The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-02-11
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


TIousE-A tanglo occurred on the reporton
rules, and the House adjourned 70 o'clock
Monday afternoon.
COLUMBUS, Jan. 80-SErArE.-Bins intro
duccd: Increasing the exemption OF personal
property to t:00; requiring reports OF school
enumerntors to be made in ten days 10 tho
State Commissioner. Reports Of committees
werc mndc and petitions presented
HOUSE. petitions for hygiene teaching and
two.cent railroad fare wcro presented. Bills
introduced: Providing for a State Fish War.
den at 1890; establishing norl-partisun police
and fire boards for Columbus; excepting Judi
cal sales from publication in Oermun news
papers; preventing coal and brcadstuff toini'n
ations. empowering womeS 10 net us i'oinr'cs
public.
COLUMBUS, jan si.-SErA1E-I,iils pnsscd:
Providing for taking the census OF munitinnlf
tiles whenever desired; regulating cor 'cstcN
elections for Presidential electors: admitting
feions to bnil. Bills introduced: Providing tor
blue book; requiring saloons to close between
midnight nnd q. m.; dropping tho prosecuting
attorney as an examiner OF the reports W conf
missioners; extending the registration law TO
nll towns and cities having population OF iivc
thousand and upward. Kcsoluuons adopted:
Asking the General Government to return TO
the various States the war loan; asking Coii.
press to pension nll soldiers confined In rebel
prisons.
HousE.-Considerable time wns spent in dis
cussing the payment Of wuges every Two weeks.
Bills introduced: Making appropriations for
the common schools: defining the manner IN
which u. s. prisoners shall be kept In the Ohio
penitentiary; amending the game law so rs 10
prevent the snle or shipment OF Quails. Several
| local bills were passed. Resolution offered and
tabled: To adjourn March IL.
COLUMBUS, Feb. 1.-SENArE.-Bills passed:
| Requiring banks md other institutions 10 keep
o record Of unknown deposi:ors: giving mayors
| md justices of the peace 1s..sdiotion III iotd
adulterations; distributing tile ohio Roster;
suppressing houses Of Ill reputt. Bills intro
duced: Requiring pcnitentiary -mado goods 20
| be branded; for the relief Of Thomas Gibson, OF
| Hamilton County; creating new township for
| the city Of Akron. Resolutions adoptod: Rel
| ntivc to the control Of funds for the agric,l.
| tural experiment station; to usccrtan tile pr;ic
| ticability Of ship canal.
HoUsE.-Bills passed: Collecting iEfof
nation of accidents in workshops ana factor
| les; authorizing afidavts instend OF witnesses
| In cnses OF sheep killed by dogs; liking the
| salnry Of the Director OF tho Agricultural Ex
pertinent Station; requiring clerks Of co,.r.s
| to make prompt returns OF certificates OF
| election; amending the net relative 10 cases
before justices; making appropriations FOR
| the support Of the common schools. Bills in.
| trotlnced: Requiring pcntcntary made goods
to be branded.
COLUMBUS Feb. 2.-SENATE.-A number o!
1 local bills were passed. Bills introduced:
| Making February 2S ana 20 one day for legal
purposes; providing against usurious interest
on chnttel mortgages; allowing municipalities
to own and operate natural gas plants: con.
STRUNG the word gas to mean natural or nrti.
dcinl or both; grading teachers certificates.
Bills passed: Amending the olcomnrgurinc law
relative to noticcs preventing monopolics
In tbs sale OF grain, brcadstufls, coal Or pro
duce.
HousE.-Bnls passed: Amending tho act rel
alive 10 the assignment Of dower allowing L
lounty for killing ground hogs. Bills intro.
duced: Allowing auditors eight cents for
special ditch certificates; allowing county com.
missioners to employ persons to look after
property not listed for taxation; for the protec-
ton OF Grand Army buildings and property;
giving gas companies power 10 condemn land
for pipe lines; prohibiting tho killing Of fish
with dynamite; to prohibit the killing OF mead
ow larks and turtle doves; preventing discrimi-
nations agufnst colorcd persons by life i.,sur.
ance companies. W
COLUMBUS, Feb. 3.-SErATE.-The Senate
met ut eight o'clock, but did not transact ury
business.
HousE.-Petitior we're presented, and then
adjourned until Tu stay afternoon.
News Items.
sAw-MILL explosion occurred near
Barnesville, resulting in the death of John
Arnold and Charles Sullivan.
NEW BREMEN claims a gas well with q
capacity Of ten million cubic feet per day.
MRs. ALICE Conn, wife of manager Cobb,
| of the Peoples Theater, Toledo, has sued
the Detroit Lue,.ing Ne,rs for S4OO,O0O dam.
ages for libel
THE following is tho report OF the work
done in tho Northwestern Ohio oil field
during the mouth of January as furnished
by 20 Standard Oil Company: Wells
completed Lima District, s; North Balti,
mors Disr ct, IL; F.ndlay District 2; total,
25. Wells drilling: North Baltimore Dis
trict, II; Lima District, 4; Findlay Dis
trict, 8; total 20. Rigs up: North Balh-
| more District, 81; Lima District, %; Find
lay District, 10; total, 81. Jauuary's work
compared with December shows q falling
on in numbers Of wells completed, un in
| crease Of wells drilling and decrease in
rigs up.
THE Seneca County Bar gave banquetp,
to retiring Judge Dodge, the other night.
| FIRE COMMISSIONER HEGRuE, Of Cincin-
| natl, has sued County Commissioner Goes
ling to recover $3.50, which he claims was
| embezzled by book-kccper and lost at
gumpung III MI. OoeSllnS'S place.
JOHN SAuNNE aged one hundred years,
was buried at Delphos, a few days ago.
He was bern in Alsacc, and was one of the
''old guard OF Napoleon" during the Little
Corporal's campaigns in the carly part of
the present century. Mr.. Saunne's mind
| was clear to the last, and his recital of the
events Of these stirring times was like
history.
CHARLES FUNK, In his fourteenth year,
adopted son Of Captain Fred Bertseh, of
Cincinnati, committed suicide by taking
trough on rats"
The following dates for holding fairs
during the coming season were decided
upon by the southern Ohio Fair Circuit
Association: Hillsboro-August Z, g. o and
| 10. Chillicothe-August IA, Is, B and II.
Washington e. H.-August %, %, 10 and
81. Observation-Disclosures 2, g. o and TO-
Jamestown-August Is. 16 and II. Whining
ton-July 81 and August l, 9 and 3. Blan-
chester-Septembe 8, 4, 8. Q and z Car
thage-August 81, g, % and "a. Lebanon
August u. 90, % and 81. Sabino-August
20, 81, 22, % and e.
| MRS. kitty GRIFFIN, wife of Mason Grif-
I'm, deceased, residing at Fairview, eight
miles south Of Barnesville, was fatally
burned by her clothes catching Rre from
nm open CRATE.
FRANK PURSEY and Lorenzo Peters be-
! gun suit at Canton, o few days ago a0ainst