The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-04-28
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
proceeding, o, the General Assembly,

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| Ing bills were passed: To provide for uniform
| water rates; TO prevent deposits Of refuse in
| rivcrs giving boards OF election control OF
| primary elections; amending Section go SO as
| to authorize justice OF the peace to hold In
| quests in the absence Of the coroner. A mum.
! ber OF appointments we're confirmed. The fol-
lowing bill was introduced: 10 increase the tax
on dogs to si.50 for one dog and az per head for
all In excess OF that number. The bill assesses
tax on female dogs OF q per head.
| HoUsE.-T3ills introduced, Giving the Cincin.
natl board OF control salary OF si,000 per year;
| providing that county commissioners may en-
| ploy surveyors to do county surveying. Bills
were passed: Authorizing the State Board OF
| Agriculture to issue bonds to the amount Of
| $4,000 TO aid the Columbus Centennial; incrcas-
ing the pay Of the clerk of the penitentiary from
$1,000 to 81 800 and the pay Of the chaplin from
$50 to 81 600; to prevent the spread OF glanders
and foot rot in sheep; requiring that mortgages
| that have been assigned to be recorded; author
| izng the State School Commissioners to visit
| the Deaf and Dumb Asylum. the Blind Asylum,
| the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home, and
| providing that they shall be deemed educational
| and not charitable institutions: requiring couB.
| ty commissioners TO fence abandoned burial
| grounds; providing that quail may be killed
| between the 10th OF November and 18th OF De-
| cember.
| COLUMBUS, April 10. 8.-SENATE.-Bi passed:
| Amending the game laws. Tho usual number
of local bills were passed. Appointments Of
| the Governor were confirmed. Adjourned un-
| til January 8, 1889, ut 4p. m.
HoUsE.-Bills passed: Providing that sala-
| ries shall not be allowed secretaries Of tho
| board Of trustees of benevolent institutions.
giving final jurisdiction to justiers mayors and
police judges In the enforcement of the fish and
| game laws. A number of committees were ap-
| pointed by the chair. Adjourned to January g.
| 1880.
A AsIx-YEAR- OLD boy, while stealing a ride
on a heavy lumber wagon, at Norwalk,
| fell in front of the wheels and was terribly
| mangled.
Gro. w. SnULTz, shoe merchant at Nor
walk, who was missed for four weeks, has
turned up in Pennsylvania.
Mrs. SAMUEL WEsTENovER, despondent
widow of Logan, tried to shuttle off with
cold poison.
A DRUNKEN hus band at Berea shot bis
wife because she would not 60 for beer
for him.
E. NJ. BRADFORD, a curbstone broker at
| Springfield, made unsuccessful attempts
at suicide.
AN indictment was found against Hem
| son Willis at Pomeroy, for murder in the
the first degree.
L. W. MERRIAM, travelling salesman for
| GAINESVILLE music house, was Jailed fol
forgery.
~. N. SMITH was renominated at Dayton
for Circuit Judge of the First Judicial Dis.
trict.
DIR. W. F. WooD, prominent physician
Of Sidney, was fatally injured by run.
away, few days since.
THE Lagrange rolling mills, at Findlay.
have been sold to New York company.
LIZZIE MEYERS, aged ten, by mistake
! took laudanum at Mt. Vernon.
SAM TIMMoNs, prominent business mar
of Portsmouth, was severely injured in 9
runaway.
j. II. VIM has been indicted ut Colum.
bus for procuring an abortion.
AT GAINESVILLE, Charles Stone was run
over and killed by cars.
Two boys were arrested and fined at
New Brennan for mistreating their mother.
In in n fiji of despondency Louis Leg.
fried committed suicide at Norton Center
REV. l. w. ANDERSON, president Of the
Marietta College, died few days ago at
Hartford. ct.
SELECT committee Of the Legislature
will inquire into the matter of removing
the Ohio penitentiary from Columbus to
| Mansfield.
THE fourth annual report of the Chief In.
spector of Workshops and Factories makes
oil
turing industries.
FRUITis not seriously injured in the Lit
tie Miami Valley.
|. Mrs. SARAH SKINNER died at Coshocton
aged seventy-six years. She was the
daughter of John Hull, who was famous
in the early history of Ohio as an Indian
fighter Mrs. Skinner was born at the
time when her father was serving his
county as a soldier in the war of 1912 She
was the mother of thirteen children, nine
Of whom are married.
JACOB HosTETTER, n wealthy resident Of
.:arsha!ivillo Wayne County, is credited
with distributing $500 among his frends
in order TO reduce his taxes.
FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, Madison County,
voted on local option, the result being 176
ballots for and II against.
A w1NDow-GLAss works at Findlay,
burned to the ground, and 115 mon were
thrown out of employment.
THE Democratic State Committee have
opened their rooms for the campaign at
No. 1873 East State street, Columbus.
iHg authorities at Cincinnati will en-.
force the Sunday closing law.
w. w. BRowN, Democrat, is just be-
ginning his fft eth year us a school direc-
tor in Clinton Township Wayne County.
A MAN named Housoworth, working in
q saw-mill north Of Van Wort, by coming
in contact with saw, had his right arm
split from wis. TO elbow and then severed
from the body.
MAN named Brown, living with W. j,
Scott, OF Buck Township, Hardin County,
was found dead with bullet-hole In his
head. Foul play Is suspected.
THERE is a deadlock in the Logan city
council.
GEO. MECKErRoTH fell from a roof at
New Bremen and was seriously hurt.
DonA DRAYER, Columbus orphan, falls
heir to $1,000 by tho death OF au uncle.
WoRK on the GAINESVILLE Belt Line was
stopped by injunction proceedings at
GAINESVILLE.
AN unpaid board bill results in tine sus-
pension of X. of p. lodge at Gallipolis
CHAPLEs LoRENz, in mt OF jealousy,
commits suicide at Coshocton.
THERE is ON epidemic Of measles at Nor
walk.
Hon. Fl. l.. MoREY was nominated for
Congress in the Seventh District on the
Sixth ballot.
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