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TNoR THE INFORM ALTON OF PERSONS
Il desirous OF improving the quality of
their cattle / will state that the thoroughbred
shorthorn Durham, I" West Duke" will stand
at No. 40 Eternity street. For particulars and
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jal7 lws la11 1sii Proprietor
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p. S.-A second sale will take place on the
Rancho, commencing on MON DAY, the 18th
OF March, 1875.
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The sale will take place on the Rancho
Parties desiring to purchase SHOULD BE ON
THE GROUND a few days prior to the sale,
in order to EXAMINE THE PROPERTY.
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BY G.. w. CURTIS.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-23
The Gamblers In Court.

A successful raid was made yesterday
evening ON the knights OF the green
cloth. Superintendent Snelbaker, at an
early hour, ordered by telegraph the OIL
GERS at various Stations to meet at tire
Ninth-s treet Station-house about ten
O'Clock. Captain Hudson, with Ofacers
Cortie, Negley, Sweeney and Zimmerman,
raided Dick Hollands place, at 80 West
Fifth street, and captured u "goose,"
chips and other paraphernalia, worth in
all about $50. Archie Lewis and 5. New
comb were arrested for exhibiting gam
ing DEVICES.
Captain Welch and Officer Lewis took
in Eph. Hollands bank, and obtained
the goose and about 500 worth of chips
and other gaming devices. +. Edwards,
known as "Blacky Edwards," was ar
rested in the act of "rolling." Leuten-
ant Brady pulled'in Whalley's establish
ment, Where faro game was in pro-
CESS. Con. Leary and W. Harrison were
the ones arrested, and a faro-boX, ivory
chips and cards were captured. This
morning they were arraigned in the Po-
lice Court ON the charge Of exhibiting
gaming devices. - ,
f. Edwards plead guilty to the charge
and was fined 500 aud costs and SEN
fenced to ten days Work-house. On pay
of ten days was suspended. Edwards
was required to give proper vouchers
for his giving up the game for the future.
The cases Of Newcomb and Archie
Lewis were continued till tomorrow.
Con. Leary was dismissed and Harring-
ton was sentenced to line OF $loJ
and costs and ten days Work-house.
The sentence Of ten days was, however,
pended.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-23

Woop's THEATER.-Whether In his
trionic or financial sense the 'tSir Giles
Overreach" of Mr.. Davenport is q COM
plete success. 1t fulfills the require
ments of all true lovers OF the legitimate
drama, as was again shown in the very
large audience that witnessed its repeti-
tion last evening. 1t is proof, too, that
correct dramatic taste, on this side the
Atlantic, is merely dormant. and Is
readily awakened into enthusiastic
being by the Promethean efforts of one
like Mr.. Davenport, than whom we
doubt If the American stage has at any
time produced more finished actor.
His impersonations offer no point that
Is not really proof against the best d.
reeted cavils of the professional critic.
This evening Mr.. Davenport will appe ar
as "Shylock" in "Merchant Of Venice"
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-23
Published by Request.l
"MOTHER Is SEVENlY-FOUR."
BY Il. SCOTT HOWELL.

Do the years flow faster, mother,
phan they did of yore?
Are you tired Of waiting, mother.
Now you're seventy -four2
Waiting yet with patience, mother,
Patient, more and more:
Pray not to he taken, mother,
Tho you're seventy -four.
Near the shining portal, mother,
Close beside the dOUr;
Still we would detain thee, mother,
Tho you're seventy-four.
Would in love detain thee, mother,
Loving us the more,
With each passing year, dear mother,
On 10 seventy-IOur.
But we pause and chide us, mother,
Counting DER ana o'cr,
Heavenl, ones thaJ want thee, mother,
On the other shore.
Gathered from the homestead, mother,
One, two, three and four,
Nov they wait thy coming, mother,
AT Heavens portal door.
Glad theyllbe to open, mother,
(All thy lials o'er,)
When You shall knock, dear mother,
AT that portal door.
So bide thee. Gods good time, mother,
Content rs OF yore,
walt-ready TO 90, mother,
. AS at seyenty-iour.
Keokuk, April II, 1875. -
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-23

