The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-24
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STATE NEWS ITEMS.

TIE Auditor of State has filed lis report
with the Governor. The report shows bal
ances at the close of the fiscal year 1884, as
follows:
General Revenue fund, $751;, ,653.53; Sinking
s17.74s.s s.: total for 1854. s7Is HIS: making
tetal al insl%dnE 5ss S balances November l5 lss4
year have been as follows: General revenue
State Common School fund, 81, ,623, ,4S3; leav.
General revenue fund sos lss II % sinking ri fund, @
$68, ,974-21: State Common School fund, $780,
926.1l. The receipts for the same funds dur
ing the year foregoing were as follows: Rev
enue fund. 81, ,637, BIZ II; sinking fund, 1884.
376.77; State Common School fund. $l,642,.
Of receipts to the general revenue fund were:
Taxes. 81. l37 6s3 SO; Board of Public Works.
tolls, @ g. etc, sl1s2 M M25sa 30; Insurance Department.
Flood Sufferers Commission return balance,
$s5s.7s: Cincinnati Election COMMITTEES.
g oSie psos sSdesW Si ssss W rOP Pasi ss
eye place addition, So, ,i37R: war claims
from General Government. S2,152.O6. The
were: Adjutant-G G enerars Department, $780,
634.2l; State-house and grounds. $l7, ,Sll.62;
Agriculture Department, SIG, ,735.43; Hortf.
tories, ss,S5sls: Auditor Of States Depart
6sio iyer s1S sS E2pestES sao Bureau
eraTs Department ssts t q; Live 'snss ssoes com
mission, s5A.5s; School Commissioners' De.
gartment So. 29552; Railroad Commissioners
1921; balance on values and extension Of
:sssSss S:sss.msss stSSs
145 u; Legislature, s1l7,441s; Law
s.ssaaFsS .ssS BsaTd Fl pu5ee %Sai. q Aass
Binding: ss7, 1855; supreme Court, %, ss:7s;
arer Of State. si2,lss4s; Toledo Asylum.
Land .s'S a. Asylu% Il SIS coigmSas Asylum
and Dumb Asylum. sol, ,ssiis; Blind 1sy-
lum, s64,1ls.16; Imbeoile AS, lum, -$l4s,-
County hohsSss Asya Asylum :; Ipsss so
ISL mi; Ohio ri, PssI.snslses, sss7 s% PROSE: rose
$3.50; Girls INDUSTRIAL Home, sii, ,1ss's;
House Rsfuss s sosSa Of Tesss stsse
Charities, $4,1l6.64; Ohio State University,
$l5, 37oes; Agricultural Experiment Station,
is; Ohio 1aVersisy ss5 M siami nrsdG s
ity, $s,0l97l expenses OHIO exhibit at New
Orleans, sss.Gss7: The Sinking Fund o re-
s.; from sale Of school lands, So 1887; from
snd united statss 14e 20 for
irTeaueibIe debt, sssl, ,sss.i2: principal found;
ed debt due July ], 1885, $350OO0; 1885. canal
$3.50; interest on funded debt Of State,
$210, ,8ss.6s. Received from taxes on ac-
aa Of aSs
rate of B. 80 per capita, 81, ,623, ,4S3. November
Is, 1885, the State and local debt was: Funded
State debt, 81 400, s70S; local debt-debts Of
aesss Of dabts cities a.
offfpos Of tosnshtps. "sss 4 debts oeDsf Of
separate school districts, 81, ,l34, 1888.
in local Indebtedness ySi H'SiSss5.5s. increase Increase
in cities, 81, 143 825 46; increase in counties,
81 l55, ,927 SO; increase in villages. $366, 1881
mate of receipts and disbursements for 1886:
Receipts-General revenue fund, 81, 792, ,33l .2S;
:ohoois: :R5s dr1s Total s. stass st ss Dis,
755 IS; sinking fund. ssl2, ,sieso; State common
The grand duplicate for 1885 is as follows:
Real estate in cities, towns and villages,
and Villages T s7ls s ss % ehattel Ts prcparty, ss
$500 9I3, 1856. Total taxable value of the dup1i-
cate for 1885, 81, $40, ,79 1858. There is decrease
| The taxes for 1885 made upon the foregoing
| basis are as follows: State purposes-Gen-
eral revenue. 40 mills which will realize
| 2,336, ,24S 28; State sinking fund, $40 mill,
$50, $50. As; State Common School fund, mill,
| 81 1.67O .0992l. Total forpState purposes. 9-lO
mills realizing & Total 10 q i ieyy IA fSr ss
local taxation for township, ETC., 81 l52, ,Ol5 81
| for schools and school-house purposes, ST.
other special purposes, s1,is4. l5s.os; total
toa so6ool snd ans
taxes on the duplicate for 1885, sec, ,326, ,637 go;
| dog tax, 500, 1893, which makes total levy for
al purposes on the duplicate for 1885, $3l,
THERE is q sudden advance in iron, and
the mills of the Mahoning Valley have COM
menced to run full time. 1t is estimated
/ that the Bessemer ore market is nearly five
hundred thousand tons short. Youngs.
town parties have been to Pittsburg inves-
tigating the use of natural gas in the pro.
duction of iron.
| WILLIAM LLOYD, young married man.
met with frightful accident on the farm,
of Jacob Almindinger, near Marion, the
other afternoon. Lloyd, who is a butcher
was, about to shoot bullock, when the
rifle exploded, scattering the fragments OF
the weapon in every direction, completely
tearing out the eye and fearfully laceratine
the face of the unfortunate man.
A SIGNAL service station is to be estab
lished at Youngstown.
GEO. DAVIDSON, old citizen of Newark
died in his chair few days ago.
The city of Cleveland is being raided by
pickpockets, one of whom has been cap
tured. Cincinnati has had the same expe
rience.
CuYAHoGA COUNTY is practically free o.
debt, and has S16s 600 cash in the Treasury
Fairfield County is also entirely out o.
debt.
GEO. W. NEWTON, of Pickaway County
has been arrested for the murder of hi.
wife, who died from poison ON November z
A FoUR-YEAR-oLp daughter Of Harry
Thompson, of Haydenville, was burned tx
death, her clothes having become ignitet
while playing with fire.
TIE Ohio Supreme Court has adjourned
until the second Tuesday in January.
NEAR Kenton, John Mentzer accidentally
killed himself while cleaning his gun.
THE will of the lately deceased Hele,
Purcell, of GAINESVILLE, who left $4,000 t.
found 'home for INDECENT and age'
widows and unmarried women" is to b.
contested by her relatives on the plea tina
she was Of unsound mind when the will wa
made.
The annual report of the trustees an
officers of the Boys Industrial School
near Lancaster, has been filed witt
the Governor. 1t states that durin
| tne year So1 boys nave Oeen TecelVeu dn
22S sent out on leave. There are now Al
boys at the institution.
AUDITOR KIEsEwETTER won't hear an
more complaints from overtaxed banks
Says the Board of Equalization is throug
work for the year and the fretting finar
ciers must 60 to court.
JAMES BoDINE is receiver of the defunc
Farmers bank, Orville. Liabilities 500
600. Amply secured by attachment o
farm property.
AT Clarksfield, VIM Reynolds and hi
three sons became involved in a drunke
quarrel VIM. Reynolds, jr., was Stable
eleven times by his father, and died almo:
instantly.
MRS PALMS, of Toledo, is one of eleve
liuinr hrofhers and sisters whose avera o