull be-
PLACED under control of the secretary
of war forIappraisal and public sale,
and also such lands shall not be sub
iect to the HON. stead pre-emptiOn oI
timber culture laws. In the
report accompanying the BILL the
committee submits Il table showing
the number of areas of military reser-
vatiOns which shows here are in all
Isl such reservations whose areas ag.
gregate 3, 920, $50 acres.
a TARIFF PROTEST.
The ways and means committee
gave u hearing to-day to representa-.
lives of the glass and pottery indus,
tries, who made arguments against
the proposed reduction of tariff.
SENATE.
Washington, February 10. Senator
| Dawes, from the committee on Indian
affairs, reported bill providing foi
| the punishment of tresspassers on In.
| dian lands 10y imprisonment for one
year or Il fine of $780, or both. The
action of the committee was upon the
recommendation or the secretary OF
the interior, and especially intended
to keep Payne and his followers out OF
the Oklahoma country.
Senator Morrill,, from the com.
mittee on finance, reported the
Till adversely authorizing the pay
nent OF customs duties in ie.
gal tender notes, bIt asked in defence
to the wish of another senator that it
be placed on the calendar Healso re-
for retirement of small legal tender
notes. The bill To provide for the is
sue of circulation to national banks
was taken up, when Mr.. Bayard adj
dressed the senate in opposition To
Plumb's amendment.
HOUSE.
Washington, February i0.-In the
house during the early hours This
morning was scene of great couf,l-
sion and excitement. Hiscock Al
tempted TO have bill read, when the
Democrats objected with great empha-
sis. He was standing fun i'm front of
the speakers desk, where he was sur
rounded by an excited crowd of adher-
ents and opponents, and finally the
disorder became so great that the SER
vices of the sergeant-at-arms were re-
quired to restore some degree of order.
Tucker, approaching to within a
couple of feet of Hiscock, addressed
him directly, and called him to order
The gentleman calls me to order. -
exclaimed Hiscock cxcitedly, "be-
cause his side is unwilling to have adj
vertised to the country the bill which
they attempt TO force down this
house -
AT o'clock motion was agreed to
revolving all leaves of absence granted
for this Legislative day. AT $40 n
quorum was obtained and Hewitts
motion making Mexican pensions the
special order for the Dist inst. was sec
onded 10y 1875 TO /. The resolution was
then adopted; yeas l75, nays IS.
The announcement OF the result WAS
received with applause ON the Demo-