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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23
The Swayne.Davis NuptiaIs.

CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-Last evening, Sal
lie WorthingtOn, daughter OF Justice
David Davis, and Henry Stuart Swayne
of Toledo. Ohio, son Of Justice Swayne,
also Of the Supreme bench, were married
at Bloomington, Ill. The ceremony was
performed at seven O'Clock by Rev.
j. B. Taggart, of the Presbyterian
Church, at the residence of Judge
Davis, the Episcopal services
being used in Difference TO the wishes OF
Mr.. Swayne. There were no brides
maids. The bride wore a heavy white
silk with the usual decorations. The
wedding gifts were unusually numerous
and elegant, and tho attendance was
very large, including many notables
from this and other States. The house
was profusely decorated, and all ar
rangements perfect. Mrs. Swayne, nee
Davis, is heiress to fortune of one mill
ion dollars. The bridal trip will be
through the South,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23
Late Foreign News.
FOR CUBA.

NEW YORK. Dec. pa London dis
patch says General Jovellar sails for
Cuba, to assume the Captain General
ship on the 30th inst. General Cebalos
las been appointed Minister.
HALIFAX, N. s., Dec. 23.-ln the Do
minion two men were frozen to death ON
Monday, near Londonderry, while un-
der the influence of liquor.
Another case OF in fanticid is reported,
a boy finding the body Of an infant in the
water at the south end of the city.
The schooner Power, laden with fish,
is total wreck in the Bay Of st. Law
renee. The crew is saved. The vessel
md cargo are insured.
The schooner j. FL. Howard, OF St.
Johns, went ashore last night at Sandy
Point shortly after leaving Yarmouth.
The mate, named DAILY, was drowned,
but the rest of the crew were saved.
HAMILTON. ONT, Dec. 28.--About ten
,'clock last night the new malt-house on
Barton street was burned. The damage
10 malt will be very heavy. Ten thous-
and bushels Of barley were saved. Loss
gI0, 900, fully covered by insurance.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23
He Was The Man.
From the Detroit Free Press. ]


One evening last week, when the win.
ter blasts moaned sadly around the
street corners, and the captains of the
ferryboats wore anxious looks, seven or
eight yessel-oWners and sslaid up'' lake
CAPTAINS sat around II cheerful base
burner in saloon near the river. After
the usual amount OF growing about the
weather, one of them told a story. There
might have been an ounce of truth about
it, but the crowd felt certain that the ono
ounce was Offset by twenty-lour pounds
of the 'sawfulest kind" of lying. There
fore second man told q story TO beat it,
and then third man beat The second.
When the fourth man started out, he
said:
"Gentlemen, have also seen tough
times. When l was sailing the schooner
Fortune, forty years ago, two OF us were
sWept overheard in storm Oh Lake
Erie. one black night. A hatch cover
went with us, and it SO happened that
we both clutched it. 1t was not large
enough to support two. was captain,
he sailor. had family. he had none.
| shouted to him 10 quit his hold, aud
when he would not, l reached over,
clutched his throat, and held on till his
fingers loosened and he went TO the bot
tom of the lakel 1t was twenty miles off
Point Betsey, and, with shrill, wild
shrek, which yet fingers in my ears, the
| moor wretch went to his death! May the
| Lord forgive meW
With his chair tilted against the wall,
| a lanky, sunfiowerish chap had been
nodding his head right and left, as il
sIeeping. AS the captains narrative
was concluded the stranger rose up aud
| solemnly said:
IL am that manV
The crowd looked at him in astonish-
ment, aud he continued:
81 landed on Point Betsey next mcrn-
| ing In time tor breakfast, and swore
solemn oath that I'd lick you for eh0k-
| ing me if had to live a hundred years
| to do itw
"You can't be the man." replied the
captain, looking suspiclously at the fell
llow's big fists; sit was forty years ago."
IL know it was, and for forty years
I've been aching TO lick you out of your
bootsW
The captain had lied, but he Gidnt
| want to own it, and he said:
| "That sailors name was Dick Rice"
| "Kerectp' bowed the stranger; "thaFs
my nameW
oBeing in the water so long that night
| I shrunk Just footw was the covl re-
ljoinder.
"Well, know you can't be the man"
said the captain.
III am the man, and now I'm going to
maui you 10 pulpl No man can choke
me and then brag about itw
He sailed in and upset the Captain,
but was then set upon by the whole
crowd. He got into the eye of the wind
and hung there for time, but presently
he paid off little, got the wind on bis
quarter, and went &C it TO lick ten times
| Ills weight in old liars. He was a very
ambitious man, and those who could get
out doors got out, and those who couldn't
offered him q gallon Of whisky TO como
| to anchor. He furled his sails on this
understanding, and as he set his glass
down for the third drink, he wiped his
| bleeding ear and remarked:
"When man tries TO sacrifice me IN
| order to save himself, ne don't know wuo
| he's fooling with P'
He was the biggest liar Of them all,
| but be made the most Of it,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23
EDITION.
NEW YORK.