age of 4,308 was ascertained with more.
or less accuracy, and that about az per
cent. OF these Were offspring OF trst cous-
ms.
Wells, noted scout in the employ Of
General Neil, rode from Cheyenne
agency to Wichita and return, bearing
important dispatches, a distance of three
hundred and twenty-eight miles, In
forty-eight hours, without changing
horses.
The grain capacity of the vessels that
have Wintered In Chicago is greater than
ever before. This fact seems to indi-
cate very low freights the coming sum-
mer by both rail and water. :
A Boston father is telling everybody
who will listen to him that his little girl,
two years old, brought her pen back to
him and said she ''wanted some juice
put into it,"
Our country's little wine and 1iquor
bills, last year, footed up the mere baga-
telle of $500, ,000, 900; and this doesn't in
clude the wear and tear of lamp-posts
either.
Tho hay CROP owing to the drought of
last summer, which killed a large guam
tity of grass. and clover, will be COM
paratively short in Kentucky this sea.
son.
The Changers are going to start new
mag gazine in their interest, to be published
lby John p. Jewett, who brought out
|"Uncie Toms CABIN" twenty-five years
ago.
| The peach king of Dewitt county,
| Illinois, says that not one tree In his
eighty-acre orchard will bear iruit this
year.
1t has been discovered that shaky
firms usually belong to the Millerite per.
suasion, because they keep the day Of
their going up profound secret.
A large corn crop will be planted
throught out kentucky, Tennessee and
| the South.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-23

home to Ellison, and attempted to get
on the $40 train while in motion. He
missed his step and fell with his bead
across the rail. The wheels of the last
car passed over him and severed his
head from his body. The train was inn
mediately stopped within twenty feet of
the body. Officers Kinner and Bering,
who Witnessed the danger of the man,
were not able to save him, and'removed
the remains. Miller leaves wife and
six children at Ellison station. Coro-
ner Maley was notified and has held an
inquest.
In the meeting 81 the Fire Commits
sioners yesterday the following business
was transacted after our time Of going to
press. A communication was received
opinion that the City Clerk had no right
to advertise for the Department In the
German papers without the special
authority of Council. An application to
place tire-alarm box at the corner of
Bank and Riddle streets, was referred
to the Engineer. Charles Meyers was
appointed to fill the place Of George
| Steinigeweck, who was dismissed from
company No. for being drunk on cleo
tion day and interfering with judges.
Adjourned.
| A ssRELIC COMMITTEE" has been ap.
pointed by the managers of the Centen-
nial Bazaar, to be held next month. 1t
consists Of Mrs. Judge Whitman, Chair
man; Mrs. Jones, Cumminsville; Mrs.
Gano, College Hill; Mrs. Kebler, Mrs.
Breed, and Mrs. Robert Mitchell, city.
This committee has procured the use OF
the room between Main ana Horticul-
tural halls, and intends to place on exhI-
bition large number Of relics Of the
revolutionary period and of all times
and countries. 70 this end the ladies
ask such of our citizens as have interest.
ing relics to loan them to the managers
during the continuance Of the bazaar.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-23
Mort9taru. Record.

Ella Reynolds, age u years, Cincinnati.
S. Ann Seifert, age % years, West Virginia.
LIZZIE Mccarthy, age Is years. Ohio.
Lizzie Sweeny, age Us years, Ireland.
Nelson Snite, age III years, ONO.
ReDeeca McCaiiister, age ~ years, Cincin-
aati.
Samuel N. Griffith, age 20 years, Cincinnati.
Cessna Stegerens, age Is years, Germany.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-23

NTOTiCE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN undersigned has been appointed and quail
ined as Assignee Of FloreDz BeGht. Alkper-
sons having claims against said Florentz Becht
are hereby notified to present the same to me
at my office duly verified as required by law.
and all persons knowing themselves to be in
debted to said Fl0rentz Becht viii call and set
tie the, same. CH AS W. .KAHR, ~
.,s.,,. !. Assignee of. ELoBRSTz BEoHT.
Office No. 8, N. w. cor. Sixth and Walnut sts.
CINOINNATI, April 9th, A. d. 1S95. ap9-StF
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-23
Bssildia0 Permits.

