The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-14

the. creation of the new county Z
judith. -"
The committee of the whole re
ported In favor OF changing tn
name Of the proposed county from
Judith to Fergus. This was mad
on motion of Buck, seconded in q,
eloquent speech by, DeWolfe, AM
adopted in spite ofthetprotests of th
yer erable member himself. a
| COUNCIL BILLS. !.
Buck gave notice of q bill to ament
chapter &, fourth division of the r.
! vised statutes, relating to offender
| against habitations.
DeWolfe gave notice Of q bill au
thorizing county commissioners tt
| award contracts for keeping roads
In repair.
A bill relating to the affidavit in az
action of claim and delivery, AMI Il
bill relating to demurrers'' to indiet'
ments, both introduced by Arm
strong, passed the council.
A bill introduced by Buck, provid.
ing that the instructions to juries In
civil cases. shall be given before the
arguments of counsel, also passed.
Also the bill regulating assign
ments for tie benefit Of creditors.
.. THE HOUSE.
The special committee of selig'
man, Forbis and Mich ols, to whom
was referred the bill appropriating
81 900 to O'Neil, Bashaw and -McFar-
land for the capture Of Con Murphy,
reported to-day. They examined
witnesses and foond the facts ofithe
capture substantially as published.
They further found that an armsd
mob took the prisoner by force from
the hands OF the officers without col
fusion or fault on their part, and
thus prevented them from delivering
him to the sheriff and receiving the
reward offered by the Governor.
They therefore recommended the
passage of the appropriation. The
rules were suspended and the bill
plac d on its final passage.
speer opposed the bill. He thought
it was getting to be altogether too
common for officers to allow prison.
ers to.be taken from them by mobs
These men knew the sentiment OF
this community towards the prisoner,
and they sh ,uld have taken
steps to protect him, and not
have allowed an armed mob
to override the law. They have not
restored the prisoner to the custody
of the law and complied with the
terms of the reward.
Forbis, who was opposed: to the bill
when IT. was first introduced and sug-
gested its reference to the, vigilance
com mittee as the proper committee
to consider it, said that he had been
compelled. to believe from the testi-
mony produced that these men had
acted in good faith and without col
lusion with the mob. Relying on
the reward offered by the Governor
they had risked their lives in tue
capture of noted desperate. They
have complied with the spirit Of the
reward, and the good faith and honor
of the Territory require that they
should be paid.
Potts also spoke In favor Of the
bill, and 1t passed the House, Speer
alone voting against 1t.
The sjoi1t committee sent to
examine and report upon
the condition Of the Ter
ritorial peniteptiarY and insane
asylum made their report. The COM
mittee found the sanitary condition
and management Of the insane
asylum to be excellent. The arrange
menq of the buildings was not as
as would be desirable, !
owing tothe fact that the contractors,
not knowing when their contract
might be terminated, did not feel
in constructing buildings
which would be of no use except for
the purpose of caring for insane pa
kients. The committee recommend
ed that a bill be passed authorizing
the purchase Of a. building site and
the erection of buildings for a.Terri-
tOrial insane asylum. .
The committee repor.el the &C.
Of the penitentIary
made quate, and recommend
ID the passage Of the joint memorial
10 Congress asking for the completion
of the building according to the
original design; also, the passage
,t the bill authorlsing the Governor
10 contract for the maintenance and
,afs keeping of Territorial prisoners
10 Eastern penitentfAries. !
The committee stated thatthey had
beard several complaints from pris'
,uers that money sent mby letter
from their homes had never been re-
,eived, ,snd that artielessent by pris-
,nsrsaon the jail 'wsrsasver heard