Geo. FOx-Freight Rates-The Fire.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-The Sheriff s
Jury, charged with the duty of deter.
mining the sanity OF Geo. l.. Fox, the
well-known pantomimist, have decided
unanimously that he Is lunatic, and a
commitment to Mclean Insane Asylum,
near Boston, has been made. Fox
leaves his wife and daughter in desti-
tute condition.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
have arranged their reduced freight
rates. The rates from Philadelphia to
Chicago are to be, for first-class freight,
27 cents per 100 pounds; second-class,
20 cents; third and fourth classes, 1s
cents, and fifth class, IA cents. The new
rates to st. Louis are, frst-class, IS
cents; second-class,32 cents; third-class,
26 cents; touth-class, 20 cents, and fifth.
class, 81 cents.
The loss by the Vesey street fire is put
at $4,000. Nearly all The parties are
fully insured.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23
A very curious discovery has just been

A very curious discovery has just been
made in the Department of the Nieyre.
In marsh, near the old town of En-
trains, at depth of eighteen or twenty
feet, has been found gigantic stone
statue of Apollo seated. Unfortunately
it was broken in extracting it, but it has
been temporarily erected in the court
yard of the Marie. A singular circum-
stance is that it has on the neck a deep
incision made with a saw. Evidently
| an attempt had been made to decapitate
it, but the mass of material forming tho
throat and the waving hair had offered
such resistance that the iconclpclasts
had abandoned their task in despair.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23
had WhisIky-Not Found.

Special TO the star.
CHILLICoTHE, o., Dec. 3.-'Y esterday
a man named Forester, canal boat
man, who had been arrested for drunk.
enness, was released, and had proceed.
ed but a short distance when he dropped
dead. Cause, bad whisky.
The canal was dragged yesterday af.
ternoon and evening for the body OF the
missing German, Hopple, but without
success.
CHILLICoTHE, o., Dec. 23.-The body
of the German, Hopple, who disappeared
just week ago to-day, was found this
morning in the canal near McLean's
mill. The body was in a good state OF
preservation. He had fallen into The
canal while Intoxicated. lie leaves Q
wife and family.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23
Fire Last Night.

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.--At u O'Clock
last night fire broke out in the fifth floor
of the building No. 42 vesey street, burn
ing out the third and fourth floors, occu-
pied by Smiths pattern bazar, and the
first and fifth floors by Joseph Kiffland
& Sons, commission merchants. The
losses on stock and building is estimated
at 1000. The fire extended to the top
floor Of the adjoining building occupied
by GrifitRs billiard table anufactory,
which sustained loss of about $4,000 on
stock. The origin Of the fire is unknown.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23
FINANCIAL.
c1Nc1NNArI. Dec, $3.50 P. NJ

Gold in Wall street to- day opened at 1877, (,
fell to l3, and is now quoted l2%. 1t is worth
here i2X buying and l3 selling. Gold checks
ON New York, l3H.
There is a marked activity in the money
market to-day, with increased scarcity of
currencv, and rates OF interest are firm. The
banks are discountng at 8, and 10 per cent,
while in the open market prime business pa
per is taken at IL to u per cent.
New York Excnange is dull and heavy at
previous rates. Buying at 1-.0a1 dis, and
selling at par. Sterling Exchange is worth
4s6a4 80 gold.
Government bonds continue quiet and weak.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23

