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TOPICS OF THf DAY.
A Bmn dispatch taya BUmmrck's
nervousness ha so increased since the
attempt en the life of the Emperor, that
it is expected it will be necessary to ap
point a colleague.
J. 800TT Hakkmo was in early youth
a student at the Ohio Medical College.
His mind rerolted when he was invited
to stndy anatomy at the dissecting table,
and he abandoned all desire for the pro
fession. Tfig Socialists of Cincinnati, in
speeches and interviews, express" them
selves as in favor of the ballot and not
the bullet. They say that Socialism is
not responsible for - the attempted
assassination of Emperor William.
The story of Genevra has been re
peated in a sad way near the town of
Dixon, Muwouri. Two little children
concealed themselves in a trunk to hide
in sport from their father, whom they
raw on his return home. After a long
search, they were found in the sleep of
death by tbe horrified parent.
Baexcm has offered one thousand dol
lars for a phonograph to place on exhi
bition. It was refused. Edison is edu
cating agents to work and exhibit the
machine throughout the country the
agents to charge twenty-five cents ad
mission, and give the phonograph com
pany twenty-five per cent of the re
ceipts.
Judge Hilton having notified his in
tention of turning the New York Wo
men's Hotel into a men's hotel, a public
mass meeting was called to protest
against it. Several ladies made speeches,
and a long string of resolutions wee
adopted accusing Mr. Hilton of mercen
ary designs in so soon changing the ob
jects of his tavern.
Anxious times are ahead for a good
many officers in the Italian army, who
have just been called upon to make
their choice between the Pope and their
King. A royal decree has been issued
ordering all officers who were married
simply in accordance with the rites of
their church to get married again, ac
cording to the civil law, as the military
rules does not recognize the religious
ceremony. .
A MOifUMENT to Andrew Johnson was
unveiled recently, at Greenville,
Tcnn. The shaft is thirteen feet high
and two feet ten inches square at the
base, tapering to the apex, over which
falls the American flag in graceful folds,
and surmounting the whole is an eagle
wiin ouisiretcnea wings, ine monu
ment bears the inscription: Andrew
Johnson, sevtnteeth President U. S. A.
Born December 29, 1808. Died July
31, 1874. "His faith in the people never
wavered.
Thk great knots, wens or excrescences
known as loupe, found on the walnut,
maple, and oak, and much prized for
fine veneers, form an important article
of trade in the mountains separating
the Caspian province from Persia. They
are placed in a large vessel and steamed
for days, until from an adamantine
hardness they become as soft as cheese.
' They are then sliced into thin sheets by
machinery. They harden again by ex
posure and are sold at prices correspond
ing With their size and beauty. ' Some
loupes have brought in Paris as high as
lour thousand dollars.
Thb display of Bohemian glass at the
Paris Exposition is very fine, and one
exhibitor has a number of articles which
thow the different uses to which this
fabric may be put There are opera
cloaks, feathers, tissues and stuffs which
look as though they were manufactured
from the finest silk, but are in reality
made of glass. The ordinary brittleness
does not exist, and the exhibitor, a
Mme. De Breinfaut, claims that the tis
sues will last longer and retain a new ap
pearance for a greater period than if
they were made of ordinary material.
The complacency with which juries
sometimes . disregard the evidence is
illustrated by a trial in St Louis. A
man who had fallen in an uncovered
ewer hole sued the city for damages.
lie had so clear a case that the only
question fairly opened to the jury was
what sum to award him The jurors
retired, and from their room saw an
open sewer hole into which nobody
could have fallen except through his own
gross carelessness. They immediately
agreed to a verdict against the plaintiff.
Subsequently they learned that the
sewer hole of the suit was entirelydiffer-
ent irom tbe one on which' they had
based their verdict
The estate of the late Mark Hopkins.
of San Francisco, is legally returned at
iiy;uu,wu. two bondsmen were re
quired by law, who must qualify in
twice the value of the estate, or $20,000.-
000 each. The difficulty of requiring
nch enormous bonds was obviated by
depositing in the Bank of California
all the bonds of the Central Pacific.
Southern Pacific and California Pacific
Railroads, receipt being taken therefor.
An administratrix's bond was then exe- j
cnted for the remaining property, with
Stanford and Crocker as sureties, each
qualifying in the sum of $10,000,000.
As the deceased died without leavinir a
will, the widow takes three-quarters of
11 the property and the two brothers
one-eighth each.
The Aztecs of Mexico, when first
known, were advanced in civilization.
Their priests were the most learned;
they had roads, most magnificent tem
ples, and a knowledge of agriculture in
advance of most of the nations found
by the Europeans in the New World.
Since the conquest and the substitution
of the Catholic religion, the former
advance of civilization has ceased, and
the at th MMn j. tr.rm ,
fmmmmmi -.I.t.i. -- .m.
classes of menials and servants. 'Their
religion is a compound of Roman Cath
olicism and the heathen ceremonies and
observances of the early Aztecs. The
most of them live in great poverty;
their habitations are comfortless huts:
their food consist almost entirely of
vegetable and corn bread, and they are
exceedingly lona or strong drink,
Pope's Villa at Twickenham th
I . . . , - .
ia t .i. Pr1cn""ed,in 1715, and
uvea in nntil his death in 1744-haa
E7 V we na Don8n
was siatea. nowever. mat
vnu sum was nominal, and that the
property will probably be purchased
r
privately at a less sum. The property I
VOLUME VI.
offered included the whole of the
grounds, five acres in extent, with the
cedars and other valuable growing tim
ber, together with the celebrated grotto
which the poet formed, and which is
said to remain intact to the present day.
The cedars of Lebanon, planted long
before the poet's time, and probably the
oldest in England, were, with the rest
of the timber on the estate, estimated to
be worth $20,000.
Some experiments have been made at
Brussels in breaking down horses by
means of an electric bridle. The appa
ratus, called the Engstrom bridle, after
its inventor, consists simply in a couple
of reins, along which run electric wires.
At the end of the reins a small electric
battery is attached, which is entirely in
the power of the experimenter. By
pressing on s little knob the electric
current acts on the corner of the horse's
mouth and after a few consecutive or
intermittent shocks the animal becomes
perfectly docile. A very intractable
mare was broken in after one experi
ment with the bridle. The inventor
asserts that runaway horses can ijh me
diately be brought to a stand-still by
means of this apparatus.
Minister Bingham has sent from
Japan a very interesting paper, by a na-
tivesavant,on the earthquakes that have
occurred in that country during the
past fifteen years. The number of de
structive, earthquakes recorded is one
hundred and forty-nine. The ninth
century was the most prolific in these,
reaching twenty-eight ; in the fifteenth
century there were fifteen; the same in
the seventeenth ; thirteen in the eigh
teenth, and sixteen in the present cen
tury. The recorded average is one great
earthquake every ten years, but the
nineteenth century gives one every five
years, unusually mgn temperature ana
strange atmospheric changes have been
noticed as precursors of great con
vulsions, especially in the earthquake
which desolated the city of Yeddo in
1855.
