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Newspaper
Ogden Junction
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1879
Page
4
The House faces a party driven clash over adjournment as Democrats seek to block final action until vetoed appropriation bills pass. A plan to suspend rules aims to push through a judicial appropriations measure excluding marshals fees, with southern lawmakers pressing for it to favor constituents.
The senate is asked to consider a bill from Girard increasing government powers to combat the torado beatle and phylloxera. Edward Leonard of Pottsfield Minnesota has a grant from the Mexico government to aid in building a 120 mile railroad across the Tohauntepeth isthmus. An advisory committee recommended to the joint democratic caucus to split the vetoed appropriation measure into two bills to fund government expenses.
In Washington June 25 the Senate and House discuss silver remonetization and free coinage. West introduces a joint resolution for full U S silver remonetization. Burnside moves a resolution opposing Euro pean canal influence at Darien. Pay raise for Congress employees is debated with amendments proposed. Beck signals two amendments on government officer penalties and political contributions. Windom delivers a retrospective on party records.
Blackburn reports a measure to codify and simplify House rules amid debate over current confusing and contradictory provisions. Conger questions minority rights and filibuster concerns, while the speaker notes few rule changes have been party-driven. The resolution passes without division as the Senate acts on a bill granting exemptions to certain sailing vessels from licenses and fees.
Yellow fever cases near Lisbon and a衡 range of dispatches report on deaths, trials, military retirements, and political condolences. A college boat race favors the University of Pennsylvania with Columbia and Princeton following. A brigand crackdown in Catalonia results in deaths and injuries. Agricultural notes warn of poor clover germination and a bleak fruit outlook in many regions.
An 18th century tale from Moscow recounts a German blacksmith Jurdar who married a Russian woman. When she asked how he loved her, he joked that blows prove love. He began beating her to test affection, and she grew more affectionate after each beating, until the story ends with her fate in Moscow.
The report warns farmers that rapid grain growth may lodge before harvest. Murray county saw fifteen thousand acres sold last month by a Catholic colony land agent. A drowning death occurred in Owatonna as Detyin M. Sniggle lost his life while saving a cow in Straight River.
An editor recounts readers who threaten to stop the paper over content. A Western editor notes that most threats vanish after letters are read, while crude messages reveal deep frustration with perceived slights and polemical plots against the publication.
The note invites applicants to tend the garden on shores, offering boots tools earth and sunlit days. It seeks the willing physical laborer, a third party in the enterprise, to rise early and handle the backbreaking work. A romantic interruption in a conservatory interrupts a scene of flirtation and sharp remark.
A theater company opened in St Louis with Susurranes and Old Love Letters, stirring local chatter. Jests about pork and race hint at broader social tensions as authorities pursue alleged subversive messages in sweet forms.
Joseph H. Choate delivered a witty after dinner speech at the New York Chamber of Commerce, lampooning distrust in institutions, praising lawyers, and noting the lifelong duty to the profession. The remarks drew hearty laughter as he quarreled gently with Doctor Bellows and teased Blaine.
Wholesale and retail price cuts apply to all wool cloths for men and boys. Samples available from John C G Otler, Agent, Old Constitution Building, Salt Lake City. Call and view before purchasing Eastern Goods.
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