The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-13
HHAT THE WIRES WHISPER.

The New York Legislature has pro-
vided for a reduction Of canal tolls.
No hopes are, entertained of the recov-
cry Of Col. Anthony, Of Leayenworth.
George Dessinger, the oldest resident
OF Fairfield county, was buried last Sat-
urday. '81' j'7
at Lancaster, on Tuesday, John VEL
Ter had three ribs broken by the kick of
mule.
Gen. Bristow will orate at the decora-
tion Of the Union soldiers graves at Lou
isville.
Ebalmmers are on the ground to en-
balm the bodies recovered from the
Schiller.
A tornado unroofed and smashed sey-
eral buildings in Fort Coyington, N. Y,
yesterday.
There is still much trouble at the
mines in the vicinity OF Huntington,
Pennsylvania.
The reported loss of the steamer
Caloma, by fire, in Lake Michigan, is.
contradicted.
The schooners Fellowcraft, Active,
Muir and Antelope are beached at Pigeon
Bay, Lake. Erie. '''t i't d.
Jefferson Davis delivered the annual
address at the Texas State Fair at Hous-
ton yesterday.
The body of Dwight Klinck, of Fort
wayne, one OF the victims of the Schil-
Ter, has been found and identified.
An exchange of two hundred and fifty
prisoners has been effected between the
Carlists and Alfonsois ts, near BARGE
Iona. a.
Plans are being executed and esti-
mates made for the new Courthouse at
Athens, OHIO, to be submitted to vote
this fall. -.
Jas. II. schell, lawyer, and formerly
Prosecuting Attorney cot Fort Wayne,
Indiana, died very suddenly yesterday
morning.
A Homeopathic Department of Medi-
cine and Department of Dental Sur
gerry are to be added to the Michigan
State University.
The Russian Government has signed a
convention. with Japan, by which the
Japanese part of the island OF Sagahalien
is ceded to Russia. 7%'i
The International Sunday-school Con-
vention, In session at Baltimore, con-
tlnued its discussions yesterday and
transacted the usual routine business.
d. L. King. President of the Valley
Railway Company, with his wife and
daughter, arrived at their home in Akron
yesterday, from their European tour.
The Fifteenth District Missionary and
Sunday-school Association OF Disciple
Church was in session at Akron yester-
day, with large number of delegates.
There will be temperance meeting at
Lancaster, Ohio, ON Tuesday evening
next, for the purpose Of electing dele
gates to the State Convention, to be held
In Urbana. = . .''', i
On Sunday night, at Maxville, sub
urb of Tefre Haute, party of rouyhs,
headed by one Serber, Kicked and beat a
That he has since died.
A sailor named Conner, one of the
crew of the bark Norris, from New Or
leans down the coast, was killed yester-
day in a melee, and all the remainder Of
the crew put under arrest.
Nelson Randall, employed on the farm
of George Wright, near Bucyrus, Ohio,
absconded yesterday with two silver
watches, o gold chain, and some other
jewelry belonging to the family.
A meeting OF the stockholders of the
Toledo, Wabash and Western railroad
was held at Toledo yesterday. But sew
en- thousand shares being represented,
without taking any action the meeting
adjourned sine die. ~ :
The trial of G. G. Carey, at Columbia
City, Ind, for killing VIM. Weaver, in a
fight about six months ago, was con-
cluded yesterday. The jury returned a
yerdictof manslaughter, and sent him to
ten years In prison.
The National Temperance Convention
met at Pittsburg yesterday, their object
being the formation of q National Tenn
perance Alliance, to secure uniform
laws in different States on the restric-
tion of the liquor traffic.
The National Millers' Convention, COM
posed of persons interested in flour-mak-
Ing, met at st. Louis yesterday, and
discussed various questions in relation
to insurance, patent rights and other
matters connected with their business.
The Bishops of the two branches of
the Methodist Episcopal Churches, the
Northern and Southern, have appointed
Committees with a view to harmonizIng
the differences hitherto existing between
them, and joining both into one Church.
Byron Longyear, aged six years, was
run over by q. freight train on the Michi-
gan Central Railway, In Kalamazoo, last
evening, cutIlHR DOCn leeJ on. lie was
epileptic, and attempting to hit the cars
with his hands, was knocked down be.
tween the ties of the culvert.
A disastrous fire at Bryan, Texas, de-
stroyed mos. of the business part OF tha
town. The loss is estimated at over
$l0O, 900, with only $30, 900 insurance. W..
Q. Blodgett, Samuel l.. Cohen, w. ID.
Tilletson and s. e. Echols are reported
as being among the heavy losers. ~
Lizzie Lozens and Lou Christian, col.
ored girls, quarreled about lover in an
alley in the rear of the old Gayoso House,
at Memphis, yesterday, when the former
stabbed the latter TO the heart with a
knife, causing death almost instantly.
The murderess was arrested and held
for trial.
At Fort Wayne, the City Council, on
Tuesday night, elected John KyaIl City
Civil Engineer, and Frank Vogel Chief
Of the Fire Department. This election
has caused q great deal of excitement,
as the opposing candidates were men
tho held these offices for years, ana
this election will have great Influence in
breaking up the Democratic ring.
The .tiftieth annual meeting of the
American Tract Society took place in
New York yesterday. The old Board of
Directors were reelected, with two or
three exceptions, where vacancies oc-
o,,vrnI hxr raoeos - <ho do,+L :.