Sharp County record., 1886-12-23
xLlxTH CONGRESS.

TN the Senate on the 7th Senator Cheney,o VI
New Hampsbire. appointed in the place OF oeh'
otor pike, deceased, took the oatn OF oInCo'
e,o,,oroI nils were introduced and referred Ihe
paciRc Railway bill was made the speclal oiu
+orDa,euber2l A resolution was auopt0u ia
nuirinp Of the Secretary of the Interior "neViet
the forfeited lands of the Atlantlc FaciLo
roilroad in New Mexico have been restoIeu w
entry The deaths Of Representatives rI1oo,
~ wisconsin, and Beach and Arnot, ol NC"
vi, were announced, and out OF respeo' w
tba memory of deceased the Senate aoJout n.N Nv
'A0 T., tho House a number Of bills were ln-
";,,nod - among them one by Mr.. Cox IN ~
.,S,,o,ron+ Congressman drawing two salaries.
w w - p oorToittees were called for reports "
ar'a no were submitted. The bill proVloitz@
tha+ graduates of West Point shall receive "a
now of a second lieutenant from the 0N'Uo t.
graduation was passed; also tn0
1roviding for the establishment at ~; -, ~
ftas of permanent school Tor cavalry @rt
iiabt artillery. The Senate Electoral Il Ooul'
hill was discussed at length, put "lInou' WIN
| ing to a vote the House ADJOURNED
Tn the Senate on the Sth NUMBER ol DlIia
| were introduced and resolutions oHereo' "lo
the latter, one by Senator ingalls, asking loI -
formation in regard to the collectlon Vi 49, W.
parinetaxes Mr. Blair addressed Ine oon'..0 ~,
the hill amending the Constitution SO a9 W Ur
tend the right of sufage to women. "A .o.;rr,
was received from the PreslndelI
the correspondence on the hshery qu0avioo, qs,o ~
In the House a draft OF a Dill lol INC ,99NU
subsidiary coin was received from tiio +bo
ottb 81 tbe mint A bill was passed amending the
- l,sar +ba muster and pay Of certain othcerS
and men of the volunteer forces" Ine ElIvot, .,
tn1 u
ensued.
Tn the Senate on the 9th the Military Academy
Graduates Relief bill was considered. An ~ ~
vestigation was snaugurated conce' O-1Hoi. Iii',
catching distractions in the Chat. river ,a
Mr.. Morrills tariff resolution wa aVeu. Au m
ourned till Monday .....n W Eniouse Vnot'
was continued disagreement on tortlncaUon ap
preparations. bill was passed rem lhquienin iiI
certain lands to San Francisco. Mr.. heSgal
rose TO a personal privilege question ana aehle'
stoteroents in a New York paper Of disput
between senator Cullom and himself The eS
tension of the free-delivery system was cor
sidnred and the bill passed. The ElecVoIa
Count bill was passed. The bill creating oe
nortment of agriculture was taken up IN com
mittee of the whole and was warmly auVocaVe
nv Mr., Hatch. of Missouri.
THE Senate was not III sesol04i o ~ ~
In the House, after the reading oi ~ ~
; journal, Mr.. Campbell IN. " announced "
death of his colleague Mr.. Dowdney, anu u
fored the resolutions tito tSe Vnen memory r
r adopted. and out of respect for tne nionIoiS
0 the deceased the Eause adjourned. Ehe l,p2-'
I or appointed the following committee TO dCtesf'
the funeral: Messrs Campbell, Viele, MeTl-
man and Miller On. ", ONeil (Mo), Scran'
ton pa and Brady (Va.).
T THE Senate was not in session on the llth
..... In the House bill was passed extending
the laws of the United States over certain un-
organized territory south of the State OF Kan,
sas, known as the public land strip,
and opening the same to entry by actual
settlers under the Homestead law Ihe
bill declaring forfeited the Ontonagon ana
Brule river land grant was discussed and pass
ed. ut forfeits 1884 800 acres.) The House then
went into committee of the whole on the sun
dry Civil Appropriations bill, and. pending dis
cusson, the committee arose and the House
adjourned