Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-04-14
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

President Cleveland is said to be in love
But the Government at Washington still
lives.
Robert Corn. colored man, an inmate
of the Greene county intirmary. committed
suicide yesterday.
Notwithstanding rumOrS of intended re-
SignatiOn, Mr.. Hopple sticks like shoe,
makers wax to his seat in the Ohio Senate,
Rev. John W. Shields, widely known a.
the blind minister of the Presbyterian
church. died al his home in Nenia. yeSter-
day. of pneumonia.
A diver has been down and finds by the
crushed condition of the Oregon that She
was run into by something. but what that
something was is still mystery, with the
exception of water.
4 New York dispatch states that. in spite
of the cheerful view taken by his most in
innate friends. General Chester A. Arthur
is a very sick man, and his condition is a
source of great anxiety"
*. &. Sims, the author of ''OStler Joe. -
/ the poem to Mrs. PQtter'> reading of which
some Washington society ladies objected
has suddenly sprung into fame and finds a
ready market for other work Of his pen.
Hiram Brake who went from Cedarvlle
| ~ Nsllltblll lAii Nllt 1919 Stli ~tthtiS.
has Just returned to his old home. He has
never been married. and his fortune is esti-
mated at S3oO, 900. He was never heard
from until about four weeks ago.
There are two curbStone brokers in New
York who look 50 much like Jay Gould
that, if the three were put together. itwUuld
not be easy for one not acquainted with
Gould Ia pick him out. The resemblance.
. .. H. a 1
trimming of beard they are now seeking Il"
destroy. Ii is considered dangerous.
The Illinois live stock commissioners
have recommended that restrictions in the
nature of quarantine be commanded by eN-
ecutive Proclamation against the mporta-
ton into the state of Texas cattle for graz
ing or feeding purposes until autumn frost
removes the cause for apprehension of pu,-
Sible danger from Spanish fever.
Base Ball.
At Macon Chicago l7,-Mac0n ;.
At AuguSta-No game ON account of
rain.
At Philadelphia Philadelphia :, At
leticS s.
At Baltimore Baltimore 6. Rochester |.
At ST. LOuiS-MaruonS :. Browns Il.
At Newark Bostons /. Newark five
innings.
General Assembly.
SENATE April l3. Bills introduced
Giving probate courts full AUTHORITY oven
boys sent to reform school: giving county
commissioners full power in allowing com
penSatiOn i'll turnpike cases q; authorizing
GAINESVILLE to levy taxes for armory: Wash
ingtOn cemetery association of Fayettr
county TO build vault: requiring trustee or
executor TO list property where deceased
had lived.
HuUSE-Sunday law fay0rably reported
back. Bills introduced: Requiring rail
way employees to speak English; making
mechanics lien laws apply TO those digging
bitches; to prohibit saloons within tw"
miles of powder mills; auth Drzing Cler-
mont county to construct and purchase
turnpikeS; Greene county to build bridges
Ross county 10 construct four free turnpikeS:
Brown county tO construct free pike town
ship trustees to furnish offices for Justice of
the peace; Columbus to lay granite block
pavementS.
Congress.
SENATE-April ia number of bills
were introduced. Mr.. Plat took the floor
on his resolution relating Ia open executive
sessions, and spoke at length
Nj Dutitl ootdlileu 'oL>tht " SPtdh
tomorrow. Mr.. Logan will follow. \
house bill was passed authorizing the de
livery Ia the owners of certain CLASSES of
property captured in the late war. The
fisheries resolution was then taken up. and.
after considerable debate, voted upon. II
was agreed tO-yeaS 25, nays 10. The res
nlution declares it TO be the sense of the
senate that Congress should not provide for
any joint commission 10 consider and settle
the fisheries question.
HoUSE.-The Hurd- RomeiS ease was
ralled up. A numbero of speeches consumed
the time up to ; o'clock, when the HouSc