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" ED. L. BLUE, Editor nd PfoptMor.
JPBUUYSDURG. . " : ' OHIO.
NEWS OF TIIE WEEK.
Gathered from All Quarters.
CONGRESS.
"When tlio senate convened on tho 23th Mr.
Gorman of Maryland, announced tho death of
his collrnfruc, Senator Wilson, nnd after a low
appropriate romnrltB by Messrs. Gorman,
Spoonor and others, tho umnl resolutions of
condolcnco wero adopted and tho rennte, as n
further mark of respect, adjourned....
Tho houso took up tho 1mm eratton
bill, tho pcnJIns question being on Mr.
Oatcs' substitute, which was rejected
jreasr rays 10i The bill was then passed
Tho death of Senator Wilson was announced,
und after eulog stlo remarks tho houso ad
journed until 8 p. in. At tho evening sea
nlon tho agricultural appropriation bill was
passed, nnd tho general doflclcncv bill tnkrn
up and dlxcuspcd In commlttoo of tho whole
Without disposing of it tho houso ndjournod.
Tnn senato on tho Cflth ult passed tho bill
for tho rel of of tho assignees of tho lalo John
Iloach. Tho sundry civil appropriation bill was
then tnlionup; all tho commlttco amendments
wero agreed to nnd tho bill was passed. Tho
legislative, executive and judicial appropriation
bill was tnken up and tho various amendments
reported from tho commlttco on appropriations
acted on as rrad. Without making Until dlsposl
lion of tho bill It was laid nsldo and tho confer
ence report on tho m'lltary academy appropria
tion bill was presented and agreed to. Tho
chair laid tho Nlcaraguan canal bill before tho
eenato as unfinished business and tho senato
adjourned ...Less than twenty-flvo members
were in atlrd nee when 1ho houso mot at 10 a.
n. A numb'r of bills vcro passed, Including
tho scnatn bl'l for tho roltcf of tho assignees of
tho lato John Roaoh. In commlttco of tbo
-wholo the shipping bill wits cons'dercd, but
'without act'on tho commlttco roso and tho
boupo recessod until evening. At tho night
Session tho general deficiency appropriation
bill wasrasscd.
In tho senato on tho 27th ult. tho message of
the president vetoing the bill toostablish tno
record and pension oftlco of tho war depart
ment was refi rro 1 to tho comm'ttsc on military
affairs. The Nicaragua cannl bill was laid aside
for thl' scs'lon. Tho legislative appropriation
bill was passed wi h a number of amendments
and tho Immlrntl-n bill, together with a num
ber of other bit p. wero taken frotr. the calendar
mnd passed. Consideration of tho Indian
appropriation bill was then begun, but no
notion was roichcd beforo adjournment ..
Tho house devoted tho entlro day to
debate on tho shipping bill in commlttco of tho
'whole. Tho hour of & o'clock having arrived
tbo committee nro-o and roported the bl 1 to
tho houss without amendmont no vote having
been taen In commlttco i pon tho substitute.
Mr. Farquhar th n offered the houso substi
tute for tho senato bill und It was agreed to
144 to 147. Tin senate bill as amended was
then passed yoas 1 0, nays 123. Mr. Farquhar
moved that a commlttoo of conferenco bo or
dered, ponding i ctlon on which tho houso at
mlCnlghi adjou-ncd.
The vice president laid beforo tho senato on
tboSSthult n commuricatlon from tbo family
of Uen. Sherman, ciprosslng their gratitude
for and their app- ec'atlon of the sympathy and
bonor bestowed bv tho sennto upon the memory
of their deceased f ither. The house bill giving
tho widow of Admiral Porter a pension of ,fV
a year was passed Tho Indian appropriation
bill was taken up. Among other amondmenta
adopted was one to pay I'SO.Om to tho frinndly
Sioux India s for property lot or des' roved
during tho lato trou lo by reason of obcdlenco
to orders of tho government Tho bill was
finally passed without dlvls'on A number of
bouio bills on tho calendar to which there was
no objection wore pas?o . and tho Senate took
up tho post onlce appropriation bill. Without
xnakls much progress with the measure it was
laid aside atd the Senate went Into executive
session. When tho doors were reopened Mr.
Stanford, of California, announced tho death of
bis colleague, Senator Hearst. Tho usual reso
lutions of coidolenco were offered and adopted,a
commlttco was appointed to attend tho funeral,
and as a further mark of rcsp.-ot tho senato ad
journed... .In tho houso tho sundry civil and
legislative appropriation bills wero sent to con
ference. Tho diplomatic and consular appro
priation bill was reported back from comm't
too with a recommendation that all tho senato
amendments bo ocreed to except tbo ono mo
viola:? for a cab'o between San Franolsco and
Hawa'lan Islunls; a'cptcd yens 221, nnysO.
The Speaker laid beforo tho houso a com
munication from tho family of Gen. Shcr
man, tbanVing tho house for tho res
olutions adopted In his honor. Public
business was then suspended and tho houso
proceeded to pay tr.buto to the memory of tho
late Jamos Pte!an, of Tennessee. Several ad
dresses eulogistic of tho llfoand character of
the deceased statesman were made, and as a
further mark of rtspect tho house ud.'ou-ned
until 8 p. m. At tho evering Eession tho copy
right bill with renato amendments was
tnkon up and the senate amendments non con
curred in. Mr McKInley called up the bill pro
vidlng that nothing in the existing tariff laws
shall be construed as affect nir the treaty bo
twoen the United States and Hawaiian islands,
nnd It was passed. Mr Clunie, of California,
announced tbo death of Senator Hearst, nnd In
respect to tho memory of deceased tho bouse
adjourned.
