The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-03
WHAT THE Wires WHISPER.

Bill King is at his home in Minneapo-
lis.
New Orleans defaulted ON interest and
bonds maturing on The 1st.
Omaha had q snow storm and ice half
an inch thick Saturday night.
The public debt statement shows a
decrease during April Of $2,325,346.
, A fishing boat capsized near Chicago
ON Saturday, and all on board perished.
The first dirt was turned Saturday, at
Galveston, on the Gulf, and Colorado
Santa Fe Railroad.
All the white clerks in the Vicksburg
pOst-otfice are being discharged, to make
room for negroes.
The cornerstone of the United States
Courthouse and post-ottice at Narkers-
burg was laid Saturday.
Much damage was done throughout
Northern and Central OHIO by the high
wind OF Saturday afternoon.
The First Congregational Church in
GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin, was burned Sat-
urday.
St. James Hall, Liverpool, was de-
stroyed by fre yesterday. Loss esti-
mated at $15O,000.
Two Godfrey brothers, of New Flor
ence, Pa, were killed by the cars at
Johnstown yesterday:
Two more deaths from yellow fever at
Key West, and several new cases have
appeared.
There was heavy frost at Council
Bluffs Saturday night. the mercury fall
ing TO 81 degrees. 1t finished the fruit.
II. M. Atkinson, the new Commits
sioner of Pensions, was sworn in and
took charge of the Pension Bureau on
Saturday.
A portion of the Carlist forces on the
frontier of Navarro have revolted. They
demand peace and submission to AL
fonso.
Mr.. Prior, New York actor, fell dead
OF heart disease in the dressing-room of
the Toledo Theater on Saturday even
ing.
James Baton, Of Princess Anne coun-
ty, Va, was murdered Saturday morn
ing by two negroes while driving home
with his son,
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
declared semi-annual dividend OF
four per cent, instead of five, as here
tofore.
In a recent fight with raiding Indians
near Camp Stambaugh, Wyoming, two
whites were wounded and three Indians
killed.
Rev. A. M. Cowan, formerly Kentucky
State Agent of the African Colonization
Society, died at Urbana Saturday even
ing, aged S3 years.
In Memphis, Friday night, Henry Wal
dren stabbed and killed VIM. Morris.
The parties were raltsmen, and quarreIed
about fifty cents.
The county bridge across, the Tennes-
see river, at Knoxville, was blown down
Saturday, and the Charleston railroad
bridge damaged. Loss, S65, 900.
Forty-one bodies were taken from the
mine ut North Statfordshir England.
who were killed by the explosion Friday.
Most of them leave large families.
In the case of the two colored women
murdered at Detroit, the jury returned
verdict that they were murdered by
John II. Thomas, the husband of one of
the victims.
The extensive steam saw and lumber
mills Of Eppinger, Russell & Co., Jack
'sonville, Fla, were destroyed by fire last
night. Loss, 100000; only partially
insured.
The New Orleans Grand Jury has re-
ported true bills against five persons
charged with bribing members OF the
Legislature, with intent to influence
their votes.
A young son of Barney Hunter, of
Greenyille, ILL.,, one of the largest stock
dealers in the West, was run over and
killed by train near Brunswick, Mo-,
yesterday. s..
The American College Of Music will be
organized in New York in a few DAYS,
under a recent act Of the Legislature
relative to musical colleges, schools and
academies.
The jury in the case of Dan'l Doherty.
charged with the murder OF Geo. Major,
Chief Burgess OF Mahony City, Penn, on
the 3lst OF October last, brought in ver-
dict Of not guilty.
The Treasury Department has Just
made call for $5,0O0,000 of 1862 i've
twenty bonds, interest to cease the 1st
OF August next, as follows: COS, II, ,1O1 to
1S, TOO; zoos, 44,201 to AZ, 100; 50Os, 22,4lO to
$4,000; l,OOOs, 7O,951 to 75.S50..
A bill has been introduced in the Prus-
sian Diet by DR.. Falk, Minister OF Pub
lie Instruction, providing ior the banish-
ment OF all Religious Orders from Prus-
sia. 1t is aimed at the Catholics, and
will probably pass.
Ex-Councllman John p. Hughes has
brought suit in the First Circuit Court,
Memphis, against Henry s. McComb.
President OF the Mississippi Central
Railroad, for $4,000 damages in connec-
tion with his employment on that road.
A fearful tonado passed over portions
of Georgia and South Carolina on Sat
urday. Steeples were blown down, roofs
torn of, and depots and other buildings
damaged. DR.. Montgomery's house, near
Rutledge, Ca, was blown down and his
son, four years old, was blown away.
The Secretary of the Treasury has or
dered that legal tenders to the amount
OF 81, H6, lao be Withdrawn from the avail
able currency of the Treasury and re-
deemed and destroyed, being eighty per
cent. OF the additional circulation issued
to the banks during April. The circu-
lating medium for the present is fixed at
$37S, ,V51, ,7e0.
A dispatch nom Muskogee, Indian
Territory, says a waterspout burst Fri
day near Honey Spring, which was fol-
lowed by the severest rain-storm for
many years. BRIDGES and culverts were
washed away, and the track of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas railroad, near
Elk Greek, submerged and undermined.
No loss Of life Is reported, but great
damage has been done TO property.