Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-02-21

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The printers strike at the Courier
journal Office at Louisvil e, is at an end.
The strikers resumed work in a body on
Wednesday evening, on the proprietors'
terms.
VIRGINIA
The Wheeling Iron and Nail Compa-l
ny. Of Wheeling, with los machines,
cut during the week ending on Satur-
day, 6,s76 kegs of nails. One man dur
ing this period cnt 176 kegs of eight
penny fence nails. beinGthe largest pro-
duct for the same length of time on rec
ofo. Azsl- -
INDIANA.
A state convention of inventors was
held at indianapolis on Wednesday and
organized the Indiana branch of the Pat
ent right association of the United States.
Near Francesyille, ON Sunday, Thorn
as Wills, attempting to. shoot dear, mis-
sed the game and shot and killed a COM
panion named P. f. Lincold.
y . KANSAS. at
:At a meeting a few days ago of the
Board of Regents, of the Kansas State
College, Profs. Nudge,
Miller and Detnors were retired from
their positions in the College.
i The House of Representatives, by
vote Of ~ to 20, have passed resolu-
ton requesting the County Attorney to
take steps for bringing ex-senator Pom
eroy to trial. n
80 81; esz+1ass MICHIGAN. .
The Supreme Court of this state has
been wrestling with the question wheth-
era High School is Common School,
or whether the money rrised by taxation
for Common School could properly be
applied to the maintenance of High
School.-The case went up from Kalama
zoo, where some tax-paying citizens OBJ
jected:t to high school. The Supreme
Court decided against the malcontents
and the High School feature of the Mich
igan educational system will continue.
PENNSYLVANIA. =
A Philadelphia dispatch says that N
the Siameze Twins autopsy the'tirstday
was taken up. by photographers. The
lcorpses were taken in anumber of posi-
tions and from different points of view,
SO as to put on permanent record the ex-
ternal appearances The first cut look
ing, towards autopsy, was made in the
abdomen of Eng. A hand was passed in
at the opening and the fingers came near
ly to the sfieshy band of union. This
SHOWS that the. lining membrane of the
Dgenerai abapminal cavity lines the open-
ing into this 1feshy band.S Casts Shave
been taken with highly successful re-
suits A well known artist conversant
with the subject from practice in army
hospitals has been engaged to make the
drawings of the internal parts as they
are developed.
J 49, sd MISSOURI. .-a so
'9i The National Grange in its. last mo-
ments at st. Louis, before adjourning,
called up two questions and disposed of
Them snminarify- 1.-The one by action and
the other by adjonrning. The Boston
Grange, composed mainly of grain deal
ers instead of grain raisers, was sem
teneed EteS death a. net SHOWING good
cause for its existence. The question of
cheap transportation was raised and i'm:
mediately dismissed for a year. The
farmers question is, how to get their
products cheaply to. market. The an
swer to the question Is left for. others.
Governor Woodson, of Missouri, will
ON Friday issue a proclamation offering
81, 600 apiece, dead or alive, for the men
who robbed the passengers, express and
mail on the Iron Mountain Railroad
train at Gad's Hill January 31st. In
addiaon to .falis itissandefstood thesGov--
ernor of Arkansas. has. offered $4,000;
and the Postoffice Department $4,000,
making an aggregate of $40, 600. {
I MASSACHUSETTS. s
Z In the Massachusetts Senate on last
"Wednesday, the resolution resembling
the resolution. of 1872 which censured
Charles Summer for his action in relation
Ito battle flags was passed by vote Of
ls26 to Z. -....-.... .
/ And now another Massachusetts, Pro-
hibitionist, who 'skirows how it is him
Eself," testifles to the total inefficacy OF
Fprohibitory. liquor laws Ex-Chief o.
EPollce Griffin, Of Boston, lately gave his
lviews on the question, sorrowfnlly ads
mitting that absolute prohibition is i'm.
Epessible and legislation to that end i;
damaging to- the temperance canse--ant
he was "a Prohibitionist. Now FIX
tChief, Constable Griffin, a staunch Pro
lhibitionist, who endeavored to put tht
law IN force, tells the Massachusetts!
Legislature it cannot be done. HI
thought a stringent license law--oni
framed in. the Interest of Temperance
and not of free rum, as the law of '6'
was, would be more effectual in advanc
ing the temperance cause.
ILLINOIS.
The National Crop Reporter publishe
Festfniates IN krelatien4 to the percentage
FOl GhC CEOpS Ol w Hcdt dla OutS Va 1910 Z
naming in the hands of producers Feb
| ruary 1st, in the State of Illinois, Iowa
Kansas. Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin
The following is an abstract of the esti
mates presented in the States named
which produced last year over 1885, 900,
900 bushels of wheat. There was re
malning on. hand about 1401ta per cent
or very nearly 59, 100000 bushels; thi
! indicates a consumption to date whicl
includes shipments. of about S0,000,0 90
; bushels. Illinois is shown as the heav
lest consumer, being G43s per cent. an
Wisconsin the lightest or 53 per cent
: Of oats the States named produced las
year .140, 100000 bushels, of whic
amount 4311a per cent, or 10000
bushels remained in the hands of farm
ers February 1st. The rate Of consumr
tion was the highest in Illinois. reach
ing so per cent, and lowest i'm Kansas
where it is "A per cent. The total cor
lssunptionsindal 4 heAState Is $1,000, ,0o
bushels. The estimates of damage t
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