About a year ago a couple were mar
ried by Hartford clergyman now
preaching in New York, and started at
once for Europe. The bridegroom after.
ward found that $100 bill which he had
intended to give the minister as mar
riage fee was still in his pocket. On his
return to this country, he sought out the
minister and asked him about the fee.
"My friend, l received at your marriage
a very small quantity of tine-cut chew
lug tobacco, folded in very small piece
of paper,u was the minister's reply.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23

1t is said that there Is buck in the
mountains few miles north OF the VIII
lage of Port Jeryis, which many hunters,
have tried in vain to kill. He has made
his appearance in the woods short
distance back of Sparrowbush every
winter during the past ten or twelve
years. He is very heavy animal, and
it is thought would weigh nearly 4oU
pounds. Age has turned his hair nearly
white.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23
AnotI,er Boston ExpIosio,n.

Boston, Dec. pa sad disaster oc-
CURED last evening at the 'Federal.street
bridge, where an explosion took place
which blew into the air some fifty feet
of sidewalk on the south side Of the
bridge, wrecked the grain and feed ware
house Of Sumner, Crosby u Son, NO. 81
Dorchester avenue, In front of wnicn the
disaster occurred, and blowing into the
chasm made by the explosion several
people, some Of whom were fatally hurt,
LATER.
Boston, Dec. 23--rne disastrous ex-
plosion at Federai-street bridge yester-
day is now thought to have had similar
origin to that OF last May In La Grange
street, The immense force required to
uproot so vast an amount OF masonry
could not have been supplied, sofar as
at present known, by any combination oi
elements which make up illuminating
gas, The inquest, which will soon be
held, will, it is hoped, throw some lignt
on the subject.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23

William Alston Hayne, a son Of
HayRe, Webster's antagonist, sits in the
California Legislature for Santa Bar.
bara and Ventura. He is tifty-four years
old and describes himself as ga Demo-
crat of the old school," Mr.. Hayne sat in
the Legislature of South Carolina just
before theVpassage OF the act OF secession,
aud went To California in 1867.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23
Mr.. Coroles, of the Cleveland Leader,
denies the Secret Order story.

Mr.. Ruskin at present is advocating
dancing as part of religious education,
and thus assails young lady Sunday
school teachers: cat present." he says,
"you keep the dancing for yourselves,
and graciously teach your scholars the
catechism. Suppose you were to try for
alittle while learning the catecsism your.
self and teaching them to dance"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23
Fire at IBellef0MtaiMes

SleCHti 10 Jts1Hs
BELLEFoNrAINE, Dec. 23.--At an early
hour this morning fire was discovered
in G. Rexer's tailor shop, over McCul-
loch's dry-goods store. The fire depart.
ment was promptly on hand, and the
flames were stayed before the building
was completely destroyed. The total
loss of the tailor shop and store is put
at S6. 900. fully insured.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23

A remarkable instance of calculation
was recorded at Aylmer, Canada, lass,
week, where a barber named Johnson;
for bet Of fifty cents, ran under the cara
of railway train that was passing at .
round speed. He won the wager, though
he lost the heel of one boot by wheel
that came unpleasantly close as he
emerged. The man who lost the bes
said he had expected to win and get 4
couple Of dollars for attending the in.
quest. <
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23

VNTANTED-MINCEM MEAT -Fjnchs Home
wv made Diamond Miuce Meat superior to
ali, defes competition. In offering my Home
made Diamond Mince Meat to the public, | do
Is with guarantee that 1t is the best sold in
this or any other city, l care not where 1t Is
made or what others advertise. Try it and
You will use no other. For sale by all respect
able Grocers or Dealers in this city. Factory,
s02 West Sixth street, between Plum and Elm.
deli 1T
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23

WI WTANTED-CHRIsTMAS PREsENTS-If
wv you want to buy nice ana useful pres
ent for Christmas, be sure and go to s. MARK,
230 w. Fifth street, cor. OF Plum st. He offers
splendid collection of fine boots, Shoes gaiters
and slippers, especially selected for the holi-
days, at astonishlngly low prices. He offers
also q fine selection OF rubbcrs and Arctics for
men, women and children, cheaper than you
can buy elsewhere. 1t will therefore do you
GOOD 10 20 there 1t
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23

