The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-24
WHAT THE WIRES WHISPER.

WHAT THE WIRES WHISPER.
The Alabama State Convention of the
Y. M. Q. A. is in session at Montgomery.
State Treasurer Parker, OF South Caro-
lima, has been committed to Jail in de.
fault OF $3.50, 900 bail.
Near Cambridge City, Indiana. Thurs;
day, Michael Mayer, d farmer, living
there, was robbed OF $36S.
The Farmers Club of Harrison county,
O., are perfectfng Mutual Insurance
AS sociation for their benefit.
Chicago, by large majority, voted
against reorganizing under the Illinois
General incorporation law OF 1872.
John Burk shot and killed Bill John
son, in Hart county, Kentucky, yester.
day morning, In a quarrel about horse
trade.
General Garfield, Governor McCook Of
Colorado, and number of others, left
Chicago for San Francisco this morning,
on special car.
A dispatch from San Jose reports the
burning yesterday afternoon of 81.
Joseph's Catholic Church. LOSS, 500, ,00D;
insurance, $4,000.
The dweliing-house of Mrs. Shane, on
West North street, Lima, o., was partly
destroyed by fire yesterday. The house.
hold goods were all saved. Loss, 500.
Westley Porter, arrested for attempt.
ing to shoot Ohas. Rolston, was tried in
the Police Court, at Cambridge, o., and
held to answer at the next term OF the
Common Pleas Court.
Judge Il. B. Safer, of Sandusky. and
Messrs. Harvey and Cross, OF Cleveland,
were arrested at Port Clinton, yester-
day, for violating the game-law, by kill
Ing ducks and geese.
A man named Benjamin McFadden
committed suicide at Mt. Vernon, Ohio,
yesterday, by hanging. AS soon as dis
covered he was cut down, but lie was
extinct. No cause was assigned tor the
act.
The slaughtor-house of John Stanton,
on the BANK of the Wabash, south OF Lo.
gansport, Iud., was destroyed by fire
last night, with several hogs, :and an ice.
house attached. Loss, $2,2o0; insured
1Or VI 900.
Last night Schofeld's large cotton mill,
in Manyunk, Pa, was totally destroyed
by fire. The building was OF stone, i've
stories hign, recently built, and occupied
by Dawson u Shaw. Partial insurance.
Loss heavy.
Two colored murderers, named Bunch
and Hardee, who We're to have been
hanged at Charleston, s. c., yesterday,
were respited by the Lieutenant-Gover-
nor in the absence of Governor Chamber
lain from the STATE.
A defaication has been discovered in
the Western Union Telegraph office OF
Philadelphia, and John Il. Heiner, chiel
clerk, and late Superintendent ID. III.
Bates have absconded. The officers s state
the deialcatien will amount to between
live and six thousand dollars.
Samuel Patrick, who was stabbed by
George Crisman in the attray on the
street in Newark, Ohio, last Wednesday,
evening, died yesterday, from the,effecl
Of the w6lnd. AS the Common Pleas
Court is now in session, Crisman will
likely be brought before it for trial.
Last night burglars effected an en-
trance INFO Carr, Fischer u Co.'s hard.
ware store, Salem, o., by boring a hole
in the side door and removing the fast
ening. They secured some reyolyers,
cutlery, &C., in all amounting to over
three hundred dollars. No arrests nor
clue to the robbers.
Arthur B. Barrett, the newly-elected
Mayor Of st. Louis, who has been very
SICK q few day, is not expected to live.
Constantine Mcguire, the Republican
candidate for Mayor, Is suffering from
severe attack OF rheumatism, brought
on by excitement and work in the can
yass; and Henry Overstalz, Indedendent
candidate, is reported very i'll in New
YORK.
A farmer about five miles east of Ma
rion. o., had stolen from his pasture,
night before last, seventy-tive head OF
sheep. After hunting all day he lound
his sheep in the stOck-pens at.Ashiey,
ready to be shipped, arrested the thiel,
and took him back to Marion. On the
way the fellow managed to get out his
knife and cut his throat, on both sides,
making two ugly cuts; however, not
dangerously. The knife was gotten away
from him before he could accomplish his
design.
A fire broke out in the linseed oil man.
ufactory OF VIM. M. Force g. Sons, foot Of
Warren street, Jersey City, shortly be-
fore six last night, through superheating
oil in one OF the tanks and consequent
overflow. The buildings were partly brick
and partly frame, about 100 feet front on
Warren street by ~ ieet deep along the
south cove. There was in stock 80 tons
OF oil cake, 900 bags of cake meal, 5000
bushels OF seed, 100000 pounds of oil
meal, 10000 gallons Of oil In tanks, and
10000 gallons Of oil in barrels. The dock
was also destroyed, with 150 barrels OF
oil meal TO have been shipped to-mor-
row. Loss, l20,0vO; insurance, $G0,0O0.
1t is a common saying among practical
that The best time to
prune a plant is when such an opera
zion is discovered to be necessary, and
a man has sharp knife in his pocket.
This should not, however, be considered