Tun senato on tho 2d elected Mr. Mandcrson,
of Nebraska, pres'dont pro tern., succeeding
Mr. IngalH Tho houo amendment to the ton
nago subs'dy bill was passed by a strict party
voto 37 to :a Tho houso bill relating to recip
rocity with the Huwal'an islunds, nnd the
houso Joint resolution appropriating $1,030,000
for tho Impiovement of the MlbSlsilpplrhcr,
to bo made Immediately available, i ro passed.
Tho post onlce appropriation bill waspaBsed
with an amondment appropriating $l,00,030 for
tho transportation of t reign malls. Tho con
ference report on tho Indlnn depredations bill
was agreed to. The agricultural appropriation
bill nas passed with nmeudmnts. Tho gen
eral detlc'cucy appropriation bill was consid
ered but no action was taken, The o nferenco
report on t it bl 1 to ruvtso tho wages of certain
employes in tho government prlnlln ; fflco was
proiented and acreed to (It ul ows twenty per
cent, additional pay for night work).. .Tho
houso passed snato bills for tio erection of a
now mint bui'ding in Phi adelphla, nt a
cost not to exo.-ed (SonooOQ, and a new
custom houso in tho city of Now York;
also senato b'll gran lng a pension of
12,000 a year to tho widow of Admiral Por'or.
,Tho sonate bill to prov'do for tho inspection of
live oatllo, hogs and thocarcases and products
thereof which are Iho subjects of inter-stuto
commerce, wus passed (with amendments).
Tho conferenco report was adopted on tbo bill
providing for tbo publishing of topiosof tho
report on tho diseases of the orso. (It app. o
priates J70.000 for the i rlnttngof I0J.0OJ copies.)
The post office ai proprlation bill was sent to
conference and tho house took a recess until
10 a. in. of the Ud.
DOMESTIC.
The explosion of a boiler In Folate's
Bivwmlll, near Charleston, Mo., on tho
28th ult. killed three men and seriously
Injured four others.
A Finn at Herman, Lawrence county,
N. Y., on the 28th ult burned eighteen
blocks in tho town, Including the Uap
tlbt church and many residences, entail
ing ft loi.s of S75,O00j Insurance about
4nchalf.
James II. Waud completed hla term
of eleven yearn in the Eastern (Pa.)
penitentiary on the 28th ult. for hilling'
Miss Mary Means in Westmoreland
.county. Upon stepping- from tho peni
tentiary door ho was nt oneo arrested
and placed In jail for the hilling of Miss
Ellen Means, whom lie assaulted at tho
same tlmo ta killed her Bister.
Trre cnblo of tho inclino nt tho couil
mines in Whltcwcll, Tenn., brolco on
tho 28th ult. as Iho miners wero going1
to worlc nnd tho enr dnshed down tho
mountniu. Two men wero hilled in
stnntly nnd eleven seriously hurt. Sovcn
of these wlU die.
Thk wearers nt Dobson's plush mills
in Philadelphia struck on the 37th ult.,
owing to a refusal of tho ilrm to grunt
them nn inercaso of 13 per cent, in
wages. One thousand hands nro idle.
Thk steamer l'cnlnnd, from Antwerp,
which arrived nt Now York on tho 28th
ult., reports that on February 22 she
sighted tho Warren lino steamer Towa,
from lloston for Liverpool, disabled,
having struck nn iceberg. The crew of
tho Iowa were tnken off by tho steamer
Chester. Tho Iowa had a cargo valued
nt S2.10.000.
TiiKitK is now no probability of n
strike on tho Pennsylvania system. At
n meeting of tho general grievneo
committee on tho 28th ult, it was de
cided to itccept tho terms of tho com
pany's officials nnd not press the do
rr, and for wages until a more propitious
tiwe.
Tun sale of all tho mining property
on the lower part of tho Aspen Moun
tain, Col., to an English syndicate will
bo consummated in a few days. Tho
price paid is to bo about 817,000,000.
Gump, tho Fort Wayne (Ind.) faster,
who on February 2 commenced his nt
tempt to fast thirty days on a 81,000
wnger, had to givo up after having
fasted twenty-flvo days, lie began by
weighing 120 pounds, and when ho quit
weighed 2 i pounds less.
Charlks E. Fahdon, who was wanted
in Connecticut for burglary and whom
Gov. Hill refused to hand over to the
authorities of that state, was set at lib
erty in New York on tho 1st. Fardon
declares ho will bring suit against the
city of Watcrbury for having caused
his imprisonment.
Lewis Hanbem,, William Coylo and
Abraham Kulp, brakemen on the North
Penn branch of the Reading railroad,
were arrested and taken to Doylcstown,
Pa., on the 1st They arc supposed to
bo part of an organized gang who havo
been robbing merchandise from trains
between New York and Philadelphia.
Tho value of the goods taken amounts
to many thousand dollars.
Tun largo pulp mill of tho Remington
Paper Company near Water own, N.
Y., was wrecked by high water on the
28th ult, causing damages aggregating
So0,000. John Murphy, an employe, was
struck by the falling roof and shafting
and killed. Much valuable machinery
was carried down the river.
A DESTitucTivn winter thunderstorm
accompanied by lightning visited tho vi
cinity of Now Bedford, Mass., on the 28th
ult In South Dartmouth, Dormouth,
Westport and Mattapoissett tho light
ning played havoc, destroying no less
than six buildings and causing injury to
two churches.
KonEitT and Lena Going, children of
Henry Going, were burned to death in
a fire which destroyed the family resi
dence at Silver Lake, Kan., on tho 2Sth
ult
Ovnn 400 men have been discharged
from the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
car and locomotive shops at Aurora, 111.
The laboratory has been practically
abandoned and tho working force at tho
shops reduced fifty per cent
Thk public debt statement issued on
the 2d shows an increase in tho debt of
82,004,750 during tho month of February.
