The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-11
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

| shall not invaidate any deed; giving mayors
power to summon q jury in cases OF prosecution
OF cruelty to animals; TO compel the switching
OF cars at rates prescribed by law. Bills passed
| Authorizing the construction of free turnpike
| road in Adams county to the Brown county
line; authorizing the cons tructon OF free turn
| pike road in Adams county from TRANQUILITY TO
| the Highland county line
HoUsE.-Forty bills we're introduced Mon.
day Among the most important were the fol-
| lowing: Authorizing Dayton to borrow $4,000
| to pay police deficiencies; authorizing Dayton
| to issue 10000 bonds for school purposes;
pure food bill; TO authorize courts TO render
| decree when one of the parties dies requiring
| owners OF real estate TO put contractors under
! bond to pay wages and material furnished; TO
license detcctives providing for compulsory
| educauon to protect policy holders from
| fraudulent estimates to allow labor organiza-
! tons and farmers clubs to hold meetings in
| school-houses. Seventeen bills were passed,
| mostly of u local character
| COLUMBUS March 1.-SENATE-Mr Cling
| mans smoke consumer bill was up for passage
| in the senate Tuesday, but after brief discus
| sion it went over until Tuesday next bill
was introduced requiring express companies
to send goods received by them over the route
| or routes which will enable the merchandise TO
| reach its destination in the shortest possible
| time and II necessary to have it transmitted
| portion of the way over the lines OF another
| company: the company receiving the package
| ted entirely over one line. Violation of the law
| is to be punished by fine Of twenty-five col
| lars.
| HousE-T -Thirty-three bills were introduced
Tuesday, mostly of a local nature. Thrteenbills
| were passed. Mr.. Tischbein introduced the
bill providing that an appeal may be taken from
| the general term of the superior court to the
| supreme court without leave. He offered an
| other authorizing any city or village that oper-
ates water-woris TO contract with any other
ssfFN
villagel to furnish it with water. 1.-THE senate
amendments to the bill reorganizing the gov
ernment of Columbus was agreed TO and the bill
| becomes u law.
COLUMBUS, March 2.-SENATE-Among the
many bills introduced Wednesday were the
| following; Authorizing the election of one ad-
dtional common pleas judge in the second sub
| division of the Fifth judicial district; to pre-
| vent trusts and combinations in manufacturing
and dealing in food and fuel products; anthor-
izng Kenton, Hardin county, to transfer funds
| providing that terms of clerks of common pleas
court shall begin on the first Monday in August
HoUsE-Bills introduced: Authorizing the
appointment of commission to establish the
boundaries of the SCioto river in the corporate
limits OF Columbus: providing that in cities OF
the tirst-cass teachers institutes may be held
upon such days as be designated by the super
intendCnt; to authorize the city of Cincinnati to
annex municipal corporations lying within
Hamilton county; authorizing the formation of
an independent military company in Cleveland;
prohibiting sale of liquor within one and half
mile of the Soldiers home at Dayton; defining
power of boards of health
COLUMBUS. March 3-SENAr--The senate
confined itself Thursday to the introduction
and passage of local bills Senator Spencer in
troduced a bill designed to expedite the delivery
of freight and reduce the charges for demur-
rage. 1t provides that freight received in Ohio
shall be delivered at its destination within four
days and freight brought from outside the state
shap be delivered within four days after it
crosses the state line. After arrival at desti-
nation the consignee shall be notified immedi-
ately of its arrival Bills introduced: To estab-
lish uniform standard for policies to be issued
by fire insurance companies in Ohio to regu-
late the delivery of freight by common carriers.
HoUsE-A large number Of bills were intro
duced and passed Thursday mostly of a local
nature, Among those introduced are the fol-
lowing: Authorizing Lima to borrow S5O,OO0 for
street improvements. Passed To amend an
act permitting mine quarry operators TO cross
roads; providing for special school district
electiQ;s. Bills passed: Extending the Cleve-
land 25 per cent assessment law to the villages
in Cuyahoga county; dividing the police and
tremen's pension funds in Cleveland; authoriz
ing trustees of Muhlenberg township, Pickawuy
county, to sell a lot.
DAVID Roof, a switchman on the Big
: Four, was killed few days ago a
Dayton.
The statement is made on good au
thority that John Newell is about tC
resign the presidency of the Lake Shore
in the very near future, and that he will
be succeeded by w. II. Caniff, the pres.
ent general superintendent
Mrs. ELIzABETH NYE, aged 10, was
struck by Big -Four passenger train
at the West Main street crossing
Springfield, and instantly killed.
, Mrs. ELLA MILLER was being tried al
Upper Sandusky on charge of steal
ing. The testimony for the defendant
had just started, when she was seizeC
with fit The fit touched Prosecuting
. Attorney Carter's heart, and on being
informed that the woman was subjec
to them, requested the judge to noll(
the charge against her. This was done
and the defendant discharged.
Q W. H. MILLER, a young restauran
l. keeper, of Columbus, got two years TO,
; arson. He set his house on fire to ge
the insurance money.
y "HAPPY JACK GRossNIEILER, of Mas
L sillon, has fallen heir to $25, 900 by thu
s death of an uncle in New York. Jacl
y has been earning a living by cleaning
out saloons
}. WHILE attempting to jump off ;
a freight train at the Pittsburgh & West
g ern depot, Niles, Albert Reid, a team
;. ster, was instantly killed. He was lit
G orally cut to pieces in view of hisyoun!
y wife, who lives only a few rods iron
5 the scene of the accident
n GEORGE BAILEY, aged SO years, pre-
h prietor of Touring mill at Damascus
n five miles east of Alliance, fell dis
g tance of fifty feet down the elevate
;. shaft of his mill and was terribly in
n jured. His skull was cracked and sey
eral of his ribs torn loose from the spine
He can not recover.
d AT Bucyrus the Toledo & Ohio Ger
5 trail local freight the other afternoo
G ran over and killed James Willis, nea
, McCutchensville. He was lying drum
l. on the track.
a MISS MYRTLE B. WATKINS, seventee
e years old, of Felicity, and pupil in tn
:, school at Williamsville, committed su
: eide by taking strychnine. She wa
O homesicll and worried about her pro'
v poets of getting a certificate, she il
tending to fit herself for teacher.
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