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+. DETROIT, Aug. 13.-John Hoffney, of
the firm of Hoffner & May, ship chan
dlers, this afternoon shot his wife thro'
the breast, inflicting a mortal wound,
and then shot himself through the head,
producing instant death. Jealousy is
supposed to have been the cause of the
tragedy.
CHICAGO, Aug. ia dispatch from
New Orleans to-day, says: Patients at
-Barrancas have all recovered from yell
low fever. 1t is very bad at Pascagoula.
One death from the fever at New Or
leans. ,.-at
New YORK, Aug. 13.-Gold closed at
13H@l3A.
LOUISVILLE. Tenn, August 13.-John
Webb, the murderer, was hanged to-day.
He maintained wonderful nerve and on
the gallows continued to affirm his in
nocence.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Aug. 13.-Pat-
rick Fitzgerald, real estate broker and
builder, failed for $500 Assets,
probably halt this sum.
MONTPELIER, VT, Aug. 13.-The wife
of Richard Dodge, living at Middlesex,
shot the latter's brother to-uay, Blow
ing off his jaw and inficting what are
considered fatal injuries. The parties
had lawsuit about property.
Notice was given the U. s. District
Attorneys Office to-day that testimony
would be taken de bene esse, in the suit
instituted in 1869 by James S. Wheeler
of st. Charles Parish, Louisiana, against
General Sheridan to recover $358, IT'S,
value of sugar, molasses, mules, stables,
etc., confscated by defendant in 1867,
while in command in that stale. The
defense is that the General only obeyed
orders.
New YoRK, Aug. 13.-The four men
arrested, charged with forging Califor-
MIA and Oregon Railroad bonds. were
before the Court to-day, but the exam
ination was postponed till Monday.
The Brooklyn Argus states that John
T. Schumaker intends to resign his seat
in Congress and remain in Europe.
Detectives are investigating the Cali
fornia and Oregon bond forgery. They
have discovered four forged real estate
bonds of the New York Central Rail-
road Co.
LONDON, Aug. 49, Parliament was
prorogded to-day till the 29th Of Octo
ber. The Queen in her speech closing
the session, says:
My lords and gentle men: l am
happy to be enabled to relieve you from
attendance at Parliament. The rela-
tions between myself and all foreign
powers continue to be cordial and I
look forward with hope and confidence
to the uninterrupted maintenance of
European peace. The visit paid this
country, on the invitation of my gov
ernment, by the ruler of Zanzibar has
led to the conclusion of supplemental
Convention, which trust may be eff
cacious for the more complete suppress
sion of the East African slave trade.
have learned, with deep regret, that
the expedition dispatched by my Indian
government from Burmah, with o view
to open communication with the west>
orn prov:ncesoe China. has been treach-
erously attacked by an armed force
while in Chinese territory. This OUT
rage unhappily involving the death of
ayourg and promising member of my
Consular service. is the subject of care
full inquiry and no effort shall be spar~
ed to secure the punishment of those
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Estate Of John D. Clossen
DECEASED.

In the Ere DAG Sou{t VI MIX Souutys WASu~-
ington Territory.
In the matter of the estate Of John d. Clossen,.
deceased.
NAMES T. KEN WORTHY, THE EXECUTOR
- of the la st will and testiMent Of sad De-
ceased. having on the 9th day Of July. A. d.
1875, filed IN this Court his duly verified peti--
tion setting forth facts required by law in casee-
for sales of real estate Of deceased persons auds
PRAYING for an order of this Court authorizing.
the sale of all the real estate of said deceased,
1t is on motion of g. p. Emery, Ea4., attorney
for said petitioner, ordered thst all persona
interested in the said est ate, be and appear In.
this Court, in the Office Of this Court. in 6est-.
tie, in said County, on Monday, September 18TH,
1876, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, then and there to show
cause why such order of sale should mot be
made, and that copy of this order be publishsd
for four successive weeks before said time Of
hearing in the PUGET SOUND DIsPATcH, weekly,
newspaper, published in Seattle and in said
County.
July 27th, 1875.
KING COUNTY, IS.
1, Waldo NJ. York, Judge and ex-ofRcio Clerk;
of the Probate Court Of said County. do hereby
certify the above and foregoing to be be true,
copy Of an order to show cause why the reas
estate of John D. Clossen, deceased, should.
not be sod.
t-, In witness whereof, have.
}sEAL. hereunto set my hand and A.
t@~' fixed the seal Of said Court,
So July 29th, 1876.
W. N. YORK,
Judge and ex-ofacio Clerk - aforesaid.
G. D. EMERY, Attorney for Estate.
a5, 4w.
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Seven Ways 20 Live Happy.

