The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-06-07
WHAT THE WIRES WHISPER.

VIM. I'll. Dodge Is appointed Gauger OF
the First Missouri District.
Charles Cochran, aged eight years, was
drowned in the Muskingum river, at
GAINESVILLE yesterday.
VIM. II. Talcott, silk buyer for II. B.
Olafiin 81 Co., Is under arrest for pur-
chasing smuggled silks.
The new Constitution Of Missouri will
submit the question of woman suffrage
to the people as q separate proposition.
Little Midge, daughter of Colonel W.
q. Cooper, of Mt. Vernon, o., while run
ming along the street fell and broke her
arm.
Efforts are being made to establish a
line of steamers between Vera Cruz and
Galveston, making the run in sixty
hours.
The damage done by the late flood at
indianapolis Is mostly repaired, and
trains are running with accustomed reg
ularity.
The Earl Of Home and Dalhousie and
Viscount Grey, Of Scotland, have been
raised to the peerage' Of the United
Kingdom.
J. B. Laughlin, Cleveland lawyer,
knocked down Judge Zung, of the Police
Court, who had previously fined him for
contempt Of Court.
DR.. Peters, of Cornell University, ex-
presses the belief that he discovered two
planets Friday morning, instead OF one
the second of only u A magnitude.
The Editorial Convention which was
to have been held at Macarthur on the
10th and 18th inst, has been postponed
until September 30th and October LIST.
Rev. Chauncey Silas, of New York. has
been elected President of the Sweden
borgian Association ofthe United States,
and Judge T. A. Plants, OF Ohio, Vice
President.
Mark Brown, convicted of the murder
Of 5. Gloester Carr, at Purvis, Sullivan
county, N. Y, last October, has been
sentenced to be hanged July 31st, at
Monticello.
Several cases of smallpox have been
developed In Mt. Vernon, o., within the
past few days. Such measures have
been taken as it is hoped will prevent it
becoming epidemic.
8. II. Brazelter, of Jackson, Teun.,
while stopping at the st. Charles Hotel,
Cairo, came near killing himself by using
chloroform to quiet the pain he was suf.
fering from a carbuncle.
The store of H. Bunta, at Wiltshire, O.,
was entered by burglars, who blew the
safe open and took between eight hum
dred and thousand dollars. The thieves
have not yet been found.
The engineer corps Of the Dayton and
Southeastern Railroad reached Chilli
cothe Saturday evening. They are now
engaged running the line south of the
city, but will also run other lines to the
north side before proceeding toward
Jackson.
A special from Lagrange, KY, says
three children OF Leroy Ellis, living six
miles from that place, while out feeding
poultry yesterday morning, were struck
hilled. The third was much stunned
| but afterward recovered.
| John Garner yesterday stepped on a
stone slab that was laid over cellar for
a pavement in Delaware, o. The stone
broke in two, he fell into the cellar and
halt of the stone fell in on him, causing
death in about eight hours.
The appearance of the Texas State
troops ON the Rio Grande produced great
excitement among the people ON the
Mexican side. Residents Of the ranches
above Matamoras have organized to re-
sist the invasion. They have sentinels
Az the crossings Of the river and roads.
Valentine Gleason and Chas. Ralston.
two of the alleged accomplices of the no.
torious Spence Pettus in his extensive
bond forgeries, have been arrested at the
suit of the New York Guaranty and In
demnity Company. The action is for the
recovery Of $4,000 advanced to Ralston
for the gang.
Clifton S. Beeks, living near st. AL
bans, VT, attempted to kill Henry G.
Greene, after setting mis- barn on fire,
and soon after shot himself dead.
Greene,s wounds are slight. Disap.
pointed love, and belief that Greene
had influenced the object of his affec-
ton, caused the tragedy.
Miss Mary Telfair, late of Savannah,
Ca, died at the age OF S6 years, worth
over million. By her will she gives to
the Georgia Historical Society about
$4,000; Independent Presbyterian
Church of Savannah, $4,000; Presbyte-
rian Church OF Augusta, $50, 900; and to
Hodgson Institution, Tellairville Chris
tian Church, an endowment of the Tel
fair Hospital for Females; endowment
Of Teltair's Academy of Art and Science,
and other societies, and numerous per-
sOnal legacies are made, including hand
some bequests to colored family OF SER
wants.