The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10
COLUMBUS NOTES.

JUDGE Okey, of the Supreme Court, Is dan
gerously Ill.
.sNo QUORUM" has been the affection of the
Legislature for the past week.
THE grasp of the school book monopoly on
the State Legislature is great.
Mr.. BRENAN has introduced in the House
bill allowing school teachers certificates to be
renewed without re-examination, at the discre-
ton of the Board Of Examiners.
COLONEL. HILL has introduced bill to max
the Prosecuting Attorney the legal adviser oe
County Commissioners and other county ofhf
cials. The bill does not provide any additional
pay for the services. 3,r = $50
The House has adopted resolution that on
and after March s no member viii be allowed
to speak more than twice on any one subject,
nor to occupy more than ten minutes In any
one speech, except by unanimous consent OF
the House,
The past week in Columbus in business
point of view, has not amounted to much. 1t
has been difficult to get q quorum IN either
branch of the Legislature, and the consequences
has been that nothing but the ordinary routine
business has been enacted.
BURGLARS attempted to rife the Governors
Mansion the past week. A servant heard the
intruders, and nrming himself with an iron
poker, took after them. They escaped through
a second story window and reached the ground
from low building in the rear.
THE Judiciary Committee of the House re-
ported back Senator Jackson's bill to increase
the pay of Secretary of State with substitute
which fixed tho pay of Secretary of State at
$4,000 by giving him 81, 900 of fees of his Office
The bill passed by vote of 80 to 81.
GOVERNOR FOSTER, before leaving for WASH
ington, issued the necessary papers committing
the sentence of death passed upon John WEIGH,
at Fremont, to imprisonment for life. WEIGH
was convicted of having murdered q German
named Cottrasker. The execution was to have
taken place on the 4th inst.
The following gentlemen have been adj,
mitted to the bar of the Supreme Court. T.
| 5iegel, jun., Wilburn G. Zeigler, Benjamin ii.
Brooks and Frank F. Rankin, of Columbus; ].
@. Rickenbaugh and W. s. Cramer, Of Cincin-
I natl; Samuel Brinkerhoff, Of Fremont; Rich
| ard Gainor, of Newark; David Jameson, OF
Warren; George Kinney and Wallace L. Hand
| ley, of Carrollton; Robert X. Knowles, of
Xania, and George Hayden, OF Medina
IT is stated on excellent authority that Co
lumbus is swarmed with paid agents OF the
school book monopoly. They are active IN
their efforts to defeat any measure tending to
crush them out, and it is well-known factthat
| MP to the present time their efforts have been
crowned with singular success. There is now
| pending two bills aiming at this monopoly, the
! first, by Judge Patton, of Defiance, It pro-
| vides that the State shall purchase the copy
perhaps impractical. That nothing viii be
done in this direction it is almost safe to pre-
dict.
THE Commercials Columbus correspondent
says: "Among the important things to be
| settled Is the Longview Trusteeship. The
Governor has decided to ask for the resigna-
ton of the two remaining members lHulburt
and Roth, and 10 reappoint full Board.
Hulburt viii be reappointed. This steps made
| necessary by the law relating to the case. I
think it is a safe prophecy to say that II win
take Governor Foster about ten days to settle
up his official business here after his return,
and that within q fortnight our modest little
Hickenlooper will be signing his name as Gov
ernor of Ohio.
Two life prisoners were pardoned by Cover
nor Foster, before leaving for Washington.
They were Ferdinand Seitz, convicted Of muir
der in the second degree, at Cincinnati, in
1916, and George Grinne1, convicted OF the
same crime at Xenia, in November, 1869. The
details, of Ferdinand Seitz's trial and conviction
are things of the past but slight statement
of the facts will call to the minds of the older
inhabitants of Cincinnati the whole affair. It
seems that Adams, the murdered man, displayed
largo roll of bills in q bar-room, where Seitz
and a party of friends had been drinking, when
some one in the party said, sIet's take that
pile" Seitz says that he told them, sNo, we
will not take that money" Some time after
this occurrence Adams body was found on the
roadside, and from the appearance of the head
it was supposed that it had been crushed IN
with club. Seitz has always maintained that
he was innocent, and that his conviction was
procured by perjury. When he was brought e
the Penitentiary he left wife and child II
Cincinnati, but it is believed that they dice
long time ago. Grinnell was charged With
killing a colored man near Cedarville. They
fell out and went to fighting over game Of
cards.
GENERAL. GIBSON has been rendered fa
position, and consequently ly has written the fol
lowing able literary production:
STATE OF ONO, ADJuTANT.GENERAL's OFFICE,
COLUMBUS, March ], 1881. !
To His Excellency Charles Foster, Governor and Com
mander-in-Chlef:
S1R-With little taste and no ambition 70
official position, accepted the Office of Adult
ant General because of my high regard 10
yourself personally. My associations have bee
most agreeable, and can recall no unpleasan
incident connected with my administration o
the office. I have earnestly sought to meri
the public commendation and justify you
manifestation of confidence in my capacity an
integrity. But, duty to myself, my creditor
and my family require that I should make tn
best possible use of my time; and am teudere
Il n business situation, with thrice the salary o
this office. From paramount sense of duty
therefore, have the honor to tender my re
, signation of the officers Adjutant General, AM
! beg its acceptance, as of this date.
With profound sense of my great oblgatlo
| to you am, very truly,
w. II. GIBSON, Adjutant General OF Ohio.
The resignation was accepted, and Assistan
[ | Adiutant General Smith has been promoted
Adjutant General and Major Axline to Assistazl
Adiutant General.