The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-02-11
Letters from the State Capital.

Letters from the State Capital.
State College-County Fee Bnl-Ap-
preparation BHt-Death Of State
Librarton--C Amendmeats--Dog
Laws-State Prison.
AS The more far-seeing predicted,
the ''Ohio Agricultural and Mechan-
ical College" is now Knocking al the
door of the Treasury OF the State, and
modestly asking for the sum of forty
proper running order. Having sold
the land given by Congress. for shout
fifty cents per acre, the State is now
inyited to lend 4 helping hand. 1t is
doubtful whether the legislature will
invest very largely in this enterprise.
The County Fec Bill sill haunts the
halls Of legislation.
AS predicted, ,theHouse bill, known as
"Orens, "has been so mutilascd. amend
ed, engralted upon, &C., by the Senate
that the author himself cannot receg-
nize his own progeny. What its fate
may be, after being banded back and
forth, between the two bodies, re-
quires a prophetic vision to determine
The call for more Common Pleas
Judges still comes up. To all these
calls thus far the Legislature has re-
ported favorably.
The appropriation bill is before the
House, almost daily. passing through
the Committee of the whole. Several
departments of the State Government
not having their reports printed us yet
slow progress must necessarily be
made with this bill, members desiring
10 know for themselves as to the fit
ness of the appropriations asked for.
Mr.. Walter G. Hood, State Librari-
an, under the appointment of Govern
or Allen, died last week. He was a
man in the prime of life, being only
forty-siX, and very highly respected
by all who had the pleasure of his ac-
quaintance. In political faith he was
a Democrat of the Jacksonian school,
which he had advocated and defended
| through three several newspapers,
which he founded in Southern Ohio,
all of which papers are still published.
AS writer. his style was eminently
pure and dignilied, being al inveter-
ate hater of slang. BY vote of the
General Assembly, the flags of the
Capitol foated at half mast in honor
of his memory.
February 4 constitutional Amend
ments still come in, but the business
seems, just now, little depressed
No action has been taken upon any of
the many which burden the Speakers
table. Probably these nest-eggs of
eloquence and buncomb { p will be al
lowed to bybernate until the sunny
days OF spriug. sH
a dog bill has passed the lower
House, quite effective in This particu-
I lar, that the property occupied by the
| tenant is holden for any damage the
dogs of the tenant may commit. The
hICpihss va tIcES, " u teudhts
the will OF the owner of the house or
grounds, works forfeiture of the
lease. That some protective legisla-
ton is needed. with reference to the
dog question" is apparent from the
fact that the State lost, last year, by
these pests, $4,000 worth of sheep
An npDroDriatioD has been m ade &c
build more shop room in the prison
as we'll as TO build more and better
cells for the prisoners. There are
now one hundred more prisoners thar
cells, and over = hundred are idle fol
want of shorroom in which to work
One was liberated, by expiration o
his sentence. a few days since, from
the fourth term of service. "