Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-01-23
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
FIFTY-FIasT CONGRESS.

~ the senate. On the Iith. a uumb~r % pc.
titAoa. werw presented AMI referred. anoa<
them Que pray inx Tor female repr~-~ntatson
on tn~ bard of nsAnsxerS - ths IMPOSITION
% "a biii vas passed snsharirlnx rail-
road bridge .~rv~s the Missouri river ha.
tween the coaasy Of pcazisSs or szrry.
Nebraska. ssa The esoaasy q Fafts.a-
tomi~ In Iowa Mr.. FiHHsS astsIr~-s~,i
the senate on his rw~ptatlsn h~rssofur~
oGss-si rep~etinx the lras~ ot the isiaa.is
% "a FaaI and - sseorxv - THE Alaska Com.
msrriai Company lathe Hoas~ q ma l~risy
and swo minority reports On th~ Sil~~ss de-
faicsfian we're Submitted. all q ~hieh we're
ordered printed and r~committcf AZ the
ciose of the call of states. the House vent
into comm ttee % the Whole for the eaasd-
GRAFTON cF the tilI 70 PROV de FOR tosn ste
entEy u Iand. IN osIaAousA
~ the >~nsfc. On tae fstn. . runzb~r
as balls SrTc rrrurtrd srra ersssrssst@e-
anf placed on the calendar. The S~nat= then
rrnee~s'sf9 Stth ths Consideration - the
Revolution. previously oTer~sf BY Mr. Csti. in
relation - the claims q FLORIDA under the
swamp Land grant. which occupied the tinae
until f'suE o'cioek when th. s-nste went ints
executive session. pol. In the House. after
number Cf bills has been introduced and re-
fsrresi. an EFFORT was made By Mr.. rcrk in.
ika-.l % have the House 20 Into COMMITTEES
ef the ~aDlr on the Oklahoma Town ste
Eutrv btil Thi- was defeated .na the ~
port On the >iircst desalcasioa. wish a blIl
- reimburse msu6ers. vas taksa up
II the senate. on the Isth. after roatine
bu-ine-s. Mr.. Norxan's resolution reeoxniH-
inx ths Z aired states Of Brazil A. a free. ia-
cePenicat and severe N state vas taken up.
and Nr Turpie addressed the S~nat@ in 10.
sspPort Th@ resolution w~at over wlshous
srtivn- anf afser passing a Number of senate
tiils. among them one r-issinx % homestead
entries IA ths Indiaa Territory. th@ s~aAts
veat into secret ----ion snd .ooa after at
tpu-n~i Ia thr House consideration of
the reports - the Slteott COMMITTEES vas re-
-ume't. and the report % the ualority. ap-
prpprtasiuE sea o. reimburse neuh~rs fnr
their lost salaries. and the Hempbiu sus.ti-
tute. permttt4nx members o. SUE n the
Coust q Ciaiass ~er~ voted on and defeated
N the senate. an the rzth. after ia. dfs-
patch % reut NJ buslnrs.. ths biu lntrvsfar-d
BY Mr. Batter tn provide Tor the emigration
of p~rsons uf coipr frDm the >-puth@ru -e1sss
wa- hksa Ep. AMI Mr. Butter delivered
hing speech IN favor 90 its .torsisn. b~iax
followed By N~=-rs- Hoar aad Bsair In appo-
.itioa u the measure. The bfsl wens over
without action In thu Hause the Cay wa=
taken mp by an exr~nssesi and general Discus
sion % IN. minority rrport ot the committee
on rulss. iustructlng the commits-. for
rizn Affairs - report 90 the House a method
of selecting the locality q th. wari,fs Pair.
which. upon a vote. was declared d<fszfest.
bat on a rcruunt was agreed To- Ye1-. IL /.
nays. i3A The usflrisy resolution amend
e. sas thea rejected Yeas Sss. nays. Iss-
THK senate was not in session On the rita
.---. In the House th- motion 70 reconsider
the vote BY xhieh ta- House hasi refused ta
substitute the RESOLUTION reported by IN.
committee rules Ia. sus~nsirf bF the
adoption % the Cannoa rrsoiaionl for the
original resolution referred 10 th~ commit
tee was agreed -. The question then re-
eurred on the original motion. that a select
committee % nine be appoiat-si - o~ called
~th- Worid-s FAIR eau4anltr-c- whirh .a&
adopted ME Flower then introduced the
New York worir- Fair btu. AMI a. vas re-
f-rr~d tn the SPECIAL committee wh-a sP-
pointed The Hone then went into com
mitr~~ Of the hole the Oklahoma T0wn
ste EntrY hlIL