The surplus in tho treasury is 833,413,
777, or a decrease during the past month
of about six and one-half millions.
The upper Jaccquard weave sheds at
North Adams, Mass., owned T. K. Ren
frew & Co., were destroyed by firo on
the 2d. The shop was filled with valua
ble Jaccquard looms and the loss will
reach 8300,000.
Two boilers at the Henry Clay col
liery, at Shamokin, Pa., exploded on
the 2d resulting in the serious injury of
four engineers and a water-boy. Tho
building was completely destroyed,
causing a Iosb estimated at $25,000.
The residence of ex-Gov. Richard J.
Oglesby at Oglehurst, Elkhart, I1L,
burned on the 2d, entailing a loss of
S25.000. All the governor's and Mrs.
Oglesby's curios and relics of the war
were destroyed. Mrs. Oglesby was
painfully but not dangerously burned.
The Seattle (Wa.) typographical union
havo decided to abolish piece work on
all the daily papers of the city and es
tablish the eight-hour working day
with the minimum scale of S4 Per day.
Hereafter work will begin on the
morning papers at 7:30 p. m. Tho pro
prietors have agreed to this.
It is announced that capital has been
subscribed, the ground purchased, and
plans drawn for the construction at Chi
cago of the tallest oflice building in tho
world. The site of the structure is on
Dearborn street, not far from tho post
office. It will be twenty-four stories
high and built almost entirely of st-.-cL
A dispatch from. Richmond, Vn., says
that in tho terrible gale which swept
tho lower JamcB river on tho 27th ult.
twenty-four oystcrmen, mostly colored
men, wero drowned at points just above
and below tho mouth of the Warwick
river.
A collision between two Wabash
freight trains near Carbon, la., on tho
1st resulted in tho fatal injury of two
passengers, William and Orrenllunt, of
Downing, Mo. Four trainmen were
also more or less injured.
Ah a'result of tho decline in the prico
of silver nearly ono hundred bars of
bullion have been taken from tbo mint
at Carson, Nev., and sen, to China,
where a higher prico prevails for it than
in America.
Duuino the month of February there
were coined at the mints of tho United
States 100,470 gold pieces of tho valuo of
83,414,400; 8,435,000 silver pieces of tho
valuo of 83,078,000, and 9,025,400 nickel
and cent pieces of tho value of 8123,000.
A PABSENOEit train on tlus Iowa Cen
tral road was wrecked on tho 2d at Rock
well, la., two coaches being hurled
down an embankment Tho thirty pas
sengers on board wero badly shaken up,
but only one, Thomaa Tate, of Chicago,
was badly hurt
At Quincy, I1L, on tho 2d Dan Porter,
tho murderer of Edwin D. Smith, over
powered tho sheriff, relieved him of his
arms, and made good his escape.
SicrKRAZ, of tho lnrgcst dairy com
panies in St Louis hnvo organized a
trust to bo known as tho Union Dairy
Company, with a capital stock of 8800,
000. Tun Loulsvlllo (Ky.) ministerial as
sociation nt a recent meeting voted by
14 to 1 J ngninst ndmltting to Its mem
bership Catholics, Unitarians or J ows.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
John W. Champun, of Grand Rnpids,
was nominated for Judge of tho supremo
court by tho Michigan democratic stnto
convention held at Lansing on tho 2Gth
ult.
The president has nominated and thi
senate has confirmed Senator Blair, ot
New Hampshire, to bo minister of tho
United States to China. Blair's term
as senator expires with this congress.
GnonoK C. Ingram, ono of tho most
widely lenown and brilliant members of
the Chicago bar, died suddenly on tho
27th ult Ho was ono of the lawyers for
the prosecution in tho famous Cron n
trial.
The cxecutivo committee of tho re
publican league of tho United States
have issued a call for tho fourth national
convention of tho league, to be held in
Cincinnati April 1.
M. Fohtunk Dk BoisoonEV, tho pop
ular French author of sensational fic
tion, is dead, nt tho ago of 05.
Colonel Asa Way, died at Republic,
O., on tho 58th ult, nged 84 years. Ho
was captain of a company in tho
Twenty-fifth Ohio infantry in tho late
war, and was the oldest member of tho
Grand Army of tho Republic in tho
State.
J. R. Durr, a well known railroad
contractor, died nt Boston, Mass., on
the 28th ult, nged CO years. Ho was
tho builder of the Hannibal St Joseph
railroad.
Col. W. W. Gates, the oldest journal
ist of Tennessee, died at Jackson, that
state, on tho 28th ult. In 1S42 he founded
tho West Tennessee Whig, and was ono
of tho leading members of tho whig
party of the south.
FOREICN.
SwoitN depositions havo been made nt
Montreal tfiat Dr. Desrosiers, of Vau
drcuil, offered to Dr. Mousseau, the Lib
eral candidate for Soulanges, a check
for 81,000 if ho would givo up his candi
dature. In the British houso of commons on
the 27th ult Mr. Brovand's motion in
favor of increasing taxation on land,
which ho held was insufficiently taxed
in proportion to industries, was rejected
by a voto of 123 to 77.
At London, Countess Russell has ap
plied for a judicial separation from her
husband Earl Russell. The couple aro
young and have only been married a
year. The case excites much interest on
account of tho promi ence of the parties.
There is high ecclesiastical authority
for the statement that tho French
Canadian bishops havo been severely
disciplined by the papal college for in
terfering in political matters.
A peculiap. accidental shooting inci
dent is reported from Troyes, France
The Vicomte Briaillies, armed with a
gun, was walking through tho woods
when he was shot by gamekeepers.
'Che vicomte returned tho fire, killing
one gamekeeper and wounding another.
