The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-17
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destroyed 100 houses.
Smallpox is raging fearfully at Yoko-
hama. Many foreigners have died.
N. Ii. Hendricks, New Orleans sla-
ter, fell from a roof yesterday, and was
killed.
At Huntington, West Virginia, DR..
Butte is out ON $1,000 tail. Donnel is
improving.
Senator johnson lett Nashville, Ten
nessee, yesterday evening for Washin r.
ton, yiu Greenvnle, tennessee.
The Scotchmen Of Toledo are having
curling contests daily ON the river.
Weather moderating slightly.
The Indebtedness of the suspended
Peoples Bank, of st. Louis, reaches
S739 wv; assets not vet ascertained.
u. +. Seward, United States Consul
General at Shanghai, mas been'otlered u
decoration by the Danish Government.
The iron steamer Berlin, running In
the inland trade OF Japan, has been
burned, with all the crew and passen-
gers.
A meeting OF creditors of the Cairo &
VIncsnnes railroad to devise means oi
collecting accounts due them, resulted
in nothing but talk.
English and French troops, long main
tanned ut YeddO In defiance OF the wish
es OF the Japanese Government, are
about to be Withdrawn.
Smallpox still prevails in Logan. On e
patent has died. The school closed yes
lerday at the suggestion OF the Council.
IL il ieareG IL wlI spread.
The Brundage murder case has been on
trial at Fort Wayne iour weeks to-day,
and slowly approaching completion.
Thursday viii Undoubtedly wind II up.
Another difficulty between China and
Japan appears to be imminent i'll conse-
uuciice OF certain humlilations practlced
ny the Chinese Government upon Japan
ese subjects.
The lawyers of Summit county, at q
meeting IN the Court-Douse Saturday
Took steps preliminary To forming Bal
Assuciation W act i'll conjunction VIII
the State Association.
At Logan, ONO, Court convened yes
tel day, lne hon. Judge Wright presid
ing. Several important cases will be uI
i0r hearing, among the number tht
ones.kauthran mu der case.
w. Scott Smith, Washington cores
pondent, has gwen bail 10 answer to thu
charge OF Joseph Mcfarland, anotbe
| correspondent, that Smith had mali
ciously llbeled him by publishing him al
u dishonest lobbyist.
Nearly one thousand families of Men
nonites, it is expected, will soon arrive
in Can da from Russia. They hay,
chosen Manitoba ior their future resi-
dence, and have commissioned an agen
TO buy Tor them cattle in the West.
Perry Fitzgerald, fireman on the Lake
Shore roam, jumped from a passenge
train. yesterday, between Toledo and De
| troit, and was Instantly killed. He sav
the drIying-wheel falling from the engine
| and feared upsetting. No one else wa
hurt.
Thomas Tigar, Esq, an old citizen @
| Fort Wayne died AT his residence las
evening, OF apoplexy: He was th
founder of the first newspaper OF th'
place, the Sentinel, was u years old, ant
business pursuits
A Joint resolution indorslng the Texas
Pacific Railroad Bill, now pending il
Congress, and requesting the Mississippi
Senators and Representatives in Con
gress TO give IL a cordial and earnes
support, were unanimously adopted il
| IuS MISSlSoippl CChutO ooeuiu~y, 'ht
passed the House OF Representative
| yesterday by large majority. Tn'
Resolutions have been approved by tn
Governor.
At incendiary fire at Uniontown, Ky.
ldestroyed seven buildings, including
| Harris & Alvey's palace saloon and con
fectIonery, Shanks & Sons saloon anC
butcher shop. Tom Black .elPs butcher
shop, W.J. u Nj. NJ. Berry's law offices
| Walter Brothers. saloon, restaurant ant
confectionery, and George Bowers bar
ber shop. The supposed incendiary ha'
been arrested. Loss, $4,000 to SIC, 600
no insurance.
DR.. Eugene Yeats, son of DR.. Porter
OF Port clinton, was brought to Toledo
| in q dangerous condition of insanity
Young Yeats has been in attendance u
the Cinclnnati Medical College, where i
was expected he would graduate will
high honors this year. He was very am
biLious, and his intense application t.
studies proved too great q strain upoi
his intellect, and reason gave away
About three weeks ago he escaped from
Cincinnati, and came to Port Clinton
| lie ran away from there and went Ia. vi
emma, Michigan. lie has been committed
to the Northm estern Insane Asylum.
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