The following permits were issued
since our last report:
IL. Miller, three-story brick at 60 Bre-
men street, estimated cost $4,000.
r. Schomaker, one-story frame on
Six tn street between Freeman and Carr
streets, estimated cost $793.
e.. A. Smith, two-st0ry brick on corner
Of Fourth and Stone streets, estimated
cost 700.
9. W. Allen. addition to 1bs York
street,
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-23
The Weekty Star,

Now ready, contains the latest news by
the important news of the
past week, continuation Of the Tiiton-
Beecher trial, "Gleanings for Grangers,"
interesting correspondence, matters Of
local interest, leading editorials ON The
Emotional Temperament, The Blessed
Aristocracy OF the Wisest, Labor in New
York, Chorus Of Love and Wine, The
Congress, The City Laborer,
etc.. together with large amount Of
snort, spicy editorial paragraphs. Po-
etry, Religious, Intelligence, humorous
Gossip, Odds and Ends, Fashion News,
Personals, several short stories, large
amount Of interesting reading matter
,riculture, etc. A full and complete
Home and Foreign Market and Financial
Report.
Price cents in wrappers, ready for
mailing.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-23
CINCIsNATI, April 8, 1875. ap9.3t-F.

II EGAL.-Hamilton County, Ohio, Court Of
IL Common Pleas.-Eliza Hardin, plaintff,
against Warner Hardin, Mrs. n. A. Pigman,
known. and IsaAore b. johnson, heirs at law
Of stephen H. Hardin, deceased, defendants.
The above named defendants, nom residents
Of the State Of Ohio will take notice that on
above named filed in the Court Of Common
Pleas Of Hamilton County, ONO, ner petition,
in which she asks, among other things, that
her election to take under the last viii OF
Stephen II. Hardin, deceased, as his widow,
heretofore made III the Probate Court of said
county, be set aside, and for such other AMI
further relief as the Court may think equit-
able. .
Saia cause will stani for hearing on or after
the goth day OF April 1875, and unless said par
ties answer said petition, it will be taken as
confessed, and decree entered accordingly.
ELIZA HARDlN, by
HILDEBRANT Il BRUNER, her Attys.
Tmarl9- st. EI
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-23

r EGAL.-Court of Common Pleas, Hamilton
l. county, 0hio.-Juha Sonnenbe G, plaintiff,
VS.. Willy Sonnenberg, defendant--NO. 45yi63.--
The defendant is hereby notified that on Wed
nesday, the 9TH day Of May, A. D. 1876, between
the hours OF g A: M. and 9 p. M, the above
named plaintiff will take the dispositions of
sundry Witnesses, vt the Office Of Philip Sidney
Post, Consul General OF the United States, in
the city of Vienna, Austria, and that the TAX
ing OF such depositions will be adjourned from
day to day until the same are completed.
80 H0ADLY, JOHNSON Il COESTON,
Attorneys ior Plaintiff.
CINCINNATI, April 8, 1873. ap9,3t- II.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-23
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The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-23
Notice to Watsr Consumers.

CITY WATER W oRKs OFFICE,
APRIL IL, 1875.
You are hereby notified that the W ater Rent
for the April Quar,er is now due and payable
at this Oilic. All bills paid after the 10th. and
on or before tho 18th inst, will be subject to a
discount of per cent.
BY order OF tne Board.
apl3-l1t j. IL. GRUETER, Secretary.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-23

AT STEVENS BOOK STORE, 80 West
Fourth street. all the New Books, Magazines,
latest styles of Ladies' Fine Papers, Visiting
Cards, Albums, Pocket Books, Memorandum
Books, Chromos, Illuminated Notices, etc.,
etc. All are welcome to inspect the stock
whether wishing to purchase or not.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-23
Notice to Water Consumers.

CITY WATER-wORKs OFFIcE,l
April IT, 1875.
ms@ You are hereby notified that the Water
RcnG for the April Quarter is now dueand pay
able at this Office. Every consumer will re-
ceive his bill at his house, which BILL If brought
back to this Office and paid on or before the 2ith
inst, is entitled to a discount OF per cent
Complaint OF overcharges must be reported to
this Office on or before the 10Th inst, in order
not to forfeit the discount. BY order Of the
Board. j, II. GRUET Sec'y.
[apl7-Stl
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-23
TO PICNIC PARTIES.