/. Take very light supper not later than 6
p. n.
2. Heat the bare feet before fire for the last
Is minutes before bed time,
8. Occupy large room, with window or
door partly open, and the fireplace lnclosed.
4. Go to bed at regular hour.
s. Get up at the moment Of waking the next
morning, at whatever time that may be.
6. Do not any account sleep moment in the
day time.
7, Whenever you want Boots or
Shoes Of the best quality, at low
prices, go to GEO. 1. LAMBERT'S No.
s Cherry Street. al2
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-10
CoIIege Lectures.

The Cincinnati College Trustees have
organized series of lectures. The frs
course will be by Rev. Martin B. An.
derson, President of the University o
Rochester, N. Y, on 1.-THE Relations ol
Ethics to Jurisprudence" the first six
under the following titles:
Lecture 1-Of Ethics as department
of science, and OF Jurisprudence as con-
versant with a determinate portion of
its subject-matter.
Lecture 2-Of the State, as founded in
the human constitution, and as an Or
ganism necessary for defining the rights
and enforcing the duties which be within n
the sphere of positive law.
Lecture 3--Of the elements which con !.
stitute nati0nality--of sovereignty. and
the mode OF its expression through sul-
frage.
Lecture 4-The sources OF the working
moral code, which, in Christian Ma
tions, affects ami determines the char
acter and expression OF the National
will,
Lecture 6-The specific modes in which
the moral growth of Nations is. ex-
pressed, In the recognition of the dis
tinct spheres of ethics and iurispru.
dence and the differentiation Of positive
law In the various departments.
Lecture 6-The moral condition Of Ma.
tions, as expressed In the development
and character Of their systems, OF constl-
tutional law.
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FLASHES.

Governor Irwin, of California, was in
augurated yesterday.
Paul Frederick Emil Leopold, Prince of
Lippe Detmold, is dead.
The Myers Cadets of Toledo have de.
cided to visit the Centennial next year.
Water will be kept in the Eastern Dis.
trict Of the Erie Canal until further
orders.
Charles ID. Jacob, the reelected Mayor
of Louisville, was enthusiastically sere-
naded last night.
i, John Crane. brakeman on the c., s. "
G. Il. r., who resided at Huntsville, o.,
was killed at Urbana yesterday.
Lymburner & Torrey, dealers i'll sheep
skins at Buffalo, have failed, with liza
bilities estimated at $lS5,O0O, and assets
at 100000.
Franklin shaffer, a young man living
near Argos, Ind, was shot and instantly
killed by Ira Starkey this afternoon,
while turkey-hunting, Starkey mistaking
him for turkey.
The State authorities Of Louisiana give
notice that the January interest on ne W
consolidated bonds will be paid in New
Orleans and New York, without rebate,
on and after the 10Th inst.
| A dispatch from San Diego says Pc
tition is being largely signed asking
Congress to extend aid to the Texas Pa
cifc Railroad, to enable it to build a
competing line to the Pacific.
Mr.. Taylor, one Of j. A. Stevens the
atrical company, Wednesday night, at
Cambridge City, arose in his sleep and
walked through seo0nd-story window
of the Central Hotel into a marble-yard
below, badly bruising and knocking him
senseless at the time, though not Sc
riously injuring him. In trying to get
back to his room he ran through large
plate-glass window Of Sam. Hoshours
drug store, demolishing it.
The State Grange of Kentucky
elected the following officers
Master, NJ. D., Davie; Over.
seer. w. D. Stone; Lecturer, DR.. r.. d
Smith; Steward, w. J. Lee; Assista nj
Steward, D. w. Cooper; Chaplain, Rev
J. D. Maddox; Treasurer, j. w. Clark
Secretary, Eugene Barnes; Gatekeeper
II. T. Priest; Ceres, Mrs. M. D. Dayie
Pomona, Mrs. J.W. Walker; Flora, Mrs.
A. II. Cardin; Lady Assistant. Mrs. J
w. Lee; Executive Committee, DR.. s. +
Gano, j. III. Harris, Richard Waters.
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is III MURDER?
A Mysterious Affair--A Man Scalded to Death.

