Hillsboro recorder., 1888-04-05

pear TO oppose q talr and reasonable ems
actment for the regulation Of the tele-
graph. Incidently he referred to the fact
that the property Of his company WIS
worth $50, 600, 900.
John Peabody appeared before the
House committee on public lands, favor
ing Mr.. 0ats's bill providing that the
government shall forfeit lands given to
the Mobile 81 Girard Railroad under the
land grand act when the railroads failed
TO comply with the regulations Of said
act. Five hundred and seventy thousand
a cres were granted to the Mobile & Gi.
rsrd company, provided their road was
completed in ten years. t !.
In Communication transmitted to the
Senate, in answer to resolution of that
body, Gen. Duane, chief of engineers,
says that there has been no garrison sta
toned at Fort Moultrie,; Charleston har-
bor since the War. He estimates that
SA5, 900 will be needed for the erection
Of quarters and barracks outside the fort
for the accommodation of the garrison of
United States troops. ''To place Fort
Moultrie in the highest state Of strength
for defensive purposes" he says, "would
require an expenditure of 5000, ,000.n' 1t
is estimated that a proper system of
modern works to protect Charleston
would cost $222. 900. ~
The President transmitted to The two
houses of Congress report from Minis
ter Pnndleton, at Berlin, dated. January
Goth, 1888, from which it appears that
trichinosis prevails in certain parts of
Germany, and that number of persons
have died from the effect of eating the
meat of diseased hogs grown in that
country. He also transmits a report
from the consul at Marseilles, dated Feb
ruary 4th, representing that for a number
OF months highly contagious and fatal
disease has prevailed among the swine of
large section of France, which disease
is thought by the commissioner of agri-
culture to be very similar to hog cholera.
The river and harbor bill hes been
completed. It aggregates $40, ,432, 7s3,
and is the largest bill of the kind ever
introduced. Georgia is fairly well pro-
vided for in the bill, and the amount
given her is divided as follows: Har-
bors-Brunswiek, S35, 1000, Savannah,
t90, GOO; Cumberland Sound, $1f2,500.
Rivers-Altamaha, $40, 900; Chattahoo.
chez, S15, 600; Co0sa, to complete, $780,
00i Flint, $50, 900; ocmulgee, $40, 0,OO6; /;
Oconee, to complete, $40, 500; Savannah,
below Augusta, s21, 200. In connection
with the Savannah, the bill says s2l, 900
is appropriated for completing the
project recommended in the engineers
report for the year ending June 30, 1887,
which is estimated TO cost $50, 900,
thus committing the government
to the new project and prac-
tically giving the Savannah S1O6, 1000.
The Alabama rivers are provided for as
follows: Alabama, SEQ, 900; Black War
rior, 100000 Tallapoosa, $75, 900;
Warrior, below Tuscaloosa, $4,000;
Tombigbee, s12, 900. In Florida none OF
the rivers gets over $4,000, except the
st. Johns, which gets $3.50, 900. Pen.
sacola harbor $35, 1000.
The remains of the late Chief Justice
Waite were removed from the family
residence TO the capitol. They were ac-
companied by his relatives, associated
justices and their families, officiating
clergymen, seven in number, officers of
the supreme court, representatives Of the
different bodies of which the deceased
was member, and numerous friends.
There were no services at the house, and
the arrangements were of the simplest
and quietest character. The Senate met,
and after prayer by the chaplain, the
clerk Of the House appeared and deliy-
cred message from that body, announc-
ing that 1t was in session, and ready
TO receive the Senate. Then the presid-
ing officer Ingalls) said: Pursuant TO
order, the Senate will now proceed to the
hall Of the House Of Representatives, to
attend the funeral Of che chief justice. "
Thereupon the procession Of senators,
headed by the chaplain and sergeant.at.
arms, with the presiding officer and sec.
retary Of the Senate following in the
second rank, took up its march to the
hall Of the House Of Representatives.
The bearers Of the casket were all EN-
pl0yes OF the supreme court, and behind
them, alfred in their robes OF Office,
came the honorary pallbeareIs, the jus.
tices Of the court. Members of the con.
gressional committee wore white sashcs.
fastened at the shoulder with black and
white rosettes. The casket, which was
rich and magnificent in its simplicity,
was tastefully adorned with crossed palm
branches bound together with a knot ol
white satin ribbon, and with a floral
tribute Of yellow roses and white lilies.
The impressive burial services Of the Epis.
copal church was read By Bishop Parct,
The solemnity Of the occasion was height.
ened when as Bishop Paret read the
Apostles Greed the vast audience on the
floor and in thegallery rose of Que accord
and joined in the solemn recitation oI
faith. At the conclusion Of the services
the casket was borne from the chambci
and the ceremonies were at an end, and
the body was taken to the railroad sta.
tion and conveyed by n special car "a