The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-22
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Legislative Prooeedin<.,

CoLUMnUS, April 8.-SENATE.-Bills intro
while attempting to commit q felony shall
be guilty OF murder in the first degree; au-
thorizing probate courts to hear and decide
cases of commitment to the Boys Industrial
school; better regulating the sale of pOisons;
providing that executors may make returns
n the county where the property is listed
HOUsE.-Bills introduced: Giving persons
VINO dig private bitches q lien on the same;
to prevent the opening Of saloon within two
tions to license peddiers and suctioneers; au-
thorizlng township trustees to furnish Offices
emno e0, 3osnces OF OF the peace; requiring railroad
clear and distinct manner.
COLUMBUS, April 14.-SENATE.-Bi passed:
FOR the publication of the roster of the Ohio
adelphia to construct water-works; allowing
aR raulalnR county to build Courthouse. The
appointment of r. M. Rownd as manager of
tne pen1tentiary was confirmed; the resolu-
was adopted. Bills Introduced: Providing
the number Of directors not to exceed fifteen;
companies.
HousE.-Resolutions we're adopted sym
charged soldiers. Bills passed: Providing that
the IN wheos os
local bills were also disposed of.
COLUMBUS, April l15.-SENATE.-The day was
spent IN considering the general appropria.
HoUsE.-Bills passed: Extending the time
Tor the payment of assessments on one-mile
un.P uMnr.nPlkes; revising the laws governing the
Ohio National Guard; majority and minority
reports were submitted from the committee
investigating charges of corruption in the
ate, which were under discussion when re-
cess was taken until tomorrow.
,COLUhBUs, April l16.-SENATE.-Bills passed:
Making appropriations for departments. pub
0VNf70 has ,1sat>
ing the salary clause of the intermediate
penitentiary law; limiting boards Of educa-
viding against the aduiteration of candy;
mating making the warden or a deputy of the peni.
tEens,nFy EtaG act Is eIecutioner Bills introdnced'
tions so as to be on an equality with other
corporations; authorizing county commits.
vISs
Ry nysicians for attending the poor; to repeal
the act relating to color blindness.
Investigation Committee was asreed M ed to. and
the resolution to certify the testimony to tho
y. 8. Senate adopted. A resolution to pay
ming OF the session was defeated.
MAJOR J. D. WALLACE, leading Demo-
cratic lawyer of Morrow, is dead. He was
. native Of Ireland, served in the Mexican
war, and read law under the famous
Thomas Corwin.
MICHAEL McCoFFMAN, of Crestline, de-
serted his wife on a train, taking her bag
gage and leaving her penniless to pursue
her journey to Richmond, Ind.
h. F. EDsALL, treasurer of Brookfeld
Township, Trumbull County, has abscond-
ed, leaving the township 81, 500 and private
creditors 81 600 short.
The jury in the John Steig murder case
(CincinnatD returned a verdict for the
| second degree.
WILLIAM DENNIS, farmer near Ashley,
dropped dead of heart disease while work
ing in his garden.
The Cincinnati Presbytery reports s31
members received into the Churc1 the
present year, against 612 last year.
The bill introduced in the Ohio Senate
for State Board of Elections provides for
four supervisors, to be appointed by the
Governor and confirmed by the Senate,
who shall have their Office in Columbus,
and whose terms shall be for one, two
k'three and four years respectively. The
Governor is to divide the State into four
sections by county lines, and to assign q
| district to each member.
SURPRISE is expressed in Washington at
| the application of the school board of Gin
cinnati for portion of the Illiteracy Fund
for distribution by the Government under
the Blair bill passed by the Senate.
The President has nominated John c.
Riley for postmaster at Cincinnati, vice
Mr. Whitfield, whose time has expired.
The motion for a new trial in the case of
Grover for the murder of Loomis at Stony
Ridge, was overruled at Bowling Green,
and he will hang May IA.
MRS. ED. MURPHY, of DeGraff, has been
adjudged insane. Supposed to have been
caused by religious excitement.
ISRAEL ADAMS, farmer living near COL
| ier's Station, seven miles east of Steuben-
vile, committed suicide by cutting his
| throat from ear to ear with butcher
knife. The cause of the suicide was ill
health.
THE city council of Urbana has passed an
ordinance closing saloons from o'clock p.
m. to 6 o'clock a.. m. The present evening
closing hour is IL O'Clock.
A PIG brought in from the country was
the wonder of Greenville the other day.
1t has eight well developed legs, two tails,
and all else cons tituting two pigs except
| ing that it has but one head, the bodies
| fore legs protruding on either side 1t is ir
alcohol.
GEORGE GREEN, colored, who attempted
to murder his employer, D. j. Begges, at
| Canton, has been sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for twenty-ore years.
The Cincinnati Police Commissioners
will not strictly carry out the rule requir-
ing patrolnen to be under forty years OF
age. But the medical examination OF
| applicants will be more severe than here
tofore.
| AN expert has been employed to investi
| gate the affairs of the Hamilton County In
firmary.
WHILE crossing the Fifth-street Bridge
GAINESVILLE, the other afternoon, Colone
Charles c. Goddard, a prominent lawyer
and United States Commissioner, leaned
over the hand-rail too far and fell into tn,
river. Some men saw him fall, and pro
curing a skiff rescued him alive, though un
conscious.
J.P. SEAMAN, q jeweler carrying on bust
ness at st. Paris for several years, took ar
overdose of chloral the other morning, and
died very suddenly before medical attend
ance could reach him. 1t is not thought
|
MRS. J. A. WEST, Of Bloomfield last Jan
uary broke twig from Siberian cral
tree which stands in their yard, and placed
it in an earthen crock to support a gerani
um plant which had grown quite tall. Th,
twig from the crab tree is now in full
bloom, perfectly formed, and is snow white
1t is rare curiosity.
C. LITMER & Co.'s lard-oil factory, Gin
cinnati, was damaged by fire to the exten
of $50, 600.
BURGLARS entered Charles Spears furni
ture rooms, Wooster, wheeled a six-hun
dred pound safe into the back yard, blew i
open and got $1.25 for their trouble.
JACOB TwADDLE, Of Steubenville, blint
from birth, can tell the color of horse BY
| the sense of touch.
EPHRA1M HARPER, aged sixty-five, wealth,
and highly respected, living about fv,
miles west of Orrville, suicided by hanging
himself in his barn.
| TW0 uDNDRED and 81 " rifi1ops ~ Zapo-