The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-06
COLUMBUS NOTES.

WV. WAGNER, the proprietor Of . brickyard,
was fatally stabbed in q saloon, it is supposed,
by his associate, Ferdinand Krost.
TIE coal miners Of the Hooking Valley, who
recently went on strike, demanding pay twice
. month, have most Of them gone to work
again.
JUDGE SnAs N. FIELDS was denied payment
by the Auditor Of State Of extra pay allowed
him % Assistant 6ergeant-at-arms Of the Senate
some years ago.
3GovERNoH FOSTER has reappointed G. b.
Grosvenor Trustee of the Soldiers and Sailors
Orphans Home the position he resigned whilc
running for Presidential Elector.
THR first Chinaman ever received as convict
at the Ohio Penitentiary was received last week
from Butler County, in the person Of Say You,
who was sent up for three years, two for arson
and one for burglary. Who says John IL not
capable Of civilization?
The Supreme Court, in the case Of the State
Of Ohio e1-rel. H. P. Clough Il Co., us the
Commissioners of Shelby County, allowed an
alternative writ Of raanddnaus, compelling de-
PENDANTS to award contract for building County
Court House at Sidney to the plaintiffs.
ACCORDING to the annual report Of the Board
OF Public Works, the best paying port on the
canals for tolls is Cleveland, where the collec-
tions were $17, ass. IA; next comes Akron with
e16, 421.47; Canal Dover, $14, 1857; Piqua,
$1S, 96l. 76; Lockland, 1o,9o6.95, and Cincin-
matt, $l0,0s0.65.
The report made by the Western Union Tele-
graph to the Commissioner of Railroads and
Telegraphs of Ohio, says the Company invested
last year in electric patents, 1915 1850, and in
stock Of Telegraph and Telephone Companies,
$24O, Sill total, $621, 1887, to control i'm
provements that might in some way effect the
business Of the Company.
TWENTY prisoners in the County Jail mutinied
the other day, and all the police in the South
end of town were called in to queu them.
One shot was fred, but without fatal results.
6rIA nt4r Aw~l1 1f.. L. - L
prisoners was found to be sufficient argument
to quell the trouble. Several convicts were
seriously injured by being hit with pieces of
coal.
A COUPLE giving the names of Michael Small
and Mrs. Keen were arrested on dispatch from
the police of Pittsburg. Mrs. Keen said that
she was running away from brutal husband
to friends at Cincinnati and Small was rolling
mill man, coming West to seek employment,
and they travelled together. What they are
wanted for at Pittsburg is not known, but they
are suspected of some crime.
AU. 8. ARMY officer is to report at the q. 8.
Barracks, to receive from Ohio the Austrian,
Belgian, Springfield and Enfield muzzle-loading
guns drawn from the U. 8. Government BY
Ohio during the war. Ohio will return enough
Government headquarters. After this is done
the State will furnish breech-loaders to arm the
o. N. g., and have . large sum to her credit 1t
Washington.
STATE Mine Inspector Roy and Commits
sioner Walls have submitted to Governor Fos-
ter's consideration in an unofficial way, the fact
that but few, if any, Trades Unions are incor-
porated. OF these the Miners Union, which
wields such great power, and submits at times
the whole country to suffering through the ca
price Of its officers, is not legal body, and can
not be sued nor can it sue. The Governor will
probably suggest some sort of legislation upon
the matter in his annual message to the Legis-
lature.
The Board of Public Works have made their
annual report, from which we take the follow
| ing: The total receipts for the year from all
sources have been $2ss, ,051. 40. OF this sum
1852, 302 was in the shape Of tolls and fines, as
follows: Miami and Erie Canal, S73, ,O61. "a;
/ Ohio Canal, S68, 70S 80; Muskingum Improve
ment. $13, ,666. 80; Hooking Canal Sc, 4s9. SO;
Walhonding Canal, s3s0.2s. The Receivers of
the Public Works paid in as the income Of their
| trust e21 ,978.10. The bulk of the water-rents
came from the Miami and Erie Canal, which
brought in &38 1888 So, the Ohio Canal $S, ,s41 81,
and the Muskingum Improvement o., 56S. 66,
making, with $165 from tho Lewistown reser-
voir, a total Of $53, 1882 The total disburse-
ments during the year were $223, ,642. 90. In
cluding surplus left over from the preceding
| year, there was total balance to the credit Of
the Canal Fund, after deducting all expenses, Of
| $50, 124. H."