The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-18
WHAT. THE, WIRES WHISPER.

WHAT .IAE WlCEo iWAlofAf'
Secretary Delano is spending few
days at his bome,1 near Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
The potato-bug has made its appear
ance in several parts Of Maryland and
begun its work of destruction.
The nail -tfeeders of Wheeling have
agreed to resume work. at the, old figures,
provided they are given their old jobs.
The jury failed to agree in the case of
Father Gerdeman, on trial in Philadel-
phla for sembezzling moneys Of the
Church.
4 O'Leary, the pedestrian. de- attempting
to walk 800 miles in 1855 hours in Chi
cago. He hopes to finish it by midnight
Saturday.
Henry Overstolz, yesterday. served a
notice OF contest on 1lames. I'll. Britton,
VINO was elected Mayor yof iSt. Louis ON
Saturday.
Benjamin Miller was knocked down
on Poplar street, Canton, o., last night,
by two unknOwntmen, and robbed OF $340.
No clue to the perpetrators.
A house belonging to Mr.Jehn Mueller,
of Cincinnati, and occupied by Mr.. John
Hope, two miles east of Buena Vista,
was consumed by fire yesterday.
The woman WE'LL, who attempted sui.
eide, at Mt. Vernon, o., yesterday lis ly-
ing very low, at her residence, her wind
pipe being cut nearly two-thirds off.
Four Burglars were captured in New
York Sunday morning in the iact oi
breaking through the walls of "a silk
warehouse from the adjoining building.
The Chicago, Danville a. tVincennes
Railroad Is in the United States Court,
in, q In hn
injunction to the realty of the company.
The .saw-mill OF Wise 81 Loomjs, to.
gether with large quantity of lumber,
at Looms, Mlch., was destroyed by fire
Loss on the mill, $1,000; on the lumber
$12. 900.
The Governor of Missouri has ap.
pointed Thursday, June 8, to he observed
as a day Of Aumiity fasting and prayer
on account Of the threatened ideyasta
ton by the lgrasshoppers.
Seth Woodruff, Cashier of the Mer.
chants' National Bank of New ALBANY
went TO bed saturday night complaining
of a slight illness, and was found dead
at j O'Clock Sunday morning, of apo.
pleXy.
Several days ago James Custin was
lodged in jail at Grand Rapids to await
found dead in bis bed yesterday morn
poison.
A large double house, corner of Frs
and Short streets, ;Middleport, Ohio, was
destroyed by ire. II was the oldes,
house in the city. 1t WAS owned by. Z
for .tull value.
A young lady, aged itwenty-three,
named Miss Mary Stanley, of Knox,
lnd., committed, suicide by taking sstry ch.
nine. She lived about two hours after
taking the drug, and would not give ANY
reason for.the act.
A lad some sixteen years of age. SOL
of James Ross, living tsome four mile,
from Ripley, o., was accidentally sho
by another boy, while hunting, last Sat
urday afternoon. He was taken to the
nearest house, where he dieu yesterday
morning.
Some time since Wiiber 1ngraham com.
mitted rape upon a little girl aged SIX
years, living at Cooper, few mile.
north OF Kalamazoo. His trial concluded
to-day, and the jury sentenced him tt
ten years. Imprisonment in the peniten.
tiary at Jackson.
A telegram to Mayor Sweeney, %
Wheeling, from Gov. Jacobs, at Charles
ton, says Bennett, Byrne, Burdett anC
Cole have answered the injunction, anC
submitted it to the jurisdiction OF tnt
Court, titus completing the case, anC
probably delaying the removal of the
Capital, even if The injunction is dis
solved. . ...s
A. destructive fire broke out at 5 o'clocl
p. Nj. yesterday, in Tombs' barn, Monroe
street, Tiflin. Before it could be checked
lhree dwellings and nearly a half dozer
barns were burned, involving a loss o
nearly ten thousand dollars. Two fami
lies lost their all. The Shawhan House
and Tiftin Woolen Mills narrowly es
capped.
AT o'clock yesterday afternoon the
engine-hOuse OF the Cleveland, Column
bus, Cincinnati and indianapolis Rail
way, at Crestline, was discovered to be
on fire, and being wooden structure, il
soon burned to the ground. A car o.
coal which was set in the house yester
consumed. The fire is supposed to have
originated from a spark of an engine
Loss VI, 900; uninsured.
Governor Weston, of New Hampshire
and tour out OF live OF his Council de
eide that the votes cast for ''Nat" Head
Republican candidate for the State Sen
ator from the Second District, are to bt
treated as blanks, claiming that his
name is Nathaniel. They also threw oul
the vote cast for the Prohibition candi
date Tor State Senator, declaring hin
ineligible on account of not having beer
a resident of the State as long as the law
prescribes. This gives the two disputed
seats in the Senate to The Demockats.