The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27
WHAT TIE WIRES WHISPER.

WHAT THE WIRES WHISPER.
Fred. Sullivan, the Fort Wayne Adams
Express defaulter, has been released ON
bail.
Woodruff denies the statements Of
the colored witnesses in the Beecher
trial.
John D.-Jackson, of Lancaster, Ohio,
is an applicant for the Acting Commits
sionership Of the Ohio Reform Farm.
The latest news from Todd county,
KY, reports all quiet there. The prison.
ers will be brought up for trial to-mor-
row.
The situation at the Lehigh coal region
remains in the same condition, not one
of the large operators giving any hopes
Tor resumption.
Horace Beck, a brakeman on the Grand
Rapids d Illinois road, was SO severely
injured while coupling cars at Tustin,
Michigan, that he died. He was an un-
married man.
VIM. Noble has'been elected Treasurer
and Secretary OF the Atlantic and Lake
Erie railroad, and Gen. Thomas Ewing
President. Both Will have their offices
in Lancaster, b.
General G. @. Augun has arrived in
New Orleans from Texas. He will take
command Of the troops stationed in that
vicinity to-day, General Emory leaves
for Washington Saturday afternoon.
In a quarrel between two men in Mel
son county, KY, few days since, Sam.
Hahn cut Merritt Letter with knife,
and Lef1er took up q spade and split
Hahn's head open, killing him instantly.
.At Shreve, Ohio, the. clothing store of
G. L. Neal was entered by. burglars
Thursday night, and goods and clothing
to the amount of $3.50 were stolen. They
gained an entrance by forcing open a
rear window.
A fire last night, at half-past II O'clock,
at Cadiz, o., burned three stables, one
of them large, new and valuable, belong
ing to the Central House, and its con-
tents, including eight good horses and q
COW. Loss about $1,000; insurance $500.
Cause unknown.
AtAnderson, Indiana, Thursday night,
Harry BrelsiOrd, livery man, and Tom
Smith, a negro, became involved In a
quarrel, the negro attacking BrelsfOrd
with q wo0d-saw, cutting his head and
ear badly. Smith was knocked down
with stick of wood, and is now in a
critical condition. His recovery is doubt
tuf.
|. A little daughter Of Mrs. Williams, of
Richmond, Ind, swallowed glass pend
ant Of an eardrop day before yesterday
and the drop has passed down into the
lungs, where its removal, by surgical
girl probably will survive but few
hours.
tIA fire broke out in the Post-ofice build
t,,sr Ifntn txy RI tr nj IN
it, together with the Journal office and
material, records OF the Post-office, and
other valuable papers and books. The
city records, including the charter, were
all burned. Loss on property, $40, 600;
insurance, $4,000
Henry Somers. a boy fourteen years OF
age, while out hunting, near ChiilicOthe,
ONO, was accidentally shot by a gun in
the hands OF his companion; Charles
Aid. The gun was loaded with three
marbles, which tore his limb to shreds,
and will necessitate amputation, if not
occasion his death.
Michael Nees, a German farmer living
near Sandusky, accidentally shot and
killed himself yesterday, near his resi-
dence, while climbing over a fence with
shot gun III his hand. The gun fell
and was discharged, blowing the entire
lSlL SLUG VI N6eS' u6du Ous lie leaves a
wife and seven children.
A Galveston News special from Corpus
Christi says large body OF armed Mexi-
cans attacked several ranches about
seyen miles from the city and robbed one
store, taking several Americans prison.
ers. An invasion Of the city is appre-
hended. The excitement is intense. All
the citizens are in arms.
Bridget Connolly, of Tifin, o., was
caught ON the track of the Pennsylvania
a passenger train going west, and badly
injured. She was taken to the Jail,
where she lies in q. critical condition.
Doctors say she can not live.
Last night man supposed to be
Frank Kinney, Of Cleveland, Ohio, got
on passenger train bound west, on the
Atlantic d Great Western Railroad, at
Kennedy, New York, with ticket for
jamestown. When about three miles
east of the latter place, he deliberately
walked of between the cars and was in
stantiy killed. An inquest was held at
jamestown, New York. Deceased is
supposed to have been under the influ-
ence Of liquor.
A meeting of railroad men in Philadel-
phia is to arrange the differences that
have existed for some years between the
Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific Com
panies, aeont the Colorado business, and
to prevent the building of parallel roads
in that State by the Union Pacific. Rob-
ert y. Carr, President OF the Kansas Pa
citic railroad, is there, and also Jay
Gould, Dillon, Dodge and Smith, OF the
Union Pacific.
Eighty convicts in the Jefersonville,
Ind, State Prison, at work III the foun-
dry, made bold and desperate attempt
to escape yesterday afternoon. They
suddenly quit work, oyerpowered the
guard, tied and blinded them, and sue
ceeded in partially cutting hole through
the outer wall, when the general alarm
was given. The outside guard rushed
to the rescue, and on top Of the wallis
forced the convicts at the muzzte of their
Spencer rifles to desist further attempt
at escape. The leaders OF the conspiracy
were promptly dealt with, and all is
quiet again.
It is singular fact. that not Univer-
salist church remains in Boston in the
hands of it's founders (except one, re-
Gently buiItl The First church, that
founded by MURRAY. was sold out to the