Test Medium.-Mrs. NJ. S. Smith, Test Med
um. Room 2, 100 w est Fourth st. ma24-t tt
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-23
WEATHER PREDxCrl0xs.

CINCINNATI, Friday, April 2s-Noon.
Fair or partly cloudy the next twenty-four
hours.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-23

M APL { W @ @ D.

Four t) Choice Dwellings, to 10 rooms each,
finished complete, contain. all the modern inn
provements, fine slate roofs This Station mas
benefit of both Dayton Short-line and G., II. Il
d. Railroads, both Depots within FIVE minutes'
walk.
This property is unuerlaid with fine sand and
gravel reached at an average depth of tn
feet from surface, giving dry cellars. The
well-water is the finest in the world, and new
er-failing supply during greatest drought,
reached at eighteen feet.
The avenues on this property were graded
and set with shade-trees IN 1870 and 1871, with
nice graveled sidewalks. To those contem-
plating purchasing homes in the suburbs this
property offers such inducements as will war
rant personal examination of the dwellings.
Terms liberal and at 25 per cent less than
any one could build a single house.
Vacant Lots for sale upon liberal terms
Parties desirous of purchasing passed out and
return. Apply to
Jos SEPH II. MIL l. 9,
lS Sycamore Street.
ap1U-4tl0, 16, ,2s&3D
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-23

WE have for charter a large handsome side
w wheel steamer for Picnic purposes. Also
are agents for Parker and Orange Groves. APP
ply early at Picnic Headquarters, No. 4 Main,
below Front. j. Z. DORIAN u CO.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-23

NJ OTICE,-2lst Ward, Attention. !-All per-
IN sons desirouB Of becoming members Of the
2lsT Ward Loan and Building Association are
requested to meet at Gruetef's Hall on next
ArURDAY EVENING, April "a, at CLOCK,
to sign the constitution and erect officers.
First payment Of dues, May 1st, 1875.
j. II. GRUkTEK, President pro tenn.
WIN. j. M0LLoY, Scc'y pro TEN. 1T
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-23

Each subscriber from and after this date wilt
receive as gift magnificent engraving, 1891
inches, fronI the celebrated oil painting OF
Rnlieaax, ertitled =
THE LANDSCAPE STUDY.
! II represents a beautiful forest scene, and .
young artist reclining beneath q tree making
love t. q coy young country girl leaning over
nei Shb6ring hedge. The engraving is on heavy
nlafe paper, suitable for framing. and will
form al ornament 10 any home. 1t win be sent
through tie post Office safely encased, to each
subscriber who sends TWO DOLLARS to 3
A.. MINER GRISwOLD
p PUBLISHER OF SATURDAY. NIGHT.
r. y. box 1885. Cincinnati, O.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-19
CITUOLLC UNITY IL SP1LN.

