The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-20
WHAT THE WIRES wHIsPER.

refused to take action on the louisiana
question.
j. Messner, an old resident Of Canton,
Ohio, dropped dead yesterday afternoon
OF apopleXy.
The Woodford House at Secor, H.,
burned yesterday. Loss $4,000; insur.
ance light. Incendiary.
The Shawhan House in Tiffin was sold
yesterday tor $4,000, Judge Seney and
z. p. Myers being the purchasers.
Henry Bender, confined in the Men,
phis Jail on charge of murder, who es.
capped few days since, has been recap.
tured.
Ackerman and Choate will play a
match game Of billiards, Thursday night
on the new tables of the st. George Ho.
tel, Xenia.
Shaier, Burton and Scott, who escaped
from the Salt Lake Jail last week, have
been recaptured, Shafer with his feet
badly frozen.
"A fire at Newell, Iowa, destroyed Stall
s. Busk's livery stable, with niue horses
and a number of carriages. Loss $500;
insurance $1,000.
The, Grand Jury of Philadelphia found
a true bill against John W. Gerdeman,
the ex-priest OF st. Boniface Church,
charging him with embezzlement.
John Roop, of Bucyrus, Ohio, had q
fine horse, bride and saddle stolen Mon
day night, valued at $3.50. Officers are
on the track of the thief, near Kenton, ..
A fire in Joliet, Ill.,, yesterday morn
ing, destroyed Delany 81 Macken's gro
Gerry store. Loss, $1,000; insurance,
North British and Mercantile, $l,5O0;
Hartford, ", 200; Lancashire, $1,000.
Competitors tor the appointment to
West Point from the Fourteenth Ohio
District were examined at Lancaster
yesterday. VIM. Mclaughlin, of New
Lexington was the lucky candidate.
The collection of subscriptions for the
Marrow Gauge still progresses. Greene
County is ready to begin the construc.
tion Of the road, and is waiting to heal
fayorably from Ross and Jackson Coun.
ties.
At Tifin, o., yesterday, Miss Nellie
Johnson fell from the first floor to the
bottom cellar, at DIR. Crawtord's, dislo.
eating an ankle and injuring herself'in-
ternally. There are grave doubts as to
her recovery.
The election yeste rday for members OF
the Ontario Legislature was by ballot,
the first time in the province. or 81
members returned, Al are Ministerial, 3G
Opposition and Independent; three dis
tricts to hear from.
Sheriff Bowman left Wooster for Co
lumuus, yesterday morning. having in
charge David Bechtel, who was SEN
fenced at the last term of Court to three
years in the Penitentiary for stabbing
with intent to wound.
A fire was discovered yesterday in a
store-room owned by r. q. Kelly at
Kirby, Ohio. The building was saved by
hard work and good Judgment on the
part of the tremen. Cause not known.
LOSS about $500; tully covered by insur-
ance.
A special from Macon City, NO., says
a cattle train on the Hannibal d st. Joe
railroad ran through bridge at Eureka
City, Sunday, destroying the bridge, 125
feet long, smashing the locomotive and
three cars, killing or manning all the
cattle. Damage over $4,000.
At Richmond, Ind, yesterday, in a
drunken row, Marion Justus seriously
hurt Tom Steinbreak about the head and
neck. He also seriously wounded Henry
Elsto ana Henry Justus. The party were
in "a sleigh when the row commenced.
Marion Justus has escaped arrest.
A peddler named Stephen Duggan was
shot in the back and killed near Chicot,
on the 18th, by Thos. Mos
by, colored, who has confessed the act.
stating his object to be robbery. The
mans goods and money were
recovered, and Mosby is in prison await
ing trial.
Snow-slides in the canons of Utah oc-
cur daily, and almost hourly. Albert
Stickney was killed by snow-slide in
Summit Canon on Saturday. VIM. Slens-
by, Superintendent OF the Cooper Mine
al Big Cottonwood, is Supposed to have
been caught in the snow-slide several
DAYS ago that destroyed the Anna Tun-
mel House, as he has not been seen since.
The body of Jackson, killed at the Val
lejo Orc House by snow-slide, has been
recovered.
The Illinois Farmers Association met
at Springfield yesterday, about two hum
dred members being in attendance. The
this forenoon were princi-
pally devoted 10 hearing reports from
The Committee appointed by
The Executive Committee OF the AS
sociation waited upon the State Railroad
and Warehouse Commissioners and
Governor to ascertain why the Railroad
aw has not been more effectively and
enforced.
At Greenville, Ohio, yesterday after
loon between l and 2 2O'ciock, j. M. Mar
ial q prisoner sent there from Eaton,
oreble County, Ohio, and lodged in the
Jounty Jail for safe keeping, broke Jail, |
leared out, and has not been captured. |
some workmen were Repairing the heat. |
ng apparatus in the jail, and at a con-
'enient opportunity Martial picked up
crowbar, walked to the door, pried it |
pen and lit out for parts unknown. He |
vas confined in Jail on charge of horse
tealing. i