Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-05-08
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
FiFTY.FIRsT CONGRESS

IN Tue Senate. on the 18th. a discussion a.
'he relative value Of the f~ttv 80 ,,,,t..
systems TO preveat dnmsm~ fr.r, 49,. 4.
me Mississippi rv~r occupied rna~h ti,rr
s1ea 'cry little light uVoa the subject
- - "neta-sen of tAe morning busl.
aess "a Land Forfeiture bFf "a taken M.
oas -s1f over witAazt arsieza S,..,t.. y m
70 incorporate the Saus q the A-u~rir.,
h-roaaf4ea vas taken ap. aus. Va. p~n.sf--
~n%a the Senate adhsurn~,t \, -
H"u-e. Saturday. NAY ~ zx-yf ur,,, -.
ine time feF paying trlbate 70 the memory
% tar late psvit y fIh~r- of New Ysrk. r.
btii 70 4itSw OGDEN. Utah- - sscw~.x. La.
ias'ente<ae~s 49, returned fror fne Fsrsf.
eeat without h.s approval Ths legislative
tfe~usivc and Jasi ieial AS propri asloa hilI
sas passed withoak alvasioa-
N the senate. On the zsth. after the ,ra,.
ersaos of suuss rect NJ uscruf-r s-s<.~@-- a
little pssiie Importance. consideration o,
the Lazd Forfeiture BIN wss resumed. aast
after the rejection of several amezAm~nts
AMI ts~ sf"ptina % one or TIVE. the hlI was
Tasse4- Th~ Meklntsy ban vas thea tsx~n
Up. and vas Still znsier eun.isisrA1loa wh=a
TIA Senate ssiso1rae,f- In the House /.
sh grp passage hetwe-n the Sp~ak~r and
Ne--rsI Pierr~ aad NILS occurred Ia.
seass. rssplustSs was eorrurrpt "A e.,a-
e~rnfnx the irrigation Of the artI Itz.ss Z,
the valley Of the R50 sran,Ie- several IA.
=
th -a senate bal fsr the di-pazsai q Fort
set<ewfek Military Reservatioa IA Colsssl,
ami Nebraska
IN the senate. on the ssth. cs-sHFe-.s.f,, d,
the Cu-ton- ADMINISTRATORS bli ~ re-
suH~i- several aurutraeuts being yrrF--..ss
and disposed Of 4 resolution "a. .zr~esl
10 Tor correction ot the Oxlzhona hill hv
substituting the wor1i east for th~ word
vest A brief executive session was then
7 kaHA -
eaton of worstef cloths wooien cloths
was passed The senate Service Pes.f,,
oiu Sa- AMENDED - a. 10 redae@ the ar- os
benenctarte. from sfxtv-sNo - sfxtv v.xrs
aad adopted The MorriH S-rvsr- F@n.Eo, /,
bin va passed AZ slh<situte for th- S--n.s-
ball. and the Senate bilt. A. ameag-si b. th-
Substitute. was then passe,I The bffl sr-
titles any he1oTabty discharged soldier sf
the rebellion Who served ninety days % nor.
ami has or shall have arrived AZ the sr~ %
sixty years (cr his widow al the sane sxsl
10 serviec Pea-sSa % eighE dollsrs peg
raoath
In the senate on the ist. Mr Vet. from
the committee On meAr prn,incts maize re-
port and accompanied q vita an rNplana-
tion and four different balls for the eoasld-
erstioa Of th< senate The Customs Asmia-
tstr1kaon bin va takea up. the pendinx
question being ~n the arueaenl~ns securing
10 an axxri-vesi importer the right 10 bring
. Common -law sur against the collector
Ia the House senate bili 10 protect trade
and eouamerC- against unlawful restraints
and EonoPsii-< was taken gp. A amend
m~us nskiaS ualawf1i any eoatracs or
aErv-Sasut tn preveat competition in the
sale cr purchase % any commodity traas-
ported from one state 10 another wss greed
a.. aa1 the BIN a. anseasIed wss passed By a
viva voss vote vita hat single dissenting G
vose-
IN the senate. on the 1sI. the concurrent
re~oiutiOn requesting the Pres l1eat 10 enter
into negotiations with the governments u
Great Britain and Nexieo. with = virw %
securing treaty Stipulati0ns for the pEevea-
ton q the entry Of Chinese Iaborsr- into
the United states was agreed To- The Gus
toms Administration biii was taken up, all
Of the comHEittee amendments agreed to.
and the bHI pass@t-vea< =. nays is-Nr-
Payae being the only Democrat voting N
the Affirmative In the House a rcsoia-
tsoa vas adopted -stting apart Saturday.
June IL for the delivery OF euIoz.ss upon
the late samuel J. Randall. of Pennsylvania
Consideration Of the Copyright bill vas
then resumed. and il was Sill uader Discus
sion when the House. At ave o'clo<S. took 4
recess. Al tn. ni<Af session seventeen Pri-
vate r,eu-fo1 bills weEr uA--est