The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1884-05-29
NEWS AND NOTES.
/ summary Of Important Events.
coseErssroNAL rRocEEDTNas.

rgvpr was no session of the Senate on
i. III, IN the House bills passed;
,.,snt,na the consent of Congress Tor tho
osa.,,s, .r.,ssr,ction of dam across the Missis-
s,rn; AZ ST Cloud; extending the duration
N Ptihe Alabama claims Court or Commls-
s'oners. y for the appointment OF TWO addi-
is,unsi Associate Justices of the supreme
,,Un@s ,,Unst of Dakota; to change tho Eastern
aDat .ua Northern Judicial dirtriets OF Texas and
@ffaeh mart of the Indian Territory thereto'
stssyn sss.,nt amendments to the Indian Appropri-
,1or hill were non-concurred in. There was
a lively debate among Missouri members over
~ XII dividing the Eastern and western Dis
irets Of Missouri into dlvldlOns ana pre5ctiD-
insr times and places for holding court therein
n the Senate on the 10sh bills were re-
( uorted favorably and placed on the calendar;
~ estahlisb another judicial Circuit by divid-
~ the Eighth Judicial Circuit, Increasing
renslons Of soldiers and sailors who lost an
ann ar lee Limiting the time Tor insttuttng
n,neeeutions for violations OF the Internal
Iierenle laws. A portrait OF the late President
serfeld. made BY an Italian artist, was ac-
cenied 4 bill was introduced to declare for
faIed the unearned lands granted the At
Mufic 4 Pacific Railroad Company. a lengthy
debate was had over the bill preyiding Tor an
;nvestiaation of the recent bank failures. =.
in flc House the contested election case OF
Wallace VS.. Mckinley was postponed Bilis
we're introduced and referred: Authorizing
he Secretary of the Treasury 70 use all sur
nIne money Ia the Treasury in the redemption
II outstanding bonds ut par. Directing tue
same official to allow rebate OF ten per cent.
on all goods imported in vessels OF American
register The consular and diplomatic appro'
priation bill passed; also the army ana DIS
irct OF Columbia appropriation bills. mo
lion to make the Senate bankruptcy Dill
special order for Tuesday, June 10. was lost.
III the sena.o on the Goth bills passed
Extending to August, 1885, the time for com
plstng the cable authorized by the act oi
Auguss lsSs. Providing for tho construction
Of public buildings at Detro t. For the con
etruction OF q bridge across the Missouri
River In Douglass County, Mob. The agri
cultured appropriation bill also passed
In the House Nc Hewitt rose to a per
sonal explanation regarding letter bearlnl
his signature. which has appeared in the pres
MS reply to Henry w. Oliver, Jr.'s letter *
the chairman of the Ways and Means Commit
lee. The Indiana contested election case o
English vs.. Peelle was then discussed uuti
adjournment
In the Senate on the 2lst petitions wer'
presented protesting against Government as
sumption Of the telegraph service. Bill
passed for the erection of public buildings il
various cities; also authorizing the issue o
the Congressional Record and United State
Statutes to public libraries; for the construc
tion OF bridge across the Mississippi at Sih
ley, Mo-, and for bridges over the Missouri
Illinois aud James Rivers at various points
LIN tho House tho English-Peolle conteste
case was decided by the adoption of the mi
norltY report in favor Of the contestee-l2l t
INthe Senate on the 22d the bill passe,
authorizing the construction OF bridge
over the Mississippi River at St. Paul
also, the bill creating the Northern Judi
clal District Of Texas providing for th
holding of courts twice d year at Brown:
vile; also, the bill componsating the off
GERS and men of the Gogernment steame
J. Don Cameron for losses incurred b
the sinking of the steamer in the Missoni
River In 1877. The labor bill was discusse
until adiournment.-....I In the House bill
passed authorizing the conservation OF bridge
over the Missouri River at Ruio and Decatur
Neb The Engllsh-Peelle contested eleotio
case was takeniip and, after a stormy de
pate, Mr.. Peelle was ousted and Mr. Englis
seated.