Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-19
KILOGRAMS TO THE STAR
Ohio's Tax Inquisitor.
~Nh" VfFlCkk WHO LOOKS AFTER PEOPLE WHO COW
Gal THEIR PERSONAL PRnPRRrY

OFFICER WHO LOOKS AFTER PEOPLE WHO CON-
CEAL THEIR PERSONAL PROPERTY.
r1ssCkG, sept. ia special from Martins
feiy' ohio, the Dispatch, says: At the last
session OF Ohio legislature a new law was
passed proyi Ag that the county commissioners
eoun.y audltOr, and county treasurer may appoint
~, IN Oneer 70 D; known as delinquent tar inquisi
WI uc uu'y Oh this new officer shall be TO look
up personal properly which may have been over
, W tns ass ssors, or which may have been
IN -. sS,y nu en- " the owner thereof. such An
olSeI Is ma &C necessary b. the imperfect and in
complete manner In which assessors nave hereio
lore performed their duties. Tue tax inouis,tor
through his efforts. A few weeks since a oenrIs
man authorized by the authortties OF Jefr.rsnn
p oy vent 70 Work In Mt Pleasant Township
aope.asou VI the township Is composed caleIiy OF
weil-to-do Quaker farmers The tax mansion
took oorI Ing at the hotel in MI Pleasant and
nrsreStT 49, ~ sOsmauca!ly unearthing unlisted
kaosin the town gossips brough 10 his ears tales
g. hidden wealth. Every clew was followed up,
sno, Miie many OF them proved fruitless nearly
SOo,)OO OF untaxed property was found one
.nah VINO was paying taxes on $500 personality
Was ioand 70 have $1,000 ON which taxes were
tne taxes on this property discovered Will be quite
q neat sum, when IL Is considered that mucn OF IL
owes taxes for several years.
Her Minister FOrcibIy Kissed Her.
\ CHURCH SCANDAL CAUSES A SENSATION IN A KEN
lucky TOWN.
81. LOUIS, Sept 19-The Globe Democrat special
church circles OF this city have been In high stae
OF excitement over a sensation In which Rev.
Charles W Hall. OF the Methodist Church. and
Miss May, young lady member OF tine congre-
CATION, ngure as the principal parties. The cause
OF the affair was charges made by Miss May 10 the
effect that Hall forcibly Rugged and kissed her.
Inc nearing OF the matter came up before the dis
trct conference, which met here yesterday. The
presiding elder, eighteen members OF the confer
ence and the fair piainJin anu the defendant were
tne Only Ones present. outsiders were excluded.
Miss May was put upon the stand. Her story was
10 the effect that MI. Hall mad on one occasion
kissed her sister without the latter'5 consent
while she and her mother were watching Being
unprotected they could do nothing, the reverend
gentleman insisting that he meant no Marin. The
facts IN her own andlr are these:
When they happened alone together, with no
Dody near or looking, he hld seized the delightful
opportunity and gathered her IN his arms and at
the same time popped burning kiss sQuareiy
down upon her lips. Being incensed beyond
measure. she spurned him from her, at the same
Instant letting ny her dainty list upon his nose
with all the force In her He recovered himself
and left She was asked II the preacher had
made any unoecoming proposals 10 her. She re-
Jared much worse. She only 100 well satisfied,
however, that his intentions were evil, and hence
she had resOrted 10 the course she Lad pursued.
MI Hal, when put upon the stand In his own
behalf. utterly and vigorously denied that he had
ever kissed the young lady. or had thought OF
oolng 50. The opportunity had been lacking,
and The Inclination beside was wholly wanting
There were, OF cOul Sc, no other witnesses TO the
SPECIFIC charge, and after the argument OF the
counsel the conference sat upon the case. The
division upon the final vote cOu.d not be harmed.
put there was enough who believed the preachyr's
story as that against the girl 10 acQuiI him. Hall
has Vile and several children.
The sight OF a Dog Makes Him Mad.
PECULIAR AFFLIcrIoS OF AN ALABAMA NEGRO.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, Sept. 19.-John Davis, a
negro miner. was brought here and jailed this
morning. He is a sufferer from peculiar malady
or halluclnatiOn- AT sight OF a dog or cat he is
taken with nj and bites at everything In reach,
all the time growing and snarllng like angry
dog. IL was at nrsJ thought he had hydropnoOia
but after an examination physicians say he mas
not. lie Is perfectly sane and In good health so
long as he does not see Cat or dog. IL dog
comes near him he becomes so violent that IL Is
necessary 10 chain him for several hours. A num-
Der OF ply slciaHs have examined him, but they
have so lar Jailed to ascertain the cause OF his
peculiar malady.