Ms. Amebicus Symmes thus explains
his father's theory concerning the North
Pole, which he is endeavoring to have
thoroughly tested by the Howgate ex
pedition. " The explorer will find that
after he passes the eightieth degree, the
weather grows milder ; when he reaches
the eighty-first degree he will find some
open water; wnen tne eignty-secona
degree is reached he will find much open
water and great quantities of wild an
imals and some waterfowls; when the
eighty-third degree is reached he will
find the open Polar sea, that is two
thousand miles in diameter, and if he
will go out into that sea when the
weather is warm and genial, he will
find the ccuntry that the Symmes
theory says can be found large forests
of timber, large rivers and rich land,
and the home of more wild animals
than can be found anywhere else in cre
ation, and waterfowls in abundance."
IMPORTANT DECISIONS.
Two important cases were decided
lately at Washington, in the United
States Court of Claims. The Union
Pacific Railroad Company brought suit
in this court for half the transportation
of moneys withheld by the government,
and the latter set up in offset a claim lor
five per cent of the net earnings of the
road since its completion. . The suit
raised two questions. First, when the
road was completed ; and, second, what
constituted net earnings. The decision
is that the road was completed Novem
ber 6, 1869, the time when a commission
of eminent citizens made their report,
and the net earnings are to be computed
by deducting from the gross receipts
the operating expenses only, and net
interest on, the floating or bonded debt,
or on any other, expenditures. Judg
ment is rendered against the company
for $774,089, against which the company
holds prior judgment for transportation
earnings of about the same amount.
The case goes to the United States Su
preme Court on appeal.
The other noteworthy judgment ren
dered by the Court was in favor of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company and
against the United States for $41,666,
for a trip of tbe City of Pekin from
I San Francisco to China and Japan and
return, in March, 1875. This decision
affirms the validity of the ten year con
tract of the company for carrying the
mails, which was terminated by Con
gress after the Pekin sailed, in conse
quence of the disclosures of B. B. Irwin
relative to expenditures of money by
the company to procure a subsidy.
RUSSIAN FINANCES.
The Novoe Vremya, in an article on
the financial resources of Russia, asserts
that, though they have been greatly
strained by the expenses of the late war,
they are still sufficient to bear the cost of
an energetic foreign policy." An impor
tant test of the prosperity of the masses in
Russia is, according to the writer, the-
produce ot the excise duty on spirituous
liquors. This was in 1877, 207,835,798
ronbles, being 199,758 roubles more than
in 1876. The receipts from the excise
duties on tobacco and sugar were also
I larger in 101 1 man in tne previous year.
As to the customs duties, the receipts
from the beginning of the year np to
the 4th of May amounted to 15,205,922
roubles, being 10,675,676 roubles more
than in the same period of 1877. Far
ther, in January, 1878, 19,621 verstaof
railways were open for traffic, and the
number of railway passengers (exclusive
of soldiers was 1,683,258, against 1,419,
799 in January, 1877 ; while the weight
of the goods conveyed by railroad was
I 'o,ioi uuuuub i again bw 111
January, 1877) by express trains, and
782,481 pounds (against 451,862
in January, 1877) by luggage trains,
Th iinr .. i?.i.;.n .
w vw a wj v wavew Avamaau anu W y O.
too, amounted last January to 15,411
- '
a 03 rouDies, neing at per cent, more
than in the previous year.
REVIEW OP DOMESTIC NEWS.
The President and suit visited West
Point on the 12th.
Thk venerable widow of Thomas Corwin
died at Lebanon, Ohio, on Jnne 10.
President Hayes delivered an address to
the graduating class at West Point on the
13th.
Hon. E. F. Notes arrived home on the
15th of Jane, to give testimony in the Pot
ter investigation.
William Cullen Bryant died at his
residence in New York City on the morning
of the 12th, of paralysis.
At bomerville, near Boston, a fire de
stroyed four acres of buildings. It broke
out in tbe pork .slaughtering ' house of
Cbales H. North & Co.
Fbancb has accepted the invitation of the
United States to hold an International Con
ference on the subject of metallic money
standards. Italy has done the same. This
settles the fact of the Conference.
Therb was a riot in Quebec on June 12,
and a flour store was plundered. The gov
ernment troops fired upon the mob, killing
one man and wounding others. The rioters
declared that they must have bread or die.
The Michigan Republican State Conven
tion renominated Governor Croswell and
Lieutenant-Governor Sessions by acclamv
tion. A p atform was adopted sustaining
the President's title, and in favor of a sound
currency.
The Woman Suffragists of Indiana have
held a convention in Richmond, and passed
resolutions asking the Legislature to take
the necessary steps to procure an amend
ment to the Constitution conferring the bal
lot on " the sex."
John Milton Parses (colored) was
hanged at Somerset, Ky., June 12, for the
murder of George Franklin on the 5th of
last March. He mounted the scaffold
bravely, and died apparently without fear.
He was only seventeen years old.
THE Socialist labor party, of New York,
i mass meeting, passed resolutions re
pudiating every endeavor to make the
party responsible for any attempted as
sassinations ; denouncing the attempted as
sassination of-the Emperor of Germany,
and condemning the "capitalistic" press
of the country as inimical to culture and
progress as against the spirit of the public.
Dennis Donnelly, a Mollie Maguire, suf
fered the death penalty at Pottsville, Pa.,
on the 11th of June, for the murder of
Thomas Sanger, mine boss, in 1875. The
execution had twice been postponed by the
Governor. As the drop fell, Donnelly strug
gled horribly, and slowly strangled to death.
The body was taken in charge by a brother
of the deceased. The execution was com
paratively private. - :
James Murphy, a farmer, who had been
missing from his home, near Burlington,
Ind., about a week, was found after con
tinued search and seining in Wild Cat
Creek, with his head mashed in, and all his
valuables gone. He had, when he left
home about one hundred dollars and a geld
watch and chain. He left home in search
of his sheep, which it is proved were taken
by two young men named Shaffer and Lape,
and sold.
Alexander Stephens has addressed a
letter to the Chairman of the Democratic
Committee in his district, telling him he
intends to stand for re-election, whether the
Democrats renominate him or not The
letter is called out by attacks made en him
for his position in regard to the Potter reso
lution. He says he does not intend to vol
untarily retire from his position in this hour
of renewed threatening ; that in the event
the convention Bhall repudiate him, because
of anything connected with his recent sen
timents, he desires to be plainly understood
that he shall regard their edict as but a
brutum fulmen, and he' will stand for re
election in ! his district in spite of such
action. " "
FOREIGN SUMMARY.
The Russian army corps commenced ad
vancing on Pitesti, and reached Titer and
Gaeste. It entered some villages occupied
by Roumanian troops. The Roumanian
Government, fearing bloodshed, ordered
their troops to retire in the direction of
Pitesti and Tiregoresti. The Russian move
ment interrupts the communication of the
Roumanian army with Bucharest The
government intends to ask an explanation
ot Russia, and if the answer is unsatisfac
tory, it will address a solemn protest to the
powers.
At Berlin, on June 13, the flag of Ger
many was hoisted over the palace, betoken
ing that Congress had opened. The first
day's sitting was merely devoted to the
formalities of electing a President and
bureau. The Presidency was conferred
upon Prince Bismarck, at the suggestion of
Count Andrassy, who advocated this selec
tion, not simply on the ground of tradi
tional custom, but for the eminent services
which Bismarck was on all sides acknowl
edged to have rendered. Count Andrassy
also expressed the warmest hopes for the
recovery of the revered German Emperor,
. The Fraud Committee.