This morning about one O'Clock, Jo-
seph Jacobs, single man aged twenty
eight years, and who was employed in
Krebs & Schrieyer's tannery OH Dunlap
street, came to the boarding-house on
the same street near Elder, where he
has been In the habit of taking his din-
ner, and awakened the proprietor and a
number of the inmates OF the house by
pounding on the door.
He was at once recognized, an d it was
soon apparent that something unusual
allied him. Upon being more closely ex-:
amined Che seemed to be unable to artic-
ulate it was found that he was most hor-
ribly scalded, but on the rear OF his per-
son only, from his neck to his heels. The
skin seemed literally raw, and pealed
off as the poor mans clothes were
stripped from him. He was at once
placed in bed, and doctors summoned,
but none came. rs
One who was applied to refused to
come, giving as reason that he had
just got home, and DR.. Werner TO whom
the messenger next applied sent pre-
scription, but positively declined to re-
spond in person. The wounded man
fingered on in terrible agony until
O'Clock this morning, when he died. ALI
attempts of his attendants failed to
elicit the least clue as TO how he came to
be scalded,
In rambling, semi-unconscious state
lie would reply to the questions, SHOW
and where was itdoneW Sin brewery"
"salooD," "Smith's"-and that was all,
and the mystery perhaps may die with
him. The theory that he fell into vat
OF any kind will not hold, as, singular to
relate, the 'front.' portion Of his person
| was entirely unharmed, which would of
course not haye been the case had-ha
fallen Into scaidi1g Water.
Can it be that some inhuman wretch
did it when the deceased was too drunk
to stand, and then hustled him into the
lstreel? The whole affair is wrapped in
mystery, which time and good detectives
alone can unravel.
Coroner Maley, being notified, rep aired
TO the house with the Intention OF hold.
ing au inquest, but he postponed it uutil
tomorrow, wnen he hopes TO be able to
throw some light upon this, at present,
dark transaction.
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FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1875.

pleaded guilty to taking articles valued
at S86 from Jacob Shires' house, J6
Richmond street, and the charge being
changed from grand to petit larceny, ne
goes out to join the pioneer brigade for
30 days, and pays fine OF $5O in hard
knocks.
sallle Mcclure and Lizzie Hawkins
waltzed up in pull-backs ana furDs-
lows, to answer the Charge of street.
walking. His Honor thinking they dis
played bad taste pranclng up and down
the streets in their present sloppy condi-
tion, gave them good shelter for month
under the broad wing Of Morgans Man
sion.
John Coffee is the man who thought
he'd make a meal off OF Ed. Tiernay ia
the Station-house last night. When the
Judge said thirty days to him, he gli!ped
down his emotion and fell into line for
the prison van. Tiernay, for mis- part In
the muss, loaned Clerk Bender $40 and
decamped. ::
"A vagrant, SIR" said John barring
ton, whom Officer Taylor stood up next,
sswhy, sir, Pm a laborer on the Southern
road, and have been in the city only
since O'Clock yesterday, sir" He was
told to ''git," and he got for the sacre
soil of Kentucky, loftily spurning aferrJ
| ticket kindly oHered ny Charley cana
han.
John Gilbert and Thos. Woods have
been hunting work all over town
Couldn't find any, and want to go up fol
a spell. say three months. The Judge
outbid their expectations and kindly
made it four. There's nothing small
about him.
| Right here the Prosecutor unwound
himself and stood erect, the good Judge
layed down his opera-glass, the "cops''
made for the door, the lawyers
took rect in their pants aud reached
for their hats, the last remaining unfor
tunate was hustled down stairs. Clerk
Bender got his work in on his luxurian
head OF hair with Henry Meyers dust
broom, Johnny Ostendorf found time tt
lay in q wad Of tinecut, aud Dean Ram
sey, with his baseball club, pounded The
desk, and the levee was at au end.
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torney Dyer received telegram from
Attorney General Pierrepont directing
him to relieve Ex-senator John b. Hem
derson, who has been assisting in the
prosecution of members of the Whisky
Ring. Mr.. Henderson, in the trial Of
VIM. Avery, commented very severely
on the Presidents interference with the
heads OF Departments.
1t has been ordered by the Court that
the cases against Wa Mckee and Con-
stantine Megrue BIZ continued to the
adjourned term of the U. S. Circuit
Court, to be held the first Monday in
January next.
The defendants do not want their
cases to 60 before any members of the
present panel of the jury, as they heard
the testimony in the Mcdonald and
Avery trials.
Charles l.. Babb, one of the indicted
members OF the ring, failed to appear,
and his bond is declared for .eited and al.
rest ordered.
Babcock was indicted and capias
sent to Chicago. Additional evidence
against Babcock was received from
Washington to-day. Attorney General
PierrepOnts telegram to District Att0r-
ney Dyer wasin substance as follows;
tMr. Henderson made an attack upon
the President In recent trial. La fu-
ture trials the Government will not pay
for such service"
Previous to adjournment of the Grand
Jury to-day, nineteen of the jurors,
all who were present at the time, resi-.
dents OF all parts of this District, and q
number of them Democrats, signed the
following letter, which was sent to Its
destination tonight:
UNITED STATES GRAND jury Room,
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 0, 1875.
U. S. Grant, President of the United
| States, Washington, d. g.:
The undersigned, late United States
Grand Jurors for the Eastern District O
| Missouri, in discharge of their sworr
duty, have found it imperative upon then
| to present to the u. s. Court of said Dis
trict the names of many officials, and
other persons, as being connected with
a conspiracy to defraud the internal
Revenue OF the United States. AS citi
zens of our common country, sincerely
desiring to uphold the hands OF thu
Chief Executive in securing All honest
collection of public revenue, we car
not refrain from thus testitying to oul
destination OF the moral support which
we have leaned upon, as impaired in YOU
notable Instructions to the Secretary Of
Treasury, sLet no guilty man escape"
With this all good citizens can contrib
ute their share in aiding the Govern
ment, and i'll sustaining your admins
tration In Its endeavor to conduct i
with purity and fidelity. We individ
ually and collectively tender to you oul
highest considerations OF esteem ant
confidence, and an assurance OF our az
probation of the wisdom, patriotism ant
independence displayed in directing th'
measures necessary for detecting ant
correcting the gigantic frauds which
have SO lately preyed upon the public
Irevenue.
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Amuserments.

