The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-15
STATE NEWS ITEMS


STATE NEWS ITEMS
Legislative Proceedings.
OoLc,rggs. April e-s.EArs..Bills intro.
ed into the corporation treasury. The gen.
eral appropriation bill was reported back and
ordered printed as amended. |
Hovs8.-A message was received from the |
Governor on the financial condition of the
State. He is of the opinion that as the value |
mands upo the treasury, the rates Of taxa
ton must be advanced. and that the liquor
trafRc and foreign corporations should be
kcns Of the State. An immediate revaiaa-
ton Of property Is recommended. Bills In |
villages; exempting physicisns Of i've years
pract1ce from the provisions of the phar.
macy act; making an appropriation for the
INDECENT widows Of soldiers.
COLUMBUS, April 7.-SENArE.-Bins passed;
Providing that material for township roads
may be taken from one township to another:
the building is Of less value than $50; proyid-
ing that candidates for school board shall be
voted for on separate ticket. Bills intro
liners to discharge teachers holding certih-
Gates for immoral conduct; extending the
term Of the city solicitor in Cleveland and
HoUsE.-Bills passed: Attaching q penalty
OF 500 for assessors falling to assess property
according to its true value in money; author
ASAh8 - VI u SOuuty
to construct Jonathan avenue and to erect q
morgue in Cincinnati. Bills defeated: Al
against each other in criminal cases; provid-
ing for Q State Board of Health. A number
Of local bills were passed.
COLUMBUS, April s.-~SENATE.-Bflls passed:
Regulating the management and operation
OF building associations; providing that
eight hours shall constitute a days work:
p pce ran . that tine statute msre, Of Limitations Mnmsno s; shall
persons b feed stray live stock q lien upon
the property; Furnishing assessors and mem
Property pS At less Il than sSu is true va aHi a IL money.
and industrial school at Wiiberforce Univer-
theatrical or other exhibitions on Sunday.
o osaFssd e IND sr 3. z. on sSn.o IL Toi s,s5s' elected sas aa to
MI the vacancy.
HousE:--Bills passed: Providing for q State
board of health; authorizing boards of educa-
providing ssS for t dbe1ss na wss % sefS aItehes for
~rations: to prevent adulteration Of and de-
solution was adopted asking Congress to in
crease the pensions of soldiers who have lost
. leg or arm.
a., Go = April smsnsAr.:LThs Senate
to p. m. Tuesday,
HoUsx:-Bills introduced: Providing for a
r~eyaluatton of real estate; revising the laws
requiring that all goods made by convict la
Dor shall be so labeled; changing the name
to snimSis to the ohio Obi Humane society; re-.
| quirjng the railroad commissioner to inquire
into = report on railroad strikes; compel
s s,1s so" and m asaste est e % tse if sams. AZ "a.
5ourned to J. m. Tuesday. -
JAMES Z. GRoeAN, enrolling clerk of the
Ohio Senate, has been dismissed, and j. K.
! OIL, correspondents Of the Toledo Bee,
elected to all the vacancy.
D. J. WATSON, aiocal freight brakeman
on the c., A. M G. railroad, was instantly
killed at Killbuck, Eve miles south of Mil.
1ersburg. An overhead bridge struck him
and his body was horribly mangled.
GERMANTOWN was injured heavily by fire
the other night, several buildings being
burned and the loss estimated at $50, 600
John Koeppel, in whose candy warehouse
the fire originated from q gasoline explo
sion, was seriously hurt.
A P~osT-ofFIcE has been established a
Thornport, Perry County.
WILLIAM e. BEEMER, Of Cedarville, is tn,
successful candidate for the Eighth Dis
trict cadetship.
ELI CoRNEs' child, aged one month, wa
found lead at Caldwell the other morning
having been accidentally smothered Will
sleeping with its parents.
MRS. LUCIPHA SHERMAN died at the resi-
dence of her ~son-in-law, Hon. L. A. Brun
ner, in Tifin, aged n~inety-fve years an,
three months. She was a native of Ne,
Haven, Conn.
JIG. WrTrER, aged twenty-five, shot him
self though the left breast with the inter
ton Of committing suicide. He had bee
. student in q telegraph school at Oberlin
which, he says, cheated him out of his hare
earned money. He will probably recover
A FARMLAND named c. D. Taylor wa
attacked by a vicious SOW in Morris Towr
ship, Knox County, and his leg frightfull
mutilated. His cries brought n%eighbors t.
his assistance in time to prevent his bein
killed.
GEORGE SwINDELs, q ladt ten years of ag,
was drowned in the Ohio a few miles abov
Wellsville. The body was recovered.
TIE family of Wesley Keiser, of Cheste
Township, Wayne county, has just been il
creased by triplets, all girls, weighing seve
pounds each. This is the first birth of tn
kind in that county for a number of year
LEANDER BAKER, a prominent mail CO,
tractor of Woodsfield, Monroe Count,
committed suicide by shooting himsel
he and his wife nave had a good deal
trouble of late, and while under the inf
ence of liquor he ended his life. II
weapon used was q shotgun, the contenr
: of which passed entirely through his bod,
: almost severing it in two.
AT GAINESVILLE Patrick Gallagher has b
gun suit against Andrew huffman fl
SIC, 900 damages for killing bis son John &
the 18th of April last. Huffman was trit
. and acquitted. The petition recites tn,
h John was the support of his parents, al
by his death they were robbed of the
i means Of livelihood. The case is a nov
. one.
TIE other night Constable Reed al
eleven deputies went to the residence
q Isaac Zutzy, q farmer, living one mi
l. north Of Orrville, to capture Zutzy, who
q wanted for forging notes on a number
l. farmers, among them his father. Tn,
n surrounded the premises and made a the
|. ough search, but failed to find their ma
His wife claimed be left several days /
70 fore for parts unknown. His forgeries "
amount to several thousand dollars, and
3 . man generally known throughout Ea
70 ern Ohio.
ONO has Is, TAB miners, and in 1885 min
u 7,s16,17 tons of coal. In fifty-one accider
q there were thirty-two lives lost, OF a life I
Sd every GIG men employed. aai Ssh
Me-. WIN. SKINNER, aged eighty-two yea
died ut his home in Marietta, few ida
ago. About q week before he Academia
fell, breaking his leg and sustaing other
. juries, from which and his old age he di
w he was one of the pioneer citizens of Wa
n T. a: