Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-03-19
HOME AND ABROAD.
DOIIEsTIC NEWS.
Pacific Coast lnventors.

DOMESTIC NEWS.
Pacific Coast Inventors
WASHINGTON. Msrch 1S.h.-Patents were
granted to Pacific coast inventors last week
SIS follows: j. 3. Cssebolt, San Francisco,
two patents for cable railway J. L. Cooper,
San Francisco, apparatus for cleaning sbips
sides; j. s. Creighton aud J. Taylor,
Smiths Flat, Cal, two-whee!ed vsaiele W.
L. B. Cushiug and A. d. Vest, San Jose,
CAL, animal trap; James NJ. Halsted. Oak
land, Cal, device for regulating temperature;
John j. Lscey, Oakland, Cal, coupling for
csr-heating apparatus a. w. Lockhsrt, Sac
ramento, feed-regulating device for thrashing
machines ; E. Manuls, Astoria Or, machine
for casting fish-line leads; c. W. Meador,
San Jose, cultivator and hOrse-hose August
Schilhng, San Francisco, apparatus fol
curioc tea end coffee-slso canister; NJ
SchoHz, San Franci.co, fre.escspe; Alfred
Swinsie, San Francisco, thrsshinS machine.
United states Senate.
WASHINGTON, March 1S.h.-A petition was
presented aud referred By Cullom, from the
members Of the Wyoming Legislature, pray
ing for additional compensation.
Hawley introduced bill authorizing the
Secretary Of the Navy 30 offer a reward Of
fate Of the Gresly Arctic expedition. Hawley
said such = reward might induce ships cruis-
ing in or about the Arctic zess to keep o look
out Tor the exploring party, or to turn occs-
sioEsSy out of their course n order to gethsr
Information about it. The above IS the plan
suggested by George Ksnnsp. the Arctic
traveller, when called before the Greedy Relief
Board to give his views concerning the rescue
OF Greely and his comrades,
The bin to aid in the establishment and
support of common schools was tskeu up. IIe
appropriates for the frst year SIS, 0OO OGO :;
second year, S14 600 coo; third Year, S1S.-
coo, 600, and SO on for ten yoars, decreasing
81, 900, COO yearly, TO be extsrd2t to the COM
mon school educs ionsl expenditure OF eaca
State on the basis of illiteracy
Blair addressed the Senate on The bill
On the conclusion Of BlliI's apeeoh, TIE
Senate went into executive session, and soon
zoioucaet.
Mouse Of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, March 1Sih.-RePorss were
submitted b. Reagan. OF tie Committee on
Commerce, suthorizjug the construction Of
bridges across the Rio Grauds st Laredo and
Z gle Pass. Placed on the House calendar.
Peters, of ,he same committee subniItsd a
| Tepor5 fppr priaiins 5lSO,000 fox the con-
sttucsisa Of vessels for tho yeyeDua II msriae,
.
Referred 80 ths Commissee On ApprCgria-
tions.
AZ ths expiration of The morning hour,
TownsheId movsd thai the House 60 ilto
Committee Of the Wh)ia On tie Posteffica ap-
preparation bill, and declined 20 yield 10 Cur
tin, who wished IN opportunity 20 sUhlaia 4
report Of the Foreign AEsiss Committee U on
the Lasker resolution. IheIeupon the meu-
bers Of that committee mustercd their forces
and attempted to vote down the motion, but,
though they made COED fight tee Appso-
Driaticrs COMMITTEES came out successful and
ths House went into COMMITTEES Of the
Whole, Bloun: in the chair, on the bill stated.
a long debate ensue3. and the committee
rose and reported the bill to the House.
THE previous qu; 8 ion icing ordered, az
other discussion took place, az the close Of
which the bill passed by 100 ayes to II noes,
and the House adjourned.
The Chinese Bill.
WAsHNGToN, March ISsh.-Soms time
ago Senator Miil6r asked the Senate to Tx
the dsy for the consideration Of the Chinese
bill, pnd it refused to DO so. In time the bill
will be reached in tie ordinary course Of
business on the calendar, but Senator Miller
hopes that the House bill will be passed first
and come 20 the Senate, when it can be taken
from the Presidents table and considered.
| Of which he does not approve, but which he
IVES Eusble IN committee to change, and Tor
This reason he desires TO make the House bill
ths basis Of legislation. He says ne will
spsre 10 exsrtion to bring the bill up - the
earliest possible moment.
sargeBfs Alleged Transfer.
WASHINGTON, March 1Ssh.-It is learned
st the Department of State .hat no telegram
has been sent 70 Sargent, relative to bis trans
fer 70 another post, as has been reported.
Tie " Dime literature Question.
New YoRE, March 1Sbh.-The publishers
and writers OF di1 e literature evince an IN
easicess 81 the gathering signs OF public dis
favor, and ars coming forward IN defense Of
their business FTedsIick Whitaker writes
"a long letter, in W ich re ackn Wedges hav-
ing written a grea5 many, and says the prev
alant notion that It is under the Influence Of
the dime novel that the Boy Of the Period
takes 60 murder, arson and highway robbery,
il delusiop. To-day 5 Tribune has q state
meas from the leading dim5 novel manuflc.-
urar, Gsorg5 Munro, Ia which re says ::
The public have misleading notions IS to
the circulation and profit of ohasp Libraries.
The frat edition Of 2 book seldom exceeds
7000 copies. I have. however, put out two
new books a day, Our story papers show the
greasess prof. pay o1s writer $1,000 a
YER TO write exclusively for me. Oar type
machines make us practically independent Of
Typographical UHiJas."
The sIog-ers.
CHICAGO, March 1S'h.-A prominent sport
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