GRAND OPERA-HoUsE.-The house was
crowded by very refined audience last
evening, such as always turns out upon
the occasion of an opera in this city.
Miss Annis Montague, the young Amer
lean prina donna, assumed the leadin 9
role Of "Elyira," in the ''Rose Of Cas-
tile." This was not only her debut In
our city, she being comparatively a
novice upon the operatic stage, but the
second time of her assumption OF this
difficult part. Tue scherzo with which
the star Ia introduced is not calculated
to ingratiate the lady into the favor Of
her audience, especially II 1t be one, as
was the case last evening, that
is almost entirely unacquainted with
the opera. Miss Montague, under the
circumstances, did remarkably well,
and gradually, step by step, as 1t were,
grew In favor with her audience until at
the close, carried them almost by storm.
Mrs.. Seguin was warmly welcomed as
an old fayorite, rs indeed she deserved
| to be, ana assisted by Mr.. Castle and
Mr.. Hamilton, inspired with great life
Kellogg takes her benefit, for which Ben :
edict's ''Lily OF Killarney" founded
upon Boucicault's "Col,een Bawn" has
| been selected. Miss Kellogg, Miss Mon
tague and Miss Beaumont, the three
prIma donnas, are in the cast. This
will probably be one OF the sensatio.. 8
OF the operatic and theatrical season, as
almost every seat in the house has been
sold.
WOODS TEEATER.- 81. Slocum drew
large audience last evening, the larg.
est portion Of whicn, however, was III
| the gallery. The shooting passed Off
without any accident, and The dog Jack
'chawed" the throat Of poor Zayilla as
usual, without any apparent etfect,f for tie
rascal turned up sale and sound at the
beginning OF every acL, seeming to Invite
the dog to take another ''ohaw."
| 81. Slucum matinee tomorrow at
O'Clock.
| THE NATIoNAL.-There was a large
audience at the National last night. A
lgood bill was presented, Ellis, Miles
and Evans being the iayor1tes, however,
in the olio. The performance concluded
| with Alice Piacide's aHeid at Bay,p in
which Foster and Douglas, as usual,
carried off the hon0rs.
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Boardman, OF Port Penn, Del. Not
withdrawing the untavorable wea Their
the church was filed to its utmost ca
pacity, and was tastefully and artis tic
ally trimmed and decorated for the oc-
casion.
The marriage service was performed
by Rev. l.. l.. Cation. assisted by Rev.
Delemater and Rev. McCune, at the
close Of which the usual congratulatory
service continued for nearly one hour,
giving the bride and groom only time to
make the necessary preparation to take
the train at 9:l5 T. NJ, when they start
ed for their new home in the East, where
they go bearing with them the best
wishes and bright anticipation of the
entire community, where the bride has
spent the last few years OF her life in the
active duties OF the church, the Sabbath.
school and the domestic circle, and
where her husband preached for few
months only, but long enough to give
him place In the hearts OF the people
May many long years Of happiness ant
usefulness be theirs.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-10
Preamble and Resolutions Offcroa
On sChamge To-day.