In the darkness tho vicomte supposed
tho gamekeepers to bo poachers, while
they in turn mistook him for a tres
passer. The one hundredth anniversary of tho
death of John Wesley, tho founder of
Methodism, fell on tho 2d, und at Lon
don a statue in his .honor was unveiled
in the presence of a large concourse of
people in front of the city road chapel,
tho headquarters of the Wesleyans.
CottNWALL'Bnos., soap manufacturers
of Louisville, Ky., ono of tho oldest
firms in the south, made an assignment
on tho 3d. The liabilities are estimated
at S500.000.
The bill adopting tho Australian sys
tem has passed the South Dakota legis
lature and became a latv with tho gov
ernor's approval.
The famous colt Gregory, the property
of C. Sattler, of New York, is paralyzed
in his hind quarters nnd will havo to be
destroyed. The colt was valued at
815,000.
Prtnsinr.NT Harihson has sisnied tho
postal subsidy bill; tho immigration
bill: the bill granting a pension to the
widow of Gen. Ivilpatrick; tho Philadel
phia mint bill, and tho bill relating to
tho Hawaiian reciprocity treaty.
Gen. James Harnett, of Cleveland,
0.. was on the Sd confirmed as a mem
ber of the board of managers of the Na
tional Home for disabled volunteer sol
iliers nt Dayton.
On tho 3d a firo started in the arma
ture room of the City Electric Railway
Company at Sioux City, la., and before
it could bo gotten under control it de
stroyed tho building, together with a
dozen motor cars and five passenger
coaches. Loss, S75.000.
The long contest for tho postmaster
ship of Cleveland, 0 ended on the 3d
by tho nomination of Alfred T. Ander-
TtlK general doBcloncv bill was tnlccn up in
the senate on thnftd, Tho amendments adopted
In committee of the wholo wero ngroed to in
built except as to four thnt had been reserved,
including the French spoliation claims nnd tho
Pacltlo rat rond claims. Several other amend
mertsujro adopted nnd tho bill sent back tc
tbo boui. The conferenco report on tho copy
right bill was presented nnd agreed to;
also the conference reports on tho dlplo
matlo and sundry civil bills, tho post onlce
appropriation bills, tho Indian nppropria
Hon bill nnd tho agricultural appropriation
bill. A largo number ot ptnslon and othct
bills wero pasicd. after which tho senate went
into cxeouttvo scsbion and adjourned.,.,. Iu the
houso tho conference report on tho legislative
bill was prcsontcd. An agreomont,w as reached
on all questions exoept tho senato amendment
making senators' clurts annual employes. A
furtbor conforenoo was ordered. A further con
ferenco was als j ordered on tho pension nppro
nriafon bill. Tho d p omatlo and consular con
forenoo roport was submitted, the only subject
in dlcputo being tbo Hawaiian cnblo prop.
oa'.tjon. After dobute tho houso ordered
its conferoos to insist on their disagreement
Tho conferenco reports on tbo Bundry civil, In.
dlan and post onlce bills wero agreed to, Tbo
house Joint resolution amending tho not estab.
llshlng circuit courts of appeals by provld ng
that such courts shall hold their first (.osslon on
the third Tueuday in June, l'Ol, Wits pussed
with u slight kroordment. The conference re
ports nn tho post otllco and pension appropria
tion bills were agreed to. Tbo houso ugreed to
tbo coiifsioiico ropoit on tho copyright bill and
it now tfpet to the jirt eiient
OHIO LEGISLATURE.
Proceeding of tho S'Uty-NlntH Oenernl A
imbly Adjuurncd Bcsainn.
Oot.BMntiR, Fob. 3i Stnatf Jnmci O Amos
was sworn In to-day ns senator from tho Twelfth
district, after a short polltloal oontost. mils in
troduoed: Authorizing tho council ot Kenton
to transfor (1,830 from iho sinking fund to the
nonornl fund; reducing tho maximum churgoi
telegraph compnnios aro allowed to ch trgo for
ten words In Ohio from Bconts to 1" cents; al
lowing the township trustees of counties having
a city of tho thtm grndn of tho lourtti class to
provido nn nrtloo nud mipplloi for Justices of tho
peace. Hills passed: Authorizing tho commis
sioners of Lulio county to build n bridge over
Ornnd river near Pnlnosvlllo at a cost or $V
000; to llow bondsmonof county lnllrmnry di
rectors to rovolto their bond by giving notlco to
tho commissioners of such Intention; to au
thorize tho city of CIrolevlllo to Issuo S.7),U0O In
bonds for manufacturing purpoRos, if npprovod
by a two-thirds vote of tho pooplo: to nuthorlzo
the council of Irontoi to Issuo JW 10) In bonds
for strict nnd scwor purpobos. Tho senato
ndoptcd a Joint resolution relntlvo to turning
tho Ohio cannl over to tho gcnornl government
for a ship cannl. Tho senate confirmed tho ap
pointment of 13. Q Ilrown, of Muskingum coun
ty, as a trustcos of the sold ors' und bailor' or
phans' homo for n term ot tlvo years. Dills In
troduced: Amending Soctlcn 3D ot tho Re
vised Statutes by lncrruilng tho levy al
lowed by 1 w in village and special school dis
tricts from seven to ten mills on tho dollar;
providing fortho appointment ot a non partisan
commlttco of two members to act with tho pros
ecuting attorney .in each county in examining
the commlnlonors' report, Mr Oren offered n
Joint resolution which was adopted, authorizing
tho governor to appoint six persons to servo
witl out compensation, to servo as trustees ot
tho Ohio archaeological and historical soolety.