The Drineinal noint in th inveatirctinn
on the 10th was the introduction before the
Committee, by Hon. Benj. F. Butler, of the
despatch sent to Lieut Governor Young, by
Boulds A. Baker, Secretary of the Confer
ence of Southern Republicans and old-line
WhigB, suggesting material for Mr. Haves'
Cabinet. The dispatch was sent on Febru
ary 24, 1877. Mr. Butler is of opinion that
the present investigation will lead to start
ling developments. He remarked ihac
what has already come is but the sub
stance that is coming. He said there would
be sensation- enough come out of it to last
the newBuaners all through thn nmma.
The dispa ck suggested the names of a num
ber of prominent Southern men for the
cabinet of Mr. Hayes, among whom were
Ex-United States Senator John Pool, of
.North Carolina; Hon. John Hancock, of
Texas; colonel K.T. Van Horn, of Missouri;
General Joseph E. Johnston: Senator Key,
of Tennessee, and others all regarded as
Southern Union men, or moderate secession
ists, the admission of either one of whom
in the cabinent would harmonize the South.
Mr. (ox could not see in what
connection this was competent tes
timony before the Committee. nnrl ex.
pressed himself as in a condition of ardent
curiosity about the matter. Jir. Butler
said : "And I must leave you in that condi-
u v7 prove who Boulds Baker is.
Mr. Key. one of the men nanataA
pointed by Mr. Hayes, and one of the first
acts or. nis administration was to appoint
. " MI UIUCQ III ma
gnu
Messrs. Reed and Lillev were V,i.nni,t fn,.
ward as witnesses, and were finallv A r An fad
to appear to-morrow with the records, ac
ccounts, and the appointment and recom
mendations of Boulds Baker as special
agent, and with like information as to
ueorge A. Howard, formerly one of the
assistant secretaries to the Electoral Com
mi-aion.
T.. T T, . . .
vu iuu 11, tnairman rotter bad read a
letter to Stanley Matthews accompanying a
subpena stating it was not the desire of the
committee to interfere In any way with Mr.
Matthews' duties as Senator, and that there
would be every disposition on the part of
SOMERSET, OHIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1878.
the committee to meet his convenience in
respect to time of attendance. At the sug
gestion of il . Cox, the whole subject was
laid over for the present.
James E. Anderson was recalled, but
nothing new was elicited.
James A. Boulds, Appointment Clerk of
the Post Office Department, was sworn, and
produced a letter from the Postmaster Gen
eral, stating that Boulds had papers and
books inquired far by the committee in refer
ence to the appointments of Jos. A. Howard
and Boulds and Baker. Boulds was exam
ined at length, by General Butler, and stated
that Boulds Baker first entered the Pos'
office Department, October 16, 1876, as a
twelve tiundred-dollar clerk under the ad
ministration of Postmas er General Tyner.
The names of the parties recommending
the appointment were O. P. Morton.' John
Hancock, and Representatives Throckmor
ton and Culberston. Baker continued in
that position until April 1, 1877, when he
was dismissed, and on April 1, 1877, at the
instance of the parties first recommending
his appointment, and others, he was ap
pointed Special Agent at twel e hundred
per aunnum, and five dollars per diem. .
Lilley, Deputy Sixth Auditor of the Treas
ury Department, said in reply to a Question
by Mr. Cox, that the salary of Boulds Baker
was paid strictly in accordance with the
authority given in the Revised Statutes. Mr.
Baker was one of the sixty special agents.
Recommendations for the appointment of
George Howard, Assistant cle k to the
Electoral Commission, were signed by
Senators MoCrary, Hoar and others. The
recommendations were based upon How
ard's efficient service in completing the vol
ume known as "The Count of tbe Electoral
Vote."
At two o'clock ex-Congressman Darrall
was to take the stand, but when the hour
came it was learned that Kellogg had trot ed
him off to see the President. The an
nouncement caused a gentle sensation. Mr.
Darrall was an hour late on account of his
Presidential visit. His visit to the White
Bouse was not referred to in the evidence.
Darrall's evidence was sandwiched with
letters of his own cemposition, written
principally to Anderson. H- testified that
the letters and documents Anderson had
fr- m Matthews were to be held over the
head of the latter gentleman, to get him to
use his influence to have Darrall appointed
Collector of the Port of New Orleans; also,
that he, having railroad pa ses as a member
of Congress, sent them to Anderson for the
latter gentleman to travel between Wash
ington and Philadelphia.
During Darrall's examination ev-Gov-ernor
Young, of Ohio, came in, and asked
to be heard. He said he understood from 1
the newspapers that Butler wanted him on
tbe stand, and as he proposed to return to
Cincinnati at night, he did not wish to ap
pear to dodge.
Mr. Butler denied that he wanted Mr.
Young to testify. " It is a good rule," said
he, " never to believe anything yott see in
the papers about me."
Darrall having been kept out of office by
the adverse influence of the Board, gave
willing evidence to the power of Wells
and Anderson at the White House in the
matter of making and breaking slates. It
seemed to afford him pleasure also to testify
that all tbe members of the late board were
in Federal positions except Cassanave, the
coffin-maker, who had not sought office.
Late in the afternoon the Potter com
mittee had a short executive session to con
sider the case of Senator Matthews. It was
reported to them that the subpena had been
ervea commanding the Senator to appear
efore the committee at ten o'clock this
morning, but that he h ad paid no attention
to it. JNo conclusion was reached.
The House investigators had Darrall on
the stand on the 12th, and General Cox sub
jected him to a lengthy cross-examination.
this: So far as Senator Matthews was con
cerned, that Darrall and his friends, learn
ing of the Anderson letters and apers, at
tempted to use Dotn to secure Mattnews's
assistance in the matter of the New Orleans
Collectorship. Darrall testified that An
derson always declared to him that the pro
test was true in regard to intimidation in
Feliciana. Nash also told him, in explana
tion of his signature to the agreement be
fore his name, that he signed it in a
foolish moment, when Anderson was
threatening that if he did not he would re
voke his protest. The three witnesses
called to establish the fact that Weber
signed the Anderson-Weber agreement,
namely the two witnesses to the paper and
the Notary who affixed the jurat, swore that
the paper which Anderson declared to be a
forgery was an original and genuine paper,
out none oi tnem Knew tnat tne person
who appeared before them and signed the
name of Weber was actually Weber ; so that
the Question of the oaDerbeineaforirerv. so
far as Weber's signature is concerned, is still
open.
General Smith, late appointment clerk.
was examined by General Butler, with the
purpose of showing that ihe President was
a party to trying to reward Anderson, after
its I'eing proved what his character was.
Smith's answers were such as to contradict
this theory, and soon Butler, not receiving
sucn answers as ne wanted, Degitn to brow
beat the witness. A severe passage at arms
took place between the witness aud Butler.
and at one instant there seemed to be dan
ger of an actual collision between the two.
uenerai uox reproved Butler tor his course
in examining witness in a speech. The
Chairman finally commanded order, and the
excitement subsided.
General Smith, late appointment clerk.
was on the stand again on the 13th, and the
" spatting " between Butler and Cox in re
gard to Butler's manner of questioning wit
ness was about thr, only thing of interest.
