The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-01-26
THE HOUSE.
Many Bills of Minor Importance In
troduced.

Many Bills of Minor Importance In
troduced.
The house had busy morning ses-
sion, but there was nothing of special
interest on the programme except the
introduction of bills. There were a
host of these, but the majority of them
were ofcomparatively little Importance.
The national guardsmen are indebted
to Hitler Horton for introducing some
excellent bills for their benefit. The
first of these is to appropriate $500
annually for each company or the ma
tional guard, and the second is to pro-
vide for 400overcoats and 1000 blankets
for the Minnesota soldier boys. A third
bill provides for the organization of the
guard on the plan of the regular army.
Another bill by Mr.. Horton is one pro-
viding for the erection of monuments to
locate the position of the Minnesota
troops in the battles of Chattanooga
and Chickamauga.
Other New Measures.
Mr.. Blocker, of Hennepin, intro
duced two important bills. One of
them is to knock out that clause in the
standard policies of insurance COM
panies which provides that the COM
pany shall not be bound by the action
of any agent who has nota written con-
tract. Mr.. Bleecker's second bill is
drive at the railroad companies. Itpro-
vides for taking the limitation off rail
road tickets and making a ticket good
either way between the points of des-
tination.
Mr.. Cairns bill providing for the do
ing away with screens in saloons is an
old measure, but it is considered i'm
portant.
Mr.. McDonough's bill, relating to the
officers of state institutions, will, if passed
knock out number of superintendent
of our state institutions. 1t provides
that all officers of state institutions,
where the salary is $4,000 or over, shall
have been resident of the state for at
least three years, and provides further
for the vacation of all offices of this
class where the incumbents were not
residents of this state for three years
prior to their appointment.
Business Transacted.
A minority report from the railroad
committee protesting against the pas
sage of the anti-scalper's substitute bill
was signed by Messrs. e. F. Comstock,
Howard and A. B. Kelley. The substi-
tute is virtually the old bill, the only
difference is that it does away with linn
its on tickets, 1t was referred to the
Judiciary committee.
The speaker announced that the time
had arrived to take up the Bidderman-
Hunicks election case, but at the re-
quest of Mr.. Cairns it was postponed
until the same hour on the 9th.
A Cure for Snake Bite.
Another treatment for snake bite is
added to the long list Of remedies that
have come from many countries. 1t is
said that the natives of Australia have
comparatively little fear Of snake bites.
They keep always at hand piece of
string made of human hair. The string
is tied tightly three or four inches above
the bite, small circle an eighth of an
inch deep is cut around the two fang
punrtures with knife, and the largest
vein below the bite Is slit to allow the
blood to run out. The last stage of this
heroic treatment is the turning on Of a
stream of water to the affected part and
the rubbing down steadily Of the limb
for about twenty minutes. = ittsburg
Dispatch.