Jlovi' HUN passed: Authorizi-g tho school
dKtr'cts Ottawa rountv. to lovy an ndditlo mi
tax ot thrco mills for cunt'ngent fund ; nuthorlz
ing Ottovllte. Putnam county, to Issuo tAOuln
bonds to build a Are engine houo and ofllces
for officials : nuthrrlzlrg Qarretttvllle to ls-ue
(c.tno in bonds to aid n railroad to Hiram
col'eca: malting It a mlsd moaner to print n
newspaper, book orpamph el on Sundoy, under
pcnnity ot a Ana ot not Irs than $100 or moro
than $.00, or impflsonmont not less than tbrca
normorothrn twelve monthb. prov ding thnt
in countios where commissioners hnvo failed to
doso. the piobato Judgo shall Immedlate'y ap
point nn inquisitor lo iook up omuieil taxes;
i utborlzlng Cuyahoca Falls, Summit county, to
issuo U0 0 In bonds to erect nn o ectrio light
riant; authorizing Orrvllle to Issue (Itf.oou in
bonds for utrcot improvements; author
lzlng Lcotonla, (,'olumb ana county, to is
sue iVOO in bord-i for waterworks purposes;
au horlzlnir tho Cincinnati board of public nt
ft Irs to Issuo bond? In sum ot $." i00 for com
pletion of tho city hall. Bills Introduced: Mak
ing a systematic l eduction of about ono fourth
of ihofeos of county officers; requiring town
Bhlp trustees to establish a pound on applica
tion of ten residents; making It n misdemean
or for any person to print or circulate a i incor
rect feobll; amending ditch laws no ns to re
quire constructors ot undorground ditch to also
mnko in addition thereto a surf nco drain; creat
ing a nrn-partlsan board ot city commissioners
for Youngstown; nmondlng Section 4"sr and
supplementing Section M0 so ns to provide for
tho erection of lovecs along tnko shore for re
clamation of marshes: nerm'.ttlng railroad com
panies at tlmo of orrnnlr. Ulan to is ue stock in
eln-scs; providing that chattol mortgncos shnll
be retlled at tho end ot tbo year, and If not so
llledthoy shall not become absolutely void but
shall become i lien alter refiling; authorizing
theprohate judgo of Cuyahopn county to ap
point, upon application of ten freeholders, a
nai partisan commit4 eo to ex n ml no without no
tice tho nttnirs of any ollcnr or department of
Clevoland; requiring vessel owners whoso boats
rre used for excursions to provido life pro-terv-crs
for each passenger; to protect tho maltors
of notes nnd oomm-rclnl paper bv providing a
penalty of fine and Imprisonment tor mutilating
same. Cha rman Garbqr, from tho committee
on fees and salaries, reported back his bill re
ducing the compensation of all county
oTccrs, with several Important amendments.
Tn amendments atJect tho probata
Judges, auditors, treasurers and sbcrias.
Two bills by Mr. Belvlllc, one to require the
superintendents of lnsn" asylums to v sltench
county Infirmary In their d'strlct and tho other
torearrance ine counues into insane aisincis.
were Indefinitely postponed on recommendation
of the committee on asylums tor the Insane.
COLTJMnus. Feb. 2i Striate The minority
side o' tbo senate presented to tho senato a for
mal p rote it against tho routing of James O.
Amos as senotor from the Twelfth district.
Bills passed: To pay Nclsonvllle, AUonscoun
ty. il.tf.yj.8j for expenditures in repairing dam
ages of the Hocking canal, cau-ed by floods in
1881: to require the cotnm'ssionrre In any coun
tycontalnlrg nelly o the second class, third
grade, to provide a depositary for tho county
funds: to divide Homer townehlp, Morgan coun
ty. Into two election precincts; to authorize tbo
board of educnt'on of F omont to Issue (15 000
In bonds for school purposes: nutho-lzlng tho
council ot Mineral Ridge, Trumbull county.
to Issue iiu.000 in bonds to encourago man
ufactnrlnT Industries; to change tho name
of Freedom. Noble county, to WIngvillo;
toautt-orlzethocounoll of Orrvilloto transfor
tl VOl from tho general to tho titroot lighting
fund: repealing an act dividing Napoleon town
ship. Henry county, Into two election precincts;
limiting tho number of supervisors of roads to
boolectcdln any township in Oilo to t-n; til
low. ng county commissioners to repair breaks
in levees and churge the costs against tho land
benefited : amending Section 277 1 ot the Revised
Statutes so that county uudltors in appraising
railroad lands shall bo required to keep a rorord
of the votes on all apnraisements in thelrofflcs;
amending an act authorizing Now Philadelphia
to issue bonds for improvement purposes so
they can use the balance to encourage munufae
turlng; to abandon the Wabash and Erie canal
in Paulding coumy. tho rano to be sold to said
county and used for public purpose; to require
tho Ohio dnlry and food commlsslon-r to give a
bond of $.1 001; to authorize the board of educa
tion of Datton to issue 30D.OuO in bo' ds to erect
a high school and three district sch ool buildings ;
creating a now charter to govern the city of
Cincinnati. Bills introduced: To compel rail
roads In Ohio crossing other roods to run a reg
ular scheduled pas cnger train both ways onco
nuch dav. mntnhltlmr countv ofholals from con
tracting debts unless there Is money in the
treasury to pav tho same, and Imposing a fino
for violation of tho same equal to the amount
of indebtedness incurred, and imprisonment
from thirty days to one year, or both, and al
lowing conntles now in debt to Issue bonds to
pav off same: nmen-'lng present law so that
there shall be four trustees for county children's
homes, two from each leading political party.
JJoute House Joint resolution by Mr. Heflner
to adjourn alno die March to was adopted. Mr.