If the news from Madrid which we printed
yesterday is to be believed, the Papal Cabinet
has made IN outrageous demand and met with
a deserved repulsc in an unexpected quarter.
II is stated that The Pope's NunciO has for
maly demanded the restoration of Catholic
Unity in Spain, and that the Government of
King Alfonso has replied that it was deter
mined to maintain the liberty of worship, guar
anteed by the Constitution of 1869. Catholic
Unity is a sufficiently innocent phrase, but it
means the absolute prohibition and Outlawry
of every other form of religious worship in the
Kingdom. 1t was energetcally enforced by
Charles V. and his piOus son Philip H. who
killed some 10000 thinking men in the cause
of unity. This put stop to thinking in that
country for several hundred wears. Even so
recently as the late reign of Queen Isabel H.,
if you wanted to pray in any form not recognized
by the authorized missals, you had to lock your
doors and take good care of the keyholes, or
YOU ran the risk of being denounced for keep
ing a disorderly house. There was no pretense
whatever of any public form of worship other
than that enforced by the law. A few rebel
lious spirits adopted and held on to the evan
gelical faith all the more persistently because
it was unlawful, and several of the leaders
passed most of their time in Jail for circulating
Bibles and trying TO hold prayer-mcetngs.
The secret Protestant propaganda never gained
much real fOothod in the Peninsula, but there
was so much discussion among foreigners and
among those revolutionary Spaniards who
passed great proportion of their time in exile,
and thus became infected with foreign ideas,
that when the Queen was driven away in 1868,
, it was taken as q matter of course that re-
lgouS liberty to a certain extent should be in
cOIpOrated in the new Constitution. Not that
it was especially demanded by any cOnsidera-
bic number of Spaniards in the interest of
Professionalism, but because 1t seemed required
by the spirit of the age and the very nature
of modern civilization. In the debates in the
Cortcs which led TO the adoption Of that arti-
Gle of the Constitution, no one affected to
speak for the Protestants. The article was
defended principally by rationalsts and at
tackled by Jesuits and Carlists. After il was
adopted, it was considered rather a theoretical
than a practical provision One liberal Span
lard sad, 81 think it well enough to have
" this article in the Constitution but | cannot
" conceive Of Spanard who shall not be n
Catholic" This impression was general in the
Cories, and led 10 the singular phraseOlogy of
the article providing for religious liberty. Ii
gives foreigners in Spain the right of practic-
ing their own religion, whatever it may be,
and adds, that ii any Spaniards should profess
any other faith than the Catholic, they shall
have the same privileges in Spain IA foreign
crs We have no evidence that the new sys-
tem Of liberation fosicrcd Professionalism to any
grcud ortcnt. A young American cstal,lisllcd
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1n0ex to Advertisements

AMusEaENTs-Nnh Fa0e-4th 9TH aud ON coIu I'M, 20,
BANKING AND FINANcIAL-Sece''h fd9e-3d anu AN oo'
BsSKiSc HOUSES AND BANKERs-Eighh Poge-6th col
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IOARp AND RooMS-Ninth P0ge-lst and "a Columns
BUsIStss NOTICES Fourth PGge-lst column.
CorAETNrrsliIP NOTICEs-Eiqhh Pa1e-6th column.
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DRY GoODS-Sixh PdQe-6th column a.. 90.
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FIxAYCiN-E'"Lh PUge-fth 9th. and 9th columns.
FuRNITuRh-Sitih Page 9th column. $780, -,
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HOEsis CARRIAGES, HARNESS, &c.-NnM fdge-ls'
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SNrs ny AUCTON-Ninh PGJe-lst column
SPECIAL NoTICKs-Fihh Puge-6th column -, ,
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several churches and Sunday. schools in Madrid
and other places but it was doubtful II all Oh
them together would have afforded an audience
for Mr.. Moody.
When Don Alfonso came back his Govern
ment did all they could to discourage the Prot
estants and strengthen the Church. They
turned over to the cccesiastics the control Oh
the schools, and dismissed from their chairs IN
the University the most famous writer's ana
scholars of the country, because they protested
against these reactiOnary measures stu thcy
did not think il wise to offend and ALLEVIATE
the sympathy Of the great powers OF the N0rth
of Europe by absolutely abOlishng religious
liberty in fact and in form. Nothing would
have been gained by such n performance, and
it would have brought down the severcst re-
monstrances from England, Germany, and
Russia Yet if this report is true, what the
corrupt and bigoted Cabinet of Madrid was too
prudent to do has been demanded by the Ro-
man curia. 1t can only seem to all laymen an
GORGEOUS blundcr. 1t was not needed. The
Church il sufficiently powerful in the
Peninsula without the assistance of laws
or the persecution of heresy. There
is no hercsy to speak Of and the
Outlawry of the little that exists would only
give il strength and vigor Besides, at time
when the Church is engaged in a mortal strug-
gle in Germany against the State, it is the
worst possible policy to disclose plan of
tyranny and persecution in a country where it is
practically master of the field. The wisest
friends of the Church have long seen that its
best interests were subservcd by an entire
oanar,finu from the civil oufhority avprvwhcrp
The attempt to abolish religious liberty in
Spain. and to grasp at the school fund in the
United States, is not harmonious with the
claim made in Germany that the Church is
there fighting merely for spiritual freedom