The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-01-05

par.i-sin n muuci pai government tiIst
ia bank or raiir jad COMPANY Nun
cipti governments are OIgaEiZtfIonr
designed chitfiy fyr The b-ttrr protec
ton IF properly AID 'h-. better man
ag-Iueut of sciIn, !. aud charities. Ia
The administration of such govern
nIruts all honest, industrious citizens
hav.. an ideniic.l inter, -. The co
op+ration OF moderate proportion OF
the best citizens in any city i'll Ohio,
with the determination expressed by
them that good men. from all political
parties. or no political party, shall ad
minister its affairs. ard that Unfit men.
of any party, shall not bold its Offices.
would soon secure a good municipal
government. Such a government calls
for the best work of tile best men. and
neither party alone can furnish il.
The Improvement of our municipal
government. generally, would cousti
rute one of the best poss BILE GUARANTEES
of an Efficient civil service upon large
Gale
MASSILLCS RIOTS.
In the moLth of April last informa
ton was received from tue sheriffs OF
the counties of Stark and Wayne, and
/ from oiher sources. that in some otthe
mining dirtricts of those counties bands
of rioters were by force and intinida
rion preventing laborers from working
where they II d been hired aud were
desir0us to labor, ana that their EN-
ployers had been expelled by violence
from their property.
The Adjuraut General and the AT
/ to-ney G-neral of the Safe inmedi
ateIy repaired TO the scene of alleged
riots, aud after Investigation reported
| the representations of the sheriffs oi
those counties were fully sustained 10y
! the facts, and that the local authcri
ties were unable to afford protection
I TO ci iZens and TO preserve the peace
The Adjutaut-General was directed
TO call to the aid of the local authori
( ties of said counties a military fore,
sufficient TO protect citizens in the en-
joymeDt of their rights and TO enforc'
/ the laws.
With the assistance thus afforded
,tiie civil authorities were enabled tC
arrest many of tie offenders and pre-
I Vent further injury to person and prop
erry. Immediately after learning tha
the local authorities were again abb,
to maintain. the Law aud.oroer withou
assistance from the State, the milirar,
Companies which had been called intt
the service of the States were with
( dawn and returned to their home.
The Aajutant Generals report con
tains full aud detailed account o
these Transactions, accompanied b!
copies OF all papers relating thereto
aud a statement of the expenses incur
red. 1t is ratify'Bg that in this affair
which at one time threatened to b;
very serious, the supremacy of the law
was upheld without loss of life. Adju
tant General Wikoff. Attorney Genera
Little, and the officers and men o. the
military companies which were ca1le
out, deserved and have received the
marked appreciation of the people o.
| the State
STATE BOARD OF CENTENNIAL MANA
GERS.
The Board of Centennial Manager:
hay. completed the work entrusted lC
them, and it is a satisfaction 10 know
that the part taken by the people oI
Ohio in the National exhibition al
Philadelphia, was highly creditable 20
I the State.
The appropriations made by the
I General Assembly have been carefully
and economically expended. and whe:l
I the affairs of the Board are closed up.
balance of several thousand dollars
will be left uneXpended.
The entire nui&ber of Ohio exhibits
was one thou aud, of which two hun
drrd and fifty received awards, ii pro
portion larger than was obtained by
any other State for the same class of
articles. The jury on collective States
exhibits Individual exhibits not COM
ing within the line of their duties) rec
commend ia their report Awards TO
Ohio as follows:
l. For S'a'e Buil ding on the Centennial
Grounds of exce Beni design and workman
ship. Constructed with ma vrialS exclusively
from ''hip and by WORK men from that stale.
and containing Contributions of building
stone iinm nearly e, cry qu airy in The state,
win glass made + ON Oi. 40 sandstone.
,. tor u large collection by the Safe Arch
&c logical Sac'e'yr Of mound buI der le-
mains. and oih' r antiquities relating TO pa e
historic III n
). For "a large collection of the vast IN neral
resources of the Stale. with their primar" de
rlyatiOns, AID especially nom tnE Hanging
K'Irk iron region he iuscaIawas, MahOniI z
Hooking Valley. and PER-. coul ~ cal ai,d
iron Igions 80 inciuding excellent speci
mems o. salt md biomine
For complete exhibition of the wood:
of the : air.
;. Fora.exIe sire variety of the the cere'
ais of the ) ate.
9. Fora coInpl. te display { many varieties
OF fruits irOm Ju entv iOur different counties
:. For an exceedingly interesting exhlbi
tion of The tdUcaIini'a al sy stem of Ihe state
embracing all departments Of education.
$ For a large. elaborate. ard exceedingly
valuable pe illogical ma OF Ohio. with many
excellent features, deserving speci III cLm
mendatiOn-
BOARD OF STATE CHARITIES.
The Board of State Charities, which
was re established by The General As
sembly at irs last session. is rendering
I import art service. This Board has nC
authority whatever, excepting only
that it is its duty TO examine thorough
lydirtO the condition and aDagement
!'6f all public institutions, penal OIL
charitable, that are established by law
fand Administered by officers or, agent:
I the State. or Of any city or country
thereof. Ii is also the duty of thi'
Board, annually, to report to the Gen
eral Assembly such facts and sDgges-
tions as arr deemed important in rela-
tion to the interests committed to il.
care.
More than thirty thousand persons
poor and suffering men, women, anC
children, come under the supervision
of this Board. 1t is believed that th,
publicity thus given to the manage
ment of these institutions is adequate
TO the correction of all abuses. TIL,
members of the Board serve without
compensation, and its expenses are
small. having been for tile past year
including the salary of the Secretary
less than two thousand dollars.
commend ihe report and work of the
| Board to your favorable consideration
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
AS a member of the Board of State
/ Charities. have visited with my col
leagues, during the year. the following
State insritu ions TO wit: The Sol
diers' and Sailors Orphans Home, al
! X-nia; the Hospitals for the Insane al
Cleveland, Dayton, and Athens, aud
the Longview Asylum; the institution,
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