YVanzer's bill raising the ago of consent from
fourteen to sixteen, was taken from tho hands
of the Jfdlciary commlttco. but further action
was deterred b-causo of tho absenco ot chair
man Bolville. Thi Joint resolution cal lng on
congressto pass thi Funston bill es abl shlng
a uniform standard for wheat, corn, oats, barley
and other grains was p,-sted. Bills passed:
To provide that when un Inmate of tho San
dusky soldiers' home b comes insane ho shall
be accredited to tho county from wbcro ro
eelved. and nlrnlttcd to tho lnsano asy urn of
the distr.ct at the cxpenbe of said county; mak
ing it optional with all cities advancing from
thr second to tho first grade to elect members
of boards of education ut-largo or bv wards, af
fecting East Liverpool, Flndlny, Ironton. Lima,
Mansfield. Mnssillon. Newark. Tiffin and Nor-
walk; amending Section TOO) bo as to prohibit
fakirs and peddl rs from plying their vocation
within a quarter of a mllo of afalrgro nds
while a fair Is In progress: amending Soctlon
6489 so as to exempt from garnishee to tho
nmount of ( 0 each month the personal earnings
of nnv unmnrrl d uorson who has tho
support of a widowed .mother or minor
child or children of T deceased roVatlvo;
creatine a city depository commission for tho
otttes ot San-lusky, Akron, Youngstown, Zanes
vlllo, Portf mouth and .Springfield, to bo com
posed of tho mayor, presidents of council nnd
board of education, to designate bank for de
positing tunds; creating a non-partisan com
mission of city affulrs for Youngstown; amend
ing the registration luw so as to provide for
spring registration in Cleveland and Cincinnati,
Coi.uuuns. O.. Feb. 20 Stiw't Tho senate
today'psssedMr. Ohl's house bill providing a
non partisan government for tho city of Youngs
town. Other bills paibed; Amending an not
autborlz'ng tho trustees of Washington town
ship, Van Wert county, to lovy a tav to improve
highways; to repeal on act to dlvldo Jackson
township, Stark county. Into two election pro
o nets; to authorize tbo council of Ooshooton to
transfer (l.luO from the light of way to the gen
eral fund, and i'-u from tne pollen to tho street
fund; to authorize ihe oommlesloners ot Co
shocton county to build a brldgo across Will
bonding river, ut a cost ot (lft.000; authorizing
tho board of education of Monroo township,
Henry counfy, to Issuo bonds !& tl.iwa to erect
a school house; authorizing a levy of throe
mills lor school imposes in Koouforrt spe
cial school district, in Ottawa county:
reducing the fees allowed the building lm-peolur
ot Cleveland; authorizing Cuyahoga. Fulln.to
issuo 1.000 in bonds to construct an eleotrlo
light pUnt; authorizing Orrviilo to Issue flu,
On In bonds to improve streets; authorizing
Orrvllle to issuo (a.tiOJ in bonds for sower pur
posed; authorizing Leetonla to lamndOOM In
bonds to Improve waterworks; authorizing the
commissioners of Knox county to construct a
bridgo across tho rl or at ount Vernon ut a
cost of f 13.000; authorizing the board of educa
tion of Coldwatertpectul school district, fier
cer county, to Issue tf.OJO In bonds to ereot a
school building; authorizing Athens to issuo
1100 1 00 In bonus for atreet and sewer purposes ;
authorizing the commlisionerd ot Hamilton
couuty to ereot a monument to Capt. Jha J,
Dosmond nt Cincinnati nt n cost of 13,600.
reducing tho pennlty on delinquent taxes in
follows : The nmount paid treasurer from five to
two per cektt., tho amonnt paid tho county from
fifteen to eight per cent. In ono case and from
ten to sir in another oaso, nnd tho nmount paid
thn purchaser from twenty llvo to fifteen p r
cent : authorizing tho council or Kenton to
transfor if l.SfiO rrom tho goncrni nnd street fund
to tho park fund. Bills introduced! Amending
Socllon3VU so ns to mnku tho lnsurnnco laWRot
Ohio reciprocal with those of othor Htntes. Tho
senato defeatod Mr. Hart's bill rcduo ng tho
salary of tho socrotnry of tho board of man
agers ot the ponttcntinry from (l.fiOO to (I.OpO
and Incrcnslng tho salary of tho superintendent
fromJ0J0to$l,'.W.
oitie Mr. Hollldnv s bill to prevent persons
under the ago of eighteen years from ontt ring
places when Intoxlcntlng liquors aro sold or
otfored for sa'o was passod by n vote ot (VI cis
to l.r nays, nil's passed: Amending Section
333180 ns to compel railroad companies build
ing wiro fonoes along th-lr right of way to put
n board on topot samo; amending Section 233
so ns to compol all lnsurnnco companies to pay
$J ns a too for each agent appointed; amending
nn net allowing Now Philadelphia to issuo
bonds to oncourngo manufacturing so thnt tho
monev tnnvbo us"d for si root invorovemonts;
extending tho provisions of (ho rcglstrat on law
to Findlay : prohibiting moro than ten per cent,
of tho employes nt nny stnto institution to bo
taken from ono countv; extending tho
provisions of tho mechanics' lion law
to tombstones and monumontal worlc:
amending tho act for preservation of honlth of
fomalo employes by requiring cmployors to pro
vido on same floor soparnto toilet rooms for
their exeluslvo use; emending sections 7.KU and
7."Wl to 7X63 po ns to provido that common pleas
Judges b-foro whom porsong nre lonv.ctod of
felony less than murder, shnll suspend execu
tion of sentence and admit to ball.pcndltig bear
ing on arpenl by circuit court: reducing the Iocs
for building permits in Clcvolnnd. Tho houso
has ooncurrod in tho senato amendment to the
Cloveland reform bill and tho bill Is now a law.