Smith testified that this morning he went to
the Secretary's office at the Executive
ManBion, and looked over the record of le
ters, and found that there had been a letter
reterred to the Treasury Department, March
10, 1877, which had been written to the
President by a personal friend, recommend
ing the appointment of James E. Anderson.
The witness had but one interview with
the President in regard to Anderson's ap
pointmtnt. He produced a telegram from
Mattnews bearing tne date January 30, ad
dressed to himself, taken from the" files of
the Treasury Department, which he thought
was a reply to the telegram sent by Secre
tary onerman. xne telegram was read, ac
follows :
" The letter referred to has been received
No answer needed."
Witness has written Mr. Matthews, and
shown him one of Anderson's letters, but
did not remember the contents of it.
General Butler questioned the witness at
length regarding the letter written by Mr.
Anderson declining the position of Inpec
tor of Customs, and as to tbe time the let
ter was forwarded to Mr. Matthews; wit
ness replied that, to the best of his recol
lection, he sent tbe letter to Mr. Matthews'
the day of its receipt, J une 20.
At the request of General Butler, after
having said ne had in his possession another
letter from Anderson, witness produced
two letters and stated he had no particular
t i . 1 . 1 T I
irieu iy relations wiiu .a.naerson. rad ad
vised him on certain noints. and had an
pointed his brother in the Custom-house at
Baltimore. Another letter from Anderson
to General Smith was read by General But
ler, inquiring whether Senator Matthews
had said anything of his X Anderson'sl friend.
a clerk in the Philadelphia Custom-house,
and upon being interrogated whether he
Smith replied to that letter, he sail it
was his recollection that he did, and
stated that he , had not heard from
Senator Matthews on the subject,
ihe witness further testified that he had
appointed Anderson's brother upon the
recommendation of Stanley Matthews. Mr.
Butler's endeavor was to show that the
President understood the position of Ander
son, and connived at it, but the witness
testified that when he called the attention
of the President to the fact that Anderson
claimed to have had an agreement with
Matthews for an important place, the Presi
dent distinctly and emphatically disclaimed
any knowledge of any such agreement, and
unconditionally refused to give Anderson
anything more than an unimportant place.
In fact, said General Smith, the President
showed decided aversion to appointing
Anderson to any place.
The Potter Committee had a long secret
session on the morning of the 14th, for an
exchange of observations with the sub-com-mltte
just from Florida, The whole ground
was gene over, and the future "work for the
committee laid out.
The mention of a sub-committee to Louis
iana awxkenedthe unanimous response that
nobody Wanted to go there if it were possi
ble to avoid it, as the weather is hotandthe
climate unhealthy. Ben Butler has not yet
volunteered to go. As to who should go,
and when, no conclusion was reached.
Late in the afternoon Elector Brewster
was examined, but nothing startling de
veloped. The proceedings in the House
took all interest away from the Committee,
and MrgJents, who was present to testify,
Was dismissed for the day.
The Potter Committee resumed its session
on the 15th. H. Conquest Clarke, formerly
private secretary to Governor Kellogg, and
now in the Internal Revenue Department,
was examined regarding Louisiana certifi
cates. He recognised the first and second
set of certificates in possession of the com
mittee as the ones prepared by him. Ander
son having stated that there was an error in
the certificates, Governor Kellogg requested
witness to examine them. Witness was
present when Gove nor Kellogg signed the
sen nd set of certificates, and had himself
sealed them up and fo warded them to
Washing'on. He also sealed the first set
and handed -hem to the District Judge. All
signatures of the first set were signed in the
presence of witness. Witness did not pre
pare the messenger's authority charged
with the delivery of the second set of cer
tificates. He was of the opinion that the
authority which the bearer of the second
set of certificates presented was the
authority prep red for the messengers of
tbe first se, General Anderson Recess.
When tbe committee reassembled Mr.
Clarke testified that he saw also Brewster
sign the second set of certificates, and that
gentleman signed in the committee room,
and not in the Governor's office, as Rrewster
testified yesterday. He had read tbe state
ment in a Cincinnati paper, to the effect
that some of the signatures of the Louis
iana Electoral returns had been forged, and
thought he clipped the paragraph from the
paper and subsequently inclosed it in a let
ter to Gov. Kellogg, inquiring what it meant
but he had never receved a reply to the let
ter. Never heard anything while in New
Orleans of the so called cherman letter
In consequence of the objections made by
Governor Kellogg to the handwriting in the
first set of certificates, witness had caused
a number of extra copies to be made by the
clerk in tbe office writing a p ainer band.
He (witness), therefore, had a number of
certificates in excess of these required for
the use of tbe Electoral College. s
After further unimportant testimony, the
wi ness was excused, and ex-Representative
Darrall was recalled, remaining on the stand
but about five minutes, when Chairman Pot
ter announced that he had requested Se ator
KelloKg to appear before the committee.
but had received a Verbal message from him
saying that he could hot Comply with the
request at present. The committee ad
journed until Monday.
Ihe documents sent to the House of
Representatives by the President, at the in
stance of the Potter committee, embrace all
the communications to and from the
Louisiana Commissioners in charge of the
Department of State. All have been hereto
fore published.
Sub-Committee in Florida.
The testimony of McLin was continued.
He stated that, from all he heard, and all
that took place, w tness looked UponNoyes
as a special representative of Hayes, ex
pressing his views with regard to every
thing, and felt satisfied that if the State
went for Hayes, leading Republicans of the
State would be provided for. General Lew
Wallace was very active in getting up testi
mony before the board ; getting in returns
and evidence in contested precincts and
counties. He said he had been telegraphed
to by Hayes, requesting him to come to
Florida, and said before and after the can
vass he was satisfied that Haves, if he be
came President, would take pleasure in pro
viding ior tne itepuDncans ot r loriaa.
Witness said his party feeling bad more to
do wi h his course in the board than any
other cause, and did not know that he was
directly influenced by the promise of office,
though these were not without weight. He
leJt assured that, sn tar as pecuniary pront
went, he could gain as much by casting his
vote one way as the other. Witness said he
had come to tne conclusion that if the board
had followed the instructions of the Su
preme Court of the State, had counted
precincts which were thrown out by them,
and had thrown out the counties of
Alachua, Leon and Jefferson, in which
fraud had evidently been committed, the
State certainly went for Tilden.
On examination by liiscoefc witness testi
fied that no direct offers of money were
made by either Noyes or Stearns to influ
ence his official action. On one occasion.
Mr. Manton Marble, after assuring witness
ot his belie that the etate had tairly given
its vote for Tilden, and that fraud was be
ing resorted to by the Republicans to give
the State to Haves, made an appeal to him
to do his duty. W tness replied tt atif he felt
tnat iiayes was elected ne would die in tne
ditch before he would give up the State, to
which he alleged Marble said, " There is no
danger, il you do right, of your dying in the
ditch or dving poor." Think Mr. Marble
had subsequently made a public denial of
having approached the witness. Other
witnesses were examined, but no definite
testimony as to fraud was given.
Ohio Bepnblicans in Convention.
The Republicans of Ohio, in convention
at Cincinnati, on tbe 12th, nominated Mil
ton Barnes for Secretary of State, Judge
William White for Supreme Judge, and
George Paul for Board of Public Works.
