04 Feb 1875
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Newspaper
Weekly Bulletin
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1875
Page
1
An exchange notes eighty five Confederate veterans elected to the next Congress, while praising postwar prosperity and war costs. Reports from Carlinville indicate winter suffering among the poor and factory curtailment. A West Belleville man, Jansen, severely damaged his home while testing gunpowder, leaving him and his son injured but expected to recover.
In Macoupin County debt matters the House discussed a resolution by Mr. Gilbert urging the judiciary committee to study a pending federal bill on enforcing U S court orders in county debt cases. The issue follows a Southern District of Illinois decree against the Macoupin board of supervisors to levy taxes for bonded debt, which they refused to obey. Macoupin County seeks to defeat the bill.
The House and Senate divided over amendments to incorporation laws and revenue rules with readings, motions, and a proposed pay fix for the Speaker's clerk. Debates covered federal interference and Kellogg governance in Louisiana, plus numerous bills on estates, administrators, courts, and tax lists, with adjournment pending Monday.
The transcript covers two days of legislative activity with House and Senate actions. It notes referees and referrals on bills, resolutions urging audits of grain inspections, education funding, and constitutional amendments, and mentions the adjournment patterns and routine business. Several bills related to revenue, insurance regulation, and road and bridge concerns were introduced or laid on the table.
The article argues a new Bessemer steamship design with a swinging saloon cannot defeat sea sickness. It notes sea movement defeats such machinery and stresses that rolling and pitching affect all aboard, undermining the ship’s purpose and implying the idea is flawed.
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