WI TANTED-SITU ATION--By a teacher Of
wv ~ years. experience; would take charge
Of set OF books. Address q. IL. DEAN, Lew
iBport, KY. de204t
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23

NTANTED - SITUATION - By a young
wv man 1S years of age, to do some light out
aide work. Address OPEN AIR, this office.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23

TNTANTED-SIPUAT ATION-By boy fifteen
Wv years old; willing to do any k ind of work +;
good reference. Address WORK, this office.
de23-2t
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'TNOR SALE-LAND-TO acres Of choice hGss-
IA tom land all In cultivation, on railroad
anil, near q station, Is miles from the city.
Address H., Star oficc oc9-H
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23

WI ANTED D-SITUATION = BY young,
wv we'll educated German, only short time
In the country, with best OF city references.
living Address A. NJ No. %, this office.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23

VNTANTED-SITUA four-mill
w or distillery as head or second miller;
can give reference from where have worked
for nine years. Address 93 Il. Eighth street.
dr2O-4t
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wv ANTED : SITUATION : By a young.
wv well educated German, only snort time
I'm this country, with best of city references.
ing. Address A. N. %, this office. de2a-2t*
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FOR RENT--RooMs.

TrOR RENT-RO M-Nicely furnished front,
4 seitsblc for one or two gents OF man ana
wife, will poar'l If desired; reference REQUIRED.
tranifc at 800 Longwurih street de20-4t
Y,oR REST-Ro oOai--A Nicely. furnished
n room, very comfortable for two gentlemen,
large clothes closet, gas, and fire viii be FUR
Kished VI dc.iicd al6 Plum. between George
sad Seventh strvets dcS-u
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23

TNOR SALE LIFE SCHOLARSHIP - To
Ia one Of the best Cincinnati Commercial Col
s.Igcs> Will sell cheap. Address 5. r q, Box
~ citv 0cl6-u
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wANTED---s SITUATIONS

WI TANTED-sITU UATION-By boy, in an
wv Office, or to run errands. Inquire at 2
Moore street. .de2U-3t
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23

TXTANTED-SITUA an expert
wv enced salesman, in wholesale dry goods,
boot and shoe, tin or stove store. Address B.
a. E.TURNER. Winchester, Ky. de20-4t
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23

NOR SALE-COAL-Bcst screened Yough-
r iosiieny coal at SO per load; best PomcToy
at ~ 50, to be paid for on delivery WHITE,
Coal Office, Third and John. Orders solicited
by letter. dc23 N, Ms w GS
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23

Tcol sALE-LANDa.5O 80 acres prairie land;
rood spring on saino; in thicgiy -settlcd
neigRbornood, in Adair county, Iowa., near
county SEAT Or will trade for horse apd light
spring wagon. Address "W," this once.
jy14-tfl
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FOR SALE.

yNQR SALE-LAND-l4 acres Of land, IS
E miles west Of the city; upland. Address
r.. Star Office. oc9-tf
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vETANTED-Partes who contemplate NOV
w ing their household furniture, to leave
orders at l27 Monmouth street, Newport, KY.
where furniture cars will be furnished ut short
notice. Pianos carefully removed.
dela-tf ADAM SCHWEITZER.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23

NKTANTED-TEA, TEA, TEA-Fine and
wv Fresh Tea at the CENTENNIAL TEA
COMPANY, and a valuable present with every
pound Store No. 2Oi West Sixth street. be-
tween Elm and Plum. de9-Th, ,S&Tu-tf
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23

VTTANTED-LADIES AND GENTS-To
w know that | pay the highest cash price
in the city for second hand clothing. Call or
address Nj. MARTIN. l19 Sycamore street, one
door from Fourth st. de2l -5tf
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23

Y ork Stock Market, as received py
rett u Co., 2S West Third Street:
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VNTANTED-JIM & CHARLIE DAVIS
wv formerly of ia Race street, are located
al the "Sun Saloon" 70 Fountain Square, where
they will be pleased to see their friends. Open
at all hours day and night. nol7-2m
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-06-01
MRS. LINcOLN's MALADY.