On the important questions that are at pres
ent agitating the public mind, the following
resolutions were adopted :
f inances. ine hnancial question having
been disposed of by Congress, and the
country at present needing repose in order
that capital may seek investment, and that
industries may revive, thus increasing the
demand for labor, the situation ought to be
accepted, and we oppose the further agita
tion of the question at this time as injurious
to business and devoid of other than evil
results.
Industry. A tariff for revenue should be
maintained and so adjusted as to secure in
cidental protection to home industry. True
economy requires that the government
should make sufficient appropriation to
carry forward the woik on all public build
ings without delav. and this should es
pecially be the aim when the supply of
labor is in excess t the demand. The min
ing interests of Ohio require an inspection
intelligently administered, and we condemn
the action of the Governor in prostituting
that department, the obiect of which should
be to protect life and promote the comfort
of miners, to a mere partisan purpose.
Investigation. The revolutionary move
ment inaugurated under cover of investiga
tion, but really as an attack upon the Presi
dent's title, calculated as it is to Mexicanize
the affairs of this country, to cause general
distrust, to prostrate our industries, and
aggravate and prolong the distress ot labor
ing and industrial classes, we unqualifiedly
condemn. President Hayes having been
duly elected, and his title subsequently set
tled under tbe constitution, by the nignest
tribunal, and by tbe act of both political
parties, it can not be questioned: and we
recognize in his administration the highest
integrity and patrtotism, the most sincere
effort to promote political purity and har
mony, and to secure general business pros
perity throughout the whole country.
Other resolutions, of a local character,
were passed.
Ah" exchange says: "The unequal
length of the lower limbs sometimes
observed in man can be more readily
detected when the man is lying down on
tne noor than wnen ne is standing ui
Experienced tailors assert that this at
breviation accounts for some misfits in
trousers." Under such circumstances
the only way for a tailor to give a man
fits is to throw him down before the
measure is taken. New Orleans Picayune.
The number of arrests in Prussia for
disloyal utterances is increasing signifi
cantly.
CONGRESSIONAL.
In the Senate, June 10, the Conference
Committee's report on the bill providing a
permanent form of Government for the Dis
trict of Columbia, submitted Saturday, was
concurred in. The bill, now goes to the
President. The bill to strengthen the founda
tion of the Washington monument was
agreed to yeas, 38; nays, 17. Mr. Spencer
moved to take up tbe resolution submitted
by him, Saturday, authorizing the appoint
ment of a special committee to inquire into
the alleged fr. nils, in connection with the
recent Presidential election. The resolu
tion Was taken up, and Mr. Sargent sub
mitted an amendment to have the investi
gation made by the Matthews Investigation
Committee. The resolution and amend
ment were referred to the Commit
tee on Privileges and Elections.
Consideration of the River and Harbor Bill
was proceeded with, Spencer in charge of
the bill. In answer to a question he sp.id
the bill, as it now stood before the Senate,
appropriated $8,252,700. As it came from the
House it appropriated 97,200,000. Mr. Sar
gent called for the' yeas and nays on the
amendment increasing the appropriation
for improving the h -rbor of harleston.
South Carolina, from 15,000 to $20,000, and
it was agreed to yeas 41, nays -8. Other
amendments of the committee were agreed
to, as follows : Striking out the appropria
tion of $10,000 for Port Clinton, O. ; reduc- j
ing the appropriation for improving tbe en
trance to Galveston Harbor, Texas, 'rom
$125,000 to $50,000; striking out of House
bill the appropriation of $25,000 for Passo
Carallo inlet into Matagorda Bay, Texas,
and that of $75,000 for improving White and
St Francis Rivers, Arkansas, and to build a
sternwheel snag-boat for that river; increas
ing' the appropriation for improving the
mouth of Red River, Louisiana, from $50,
000 to $150,000 In the House, a debate
sprung up on tne duty of government to
make generous appropriation for public
buildings, in order to give employment to
labor in hard times. Several members
advocated this doctrine. Mr. Ewing said
he would increase . the expenditure
for buildings at sueh a time, and would first
take the sinking fund and apply it in this
way, and then tbe ten million of green
backs deposited to redeem fractional notes,
and then he would issue the seventy mil
lions of greenbacks which had been retired,
and would t us raise the amount to four
hundred and fifty millions. The result was
that the House raised the appropriation for
public buildings at Atlunta, Ga., fiom
$20,000 to $60,000. The appropriations for
the Custom Houses at Cincinnati, Chicago,
and St. Louis will probably be raised from
$300,000 each to $400,000 each.
In the Senate, June 11, the River and
Harbor bill was passed, which appropriates
in the aggregate about $8,500,000, over a
million of which was added to the bill by
the Senate. Senators Conkling and Thur
man, and one or two others, withheld their
opposition until the hill Was to be put upon
its passage, when they made records for
themselves in words of strong condemna
tion of the measure. The bill passed by
a majority of more than a dozen votes.
It w.ll now go back to the House.
Senator Matthews succeeded in having
tacked upon the bill the following amend
ment, which Mr. Sayler was prevented fr m
offering in the House : " For the construc
tion of a harbor or harbors of refuge at
Cincinnati, to protect the river commerce
from the flow of ice in the Ohio, $50,000
t- be expended under the direction of the
Engineer Corps of the army." In the
House, an amendment to the Sundry
Civil Appropriation Sill, by Mr.
Banning, to increase the appropriations for
the new custom-house at incinnati from
$300,000 to $400,000 was defeated by 84 to
76. The appropriation for the building at
Evansville, Ind., was increased from $20,
000 to $45,000. The appropriation for the
building at Grand Rapids was Increased
from $20,000 to $47,000. Mr. Cole offered
and amendment increasing thettppropria
tion tor the at. Liouis custom-house Irom
$300,000 to $400,000. Rejected.
In the Senate June 12, the House bill,
authorizing payment of the claim of Ten
nessee for keeping United States prisoners,
passed. Messrs. Davis of Illinois, Blaine
and Thttrman were appointed a Conference
Committee on the part of the Senate on
the bill providing for the distribution of
the award made under the Convention be
tween the United States and the Govern
ment of Mexico. Mr. Dorsey, from the
Conference Committee on tbe Post-office
Appropriation bill, submitted a report,
winch was agreed to and the bill passed.
A joint resolution dsslaring that laborers
in the government workshops should receive
as much for eight hours' labor as mechanics
in similar establishments conducted by
private citizens receive for ten hours' work
came up for consideration, and after a long
debate, on motion of Senator Eaton, it was
postponed until the next session of Con
gress by a vote of 31 to 25. Among the
bills passed by the Senate was one author
izing the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Ill
inois to prosecute suits in the Supreme
Court to recover from the United States a
per cent, arising from sales of public lands,
which the government failed to ex
pend in public improvements for
the beneht of those Istates
In the House, the Speaker appointed
Messrs. WilBon, Chalmers and Banks con
ferees on the Mexican Award Bill. The
HouBe then went into committee of the
wh' le, Mr. Carlisle in the ohair, on tbe
Civil (sundry Appropriation Bil. The sec
tion in regard to the coast survey having
been reached, Mr. Xoung ottered an amend
ment, appropriating 123,000 for alluvial
lands on the Mississippi delta. Ruled
out on point of order. Mr. Stevens
moved to increase the appropriation
for Signal Service from $325,000 to
$350,000. Adopted ky 100 to 49
Mr. Price moved; in regard to the Rock
Island Arsenal, further appropriations ag
gregating $265,000. Adopted 102 to 58.