Cpr.UMnns, O . Feb. 07,-fenate Bills passed:
Authorizing the council of Newark to Issuo $10,
ICO in bonds for olectrlo lig'it purposes; direct
ing tho commlsslonTS ot wood county to pay
O. M. nrown .'1C0 for oxponscs inourred in the
execut on of Carl Book ; nuthorlz ng Cincinnati
to Issuo ISWOO In bonds to oompioio ana tur
nlsh a olty hall; authorizing the council of K-nt
to lssu) S 100. Oil) In bonds to make certain Im
provements: authorizing thi village of Anno,
Sheiby county, to Issue 43.000 in bond! to equip
a Are depirtment; authorizing the village of
St. Clalrsvllle. Belmont county, to issuo (10 000
in bonds to erect or purchuso an cl'ctrlc light
plant; authorizing the city of Kenton to levy a
tax or two mlllB for eight years for Improve
ment purposes; authorizing tho commissioners
of Hamilton otmtv to lovy a tax of 1-30 of a
mill on thn property of said county for tho yenr
I8J1. to construct a brldgo ncrosi tho wsst fork
of Mill crook: authorizing tho c ty of Newark
to Usuo Jfl.OOO In bonds for firo department nr
poso; changing tin authority to condemn
real estate for library purposes In Toledo from
the library trustees to the common council; nu
thorlzlntr tho council of Ottovllle, Putnam coun
ty, to Isuo 10.0JO in bonds for Improvement
purposes: nuthorlzing Toledo to levy a tax for
waterworks p-irposcs: confcrrlns tho samo
power on the boards ot henlth of vlllngcs as nro
now posso'scd by the boards in clt'03 of tho
second and third grndo of tho first class. Bills
introduced: Authorizing tho comm'feslonerB of
Hnralltoi county to lovy a tax of I--.0 of a mill
In IS9I and lkW to improve astreotinLlmwood;
amonding present law relating to cruelty to
anlmnls by allowing farmers to dehorn cattle
without beln j BUbJect to prosecution.
llimu The resolution providing for adjourn
ment on Ma-cn SO was reconsidered. The bill
amending Section 0 ot tho Dow law so ns to
provido that on-slxth of tho tax paid bv
su 03: s outs'do of municipal corporations shall
bo covered Into tho township fund, reported
from the house committee on tempTano-, wbb
recommitted to tho committee on Judiciary wi h
leave to report nt any time. Tne world's fair
bill appropriating SlOl.OOi for an exhibit trom
Ohio was reported favorably from tbo commit
tee on federal relations, amended so as to mnko
tho oommlsslon consist of fifteen persons and
providing for the election of nnexecutlvo com
missioner with a salary of !?,i00. T e bill was
mado a special order for Wednesday next. Tho
finance committee reported In favor of the pas
sago of the bl.t to put tho managrmont of all
tho stite bene; o'rnt instltut ons under tho con
trol of a non-pnrtt an board ot managers. An
other amendment to tho constitution is pro
posed by Ilepreientatlvc Boswell. Ho ras of
fered a Joint resolution providing that in No
vember lhepeorlo be asked to voto on the
ehBngo of Section r, Article 1. so as to make it
read: 'Tbo tight of trial by Jury shall bo in
violate, but In civil act'ora throe-fourths
cf tne Jury rrav render a rrdtet"
Bills passed: Authorizing tho commlss'oners
ofWayne county to transtcrtttOOifrom the gen
eral to tho brldgo fund; authorizing tho coun
cil of Tolclo to Issuo $7.0)0 in bonds to build a
market nous ; authorizing tho council of Co
lumbus to Issue VkI.O 0 In bonds to build a via
duct over the railroad trick at Seward acnue;
authorizing tno trustees ot .uvmiownsnip,
Clermont county, to Issuo tl.VCO In bonds
for tho erect osof a soldiers' monument;
authorizing Sullivan township. Ablan 1 county,
to Issue $4 000 In bonds to build high school; au
thorizing Swanton, Fulton county, to Issuo $4,
00 1 in bonds for street Improvements; submit
ting to the electors of the state at the Novem
ber election tho question of holding a conven
tion to revise, alter or amend tho constitution;
amending Scutlon 8074 by providing that where
testator requests the omission in the appraise
ment ot household goods nnd furniture the pro
bate court may fo order. Bills Introduced: Ulv
ing councils pnwrr to compel street railroads to
comply with nil ordlnano-siagulatlng the run
ning of cars : empowering county commissioners
and township trustees to authorize the laying
ot pipe linos along county and township roads-;
providing for stato and county boards ot elec
tions rnd engrafting the features of the Austra
lian ballot system upon the presont election
laws.
Columbus. March 2. 5ia Bills intro
duced: To' amend an act authorizing Bablno,
Clinton countv, to lssus bonds for natural gas
purposes to as to mnko its prot.ilonn moro cer
tain: to correct a clerical error In a bill author
izing Clrclevlllo to Issue tiO 000 In bonds for
manufacturing purposes; allowing persons to
exempt debts from credits after malting a
sworn statement of the oformer, and Imposing
a fine of SM to (5UQ for making a f also state
ment.
