The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-03-29
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


rfOceedlnGS Of the OencEei Assepv
COLUMBUS March as.-srNATn.-Ihe follow
chat the obtaining Of thirty-hve dollars or lesa
fraudulcntly on an insurance policy shall be
misdemeanor. The Senate spent the afternoon
in discussing an investigating resolution, and
finally adjourned on account Of tho death OF
Chief Justice Waite.
HousE.-The following bills were passed:
Changing the time for holding court in Darke
County; providing for the construction Of build
ings in which to keep road implements in Nor.
row and Williams Counties; for the relief OF
G. d. Gardiner, late treasurer Of Doylestown,
Wayne County; relating TO the soldiers and
sailors monument in Cleveland; authorizing
Canton to issue bonds TO furnish school build.
ings; to reimburse Colonel E. J. Oil for money
expended in defending himself as IN officer Of
the guard while in the line Of his duty; author
izing the payment Of bounty for killing foxes
in jackson Township, Wood County; providing
for detective for the prosecuting attorney OF
Hamilton County. Mr. Tompltins offered
resolution Of respect for the memory Of Chief
Justice Waite, which was adopted by rising
vote.
COLUMBUS March e4-SENATH.-Bills intro
duced: To regulate the election Of school
boards In city districts Of the second class; de-
nning the legal responsibility Of stockholders
in railroad companies; to include the burning
OF cars and other property in the arson crimes
act; requiring transfers Of mortgages and mu-
nicipal bonds to be recorded; to prevent mis-
representation upon the part of life insurance
companies or their agents; to authorize as
siguees to continue business belonging to
estates on the consent of three-fourths Of the
creditors, instead Of seven-eighths, as the law
now provides; amending the game law SO as to
prevent tho killing Of deer by driving them into
streams and hunting themSwith hounds.
HoUsE.-Bills introduc ed: Providing for q
fine Of go and imprisonment for sixty days
for any person who owns any domestic animal
and abandons, fails to feed properly or
abuses IT.; to exempt faryl lands in Findlay
Township, Hancock County, from special mu-
nicipal taxation by tho city of Findlay; regu.
lating charges for switching trains over con-
nection tracks in Cincinnati; fining any person
| who take withouts consent of owner any horse
or mule and drives 1t uway 500 and ninety
| days imprisonment
COLUMBUS, March ee-SENATE.-Resoluti
| offered to appoint q committee to propose
amendments to the constitution. Bills intro
| duoed: Requiring land owners to keep bitches
| open; lcgalizing subpenas sent by mail. Bills
| passed: preventing embezxlement Of estates;
allowing rewards to life prisoners; authorizing
municipalities to invest In State, county and
township bonds; allowing service on any men,
| Der OF q partnership; giving preference in pub
lie employment to honorably discharged SOL
diers.
HOUsE-Bills introduced: Authorizing the
matron OF the penitentiary to board there; au.
thorizing county commissioners to appropriate
II 0OO to make exhibits at the Columbus centen-
nial; authorizing the board Of public affairs in
Cincinnati to request tho city solicitor to bring
suits on behalf Of the city: repeating the act
| granting permits to allow stock to run at large.
| COLUMBUS, March h27.-SENATE.-Billsp passed {:
For the suppression Of houses Of il-fame; to
prevent the sale Of Intoxicating liquors within
one mile Of the Soldiers and Sailors Home
ut Sandusky; to amend section s3O5 authoriz-
ing villages to improve streets leading into q
city, and assess the cost Of same on abutting
property; regulating storage warehouse
charges; to prevent cruelty to horses and other
animals; to extend the powers Of safe deposit
and trust companies. A number Of other bills
OF local nature were passed. Mr.. Davis offered
joint resolution providing that the present
session OF the Legislature adjourn at 10 o'clock
on April o. to convene again Monday, January T.
1880, at o'clock p. m. Lost By vote Of II yeas
to 10 nays. Mr.. Townsend offered q resolution
to empower tho Special Investigation Commit
toe to employ q stenographer, and providing
for the necessary expenses Of said committee,
which was adopted.
HOUsE.-Among the bills passed were the
following: Allowing the matron Of the peni-
tentiary 10 board at the institutions; extending
tho time for fishing with hook and line; re.
quiring foreign insurance companies doing
business in this State to submit reports to the
several county auditors for taxation, instead Of
the State Auditor; giving preference to honor.
able discharged soldiers, sailors and marines
In public employment and appointments; to
prevent mining companies from destroying fish
in the streams Of this State.
COLUMBUS. O., March 2s.-SENATE Among
bills introduced we're tho following: Senate
hills TO reduce passenger fare to two cents per
mile, which were on the calendar as special or.
ders, were postponed until Thursday and Fri.
day Of next week, respectively; to amend IN
act for the relief Of indigcnt Union soldiers and
their families; amending Section 1925 as to
provide for tho renpprnisement Of land which
has decreased in value; providing for the pay
ment Of bounties for the killing Of English
sparrows; providing for the dissolution of joint
school sub-districts upon the concurrent action
OF the boards Of education. resolution was
offered that the Senate attend the funeral OF
Chief Justice Waite in body, as o mark OF re-
pect. Adopted. The Committee on Schools
and School Lands was relieved Of further con-
sideration Of the Barrett-Ames temperance In.
struction bill. and on motion Of Mr. Taylor the
bill was amended by inserting substitute pro
viding for the teaching Of physiology and hy
giene in the public schools after January, 1890
The bill as amended was placed on the calen
dar for next Thursday. Senate adjourned until
0 q. m. Friday.
HoUsE-The following bills were passed: Al
lowing the food and dairy commission to bring
suits before justices of the peace and mayors
for violation Of the act to prevent adulteratior
of food and dairy products; providing that
where a judgment debtor carries o case uI
from o Justices court he becomes liable for the
increased costs; authorizing city or town coun
ellis TO take the census Of such city or town be
tween the years Of taking the Federal census
and providing for filing the same with the Aud
itor of State, when such census shall be re
garded as the ofical census; making appropria
tions to pay principal and interest on the pub
lie debt. Mr.. Grifln offered q resolution that
the House attend the funeral OF Chief-Justice
Waite, At Toledo, tomorrow, in body. Adopt
ed. Adjourned until Friday.
SIMON ALLEMAN, q weil.known farmer
near Wooster, died recently, and after the
undertaken had embalmed the remains q
quantity of tho embalming fluid was care
lessly thrown into a bucket containing
slcp The slop was fed to eight hogs, and
caused the death of all OF them.
Ex-MAYoR MEANS, of Cincinnati, was
seriously Ill at his country residence al
Yellow Springs on the 23l.
JEROME WARKLE, a burglar, was sen
fenced to seven years in the penitentiary
from New Philadelphia.
AT the time of the rescue of McMunn at
Ravenna, the Governor was authorized to
offar N rd <,f nOn f,r tho ovva.t N nd