The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-22
Ohio Legislature.

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In the SENATE, on Friday, bills were passed
as follows: To authorize the Commissioners of
Pike County 10 borrow money for bridge pur.
poses; to amend the act to incorporate the
Franklin and Warren Railroad, to authorize
the Commissioners Of CoshoctoD County TO bor-
row money to supply the deficiency in the
Treasury Of said county; tho House Bill 10
authorize the opening Of a county road through
lands owned by tho State Fair in Franklin
County.
The House Bill authorizing the removal of
the county seat of Perry County, was passed
without amendment, and n motion to recon
slider made, and laid on the table.
Inc following bills we're introduced: To re-
peal section Of an act further to prescribe the
duties of County Commissioners; relating 10
the Lewistown Reservoir; to direct the sale of
certain lands in Union County; to provide for
the enlargement of the Ohio Penitentiary.
The HOUSE passed the following bills: Son
ate Bill providing for inclosing railroads by
fences and cattle-guards; requiring Township
Clerks to give bonds; to provide for tho lcen-
sing OF locomotive engineers. The bill making
partial appropriations for repairs on the canals,
was reported back from the select committee
and after some discussion laid on the table.
The bill to repeal the law to provide against
tho evils resulting from the ssle of intoxicating
liquors, was made the special order for Wednes-
day next.
The Senate Bill authorizing the adoption Of
children, was passed with amendments in which
the Senate concurred.
SAruBDAY.-The SENATE passed the House
bill to amend the act prohibiting citizens of
this State from holding, by appointment more
than one of several offices therein named, at
the same timo; also the Senate bill to amend
the act constituting the County of Hamilton a
separate district for Asylum purposes.
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assessment and taxation of all property in this
State, and for levying taxes thereon, according
to its true value in money; prescribing the du-
ties OF County Auditors, to provide for the
election of Township Assessors and prescribing
their duties.
In the HOUSE a large number Of bills took
their second readings. The Senate bill to pro-
vide for the renewal, and to regulate the final
payment Of the funded debt Of the State, was
defeated. A motion to reconsider prevailed,
and the bill was made the special order for
| Tuesday next.-iStatesnan.
CRINEs.-A man named Colson murdered
wife, from whom he had been divorced, on
| Sunday, 18th inst, in Hartford, by cutting her
throat from ear to ear. He then took a guam
| tity of opium, which caused his death the en-
suing day.
On the Friday previous, two scoundrels,
named Dopp and Merritt visited the house of
q respectable man named White, at Ensley,
Mich, and having induced his son, an estima-
| BILE young man, to como out TO help fetch in
some deer, they shot him dead, and soon after
they both committed suicide--the former by
shooting and the latter by strychnine.
Washington, Warren County, N. j., has been
thrown into high state Of excitement, on ac-
count of a minister Of the Gospel being sus-
| pected of poisoning his wife. The wife died
| aha ho,,
| good health. A postmorfen examination was
had, when it was ascertainad that she had been
| poisoned. The evidence goes strongly to orim-
mate the husband, and he has absconded.
On Friday night last, at Madison, Indiana,
in an alteration between Stephen Lanciscus
and Ebenezer Hollis, the former shot the latter
| with pistol. Hollis lived about fifteen min
utes after receiving the fatal wound. Lancis-
Gus was arrested and is now in Jail.
| On Tuesday night last, at Warsaw, KY, a
trihing alteration occurred between two men,
who were acquaintance, named Lillard and
Hendren, when the former shot the latter
through the head, killing him instantly. Lii
lard is now in Jail. gg0i f.-if t,g.fN
In New York, on the same evening, Mr..
Willis, coal merchant, in q paroxysm of jeal-
ousy-believing his wife to be too familiar
with his partner, a man named Myers--at-
tempted to shoot her, but she fortunately made
her escape. Willis, it is said, has become de-
lirious and uncomfortable. ... r E. f. p,
At Horizon, Wis, few days ago, an un-
lawful attachment was discovered In the fol-
lowing manner: A citizen made arrangement
with his neighbor's wife for elopement, which
was to "come of" at ten o'clock A. NJ. Ac-
cordingly he mounted the wood-phed, raised
the .lady's bedroom window and stepped in;
but, o horrors who should he confront but
| the man whose peace he was about to destroy
| lying in bed i'll Of headache, which headache
was the cause of his return from work and the
prevention of the elopement Her ladyship
| was at market.
At Williamsburg, N. Y, ON Thursday last,
| the proprietor Of a grocery eloped with widow;
the man leaving wife nnd family of FIVE
children behind, and the widow family of
grown-up children--two of the daughters be-
ing married and having families. She is rep-
resented as about fifty years of age, very good
looking, and Of very pleasing and fascinating
manners. He is about the same age, and was
until recently member of the Methodist
! Church. tt.. .tEI ... ,
S. B. Kirk, student of the 0berlin (0.)
College, has been arrested and sent to Cleve-
land for examination on a charge of being
connected with band of counterfeiters, part
of which were recently arrested in Portage
County.
Friday last was the eleventh day of the trial
of Stephens, in New York, for the alleged
murder of his wife. It oxcites considerable
interest in the city. "a,