lloutt A number of petitions asking for tho
passaeb ot the Rnwilngs tax bill and un not to
roduco tho compensation of county oncers
wero presented nnd referred. Many local an 1
gon ral bills wero introduced, those of a purely
local n turo being passed tinder a suspension ot
the rules. Among thoso of a general character
was one by Mr. Pudney to provido for the safe
ty of passengers on strret cars crossing one an
othei's tracks and tho tracks of steam railroads,
by compel lng tbem tc come to n full stop with
in from ten to fifty feet and to proceed only
after a signal from an employ-- that tho track Is
clear. Tho general appropriation bill was in
troduced. together witn tho following meas
ures: Allowing mutual tiro lnsurnnco associa
tions to become mutual lire Insurance com
panies w ttaout reissuing policii-s; extending
laborers' preferred claims so as to Include nil
insolvencies and npplylng thi law to n 1 em
plojes; to provido for tho construction
of u new inbane asylum in eastern
Ohio and approp-Iating therofor (X'l.OJ
out of the direct tax fund allowed by congress;
to appropriate from the money which may bo
paid into tho stato treasury on account of the
direct tax bill tho sum of 8.00,0X1 to bo used in
constructing Intermediate penitentiary: pro
viding for thonppulntmcntof receltors tor cor
porations wi en they havo not paid a dlvidcca in
live years ana ono-twenuom oi uia hujchdoiu-
era demand the same; requiring railroads to al
low physicians to rldo on freight trains In dis
charge! their professional duties; allowing
insurance companies to Injure against explo
sions. Bills passed: Authorizji Nelsonvllle to
issuo tO.i.0 Oln bonds-tor waterworks purposes;
authorizing Kenton to transfer tl,8U0 from sink
ing to tho park fund; authorizing tho oommls
slonera of Belmont count to iasuo bonds for
t&O.OOOto construct a Iron turnpike after Its ap
proval by a voto of tho people. Mr. Phillips
offered a resolution In tho house asking tho di
rectors of the Columbian exposition to cloio
tho same on Sunday.
Assaulted by u masked Itobber.
Kansas City, March 3. A masltcd
robber entered tho residence of J. S.
Morris Sunday uight. A daughter of
tho owner of tho house, Miss Clara, was
in tho parlor alone. Tho robber told
bar he would kill her if sho screamed.
Ho attempted to tako her diamond ring
from her linger, but it was too tight.
He then took her gold watch and tore
her diamond car rings from her ciars,
Tho robber then mado his escape. Tho
young lady's cars wero badly mutilated.
Tho Boomers Must o-
Arkansas City, Kan., March 8. A
detachment of K troop of cavalry and
twenty-four Indian scouts left Comp
Morritt. soutli of hero, vestcrdav. They
aro stationed in a lino twenty-flvo miles
long and will travel back and forth
across tho Cherokee btrip and eject all
boomers and settlors. Arms and am
munition will bo conflw:ated and all
houses and ntutlonury tents will be
burned.
Let's reason together. '
Here's a firm, one of the
largest the country over, the
world over ; it has grown, step
by, step, through the years to
greatness and it sftlls patents
medicines I ugh 1
"That's enough I"
Wait a little
This firm pays the news
papers good money (expen
sive work, tliis advertising!)'
to tell the people that they
have faith in what they sell,
so much faith that if they ean't
benefit or cure they don t want
your money. Their guarantee
is not indefinite and relative,
but definite and absolute if
the medicine doesn't help
your money is um call." '
Suppose every sick man
and every feeble woman tried
these medicines and found
them worthless, who would be
the loser, you or they ?
The medicines are Doctor
Pierce's "Golden Medical Dis-i
covery," for blood diseases,
and his " Favorite Prescrip
tion," for woman's peculiar ills.
If they help toward health,
they cost $1.00 a bottle
each! If they don't, they
cost nothing f
ust
9$
wer
How does ho feel ? He feels
cranky, and is constantly experi
menting, dieting himself, adoptino
strange notions, and changing tho
cooking, the dishes, the hours, ana
manner of his eating August
Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel ? He feels at
times a gnaving, voracious, insati
able appetite, wholly unaccountable,
unnatural and unhealthy. August
Flower tho Remedy.
How does he feel ? He feels no
desire to go to the table and a
grumbling, fault-finding, over-nicety
about what is set before him when
he is there August Flower the
Remedy. How doe3 he feel ? He feels
after a spell of this abnormal appe
tite an utter abhorrence, loathing,
and detestation of food ; as if a
mouthful would kill himAugust
Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel? He has ir
regular bowels and peculiar stools
August Flower the Remedy. (f
u
Bermuda Bottled
"You must am to Bermuda.
you do not I nil I not bo rciiionsl
ule lor the consequence." ' nut,
doctor, I can nir.ird neither the
tlmo nor the money." " Well, U
tliat li Impassible, trj
SCOTT'S
tPLSION
OF PURE NORWEGIAN
COD LIVER OXL.
I Hoiuettincs call It Bermuda Bot
tled, and tunny canes of
CONSUMPTION,
Bronchitis, Cough
or Severe Cold
I liave CURED with It; nnd tho
advantage Is that tho most ttenil
tlve Ktoinnch run talto It. Another
thin? tvhicU commends It li tho
Htliuulaiiiu; prncrt!en or tho lly
pophnhltes which It contains.
alu-. X
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3
you win nna it tor mho at
i urtiBKiiifs out aco iu get
J original SCOTT'S UMUUjION."
The Ghastly Record
ofdcntlu that result from mnlnrla Is frlcht
f ul. There no disease that Is so Insidious
in Its attack Its approach Is stealthy an A
It pcrmcatrs every llbro of tho body, and,
remedies, Tf hlcll Srappllod nt the outset, by
delay loo their power. Dr. Tntt's IJror
rial nutldoto ever discovered. A notcdLj
clergyman of Now Tork pronounces tbeml
"tbo greatest blessing of tho nineteenth
century," and nays : ln these days of defective-
plumblae and sewer Kti, no family,
should lis without them." Theyaxo rlleas
anttotnke, belnc oovored vritu a vonlll
sugar coating. i
Tntt's lAv&s Pills
SURE ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA.
Bold Everywhere, 25c.
TiieBestll.S.
BUNTING
FLAGS
1 ARE SOLD KV
Q. W. SIMMONS & CO.,
B03T0H, MASS. ZtZ
rt-:miTB!srirnmrnta.
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