The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-19
WHAT TIE FIRES WHISPER.
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VIM. Cochran, q Louisville painter,
was killed by the falling off scatfold.
The drying-house of the Mason Lum-
ber Co. at Muskegon, Mich, burned yes
terday.
Sherman Hawley, a well-known busi-
ness man of Kalamazoo, Mich, died yes
terday, aged Do years.
Col. Geo. A. Bachelor, formerly Sec
retary Of the Territory of Dakota, died
in Washington yesterday. ...
In st. Louis, by the fall Of the elevator
of Gregory & Slagg, two men were killed
and two others badly injured.
q. FL: Otto & Co., of Ottoville, o., were
robbed Of $225last night by burglars blow
ing their safe open with powder. No clue
to the thieves.
A fire at Wilmington, o., totally de-
stroyed the dWellihg-house OF John ID.
Douglass. Loss, house and contents,
$4,000; insurance, $4,000.
Ketcham's steam saw-mill, at Merrill
Ian, jackson county, Wisconsin, and a
large lot of lumber were destroyed by
fire Monday night. Loss, $4,000; no in
surance.
The anniversary exercises Of the
various Baptist Sabbath-schools OF New
York were attended by thousands Of
children. Addresses were made by sew
eral diyines.
A fire at Lexington, Missouri, de-
stroyed the livery stable Of Russell u
Young, and the Iumber-yard Of I. r..
Eckberg, and the grocery Of f. Mott.
Loss, $50, 900; insured for $4,000.
Robert Collyer, the eminent Unitarian
divine Of Chicago, has been invited TO
deliver an Orati0n at the decoration
ceremonies at Arlington, on the S0th Of
May, under the auspices OF the Grand
Army of the Republic.
The FindIay, Lima and Southwestern
Telegraph Company has been lncorpo-
rated, with $40, 900 capital. They propose
to build a telegraph line along the Lake
Erie and Louisville Railroad, between
Findlay and Celina, o.
The bodies of the women and children
swept over the GAINESVILLE dam, sunday
night, have not yet been recovered.
Great Indignation Is felt against Smith
and jackson tor their cowardly actions
toward their wives and children.
Odd-fellowship In Missouri makes this
sho wing: Number of working Lodges in
the State, 2S4; contributing members,
1858; revenue, $80,345; amount OF relief
paid during the year, $o6, 900; amount in
the treasury. sS1, 1884; amount Of invest
ments, $3.50, ,o66.
Rev. A. Ii. Bradford, of Montclair, N.
j., was elected Trustee of the Congre-
gational Society in place of DR.. Bacon,
who declined to serve for the reason
that Henry O. Bowen was member OF
the Board. Rev. Bradford also declines,
for the same reason.
The Grangefs Of Richland county, o.,
held q Convention at the Courthouse
yesterday but with closed doors to all
except fmembers. 1t is understood the
BUSINESS before the Convention was the
discussion OF the best means for the i'm
prOvenent Of the order.
The United Kingdom Alliance for the
Suppression or the Liquor Traffic gave q
breakfast yesterday at Manchester to
Neal Dow, about to sail for the Unfted
States. Sir Wilfred Lawson, member Of
Parliament, presided, and presented
Dow with a farewell address.
A freight train on the Fort Wayne
road collided with the switch engine at
Mansfield, yesterday afternoon, caused
been left open. Both engines were badly
| wrecked. The engineer and fireman
saved themselves by jumping off.
principal business portion Of Mahoney
Uity, Penn, destroying six business
houses, comprised of shops and stores,
seven dwellings, and number of stables.
Loss $4,000, mostly insured. The fire
OH the mountains in that vicinity con-
tfnues, and Is spreading In all direc-
tions.
Fire destroyed the furniture store Of
Henry Eichkotf, at Cairo, III. Loss on
stock, $1,000; insurance, $4,000. Mrs.
Samuel Halliday, loss on building, So, 600;
insurance, $4,000. An adjoining build
ing, occupied by Arter u Stewart as q
grocery, and by the Odd-fell0ws as a
Lodge-room, was Slightly damaged. Both
fully covered by insurance.
The, Washington Light Infantry, of
Charleston, s. c., will accompany the
New England Society and Old Guards,
| or New York, on a trip TO Boston, in
June, to participate In the Bunker Hill
ICentennial. 1t i'd not improbable that
| the, Fifth Maryland Regiment will also
unite with the, above. and make . trip
with them on the steamer Providence.
An outrage and murder was committed
near Trappe, a small village i've miles
from Phoenixyillef Pa, yesterday after
noon. A young girl named Whitby was
the, victim. Her body was found under
q table, her ears torn of, and her. head
terribly beaten. A tramp was. seen in
! the vicinity, and II 10 supposed the crime
was committed by him. The excitement
Is intense. , 81.
| A boy, sixteen years Of age, named
Julius Hall, left home, at Chill, Ind, for
| q trip down the river in boat, Sunday,
| accompanied BY q friend to look alter
him, Hall being demented. They canaped
| in the woods, and Monday morning upon
his companion found Hall
had taken the boat and gone, since which
itime no trace OF him had been discov.
iered.A a reward is offered by his father,
who is q merchant Of Chilli.
There is i lirely mnhicipal row IN ST.
Louis, Sincetthe death OF, Mayor Barrett
Mr.. Rechtih, President OF the City Coun-
Gil, has been acting Mayor, and yester-
day announced his purpose to send the
Mayors appointments to the Council
last night, thus cutting out the newly
elected Mayor, Britton, who has d con.
test on his hands. On the meeting oi
Council, however, Britton's friends made
such threatening demoIstratiors that
Rechtin backed down and q big row was
narrowly averted.
John s. Toof, Of Memphis, Secretary Of
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