On motion of Mr. Ihompson, tbe paragraph
providing for the sale of the arsenals at
Pittsburg, Pa., and Pikesville, Md., was
stricken out. The committee then rose,
and the Speaker laid before the House
message from the President recommending
an appropriation for a Commission on the
part ot tne united Btater tn tne interna
tional Monetary Conference. Referred. A
night session was held for general business,
tn the senate, June 13 the House bill to
restore certain lands in Iowa to settlement
under the homestead law, and for other
purposes was passed. (It applies t all
vacant unppropriated lands neretotore
withdrawn for the Mississippi A Missouri
Railroad in that State.) At the expiration
of tbe morning hour, Mr. Voorhees moved
to take up the Dill to repeal the specie
resumption act; wnicn led to s
discussion. The motion was agreed fo
veas 30 ; nays 28. The bill after some con
sideration was passed. It reads as follow :
" Be it enacted, etc., T at from and after
the passage of this act United States notes
shall be receivable the same as coin in pay
ment oi the lonr per centum bonds now
authorized by law to be issued, and on and
after October 1, 1878, said notes shall be re
ceivable for duties on imports." In the
House, there was a great deal of confu-ion
as to the order of business, Mr. Ellis en
deavoring to call up the contested election
case of Richards n vs. Rainey, of Sonth
Carolina, and Mr. Reagan endeavoring to
call up the river and harbor bill, for the
purpose of non-concurring in the Senate
amendments. Finally both propositions
were voted down, and the House deter
mined to go into Committee of the Whole
on the sundry civil appropriation bill
and closing all further debate on the hill and
amendments. Mr. Williams, of Michigan, of-
fered an amendment appropriating $10,000
for the improvement of Yellowstone Na
tional Park. Adopted. On motion ot Mr,
Sayler, the appropriation for the Hayden
survey was increased from $50,000 to $75.-
009. On motion of Mr. Eden, the appro
priation ior the rowell survey was increased
from $30,000 to $50,000. At the evenina
session, the bill was further considered, the
Committee rose and reported the bill to the
House, une nrst amendment, on which
a yea and nay vote was demanded, and
that increasing the appropriation for
tbe Atlanta Custom-house from $20,000 to
$60,000, and it was aareed to veas 141. nays
81. Theamendment increasing the appro
priation ior the Chicago custom House
irom ssuo.ooo to $400,000, was rejected
yeas 98, nays 111. The action of the com-
NUMBER 11.
mittee in increasing the appropriation for
tne rostnmce at c.vansville, Ind.. irom $20,
000 to $40,000, and the appropriation for the
Postoffice at Grand Rapids, Mich., from
$20,000 to $47,000, was concurred in. The
amendment increasing the appropriation
for the signal service from $325,000 to $350,-
uuu was agreed to, as was also an amend
ment increasing the appropriation for
military telegraph lines on the Southwes
tern frontier from $20,000 to $50,000. An
amendment increasing the appropriation
for the Rock Island arsenal to about $300,
000 was agreed to yeas, 121 ; nays 84. An
amendment, striking out tbe paragraph re
funding to the State of Pennsylvania $29,
000 for expenses incurred in raising volun
teers in the late insurrection, was defeated
yeas, 67; nays, 130 and the paragraph
stands as originally reported. At midnight
the civil sundry bill passed, and the House
adjourned. -
In the Senate, June 14, the bill to create a
sinking fund to i ay the indebtedness due
the Government by the Kansas Pacific Rail
road was passed. The House Pension Bill
for the relief of disabled soldiers was
passed. ' The Senate not being able to agree
with the House in regard to appropriations
ia the Civil Service Bill, a Committee of
Conference was appointed. Tbe same
action was taaen with the Legislative.
Judicial and Executive Appropriation Bill.
........ .In the House, on motion of Mr
Eden, tf-e Senate amendments to the bill
making an appropriation for the payment
of awards to the Southern Claims Com
mission, were concurred in. A resolution,
proposed by Mr. Burchard, of Illinois, de
claring that it is not competent to revise
the action of the last Congress, or to annul
the decision of tbe Electoral Commission,
and that any attempt to do so would be
revolution, was passed by the extraordinary
vote of 216 yeas to 21 nays.
In the Senate, June 15, Mr. Wadleigh,
from the Committee on Privileges and Elec
tions, made a report Upon the charges that
the election of Senator Grover was pro
cured by fraud and bribery. The report
says the evidence did not sustain any of
such charges. The committee was dis
charged from further consideration of the
subject. Leave was given members of the
cemmittee to file their views in the case.
Mr. Windom called up his concurrent res
olution extending the session until noon of
Tuesday next, which was agreed to yeas,
36 ; . nays, 9 alter the rejection of an
amendment to extend the session till noon "
of Wednesday next by a vote of 25 to 26.
The resolution was immediately sent to the
House on motion of Mr. Howe. Mr
Windom then submitted an amendment ap
propriating $10,000 to be used under the
direction of the Attorney General to defray
any expenses that may be incurred by the
Department of Justice for the detect! n of
any crime committed against the United
States in the affairs of or in the course
of invest gation mentioned in this act.
Agreed to, and the bill passed as amended.
The Committee on Finance was discharged
from the further consideration of a large
number of proposition in regard to a re
peal of specie resumption and remonetiza
tion of silver, together with numerous bi ls
in regard to t e payment of customs d -ties
in legal tender n tes, and the goloid coin
bills, nearly all of the subjects having been
covered by bills passed. Mr. Spencer pre
sented a report of the conference committee
on the river and harbor appropriation bill.
It is substantially as it passed the Senate,
but reduced $39,000, now appropriating
$8,361,700. A number of items had been
stricken out entirely, and appropriations
in others reduced. Among the reduc
tions were $30,000 for the harbor of
Dunkirk. After discussion the report
was agreed . to, and the bill passed.
The amendment of tne House to the bill of
the Senate increasing the pension of Gen
eral James Shields, of Missouri, to one hun
dred dollars a month' was concurred in and
the bill passed ......... In the House, the Con
ference Committee report making the total
amount of appropriations in the River and
Harbor bill $8,361,700 was agreed to. The
Senate concurrent resolution for adjourn
ment on Tuesday was adopted. The amend
ment in tne internal revenue Dili on the
taxation of tobacco were considered, but
no final action was taken.
GENERAL LAWS.
by the Mbcfy-TbJrd Ctomral i rm-
blT mt Ohio, at Ms KrarulKr Ht Be
ffaa Jmamarjr 7, mad Woae May 13, 1878.
1. To strike the word " white "
from the militia
laws.
2. authorizing payment to be made of compeDsa-
on to certain uoaras ul
Equalization (Cincinnati)
and their assistants.
a. M&klnff an iDnrnnriation for adTertiainE nro-
pofled amendments to the Constitution.
4. Ataaing partial appropriations ior rae year ioio
(for tdjutant oeneral's office, and expenses of the
militia ordered out in 1877).
a. xo estaoiisn a uoa-a ox r ire vommusionen in
certain cities (Cincinnati).