A dispatch a few days ago made the
bare announcement that Mrs. Lincoln,
on complaint of her son Robert, had
been pronounced insane and conveyed
to a private asylum at Batavia, Hi.
nois. We now learn from our Eastern
exchanges something of the nature of
her malady and the character Of the
testimony introduced on the eXamin-
alton. The evidence in the case was
overwhelming. Dir. Willis Danforth,
the manager, and the employees OF the
Grand Pacific Hotel, where she had
been stopping, testified to acts CT evil
dent insanity. Merchants told of her
making wild purchases Of lace cur
tains, watches, trunks and other things
of which she had no need, and at
which she did not look when deliv-
cred. She feared assassination, pois-
oning, could not sleep nights, heard
strange sounds through the walls, and
sent her trunks to Milwaukee for fear
of a conflagration in Chicago. She sat
calmly during the trial and only said
to her son as he approached her after
the verdict, all broken down and
bathed in tears as he was, "Oh, Rob-
ert! to think that my only son would
ever have done this" This is a sad,
sad case. Yet it need excite no won
der. The testimony was that she never
has been sane since the murder OF
her husband. We see now the explain
alton of her strange course, and feel to
regret the many severe utterances OF
the press concerning her.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-06-01
ELKO VS.. EUREKA.

1t appears that Elko county has at
last instituted suit against Eureka
county to test the validity of the law
ceding Mineral Hill and Pine Valley
to this county. The suit Is brought in
the District Court of Humboldt county.
We are not advised as to the exact ma
ture of the proceeding, but presume
our officials will be served with a copy
of the complaint at an early date.
Notwithstanding Elko's extreme bad
taste in the premises, WI are glad to
know that she shows a disposition to
test the whole matter in the courts.
The .Sstver State of last Saturday has
the following with reference to the ac-
ton commenced by Elko county:
Yesterday suit vas brought in the
Fourth Judicial District Court, by au-
thority OF the County Commissioners
of Elko county against Eureka county.
The case is entitled "rhe coanty of
Elko VS.. the County OF Eureka, and
was brought in this county by reason
of Eiko and Eureka being parties to
the action, which disqualified their
courts from trying it. The alleged
causes of action are numerous, and
the complaint is voluminous. Tho
suit is to test the validity of the "Act
of the Legislature of 1878 ceding a por-
ton Of the t~erritorysof Elko county to
the new county of Eureka" which
was vetoed by Governor Bradley, and
passed over the veto by the last Legis-
lature. Ii. s. Street, District Attorney
OF Elko county, and General II. Nj.
Clark, of Carson, are attorneys for
plaintiff; and, as the defendant will
also undoubtedly have able counsel,
the case promises to be an interesting
one
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-06-01
PRESIDENT GRANTS LETTER.

In. our telegraphic columns will be
found the full text of a letter from
President Grant to the chairman of the
late Republican State Convention in
Pennsylvania. 1t is a document that
will attract more universal attention
perhaps than any paper that has en-
anatedsfrom the White House since the
President first entered upon the duties
of his high office. 1t is also a remark
able document-more remarkable for
what it attempts to conceal than for
anything else which it contains. The
President says in so many words that
he will or he won't be a candidate for
the third term, just as circumstances
may seem to dictate. He don't want
the Office again, provided he can't get
it. Shorn of all ambiguity, that is the
whole gist and tenor of his letter.
And what induced him to write it?
Let us see. The Republican Conveu-
ton of Pennsylvania was the third
otdtO SOhNCiVioh W pronounce IL S"'
phatic terms against his third term as
pirations. The thing was becoming
serious. Something had to be done at
once to stay the tide, and Sc this non
commital epistle was hit upon. But
we imagine that it will hardly serve
the purpose of covering up his real
designs. The guise is entirely too
transparent. Grant is more than ever
a candidate for the third term, and al
though he seeks to lullthe rising storm
in his W party we have o much
confidence in tho intelligence of the
Republican masses to believe for a
moment that he wilt succeed. His let
ter is likely to do him a vast deal more
harm than good.