The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

Tuesday. One authorizes the Harrison monu-
ment commission TO select q site in one Of the
parks for the statue, the park commissioners
being empowered to provide pedestal The
other provides for an apportionment OF the tax
levy for county purposes between the judiciary
and other public departments. 1t fixes the levy
for judiciary purposes ut eight-tenths Of a
a mill, ana for other departments at one
mill and two-tenths. Senator Snyder has in
troduccd an amendment to the bill which regu-
latcs issues Of municipal improvement bonds.
HousE-NIr Iden's bill increasing the penalty
for keeping the barber shops open on Sunday
came up in the house Tuesday. Under this bill
the first offeuse IL to be punishable by
fine Of not less than SIS and the
the second by a fine Of l2O 10 $50 and imprisOn.
meut from twenty to thirty days, The bill was
defeated. Mr. Holcomb's bill to increase the
states proportion OF the Dow tax from $50 to
500 for each saloon was defeated, after much
discussion, by Il vote Of 73 to g. Brittain's bill
providing for night schools was passed. joint
resolution was passed eulogi2ng the late Ex-
Gov. II. M. Bishop
COLUMBUS, March 9-SENArE-Tho senate
passed Workman's bill providing for the ap.
pointment of state board of arbitration. The
McGrew fee and salary bill which repeals the
CARRIER law, was read the third time in the SEN
ate Wednesday and postponed until Thursday,
when 1t is special order for II O'Clock. Mr..
Hocomb's Joint resolution upon the death OF
tN-GONs DlSIup WAS unanimously hhOpItN ny
the senate Wednesday,
HousE-Hays joint house resolution passed
Wednesday, 1t provides that proposition to
amend Sections 1 TO II, of Article XII, of the
constitution, be submitted to the electors of the
state at the November election. The mode OF
apportonment for members of the general as.
sembly is to be changed; each county shall be
entitled to at least one representative, and each
county entitled to more than one shall be
divided into districts these districts to elect
their own representative
COLUMBUS March 10-SENATE.- The senate
Thursday morning enacted into law the bill in
troduced at the instance of the state board Of
health by Mr.. Fisher, of Preble. The bill en-.
larges the duties of the state board, and pro-
vides for the organization of municipal and
township boards of health and prescribes their
duties. The measure is very voluminous in de-
tail Lilard's bill abolishing the board Of re.
view and establishing a board of supervisors
passed without opposition, and is now law.
HoUsE-Mr. Llewellyn moved to reconsider
the vote whereby senate bill $50 was lost When
1t dawned upon them that this was Idens Sun
day barbering bill, there was stir, but discus.
sion was cholSed of. The motion prevailed and
the bill was passed. yeas %, nays 22 Strock' s
bill to tax telegraph, telephone sleeping-car and
express companies, which has been in the hands
of the committee on railroads and telegraphs,
will be recommended for passage. House bill
7o2, instructing boards of education to furnish
free school-books to all children, the expenses
to be borne by the contingent fund was called
up. The books are to remain the property OF
the district and shall only be loan to the
pupils. Discussed until adjournment
COLUMBUS, March 1l-SENATE-The senate
started in Friday morning as though it was
bent on doing full days work in legislatio OF
the purely local" character, but one by one the
senators slipped out and broke for the depot,
and finally the refusal of Parker and McMaken
to vote for any more house bills brought pro
ceedngs to halt, and an adjournment until
Monday followed. For some time the senators
have been complaining that the house has beer
changing up senate bills while passing then
own bills at lively rate.
HoUsE-The house had another attack Of
uglness Friday, but acquitted itself quite cred
itably by as strict attention to business as the
circumstances would permit. Twenty-nint
bills were introduced, and five of these were
passed. McMaltns bill authorizing Middle
town to complete water mains, passed and will
be law as soon as signed, and Paxton, of Cler
| mont, brought his turnpike bill to passage
authorizing the construction of road from
| Cedron to Smith Landing
SECRETARY PRoBsr, of the state board
| Of health, has been appealed to in Q
rather peculiar case. A justice of the
peace at Fitchville, Huron county, has
a guest who is i'll with diphtheria. The
| local board quarantined the house, and
the justice, who wants to try the case,
can't get out and is making hard kick
| Adam EssiclI, residing ten miles south
Of Alliance, died from the effects of o
kick from steer which he sustained
while attending a sale at East Roches.
ter the other day. He leaves family
in comfortable circumstances.
MILLERsBURG is excited over an al
legged haunted house.
| A MOVEMENT is on foot to purchase
he Toledo medical college and incor
porate it as branch of Heidelberg
university The board of regents will
decide the question at their next meet
ing. If the deal is accomplished thu
medical department will remain in To
| ledo.
THE Big Four switchmen's strike
at Springfield has been declared of
by the men. The company won the
victory
The works of the Kirkham Art, Tile
and Pottery Co., at Barberton, neal
Akron, were destroyed by fire the othel
morning. Loss, S24O, 900; insurance,
S165, 900
Miss ALICE CAREY, young lady stu
dent of the Ohio Wesleyan university,
located at Delaware, and a cousin OF
| the famous sister poets, had narrow
escape from death there the other day.
She was suffering from a severe head.
ache, and her roommate advised he,
to take dose of antipyrine. She took
an overdose of the powerful medicine
and soon sank into stupor, from which
her roommate was unable to arouse
her A physician was called and the
most heroic remedies adopted. After
several hours persistent work she was
brought to her senses and her life pro.
nounced saved. The attending physi-
clan stated that had he been fifteen
minutes later she would have been past
help.
THE Alliance board of trade has
closed deal with Reeves Brothers, oi
Niles, proprietors of the Reeves iron
works, by which the firm, for bonus
of $40, 900 cash and ten acres of ground
in the second ward, agrees to bring its
plant to Alliance. The firm employs
over 200 men, and expects to enlarge
the works Ground will be broken in a
few days and the new works will he in
operation by July.
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