Huntsville gazette., 1884-03-08
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

TaE time for holding the New Jersey
Republican State Convention has been
changed to April II.
The Ohio Republican State Convention
will be held in Cleveland April 2i.
s. NJ. WEAVER, a disabled member Of
the Iowa House, was on the 2Sth taken to
the clerks desk in a reclining chair and
wrapped in buffalo overcoat, in order to
record his vote on the Prohibitory Liquor
bill.
WASHINGTON advices of the 2Sth state
that the House Committee on Public Lands
had decided to report in favor of forfeiting
that portion of the Northern Pacific grant
where the road had not been completed
July 4, 1879. This would restore to the
public domain about 3,5)0,000 acres.
THE Rhode Island Republican Conven-
tion will be held at Providence March 20.
M. T. POLK, the defaulting State Treas
urer of Tennessee, died quite suddenly on
the 29th ult. at East Nashville.
ORRIN A. CARPENTER, charged with kill
ing Fora Burns, was taken from the Lin
coin Ill.) Jail on the 29;h ult. to Pc
tersburg, where it was expected the trial
would begin March 10.
to Congress the report of the Civil-Service
Commission. The document admitted that
there had been several violations of the
law in regard to political assessments, but
the amount collected was not one-fourth
as much as formerly. The act was consid-
cred a success.
THE widow of the immortal John Brown,
of Harper's Ferry, died on the 29th ult. at
San Francisco.
CHIEF NIMMo, of the Bureau of Statistics
at Washington, stated on the Goth ult., in
reply to the charges of manufacturing en-
igration statistics, made by John Law,
Secretary of the Department of Agricult-
ure Of Canada, that the statement was
fabrication of the basest sort.
THE Republican Editorial Association of
Indiana, at its meeting at indianapolis on
the 29th ult., deprecated making prohibi-
tion an issue in the coming campaign.
THE lower house of the Iowa Legislature
on the 29th ult. ordered engrossed the Sen
ate bill prohibiting the manufacture and
sale Of all Intoxicating liquors.
THE National House Committee on Com
merce agreed on the 29th ult. to report
Representative Stewards bill to regulate
Interstate commerce and provide for
the appointment of Commission. An
amendment prohibiting pooling had been
added to the bill. As agreed to, the bill
provides that in the transportation
of property the charges "shall be
reasonable for such services" that there
shall be no discrimination in the trans
portation of freight; that it shall be IN
ol1 10 hot 49,
ing, under any circumstances, will be un-
lawful. The bill also provides for the ap-
pointment of commission, to consist of
three members, one a lawyer, one a
railroad man and one whose qualifi-
cations are not specified, to investi-
gate complaints if satisfied the act
has been violated the Commission is re-
qured to notify the company to cease vio-
lation. If the company fails to comply
with the decision of the Commission with
in six days it will be required to show
cause why it should not be enjeined and
restrained in the continuance of such vio-
lation.
THE Prohibition bill passed the Iowa
House on the 1st-52 to 41-all the Repub-
licans and one Democrat voting for the
measure. There being Prohibition ma
jority of twenty-four in the Senate, its
passage in that body was considered GER
tain.
THE Maine Straight Greenback State
Convention has been called to meet at Au-
gusta on April SO, to select delegates to the
National Convention.
WASHINGTON advices of the 1st state that
the Post-office Appropriation bill as pre-
pared by the committee appropriates for