0. Prescribing proceedings in cases tn Probate
Court wherein the Probate Judge ia interested in
any manner.
7. To redistrict certain cities of the second class
(Dayton) for representation in Council, tc.
a. t o maintain or assist in maiouinimi ceruun
libraries i certain cities (Cleveland).
9. Directing the AdtutantGeneraltoascerUin tbe
number of soldiers' uumarked graTes in Ohio, for
tbe purpose of having durable monuments
erected.
It). Authorizing the Board of Public Works in
certain cities (Cincinnati) to appoint the City
Auditor.
11. Prescribing proceedings for making a town
ship liable for medical service to paupers.
12. To provide ior tbe better organization of cor-
K rations designated as tbeWidow's Home and Asy
m for Aged and Indigent Women.
1.1 Authori sins the C Bimissioners ot certain
counties to levy an additional poor tax.
14. to rep. at tne rematrauon section oi tne law
for the registration of voters.
10. To reorganize tne unio reniienuary
16. A uthorizinz tke Governor to aoooint twentT-
one trustees of any college, seminary or academy
Incorporated under tne law a ot unio, ior wuicn
there shall be no provision of law for filling vacan
cies in the Bo rd of Trustees. The bill specially
applies to reverly College.
17 To provide for keeping in repair gravel tnd
macadamised and volunteer roads.
18. Requiting: Township Trustees to erect guide
nearus.
In. Prescribing rates ot taxation by County com
missioners for road and bridge purposes.
M. Authorizing iximmissioners oi certain coun-
line tn keen in rerair five turnDikea
21. Hasina appropriations lor deficiencies and
partial appropriations for the year 1878.
penal or reformatory Institutions to receive girls,
devises and beauesta.
IS. To authorise tbe Trustees of mutual protec
tion associations of Patrons of Husbandry to move
tneir omce.
24. To so amend Section of the Homestead Ex-
emption La as to prov de for appraiaenient of the
homestead once in two years, at the instance of the
ludzment debtor
2i. To re-enact Section S of the Probate Court Act
of ISM. as amended - pril V. I86L
2S To punish the oneaaes of advertising profes
sional aervi es io procure aivoroea.
27 Prescribing the mode of fixing compensation
of deputy county omceraana cieras in certain coun
ties (Hamilton).
xs. Authorising tbe Township Trustees of any
township in this estate to levy a tax to purchase a
hearse ana erect a vault.
M. Authorising Courts to appoint Assistant Pros
ecuting Attorneys.
i. Limiting the com pe nam tion of Township Trus
tees and i ownanip uteras.
si. To amen ejection 1 of the Mechanics' lien
Law so that liens shall take effect for two years from
the date ot tbe nrst Item ot la Dor perioral ea, ana
there shall be no bomesleaa exemption against it.
X2. Requiring that any vote taken uudr the law
for estabAshlng Children's Homes shall not be at a
atsnerai election
as. Regulating the payment by the county of
costs in criminal cases.
t. Fixing tbe time preset Ibtng the manner of
nerformlna two davs' work on the htabwavs.
SS Requiring Boards ot Education in city districts
oi tne second class to be voted lor at tne time ana
nlACO of municipal elections
S. Authorising ineotpttrated villages and cities
to purchase steam fire engines, etc
X7. Reorganizing the Board of Aldermen in cer
tain cities (Cincinnati).
aS. Prohibiting tne selling of pools or making of
wagers on elections.
SS. Providing for subdivisions of election districts
m cities.
40. Toreorganise tbe Reform School for Bora.
41. To reomuia the Asvlum for the Insane.
42 To authorise tbe Secretary ot Bute to re
issue to corporations charters that ham been lost or
aeairoyea.
48 Authortain guardians of imbeciles to sell real
estate and complete real eontracu.
44 To change certain specific times for holding
the court oi UHsmot 1'leaa la Fairfield, Hocking
aoa rvrsy vouuues.
4.V T create an additional Judge of Common
46. Fixing the time of holding an additional term
of District Court la Jackson County.
rios in rranzuo UOUOty.
' 47 Providing lor the election of local School Di
47 frovidiug lor
rectors.
es. UasitlM the powers of Prosecuting Attorneys
to enter mMt pressoiM.
49. To amend geclioa I oi the General Incorpora-
tion Act, excluding from its provisions " camp
meeting, Sunuat-ficbooi, temperance, religious and
leformatuy associations," K,,d adding library as- -rociatio
-s, associations to protect birds and game,
for protection of horses and other live stock, and
prosecution of theft of the same, etc
5-t. Limiting the aggregate compensation of Road
Supervisors, .
51. Prescribing the mode of control of joint sub
school districts (.Section a ot School Law).
62. tuthoriziog vacation and repair of turnpike
and plank roads which are suffered to be oat oi re
pair, and to establish them as county roads.
6. Authorizing certain cities of the first and sec
ond class to expend one-naif the bridge tax raised
by county levy.
64. Aut horizing Cou ty Commissioners to buy the
right to take toll on toll roads.
6 . Authorizing the Marshal of certain villages to
act as street Commissioners.
, '6 For the better regulation of fire insurance
companies.
oo. inquiring compensation to be paid to com- -panies
owning toll roads before eompeliing the re
moval of any gate that has been brought within the
limps of a municipal corporation by annexation of
territory.
o prevent fraud in the sale of fertilizers.
59. Changing tbe time for holding tbe Court of
Common Pleas (second teiiu) for Mercer and Van
Wert Counties.
0. Prescribing proceedings for enlarging or im
proving town balls
6t. Providing for the reorganization of Longview
Asvlum.
2. Fixing the payot township Assessors at two
dollars a day.
1 3. Changing the time of holding the Supreme
Term of Common Pleas in Franklin County.
6(. Authorising Boards of Education in certain
cities (Cleveland) to appoint library committees and
levy taxes '
6. To reduce fees and salaries of officers of cer
tain counties (Columbiana).
66. Providing for indexing pending suits and
executions notdormant.
67. Providing for control and cleaning of streets in
certain cities (Cincinnati).
68. To compel owners of hedge fences on partition
line- and along public highways to keep the same
within certain limits.
69 Prescribing proceedings for putting and keep
ing turnpike and plank road in r pair.
0. Prescribing penalties ior catering fish except
by hook and line.
71. Authorizine a temoorarr loan for street clean
ing in certain cities (Cincinnati). -
2. Authorizing certain incorporated vulagesialt.
GUead) to borrow money and build a railroad.
73. To authorize the sales of railroads in certain
(Toledo and WoodviUe). -
7 . Providing for the pavment xf tbe coat of -
buildiug levees to protect lands from overflows m
certain cases (Franklin Couuty).
75. To authorize certain cities (Cineinnatil to is
sue two millions of bonds to complete a railway.
76. Authorizing associations for the manufacture
of lifeboat, etc , to become incorporated.
77. Authorizing jounty tximmtaaionera to appoint
Trustees of public halls in ceruun cases,
78. Providing fur the creation of joint sub-school
districts.
79. Making it unlawful to pay tbe wages of labor
In barter at pricea higher than the cash price of
goods sold.
so. Authorizing Township Trustees to procure, by
purchase or otherwise, materials for road pur
poses. 81. Giving p ecedence on the Court Docket to
civil cases in which tbe fctate is a party.
