The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-06
COLUMBUS NOTES.

VIM. WAGNER, the proprietor Of q brickyard,
was fatally stabbed in q saloon, it is supposed,
by his associate, Ferdinand Krost.
The coal miners of the Hooking Valley, who
recently went on strike, demanding pay twice
q month, have most Of them gone to work
again.
JUDGE SILAs n. FIELDS was denied payment
by the Auditor of State of extra pay allowed
him as Assistant Sergeant-at-arms Of the Senate
some years ago.
3 3GovERNoR FOSTER has reappointed G. n.
Grosvenor Trustee of the Soldiers and Sailors
Orphans Home, the position he resigned while
running for Presidential Elector.
THR first Chinaman ever received as a convict
at the Ohio Penitentiary was received last week
from Butler County, in the person Of Say You,
and one for burglary. Who says John is not
| capable of ciyilization?
The Supreme Court, in the case Of the State
| of Ohio eJ-reL. II. P. Clough d Co., us. the
| Commissioners of Shelby County, allowed an
alternative writ of naandanus, 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 81, 453 IA; next comes Akron with
| S16, 421.47; Canal Dover, S14, 1887; Piqua,
S1S, ,961.76; 1ockland, 10, 9O695, and Cincin-
| natl $40, ,080.65.
| The report made by the Western Union Tele-
| graph to the Commissioner of Railroads and
Teegraphs of Ohio, says the Company invested
last year in electric patents, 1915 go, and in
stock OF Telegraph and Telephone Companies,
| S240, oil; total S621, 1887, to control i'm
| proveInents 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 queH them.
| One shot was fired, but without fatal results
! Cold water and chunks of coal thrown ut the
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 a 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.
A q. s. ARMY officer is to report at the U. s.
| Barracks, to receive from Ohio the Austrian,
Belgian, Springfield and Enfield muzzle-loading
Ohio during the war. Ohio will return enough
| Of these to give her credit of about $50 600 at
Government headquarters. After this is done
the State will furnish breech-loaders to arm the
| 0. n. g., and have q large sum to her credit at
Washington.
STATE Mine Inspector Roy and Commits
sioner Walls have submitted to Governor Fos-
ter's consideration in 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 hot 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 $238, ,051. 40 OF this sum
1852, 302 was in the shape of tolls and fines, az
follows: Miami and Erie Canal, S73 O61 "a
Ohio Canal, s6s, 7O3 80; Muskingnm Improve.
ment $13, ,666.9S; Hooking Canal, &C. iS9 So
Walhonding Canal, S3S0.29. The Receivers Of
the Public Works paid in as the income of theii
trust S21, ,973.10. The bulk of the water-rents
came from the Miami and Erie Canal which
brought in S9S, .63, the Ohio Canal $S, ,S41 81
and the Muskingum Improvement $5, ,568. 66
making, with S1S5 from the Lewistown reser.
voir, total of S53, 1882. The total disburse-
ments during the year were S223 642. 90. In.
Guiding 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. r."