The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-14
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


legislative ana contingent expenses; cOdify.
A recess of five minutes was taken to receive
Ex-Governor Foster
,,a,sss, aCuss-l,ill passed Providing home 70.
the month OF March. The conference report
on the bill fixing the time when County Aud.
itors shall go into ONCE was disagreed to.
Allowing defendants in replevin suits to rive
February . legal holiday for the public
Se e
Bills introduced: Providing that counties. as
well as cities, shall be responsible for losses
storing the original law in will cases; allowing
contestants to open and close the case; au-
thorizing gas fuel companies to appropriate
land and lay pipes. H
Police Courts to admit to bail for longer
time than twenty.fOur hours: providing the
manner of infiicting penalty on insurance
street railroads to heat Their their cars; making
appropriations for the Legislature. Bills IN
trodnced: Authorizing the State to. issue
bonds to meet deficiencies; allowing church
memberships TO become Incorporated; secure
payment of wages to employees twice month; ;
providing offices for justices of the pence;
ness on the assessment plan.
COLUMBUS, April 2.-SENATE.-Bill passed:
Requiring railroad companies to give notice
at stations whether trains are on time or not.
Providing that examiners OF county treasur.
les shall consist of three persons. and shall
be sworn. Adjourned to p. m. Tuesday.
HOusE.-Two local bills were introduced,
and the House adjourned to p. m Tuesday
COLUMBUS, April 8.-SENATE.-Bills intro
duced: Requiring trustees OF gas.works
owned by villages TO pay all moneys collect
ed into the corporation treasury. The gen,
eral appropriation bill was reported back and
ordered printed as amended.
HOUSE, A message was received from the
Governor on the financial condition of the
state. He is of the opinion that as the value
mands upon the treasury, the rates of taxa
ton must be advanced, and that the liquor
traffic and foreign corporations should be
tons Of the State. An immediate reyalua-
trodueed: Providing for boards of health in
practice from the provisions Of the phar.
macy act; making an appropriation for the
INDECENT widows of soldiers.
The post-office at Dickman, Putnam
County, has been abolished.
THE new Cincinnati board of police COM
missioners have issued an order that Off
GERS must pay their honest debts or be dis.
missed
ONO has Is, 743 miners, and in 1885 mined
1916, l79 tons of coal. In fifty-one accidents
there were thirty-two lives lost, or life for
every GIG men employed.
OGovERNoR FORAKER has designated
April 30 as Arbor Day. Unless His Excel
lency will arrange to have the snow out of
the way and frost out of the ground by that
date. the tree-planting part of the pro-
gramme will have to be dispensed with,
and the day spent in oratory.
THE Senate Committee investigating Gin
cinnati election frauds concluded its labors
on the 9th.
GEORGE MCGoRMLEY, an insane farmer
living near Fremont committed suicide the
other morning by cutting his throat with a
razor.
WIN. BRAcY, who burglarized the house Of
Charles Reynolds, in New London, a
few nights ago, was arrested indicted, tried,
convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary
for ten years, all within three days.
A LARGE volume OF gas was tapped at
Well No. 9, Carey. After bedtime the other
night the gas caught fire and the fre-bells
aroused the fremen and citizens, who sue
ceeded, with much difficulty, in saving the
derrick and placing the gas under control.
SAMUEL MAcKLIN, aged eighty-six, died
Ao" uoJs o4o' nc was oue
VI cne hrst settlers OF tnat part OF Ohio.
NATHANIEL POLLARD died at his home
near Elenor, aged 1Ol years.
FRANCIS MURPHY has opened a temper
anoe revival ~ li"n'
The street-car strike in Dayton was set
hed on a basis Of SH per week for 1511 hours
work per day
The other night Constable Reed and
eleven deputies went to the residence of
Isaac Zutzy, farmer, living one mile
north Of Orrville, to capture Zutzy, who il
wanted for forging notes ON number of
farmers, among them his father. They
surrounded the premises and made a thor
ough search, bu. failed to find their man.
His wife claimed he LETT several days be-
fore for parts unknown. His forgeries will
amount to several thousand dollars, and is
man generally known throughout East
ern Ohio
MR.WM. SKINNER, aged eighty-two years,
died at his home in Marietta, few days
ago. About a week before he accidentally
fell, breaking his leg and sustaing other in
juries, from which and his old age he died.
He was one Of the pioneer citizens of WASH
ington County, and in his earlier years
une VI l1s mos1 prOnineht business men,
ne nns s'0ia''Ves =" o'nc'nna'i anu loving
''n' n.y.
A DECISION has been rendered at Tiffin In
the Circuit Court which will be Of interest
to township trustees all over the State. It
was in the case of the trustees of Clinton