The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-05-14
ONO STATE NEWS
OHIO LEcIslATuRE.

waiMpe nks Micawber for something to turn
up Under resolution Senators Lowry, Cor
coran aaA Massis were appeinted committee
| to wait On the governor. sAd inform him that
| the senate was ready to let loose. The gov
ernor was helping to dedicate church, and
| they diA net find him, but they made q report
just the same, that he had done all the business
intended with tho senate Of the Sixty-ni
general assembly. message was sent to the
house notifying that body that the senate was
ready to adjourn. A telegram Of good-by from
| Senator ]. X. Richards was read, and this senate
| then waited little while. A quarter OF an hour
| before noon Lieut.. Gov. Marquis arose and
| after a short address, declared the senate ad.
1ourned without day.
HoUse-Most OF the morning session in the
house was taken up with exchanges Of kindly
expressions of good will between the members
and in presentations OF tokens OF appreciation,
Mr.. Bense, chairman Of the finance committee,
was presented with gold-headed cane; Speak.
| er pro tenn. Robeson, also with o gold-headed
| cane; Chief Clerk Fisher with silver tea serv-
| ice on behalf OF the democratic side; Speaker
| Hysell with gold watch and chain on behalf
| OF the democratic members and with Mason.
| ic scarf-pin by two Of the page boys-Rolla Per.
| ry and James johnson. In facetious speech
Mr.. Hodge, OF Cuyahoga, presented Mr.. Grihn,
| of Lucas. with large brilliant. The house
| adopted senate Joint reso ution authorizing w.
A. Taylor, clerk of the senate, to prepare ros.
ter OF the state officers and state boards since
| the organization OF the state. 1t was ordered
| that thirty thousand copies Of Mallon's Austria
| lian ballot law be printed and distributed Tho
| house concurred in Herrman's senate joint res
| olution providing for the surveying and plating
of all swamp land not already surveyed and
| plated. The house adjourned sine die at noon,
| and the members joined in singing my Coun.
try, 'Tis Of Thee" as the audience filed out.
ELI DAVIS, deputy postmaster at Sid
ney, has been elected lieutenant-colonel
of the new Third regiment, o. N. G..
The official vote received shows as fol-
lows: Davis, of Sidney, 8o7; H: H. Will
liams, of Urbana, $50; H. E. Meade, of
Dayton, 90; total 593.
THos. j. MCLA1N, of Warren, Oldest
l. 0. o. F. past grand master Of the
state, is dead, aged 81.
GEORGE OssMAN, prominent young
man of Maysville, was found ground to
pieces lying on the Big Four railroad
track a short distance east of the cleo
trio light building, Delaware, the other
morning. He is supposed to have at
tempted to ride home on the Forepaugh
circus train and either fell or was
thrown from the train.
AT Ottawa terrific explosion occur
red at the machine works of Oscar
Krebs. A portable engine exploded
and badly wrecked the works and de-
stroycd valuable machinery. The en-
gine and boiler were thrown over a
hundred feet and broken to pieces,
while machinery and tools were scat
tered over an entire square. But two
persons were in the building at the
time, and although in the midst of the
wreck were not injured. Loss about
81, 600.
A. J. KIRK, an employe at the Dueber
works, Canton was robbed the other
night of jewelry and money to the
amount of So, 159 IS. Kirk has been
buying jewelry with the expectation Of
starting q jewelry store. He had the
valuables in a trunk in his room. No
noise was heard during the night, and
it was supposed the burglars, after en-
tering the house, chloroformed both
himself and wife. There is no clew.
The state board of equalization in
pursuance of a recent act of the general
assembly, adopted resolution direct
ing the auditor of state to notify all
county auditors that unless the alb
stracts required by law are furnished
by June 1 they will proceed with the
equalization in the returns Of the asses
sors. The counties of Shelby and Ham
ilton are still out, and also the alb
stracts for the cities of Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Toledo, Dayton, Hamilton
and Sandusky.
Mr. AND MRS. JOHN RAYNER inform
ally celebrated their golden wedding at
Springfield, few days ago. A piece of
,alxe displayed the night they were
married in 1s41 was exhibited. 1t was
wrapped in the same paper it was fifty
years ago, and the guests who were al
lowed to test a wee particle of the his
torical trophy claim It retains delic-
ious flavor. Only the relatives of the
family were present.
Two horses, valued at $500, were
stolen from Peter Brown, Of Recovery
township, Mercer county.
AT Cold Water, Mercer county, Bessie
Rowe, aged years, was thrown from
a buggy in a runaway accident, alight-
ing on picket fence, sustaining inju-
ries which are expected to prove fatal.
A PASSENGER and the limited mail
trains on the Panhandle, collided near
Dennison. Daniel Longnecker, baggage
master, was instantly killed, and Engi-
neer Steen, express messenger Marion
and Postal Clerks Crouch, Rogers and
Miller were seriously injured. The en-
gines and postal and baggage cars
were demolished.
The warerooms attached to Hartje
Bros paper mill, Steubenville, together
with large quantity of paper manu-
featuring material, was destroyed by
fire the other night. The mill proper
with valuable machinery was saved.
Loss $4,000. Insured.
PETITION has been fled for dissolu-
ton of the Favorite Stove Works Co.,
formerly of Cincinnati. About $3.50, O0C
has been lost in the business.
Hon. ]. T. MCLEAN is dead at War
ren.
SCARLET fever has closed the Barnes
vile schools
| REPORTS from eyerv section of Clarke