The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-04-11
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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

Jaraes n, Campbell, governor of Ohio,
do hereby designate Friday, April "a, to
to be SO observed.
The attention of the people of this
state is called 70 the subject of forestry,
and IL is recommended that there be q
general observance of the day. 1t is
suggested that trees and shTubbery be
planted in all the towns and cities; upon
Che farms and along the streets and
highways, every effort should be made
to direct intelligent thoughts in this
channel. Besides the practicable bene-
fits to be gained thrOugh this annual
planting, the study OF trees and their
culture is an ennobling pursuit. The
celebration of the day by the public
schools in appropriate exercises is es-
pecially commended.
Seal JAMES Il CAMPBELL,
By the Governor.
DANIEL j. RYAN, Secretary of State.
LA GRIPPE is spreading at Youngs-
town, the cases reported being Of Q
much more virulent type than last year.
The Lloyd-Booth Co. has ten men laid
up, and in one store seven clerks ars
Frustrated with it.
EwING BETTIs, of the Whiteacre Bas.
ket factory, ten miles southeast of AL
lance, a few days ago, made one thou
sand quart berry baskets in ten hours,
and is now the champion berry basket
maker of the world. The difficulties
of the feat can be imagined when it is
known that to accomplish such task
1T requires taking out of pile and ar
ranging in proper position four thou
sand pieces of material, and picking up
setting and driving ten thousand stakes
Every basket was perfect in its make
up.
THE other morning at 8 o'clock Geo.
Barnhart, n farmer of Lake township,
near Loudonsville, was found hanging
to the rafters of his barn. When dis
covered life had been extinct about ten
hours. Dependency over financial mat
ters as well as drink is the supposed
cause. He leaves quite large family.
Mrs. ELIZABETH HERMAN has begun
suit at GAINESVILLE against w. A. Gra-
ham & Co., druggists, for So, 600 dam
ages. She claims she purchased what
purported to be bottle of paregoric
from the defendants, and administered
some of it to her children. The pare
goric turned out to be laudanum, and
the children nearly died.
Mrs. GEO. RH4AMEY, of Blachleyville,
the wife of a wealthy farmer, died the
other night from burns received few
days ago while carrying out ashes.
JUDGE WHITE, of the probate court,
Cleveland, had peculiar case to decide
the other day. Some time since All
Sing, a Chinaman, asked for second
naturalization papers. All Sing is a
thorough American in dress, habits and
everything but nationality. He was
born in China, but he has reared a
family and accumulated property in
Cleveland. He pays taxes, and wants
to vote. The Judge took the case under
advisement, and decided that the papers
could not be issued, as under the law of
1882 it would be Illegal to admit Ah
Sing to citizenship. Judge White said
he recognized All Sings social standing
and moral worth, and he regretted that
he could not make him a citizen.
ATToRNEY-G WATSON is pre-.
pairing to enter suit against the eleven
Pennsylvania railroad lines to collect
the one dollar per mile tax and the pen.
alties. The law provides penalty for
failure to pay ranging from $500 to
81, 900. Some time since a test suit
against the p. C. C. & st. L. Railroad
Co. for the one dollar per mile was be-
gun, which has been decided in favor of
the state.
ROBERT GRIGsBY, of Newark, blew the
top of his head off with an old-fashion-
ed horse pistol borrowed of neighbor
for the purpose.
THE will of the late Rufus King, of
Cincinnati, contains public and charit-
able bequests aggregating 100000.
THE direct tax claim of Ohio, 81, $780,
025, has been paid.
A LODGE of the order of Good Tenn
plars has been organized at Millers-
burg
MRS. d. H. ELLIOTT, of Spring Hills,
perpetrated an April fool joke of three
boy babies where only one was expect
ed.
MAUD EVELYN, only daughter of ex-
Lieut.. Gov. Lyon, was welded at New
ark the other night to DIR. VIM A. Gal
loway.
WIN. BATES admits that he killed
Marshal Harper, of Kenton, with a
butGher-hnife.
DAVID JAMES, aged IS, was consigned
to earth at Youngstown and the heirs
found small mitigation of their grief
in bag containing $1,3O5, which they
dug out of the cellar.
The following fourth-class postmas-
ters in Ohio were appointed the other
day: II. b. Wilkinson, Armstrong;
Mills Belmont county; e. l. Cash,
Compiler, Belmont county; d. Richard
son, Hagerman, Darke county; j. Y Dem
ham, Warnock, Belmont county.
PRESIDENTIAL postmasters were ap-
pointed, few days ago, as follows:
Albert b. Smith at Bellevue, vice G.
Dangelison, removed; John I. Wolhey:
at Delaware, vice Stephen Rotter, re-
moved.
HENRY KINGERY, Dayton elevator
boy, was playing April fool jokes and
carelessly got his head caught between
the floor and elevator. One ear was
torn off, and he was otherwise badly
hurt.
AT Washington c. H., the otheR day,
two Italian tramps, claiming tn be on
their way to Cincinnati, said shat in
that city they would join an army OF
so, 900 Italians who will march to New
Orleans about May l, and avenge the
murder of their countrymen- According
to the story of these men, all unemploy-
ed Italians in the United States are soon
to assemble at Cincinnati, and proceed