The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-05
WHAT TIE WIREs WHISPER.

The. cholera has abated in the Province
OF Dude, India.
Jndge Keith, of Ross county, is lying
at the point OF death.
The propeller Swallow was sunk in
Toledo harbor yesterday afternoon.
Lancaster is to have great Sunday
school demonstration next Sunday.
The Democrats elected their full ticket
in Montgomery, Alabama, yesterday.
w. l.. Nelson, of Bellefontaine, is spoken
of as the Republican candidate Tor State
Treasurer.
Judge Burnham, the new Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, has entered
upon his duties.
The ship Lake Michigan arrived at
Quebec, from Glasgow, yesterday, the
first arrival this season.
Joseph Medill, of Chicago, is en- route
to Little Rock and other Southern cities.
for the benefit. of his health.
Rev. Alexander Cowan, formerly pas
tor of the Presbyterian Church, OF Ur-
bana, was buried yesterday.
A stable belonging to Mrs. A. G. Bloch,
in Wooster, o., and two others adjoin-
ing, were burned yesterday.
Senor Antonio Mantilla has submitted
his credentials to the President as Min
lister OF the Kingdom OF Spain.
r. McMurray, editor of the Democrat,
was elected Mayor of Wapakoneta by a
majority OF forty-three votes.
VIM. Hubbell, prominent New York
business man, formerly of Loganspopt,
Ind, died yesterday in New York.
Ada, O., has new Church, unsectar-
ian in character, with Rev. Mr.. Hale as
pastor. 1t starts with 100 members.
aaFhe Ross county subscription to the
Scioto Valley road amounts to $56, 600,
and those to the Dayton d Southern rail
road 10000.
A half gallon of whisky a week for
years, and an attack of asthma, carried
off Anthony Cossen, of Mt. Carmel, Ill.,,
at the age OF "a.
Tom Donnelly, reported lost by the st..
Luke disaster, has arrived in st. Louis.
He thinks Mrs. Divan and her two chill
dren We're also saved.
At Hudson, N. Y, yesterday morning,
Wesley Van Dusen, wealthy and ec-
centric farmer, shot his mother dead and
then killed himself.
Yesterday a fall of coal in Midlothian
mines, near Frostburg, Maryland, killed
Patrick Cassiday and seriously injured
Michael MeLague, both miners.
Hon. d. D. Pratt, Exhibited States
Senator from Indiana, has accepted the
position of Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, rendered him by President
Grant.
The Canadian Government has ordered
a steamer from Halifax to search for
the steamers Polynesian, Dominion and
Lake Champlain, and to render any as
sistance required.
The friends OF Mr.. W. L. Nelson, for
eight years Treasurer of Logan county,
Ohio, will press his name before the
June Convention as the Republican cam
didate for the Office OF State Treasurer.
On Saturday, in Caldwell, Ohio, an in
fantry company was organized by the
election Of j. M. Burlingame Captain. j,
X. Gerby First Lieutenant, d. Whealer,
Second Lieutenant, under the military
laws of Ohio.
At New Castle, Pa, yesterday, A. R..
White was rowing skitf in Beaver riv-
er, at Wampum, when the boat COM
menced to leak. White attempted to
swim ashore, but was drowned. The
body has not been recovered.
The Chicago Council counted the votes
cast at the recent election despite an
injunction. The count shows majority
in favor of incorporation under the gem
eral law of 1,433; majority against mi
nority Representations, 1904.
Edward Connoly and son were suffo-
Gated with gas while in bed Sunday
night in Buffalo, and while the Coroner
was looking for the leak an explosion
took place, tearing up the floors and de-
molishing the windows and doors.
Two unknown persons entered the
house of Sy1vanus Stogdale, who resides
near Antrim, Harrison county, and
robbed him of twenty-five dollars. An.
unsuccessful attempt was made by the
thieves to chloroform the inmates.
A suit has been brought against the
city of Boston by the assignees in bank
ruptcy of the estate Of Mr.. Armstrong,
whose store was blown up to prevent
the spread of the great fire, to recover
$40, 900, the value of the stock and unex-
plred lease.
James d. Thomas, of Philadelphia;
Henry A. Suydam, .ot New Jersey;
George Palmer and George Riley, OF
New York, and w. Il. Ford, of Chicago;
were arrested in Pittsburg yesterday for
an attempt TO rob the Peoples Savings
Bank Oh that city.
Judge Brooks, of the United States
District Court, in charging the Grand
Jury, at Wilmington, N. c., yesterday,
said the Civil Rights Bill in its criminal
aspect, which was the only shape in
which it could come before the Grand
Jury, was unconstitutional and void.
City elections in Indiana took place
yesterday. The Republicans carried In
Richmond, Muncie and Craw-
fordsville. The Democrats carried jet
fersonville, 6helbyville, New Albany,
Madison, Lawrenceburg and Terre
Haute. In most Of the other cities and
towns there was either no regular ticket
in the field or there was not decisive
victory for either political party.
The funeral of Mrs. Eliza Ford, lady
who weighed between 500 and 800
pounds, took place the other day from
her residence, Eighteenth and Hamilton
street, Philadelphia. Her history has
been very peculiar. Seventeen years
ago last Thanksgiving Day Mrs. Ford,
who then resided at Darby, was engaged
in pouring out tea for some guests who
lad been spending the afternoon with
her. Suddenly she ceased. Her arms
dropped to her side, and from that time
70 the present she has been powerless.
She then took to her bed, and has re-
NAMED there until she died, requiring as
much attention and care as an infant,
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