The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-04-21
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
proceeding. of tn, General Assembi


ing without n quorum, adjourned until 10 o'clock
Monday morning
COLUMBUS, April 9-SRNATE.-Bill intro
duced: Providing for the erection Of q monu-
mcnt In the National Cemetery at Chattanooga |
to the memory OF the eight Ohioans who parti- |
cipated in the Andrews Raid" and were ex- |
ecuted at Atlanta Ca, In June, 1862. Bills pass
ed: Making appropriations 10 pay the princi- |
pal and interest on the public debt and expense |
Of the Sinking Fund Commissioners.
HoUsB.-Bills introduced: To prevent jurors |
from receiving illegal fees; empowering city |
councils to regulate the price Of electric lights
IN the same manner as the price OF gas is regu-
lated; giving city councils power to require
roofs OF houses In certain districts to be made
Of non.combustible material.
COLUMBUS, April 10. 10.-SENATE.-Bills passed:
Providing that persons petitioning for the sur
vey OF roads shall pay the costs In case the
road Is abandoned; prohibiting the catching OF
bass between the 1st of May and June 15;
amending he road law relative to viewers; re-
Quiring the assignment Of mortgage deeds to be
recorded allowing a manufacturers lien on
railroad cars lcgnlizing the service Of subpenas
by mail: authorizing the State Sinking Fund
Commissioner to borrow $3.50, 600; making appro-
prations to meet deficiencies. Appointments
by the Governor were confirmed. Anumber OF
local bills were passed.
HoUsE.-Bills passed: Requiring penalties to
be noted on tax receipts; extending the term OF
the city solicitor Of Cincinnati; authorizing
Judgment debtors to redeem land before con-
nrmation Of sale; preventing the refuse OF oil
wells reflncries, etc., from being allowed to
run into streams or ponds; prohibiting railroad
companies from requiring employees to become
members OF relief or insurance associations. A
number OF local bills we're introduced and
passed.
COLUMBUS, April 11.-SENArE.- passed:
To amend Section 1912 SO as to require county
auditors to complete business before vacatin-
their office; amending the laws regulating
mutual fire insurance companies; to regulate
stenographers' compensation in counties con-
tanning q city OF thirty thousand inhabitants or
less, by providing that only one shall be en-.
ployed, and only one copy paid for by the coun-
ty; authorizing the filing OF conditional sales OF
railroad equipments with the county recorder
whore the purchaser resides; authorizing the
city Of Toledo to borrow SIC, 900 for bridge pur-
poses; to amend Section $685. relative to the
abatement of nusances. Several local bills
were passed. The Senate confirmed number
Of appointments.
HousE.-The following bills wers passed:
Defining and extending the duties Of the board
OF managers OF the Cincinnati Orphan Asylum
providing that where n town lies in two or more
counties the county In which the largest num-
ber Of voters Of said corporation reside shall
have the control of the same; changing the
terms of county boards OF school examiners
and defining the manner Of the examination OF
teachers; providing for two-cent passenger
fare on railroads; allowing additional pay to
the common pleas judge in Clarke County;
providing for the improvement OF sidewalks by
| the city II property-owners fail to do so.
COLUMBUS, April 12.-SENATE.-Billsp passed:
nj zip mn cci thirty
counties in the State to appropriate S 900 each,
| and the commissioners OF four counties q, 600
each, for the purpose OF preparing m exhibit
| for the Columbus Centennial; regulating cleo
| tions in towns situated in two counties Bills
| introduced: Giving justices and mayors final
| jurisdiction in cases for violation OF the game
laws; making appropriations for expenses OF
| legislative committees; providing that change
OF venue shall not be granted pending action;
| authorizing colleges to increase the number OF
| trustees. large number OF local bills were
| passed. resolution to adjourn next Monday
| was adopted The Monot scho lbook bill was
| lost on passage.
| HousE.-The reports Of the conference COM
| mittee on the general appropriation and the
| Ames hygiene bill were concurred In. Resolu
| tions adopted: To prepare amendments to the
constitutions; to adjourn on Monday next Bills
passed: Allowing the clerk OF the Supreme
/
the Cincinnati primary election law to Cleve
land Columbus Toledo and Dayton. Man,
local bills were passed.
COLUMBUS, April 13.-SENATE.-Bills passed
| Allowing savings associations to invest II
| county bonds and in bonds or notes secured BY
| real estate; providing for the regulation O
| companies to construct hotels, storehouses
factories and other buildings; making appro
| priations to meet deficiencies; repeating the
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manufacture Of vinegar; giving justices of tht
peace, mayors and police judges final jurisdic
tion In cases Of violation Of the fish and game
laws; preventing the employment of children II
| mines. The usual number OF local bills WERE
passed. Bills introduced: Giving the Cincin
natl board OF control salary of 81 600; pro
viding for the appointment Of court stenogra
pliers and for the collection Of their fees in Ham
ilton County.
HousE-Bills passed: Regulating the con
! struction OF buildings in Cleveland; authoriz
ing the State Board of Agriculture to issu,
bonds to the amount of $50, 900 for the Colum bu
Centennial preventing the spread Of glander
and foot-rot and scab in sheep; requiring tn,
record Of assigned mortgages; requiring tn,
fencing of abandoned burial-grounds; changing
the time in which game may be killed.
A LARGE wolf that has been playing
havoc with flocks Of sheep was killed neal
Newark.
THE entire plant of the Ravenna Glas.
Company was destroyed by fire. Loss $50,
900, and fully insured
MICHAEL NOLAN, saloon man Of Bridge
port, was fined SIS and ten days in Jail To-
keeping his place open on Sunday.
Mrs E. L. HARPER has purchased con
trolling interest in the Riverside Iron ant
Steel Works, Cincinnati.
SECOND Annual Convention Ohio Assem-
bly, Daughters Of Rebekah assembled il
Cincinnati on the 11th.
The body Of Joseph Hallgste, of Gordon
was found floating in the Miami river Of
the 10th. He has been missing sine
March 90, when he was seen in the Unioi
Depot, Dayton. It Is supposed that b
committed suicide. He was seventy -hv
years old.
The widow Of the late Chief-Justic
Waite will reside with her son in Cincin
natl.
MAY BARKLEY, a little over year old
daughter Of Samuel Barkley, well-to-d
mechanic Of Cincinnati, died few day
ago, after five weeks OF intense suffering
At that time the little girl fell from he
high chair into the CRATE. Her face, arm
and hands were literally roasted.
MARY GIBBONS aged seventy, wa
killed by cars at Alliance.
NEAR Wellsville the tive-year-old daugh
ter Of Thomas Baker fell into II burning
brush pile. Mrs. Baker went to he
childs assistance and both were fatal