Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-15
The NEWS IN BRIEF.

i Nv NAlNNA lAlll'dh ill'l''NtN vi ' 'iNAA-
bus. -. have petitiomed for an increase nf
Ha-r>.
i. :. TmIrStun. a prominent druggist ot
Newark. q. ha> made an assignment for
the benefit Of creditors
An explosion took place at an oil well
which wa~ being drilled near Lima, O. and
William Face was horribly burned.
About two Thousand persons in Canton.
g.. are suffering from mysterious malady
which affects the throat and head.
GrnTgr Jones. convicted in Cincinnati of
Al assault upon Young girl. was sentenced
10y Judge Johnston t" fifteen years in the
pentrmtiaU.
80 House Of Refuge at TOled- o.. was
destroyed 10y ire Saturday. Two Of the
inmates are suspected OF setting it on hrr.
No casualties
'rottIrib Bear. a section hand on the Penn
>yNanId railway. was attacked by tramp>
near Alliance. O.. bta. IN in a horrible man
ncr. and robbed of his months pay. which
he had just drawn.
The street car strike in Cincinnati began
and ended between two SUNS. the men and
their employers coming to an agreement re-
duciug the hours Ia twelve. and the pay Ia
Mrs Lucinda Clark was arrested at
Smiths Siding. near Findlav. O.. on a
charge of l,ui>iniug her husband. who mar
rowA escaped death. \ man named Nc
Cartly j. implicated in the crime, and will
be- arrested.
The trial Of Rev. 4. ID. Willifer. former
pastor of the Market Street Baptist church.
of Lanr>yillt. O.. by his congregation, on Il
charge Of immoral relations with Mrs. Coul-
ton. resulted i'll his conviction. and both
were expelled from the church.
A number of former employees of the
Toledo house "t refuge appeared before the
legislative investigating committee al
Cleveland and testified to the inhuman
treatment of the inmates of the institution
by Superintendent Mcdonald and his as
Si>tantS
Ex-senator Elmer White voluntarily ap-
peared before the Payne Investigating COM
mttee. at Toledo. and was subjected to
nGId CTu~>-cNaminatiUn. In an interview
he denounced Haymaker's testimony as
false. and said thac hr had done nothing
that lie was ashamed of.
Governor Foraker has parrOned Robert
l. Lindsay. who was sent to the Ohio pen
HeUilaTy from jefferson county in NOVem-
beT, 1851. for term of nine years for
forgery The pardon was granted on re,'-
omnendailun of the jurors who convicted
him. and many prominent citizens of Ohio
and Missouri. Lindsay was a native of the
latter state.
Masked robbers ON Rock ISland and
Pdcirc west boUnd express. while the train
was between Joliet and Morris. ILL.,. >,.-
cured admission Ia the express ear. where
after a tTIghttul struggle with the mesSen-
ger. the latter was oyerpnwered and mur-
irrtd. and the ear robbed of about so. coo.
The work i supposed {" have been done 10y
some ronvirtS lately released from the
Joliet pemitrmtlary.
Congress.
SENATE March I3.-The day was de
voted /" the ceremonies attending the
funeral "t Senator Miller.
In the house the members assembled Ia
attend the funeral services in the senate
chamber. and upon returning to their own
room adjourned.
Committees The Pan Electric imvesti-
eating committee continued the eXamna-
luu ut J. Harris Rogers. and then adjourned
until Monday. The house ways and means
committee devoted the morning Ia the wool
industry and heard arguments from john
7. Clarke OF Pennsylvania. and John l..
Ha,r>. >,rrrtar, Of the National AS,ocia-
tIuII of Wool Manufacturers. the former for
restoration "I lhr tarIIi "i 1879. the latter
against any lArii agitation.
Ohio Legislature.
Nl\ATE, March I&.-BillS introduced:
Amending section 1924 of the laws 80 As to
include SuprrIntcndemt> and instructors OF
roller skating and other athletic EXERCISES.
resolution Was adopted inquirimg into the