The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-01
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Legislative Proceedings.


COLUMBUS, March h23.-SENATE.-Bills intro
duced: Amending Section 1853 so as to apply
TO partnerships; prescribing the manner in
nne which the board of public work works may lease
HoUsE.-Bills introduced: Providing an ad.
ditional penalty Tor obstructing bitches; al
lowing the organization of companies to in
sure titles to real estate and to guarantee in
tegrity of employees; repeating the act rela-
tive to cOlor-blindness of railroad employees;
amending the mechanics lien law SO as to
offered and tabled limiting the publication Of
opinions of Judges of the Supreme Court.
COLUMBUS, March "a. SENATE. : Bills
mechanics' institutes and training schools;
days before disposing of the same. Bills in
electric light plants and take stock in such
companies number of appointments by
callinS the InyestisatinR mvee Gommttee baof
was tabled under notice to discuss.
HousE.-Blls passed: Authorizing incor-
poration companies to change their location;
prescribing the manner of selling sulphate
and other preparations of morphine; max
ing Memorial Day a holiday for public
% marrying afs inside Of one year; % For the better
protection Of hotel keepers. The Committee
On Privilege and Elections a in the h case Of Of
seating the former, and the case was set for
Friday next.
COLUMBUS, March 25. = SENATE. - Bills
an elevated railway; allowing fees to wit
nesses in cases where sheep have been killed
by dogs; ievying tax to repair the National
publication of a roster of Ohio soldiers; en-
larging exemption from taxation from $50 to
$1OO; providing for the appointment of asses
sors in cities; regulating assessments between
au dftors and treasurers;, providing that
only an abstract Of the DELINQUENT tax list
number of appointments by the Governor
were confirmed.
HoUsE.-Bills passed: Making the avoca-
ton Of procuress penitentiary offense; pro-
for one year; repeating the act relieving con-
tributing members of military companies
the resdns Of sSs
COLUMBUS, March h26.-SENATE.-Bills pass
ed: Allowing county commissioners to i'm
prove county roads running through villages;
natl. Bills introduced: Providing that cor
porations shall not use their chalt ters until
after organization; requiring officers of pub
lowing changes of venue in suits brought
against municipalities; providing for
tne aoWne OF GsfsE Of
tain properly; authorizing the assignee of a
fine for the violation of the health laws. The
resolution asking Congress to restore the
wool tariff was adopted.
HoUsE.-The day was spent in considering
and adopting the report of the Committee on
Privileges and Elections declaring Robert
Harlan entitled to the seat of A. p. Butter
field as Representative from Hamilton
County.
THE non-partisan police bill passed by the
Ohio Senate is now law. It gives the
Governor power to appoint Police Board
for Cincinnati of four members, two Dem
ocrats and two Republicans.
WILLIAM RUMMELL, who shot and nearly
mortally wounded John Hackett at Lucas
last June, has been convicted of shooting
with intent to kill An attempt will be
made to secure new trial
BORING for natural gas has begun at
Coshocton.
TYPHOID fever is reported in the Ohio
penitentiary in epidemic form.
The Shaker postoffice will hereafter tbe
known as Union Village.
THE Commissioners of Knox County, find
that the paupers in the Infirmary have
been living too high. Large bills," they
say, shave been run up for articles of food
hardly expected by the average pauper,
such as canned peaches, pears, grapes,
oysters, ginger snaps, jelly, white fish,
lemons, vanilla, boneless ham, granulated
sugar, pared peaches, etc." The Commits
sioners are inclined to think that this diet
for paupers is not healthy for taxpayers.
JOSEPH SMITH, a young man of twenty
years, living at the Five Corners, near
Brandon, had a hole torn through his right
foot by the accidental discharge of a
| rifle.
THE Circuit Court has decided thai the
commissioners and recorder of Seneca
County can not index the recorders records
at ten cents a record thereby cutting off
some fat fees at the public expense.
AT Newark Judge Gibson Atherton was
paralyzed while arguing for new trial for
JEFF Boiling Very critical
THE profits of the lunch fair by the
ladies of the Methodist churches of Gin
cinnati and vicinity aggregate about $2,-
Co.,
JOHN E. NOLAN, ~, president Union
National Bank, Massillon, is dead.
AT West jefferson the Postle family of
five were poisoned by baking powder.
Critical.
A MOST affecting scene occurred in the
Common Pleas Court at New Philadelphia
a few days ago. Five years ago Floyd
Minnis married an interesting young girl
| named Vogely, and after living together
four years, happily to all appearances, the
two separated. They have an interesting
little boy that both wanted possession of.
The Court decided to give the child into
the custody of its father, and the scene that
followed moved the stoutest hearts. The
mother fell on her knees in front of the
judge and implored in the most pitiful
terms for him not to take her boy away
from her. Her reason seemed dethroned,
and she shrieked at the top of her voice to
be allowed to keep her darling child. The
decision, however, was final, and the unfor-
tunate mother saw her boy fos the last
time.
CHARLES MEYER, a young German, at
tempted to kill Mrs. j. E. Wyman, a former
employers wife, at Brighton, near Cleve-
land. Two shots fred missed their aim.
Meyers was chased about a mile, and when
about to be overtaken placed the revolver
to his head and fred, dying instantly. No
cause is known for his acts.
THE amount of corn on hand in this
State, according to the March report of
S,aulstician Dodge, of the National Depart
menu of Agriculture is AZ, sos 700 bushels, as
against 81 ,595, ,410 last year. Wheat on hand
March l, 1886: 5,971, ,970 bushels. Column
biana and Holmes Counties report the lar
gest amount of old wheat on hand.
l. J. WEAVER owner of extensive stone
quarries on Twin creek, near West Sonora,
is boring for natural gas. A depth of eight
hundred feet has been reached without any
/ indications of gas.
CAPTAIN ISAAC ULLMAN, of Massillon,
dropped dead of heart disease.
FRANK ETHEN and Mingil Simpson are
charged with burglary. Numerous freight
cars between Newark and Chicago juno
tion have been broken open and the con-
tents disturbed. They consisted mostly of
cigars The boys are now confined in pris-
on. They resided at Utica.
GENERAL PATRICK, Governor of the Sol,
| diers' Home at Dayton, celebrated his sew
enty-fifth birthday few days ago.
HoWARn CATnN accidantall allu shot himSelf