CALUMET DAM.
He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Attorney General, transmitting a statement concerning the present condition of the Calumet dam at Blue Island, in the State of Illinois.
Mr. DWIGGINS moved that reading of this somewhat lengthy communication be dispensed with and that it be referred to a select committee of three.
The motion was agreed to.
The PRESIDENT subsequently made this committee to consist of Messrs. Wadge, Hubbard and Winterbotham.
On motion by Mr. HAWORTH the order of business was dispensed with, and the Senate agreed to consider the court bill [H. R. 172.]
And then came the recess.