Whereas, The United States Centea-
nial Committee and Centennial Board OF
Finance have petitioned Congress for
aid in continuing the preparation for the
Centennial Celebration and Exposition
to the amount of one million and haaf
of dollars, and
Whereas, The City of Cincinnati has
formally espoused from the first the idea
OF celebrating the nations one hun--
dredth birthday in a good and becoming
manner, our citizens having, withDuGi
any local Jealousy, conceded the loca-f
tion OF the celebration to be an eminent.
ly fitting one In an historical point oz
view. Be it, therefore,
Resolved, That this body hereby renew
their assurances Of the most cordial
sympathy with the patriotic enterprise,
and that our Congressional represents
tives be earnestly requested to support
the Centennial Commission in the pRti-
tiOn FOR aid.
offered by Capt. CARL A. q. ADAE
LEWIS GLENN,
AUGUSTUS WESSRI..
The motion to adopt the above resoin-
tion, offered by Mr.. Geo. II. Davis, was
mega tiyed, and it was laid over under
the rules of the Chamber until to-mor-
lrow.
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Horrible Case of seduction.

Inomds Drdke 10 u haru-WoTklng 1arm-
er, whose place Of residence is near Def
ance, Defiance county, Ohio. His family
consists OF himself, wife and two. chill
dren, one OF whom Is a girl named Flor
ence, only fourteen years old. The fam
| lily was living in happiness until wolf
in sleeps clothing entered his fold, and,
at one foul stroke, blasted all his Joys.
This wolf is a man named Colson Whit
taker, twenty-five years old, and a
school teacher by profession. He halls
from Warren county and makes a fine
appearance. He is brother to brakes
wife. Some months ago Whitaker was
arrested in Warren county on q charge
of assault and battery. He gave bail
and fled, and came to his brother-in-
laws home. There he assumed the po-
sition of teacher over his nieces.
He was about to establish school in
November at some distance from Def
ance. After boarding more than five
months with Drake he expressed his de-
termination of leaving. Drake few
days ago noticed q aperceptible alteration
Ia his daughter. He took her to task,
and after more than three hours persua-
sion he arrived at the truth. His daugh-
ter, with tears i'll her eyes, confessed her
shame. She Is about to become mother.
and the father of her babe is her uncle,
Colson Whitaker. How the fiend lu
human form accomplished his purpose
the father of Florence could not find out
He told her to keep the affair quiet, and
not 10 communicative her uncle that he
was cognizant Of the crime.
The father then lett to obtain war;
rant. While he was gone Colson OBJ
tanned some clue that his guilt was
known. He packed up his goods aud
unceremoniously departed. Fate, how
ever, would have IL that Mr.. Drake fol-
lowed him, and both departed on the
same train for Cincinnati. Drake did
not let his brother-in-law know that he
was pursuing him, but immedia taly on
arriving at the Little Miami de-
pot, handed Colson over to the
hands OF Officers Harman and Sheedy,
who lodged the man in the Hammond.
street Station as u fugitive from. justice.
Drake, broken-hearted and bent with
grief, left this afternoon for his home,
and will be here again on Monday or |
in company with the authori- |
ties, to take Whitaker to the place |
where he committed the horrible crime.
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Another Raid.

Lieut.. Spaeth, Of the Ninth-street Sta
tion-house, accompanied by about hall
dozen patrolmen, most Of whom were in
citizens clothes, pounced down upon
the innocent, who amuse themselves
with the festive keno goose,
at Davis Sun saloon, on Fountain
Square, about four O'Clock this after.
noon. Part of the crowd escaped, but
the instruments, checks, cards, buttons,
and about fifteen or twenty Of the play
ers were taken in.
The streets about were crowded with
people, who seemed to enjoy the good
work Of the police immensely. Twas a
good move, for which the police deserve
praise. Keep the ball rolling.
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The Wife i'm Trouble Too.

Mrs. Lizzie Edwards, the wife Of the
man j. W. Edwards, who o few days aga
was bound over to the Court OF Common
Pleas to answer charges of an attempt
at rape upon little Bertha Walters and
u rape accomplished upon Maggie Fitz-
gerald, aged Il, has now been arrested,
ON The charge of aiding and abettinE
rape. Officer Sheedy found the woman
in her boat at the foot Of Eggleston ave-
nue., and locked her up in Hammond
street 5tation-house. &.
1t Is but justice to the unfortunate
woman TO state that on her husbands
examination Of the charges preferred
against MIN, when the facts in regard 70
the Fitzgerald case were first made pHb-
lie, that one OF the witnesses. q woman
living in a boat lying alongside OF the
Edwards craft, stated that the wife OF
Edwards was compelled through fear Of
bodily harm to acquiesce In his villais-
GUS conduct.