The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-04
WHAT THE WIRES WHISPER.

specie engagements amounting TO sooo'-
Ex-Judge Hardin, of the Kentucky
Court Of Appeals died at Louisville yes
terday.
In The shooting match at Lancaster, on
Saturday, Frank Schaeffer won the 500
breech-loader.
Fifty-three thousand pounds of bullion
went into the Bank of England Satur-
day on balance.
| Additional dispatches have been re-
ceived denying the Carlists report OF the
death of Espartero.
Colonel Henry, with company of cav
AIRY. has gone to the Black Hills to drive
out trespassing miners.
McClish Impson, an Indian, will be
hanged in Indian Territory, on the 10Th,
for the murder Of white man.
. Accounts from Asia Minor show that
the distress from famine is increasing,
and many deaths occur daily.
The Spanish revolution creates q de-
J cided sensation in Governmental and
Diplomatic circles at Washington.
The vicksburg Investigation was con-
ltinued Saturday at great length. No
new facts OF special interest were elicit
ed.
s. s. Wolf, member-elect of the Penn
: sylvania House of Representatives,, from
Center County, died at Center Hill, Fri
day night.
i At Lancaster, Ohio, Frank Shaffer
won the $100 breech-Ioader in the tourna-
/. ment Saturday, killing fifteen birds out
Of sixteen.
Rev. II. H. Wells, the Evangelist en-
: ployed by the. Young Mems Christian AS
sociatiOn, commences series OF meet
: ings at GAINESVILLE to-day.
( The steamship Thomas Brooks sunk on
: Morillo, on the Southern Cuban coast,
on the night of the ID of December.
Thirty-hve lives were lost.
a The Rev. A. Kingsbury, of the Putnam
Presbyterian Church, GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
o preached his thirty y-tifth anniversary ser.
T mon in that church yesterday.
( The contending factions of Ross and
0 Downing, in Indian Territory, have moi
yet come together, but occasional muir
ders on both sides are reported.
The funeral of William Il. Rinehart
sculptor, who died recently In Rome
r took place yesterday at the Westminster
o Presbyterian Church, near Baltimore.
GaliDaldi has written letter declin'
l. ing the National grant for his relief be
cause of the condition Of Italian fnan
;. ces. He expressed his gratitude to Par
,, Lament.
t At Hennessy Station, on the LITTLE
q Miami railroad, Friday afternoon, in |
u shooting match, Thomas Hennessy acci
D. dentaliy killed Samuel +. Strayer, aget
~ twenty-five.
n Mill operatives in Fail River, Mass.
& have determined to accept the ten pc
!. cent. reduction, and temporarily resume
s work on Monday until they can secure
u better terms.
l. Joe Shaw, gambler of Lexington
q KY, was shot three times and killed, OF
. . saturday, ey NJ Robert @ Holloway % IN 2 ,a1 sa
T. difficulty between the parties.
IS The grocery firm Of Roe Bros, of Chi
70 cago, have tailed, with liabilities amount
y ing to $1,000, which amount is divide,
y among thlrty-fve creditors. The stool
IL OH hand amounts to not over $4,000.
3. Owing to the frequency OF lncendiar,
u fires in Boston, the Underwriters UnioI
F. has appointed an officer to Investigate
0, the origin OF all fires, whether or no
1t claims for losses are made on companies
', On last Saturday night, Richard 3. Bo
s. rum, OF Lee county, Mise, his wife, tw'
lchildren and u little negro boy wer
j. murdered and their bodies consume,
+ with the building. No clue to the mur
., derers.
ri The Pennsylvania railroad shops a
q Altoona, to-day, commence working min
> hours per day and six days per week
y having for the past six months beei
u working eight hours per day and hive
l. days in the week.
p st New Orleans, Saturday, Josepl
J. Bennett and Mike Atfray were killed b.
% the careless handling OF firearms i'll th
q lhauds oil companions, and John Broder
e lex was accidentally killed by FALLING
q beam ON dredge boat.
e The President has approved the act o
l. Congress providing that so much OF thu
(, act entitled IAN act reorganizing th
t. several staff corps Of the army" approx
W ed June 23, 1874, tnat Is applied to con
e tract surgeons, be suspended until other
n- wise ordered by law.
le A squadron mas sailed from Carthage
ma Tor Marseilles to escort Alfonso t.
Spain. He will probably disembark a
Valencia. The King of Belgium has rec
" ognized King Alfonso, and telegraphe,
le icUngr ratulaLlOns. His recognition by mos
,e oi the European Cabinets is momenlarll
N expected.
wi the printers In the St. Louis Time
ts office were all dismissed yesterday, am
~ Itype-setting on that paper will hereaite
e. he done by The torce OF the Evening Dis
ID patch, which paper>moved into the lime
Ie building yesterday, and will hereafter b
g. published therelrom. The Times was
10 Union office, and the Dispatch Iorce /
d now nom Union.
" Isaac Becker, young man about
i years OIL age, was killed in u fight Wit
,e Scott Hibler at Ne wton, Iowa, 1nursda
ID night. IL seems that Hibler insulte
rt Becker's wlie. The latter met Hibler o.
81 lne street and knocked HIM down, InjuI
ID ing him severely, hen Hibler fatal
ID stabbed HIM with jack -knile.
a The Michigan & Ohio Railroad Com
le pany recoi ded mortgage in Frankli
ot county ON Saturday ana III all the cour
a ties along the proposed line OF the road
g. Oh which $l5, ,0J0,0OO are to be raised 10
h making the I'm. royement. The bonds az
4. 10 De issued III two series of seven and
IS halt million dollars each, the money to b
" raised as it ls needed.
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is England and the Pope.
l. Since the. time Of Queen Elisabeth
IL ENGLAND has had no req guiar minister q