82. Reorganizing Ohio Agriculture College, and
changing th name to Ohio state University.
na. Autnonzing incorpora.ion oi nout trrowere'
Associations.
84. ProvKiing for ascertaining and locating the
bound ry lines between Ohio and Pennsylvania
85. Authorizing private Cemetery Association .
brought within the corporate limits of incorpurated
villages to become incorporated.
96. Authorizing County Commissioners to grade
and improve unfinished turnpike reads.
87. Direct how cities of the orst-class, having ac
cepted property or funds upon condition of estab
lishing ana maintaining an astronomical ooserva
tory shall provide for the support of the same.
88. Providing that in any assignment case every .
person having performed labor during tbe preced
ing year, for the assignor, shall be ntitled to full
payment (not exceeding f300) before paying other
olaima.
Authorizine certain cities (Zanesvillel to in
clude Children' Home as part and parcel of such
city.
90 To provide for the administration ol property
given for tbe promotion of science, art, and like
purposes, ana to proiect tne same inim waste.
91. Authorizing certain cities (Cincinnati) to levy
a tax by the Board of Education to pay interest and
princip 1 of bonds issue for University purposes.
92. Authorizing transfers of special funds in city, -ennntv.
villaee or other lucal treasury, when the
object for which the fund was raised has been ac
complish dand paid for.
93. lo cnange tne UHDora rieaa uiBtriutB u &uv
State, and give greater ethci ncy in Courts.
94 Prohibiting payment of wages by any scrip
token, check, draft or certificate of indebtedness
not payable in money.
9 . To punish offenses by school teachers against
the chastity of pupils.
96. Authorizing certain courts to empliry steno
graphers. T.J.., ,
v. i o reorganize tne uiru, uMuMiwt uwuu.
98. To organize tbe Institution for tbe Blind.
99 To revise and consuiida e the statute relating,
to procedure in Probate Court
100 Requiring Clerks of the Courts of Common
Pleas to provide poll-books and tally-sheet for elec
tions. , ,
101. Prescribing duties of County "Jomnuasioneri
ia certain counties (Hamilton) .
102. To leorganize tne irauiuuous ior tne educa
tion of the deaf aud dumb. -
103. To ameud Section 50 of the school law, re
peal Section 35 in reference to separata colored
schools
10 1. Prescribing proceeoings by sub-contractors
and material men to enforce liens in their favor.
105. authorizing a division of road tax between
free turnpikes and common roads.
It. Prescribing the salary of the Superintendent
of the Reform school for Boys.
lt'7. lo prohibit the bringing of suits of attach
ment in places distant from the residences of par
ties. 108. To authorize the election oi two aaaiuona.
Judges in tbe first Judicial District Hamilton
County. .
109. To repeal the act of 1877 requiring a record of
chattel mortgages. . .
10. To authorize the appointment of an Assis
tant Prosecuting Attorney in certain counties
(Lucas).
111. ine cure ui wrirasw am y.uw & -
establisnment of ditches. . .
112. To prohibit and punisn tne importation into
the State of Ohio of animals having the Texas and
Spanish fever.
113. authorizing the Council of certain cities
(Cleveland) to levy a tax for Sinking Fund.
114. Providing- for appointment of Trustees ol
charitable institutions managed by woven.
!!. Authorizing Towi smp Trustees to procure
lands lor cemetery purposes.
116. Authorizing the Councils of certain cities
(Toledo) to issue a tax for a sinking fund.
1 1 ; Anthnriainff anv Tur. pike Company to sub
divide its road and organize a company for each
county in which the road lies.
lis ureaung a uommission oi c-uius uuircro u w
amine Morgan raid claims.
119 Defining as public certain drains and water
courses, when dedicated by private agreement or
public act. -
120. I o authorize a temporary loan for sewer pur
poses in certain cities (Cincinnati).
12. Auinoriziag certain cities (Zanesvtue) toeon
solidate witn public schools privately endowed
schools . .
122. Fixing the salary ot mnrmary anrecion in
certain cities (Cincinnati). ..... ...
123. To provide lor a recoru in owa xuriu w
military records In the Adjutant-Geueral's office of
all persons who served in the armies of the United
States during the rebellion.
124. To redistrict th State Into Common Pleas
districts. . , ,L
125. To sppronriate money ior me repair ot mo
Public Works. , .
126. to reorganize tne ooiaiers- ana omore
HomeatXenia.
127. To revise and codify tne statutes relating to
taxation. , .
128 To revise and codify the laws relating to
practice in the Probate Courts
'29. To revise and codify the laws relating to the
militia. , ...
130. To revise and codify the laws relating to
practice in Probate Courts. , . .
131. to revise the laws of procedure In Justices'
and Mayors' Courts.
132. To revise tne coae oi civil pmcniun.
133. To revise the laws relating to municipal cor
porations.
1 4. 1HB oenffnu awjiiutJii.."
135. To reor anize the Board of Public Work,
la. Prohibiting insurance companies adopting
the names of other companies.
137. Requiring the Superintendent of Insurance
to make annual examination of tbe condition of life
insurance companies: also limiting uem u a nu
per cent basis in computing assets.
1S. Requiring life insurance companies, as a con
dition of doing business in the State, to waive the
right to Uke suita to tne unitea oia wui.
1S9. Authorial mr certain cities (Cincinnati) to Uke
a second vote on a two mi: lion loan.
14U. Requiring officers for State, county and mu- .
nicipal offices to be voted for on tbe same ticket,
whenever voted for at the same election.
ltt. Redistrictlng the State for representation In
Congress.
112. Reorganising the Institution for Imbecile .
Youth.
43. Making appropriations for expenses of com
mittees. . . .
44 Providing for the care of libraries in certain
cities (Portsmouth )
145 Fixing the modo of appropriating pay of .
deputy count v officers.
146. Authorizing certain cities to invest sinking
funds. .
147. Defining the powers and prescribing the
duties of the Board of Public Works.
148. To punkh fa m pretenses In negotiating com
mercial paper fraudulently obtained.
149. Creating the office of Inspector of Illuminat
ing Oils.
150. Abolishing Coroners' juries.
1M. Requiring Slate, county and municipal
officers, when chosen at the same- election, to be
voted for on tbe same ticket.
142. Providing lor keeping in repair graveled or
Other improved roads.
53. Authurizina- yachting and other sporting sa
ociatlofs to become imoroorated
1 4 Givina uno ity of pavment io assignment
in to persons wh- have p.rformed la bur. ,
1 a. 1 o punish frauds in manufacture and sale of
butter, chei-ee and oleomargarine.
156. Giving- township liuatves care of burial
gro nds.
17 Prescribing minimum amount on which mu
tual insurance companies ma be org nixed.
loS. Authoiixiug women to practice law.
"Well, I don't care 1 Satan was
sharp and knew what he was about,"
said a lady whose husband was holding
the first woman responsible for all the
trouble in the world. " He knew mighty
well that if he offered the apple to Adam
first he would eat it all up himself and
not give Eve a taste, and so to be sure
of getting both into the scrape he gave
Eve the first chance at it"
About fifty women have applied thi
year for Harvard College certificates.
Spring crops
frogs.
-Grasshoppers and bull-
A hard caseTurtle shell.