The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-12-28
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

brought out mosquitoes in such large
numbers that they are positive pest.
AT Jefrersonville, Clyde Marshall fell
of a railroad bridge and broke both his
arms.
FIVE Wooster capitalists have applied
for charter for a street railway for that
city-capital $4,000.
Two Italians, named Michael Ricoto
and Steven Valasco, were killed while
walking on the N. Y. p. and o. r. r.
rack near Akron.
ROBERT G. DAY, charged with killing
his father, near Loveland, was found
guilty of murder in the second degree.
A NUMBER of cattle were bitten by
mad dog, near Donnellsville, and are
now suffering from hydrophobia.
Jos. M. JOKES has been nominated by
the President for postmaster at Newark.
THE State Treasurers report was
made out the other day, and is an inter-
esting document. 1t is as follows: Re-
ceipts-Cash balance on hand, S119, ,725.-
so; from county treasurers, S5. ,062 0S.
Ohio penitentiary, S21S,7 794 90; Board of
Public Works, $10s,050 IS; Canal COM
mission, $1,000 Al; Secretary of State,
SS7, $40 SO; superintendent of insane,
S35, ,955 32; tax on fish nets, S6,466 25;
violation fish and game laws, $500 az;
Adjutant General, 1888 "a; Auditor
of State, S131 So; Supervisor Pub
lie Printing, S3,132; Clerk Supreme
Court, S1,3s2; Governor, S12,265 73;
sinking fund, S93O.S1; miscellaneous,
S1,237.31. Total SO, ,O67, ,63O.GO. Disburse-
MI 10 A nd <,f fo'c nt
$50, 4s2.S7; county treasurers' school
fund, 81, 700, 725.1O; funded debt, $780,
900; funded debt interest sol, 200; inter-
est on irreducible debt, 2s2,35s.9s; ex-
pense sinking fund commissioners, $500;
Office expenses, 81, 403. so; attorneys fees,
$500; balance in treasury November 10,
1881 ,659.s7. This is divided among the
various funds as follows: General reve-
nue., S22, 3G3.Ss; sinking, S245, ,O40. 45;
school, $114. .255.54.
NICHOLAS DUFFY, while drunk, fell
into a quarry hole on Kelly's island,
where the water was eight inches deep,
and was drowned.
EDWARD and George Werley and Hen
ry Knecht, prominent young men of
Adrian, were sent to Jail for twenty
days for driving off another mans horse
as joke.
SPRINGFIELD has natural gas.
THE State Canal Commission has ap-
praised the Huffman Basin at Dayton at
$50, 600, and the Hamilton basin at $780,
600.
LEVI DEEDS, while chopping down a.
tree near Findlay, was struck by limb
and instantly killed.
RICHARD HOMER was fatally scalded
ut New Philadelphia by the explosion
of a cinder drip in rolling mill.
Mr.. j. l.. BYERs, assistant secretary
of the State Board of Charities, has pre-.
pared statement showing the eX-
penses, number of inmates, ETC., of the
State insane asylums for the year. The
total expenses were: Athens, S112, ,O39.-
l5; Cleveland, S112,66S.44; Columbus,
S157, ,209.95; Dayton, S91, ,594.45; Long
view. S11s, 10; Toledo for 13 months,
S132, 653.O5. Per capita cost on daily
average actually in asylum: Athens,
l42. SO; Cleveland, 166. IS; Columbus, 1885,
S3; Dayton, 159.46; Longview, 14s.75;
Toledo, 1872. 03. Since the opening of
the six asylums there have been treated
30, SSS, of which 6,51S were readmissions;
20, ,945 were discharged, of which 11,679
we're permanently cured. There were
!, S25 deaths. There have been Dow law
collections to the amount of 81, sol ,61S.1O
Turing the year, of which $500, ,323.G2
yoes to the State.
THE residence of the Misses Jennie
md Anna Myers, at Germantown, was
the other night and about,
$50 stolen. In the hurry the thieves
lropped sachel containing about S11.
THE safe in the freight Office of the
Ft. Wayne road, at Kirby, Wyandot-
County, was blown open by burglars the
,ther night, but nothing of value was
secured. The agent had just taken 5000
rom the safe with him to his residence.
This money had been deposited by
,!ock dealer.
BEFa0E Squire Kellstadt, at Circle
lille, Aristeus Hulse, one of the largest
and owners of the county, was fined
20. 40 for killing valuable hunting
log belonging to d. Handley. The dog
vas tresspassing on Hulse's farm.
THE Supreme Court the other morning
landed down its decision in the case of
he State Ix-rel. Morton w. Cope VS..
-os. B. Foraker, Governor. In man
amus, demurrer to petition sustained,
writ refused and petition dismissed; to
10 reported. The English of this Is
hat Governor-elect Campbell will only
eIve two years. The mandamus to
oInpel Governor Foraker to issue his
that the constitutional
mendment providing for biennial cleo
ions has been thrown out of court.
SrEUBENvILLE coroner's verdict holds
he mine owners and inspector respon-
ible for the death of Robert Davis and
ohm Devine by the fall of ~ unsafe
age
A. III. BRANcHER, arrested at canton
or forgery, confessed the crime in jail.
Forty hogs and eighty sheep have
een eaten by lynx in Stark County.
THE Fremont street railroad is in
peration.
JOHN SHANKELToN was killed by cars
t Bayard.
The contract for printing eleven thou
and copies each of the Eleventh and
irst volumes of the Roster of Ohio Sol
iers, has been awarded to the Werner
manufacturing Company, Akron.
DIR. THOMAS MARTIN, a prominent
eterinary surgeon of Urbana, died un-
Identified in hospital at Louisville,
nd his remains were delivered to the
tn1apfu Of r,aIica1 rn1lama