The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-21
WHAT THE WIRES WHISPER.


running.
A severe storm on Lake Michigan Mon.
day night damaged some vessels, but not
seriously.
The municipal election in Cairo yes.
to-day resulted in the success of the in.
dependent ticket.
Jacob Byers, cigar-maker, suicided
yesterday at Cleveland, cutting his
throat with a razor.
Jessie Spurrier, of Morrison, Ind, lost
both eyes by the explosion of some pow.
der which he was carelessly handling in
a'bottle.
J.E. Redfield, of Connecticut, has been
appointed Receiver OF the Pine Bluff
Cnicot and Mississippi, Ouachita 81 Red
River Railroads.
Wright d Hunts leather store and
Thomas meat market, at Jonesville
Wis.,, burned last night. Loss, $4,000;
insurance, $1,000.
The Cherry Valley IRON Company al
LeetOnta, Ohio, started their rolling mill
in full force yesterday, giving employ.
ment to about one hundred men.
The iron mills at Newburg resumed
operations. yesterday. The puddlers, who
have been on strike all winter, returned
to work, accepting Pittsburg prices.
Monday evening the Women's Suffrage
Society of New York celebrated the Con-
cord and Lexington Centennial by read
ing an original poem and making ad-
dresses.
The Catholic Review announces that
the ceremonial of placing the red Ber.
retta ON Cardinal McCloskey will take
place in the Cathedral, in New York, on
the I'D inst.
Trion Factory, Chattanooga county,
Ca, burned Saturday night. Loss, $780,.
600; insurance, $4,000. Three hundred
and fifty workmen were thrown out Of
employment.
In the New Orleans Legislature the
five Democrats were reseated, and a res.
0lutiOn reported impeaching Chas. Clin-
ton, State Auditor. The resolution went
over under the rules.
The stave and heading factory of Henry
Afford, at Anderson, Ind, was totally
destroyed by fire, with large amount
OF stock. Loss, 500, 900. 1t is supposed
to have been set on tire.
The Republicans of Richmond, Ind,
have nominated the following ticket: DIR.
D. b. Hibberd, for Mayor; g. 0. Clark,
for City Clerk; W.T.. Wilson, Treasurer
s. N. Hayes, Assessor.
Sheriff Dickman left Wapakoneta, yes.
terday, for Columbus, with two candi.
dates for the Penitentiary-Ellers, one
year for forgery. and Haskell, two years
for attempt to commit rape.
The famous race-horse, Kentucky,
owned by August Belmont, died at. the
nursery stud farm, Babylon, Long Island.
Kentucky was bred by John M. Clay, in
1851, on the Ashland estate, Kentucky.
Jacob Hayes, aged sixty-fve, an old
citizen of Allegheny county, Penn, re.
siding at Fair Haven, a few miles from
Pittsburg, committed suicide by hanging
Mental arrangement was the supposed
cause.
A three-mile single scull race has been
announced between Frank Yates, of The
Grand Haven Boat Club, and r. B. Balm
bridge, OF New York City, to take place
ON the Harlem river four days previous
to the regatta of the Harlem Rowing AS
s0ciati0n.
A farmer named Albert Wiedel, living
four miles from Sandusky, was killed by
the bursting of his spleen while vomit.
ing. He was in excellent health at the
time. The vomiting was caused by chew.
ing the end of o cigar containing an I'M
usual amount of nicotine. A mole one
inch in length was torn in his spleen.
At Leo, Indiana, yesterday, Andy
Johns, a young boy, was killed BY q LOG
rolling upon him. His father, who was
with him, stopped the team to open the
gate. The boy was sitting on the log,
when by some accident it began rolling
from the wagon, carrying him with it,
rolling over him and crushing him to
death.
Navigation on the Red river OF the
North is open, and the first boat for Fort
Gary will leave MOonnead on Saturday.
An immense amount Of freight of all
kinds is going forward from that point
for Manitoba, including very large pur-
chases OF produce, such as flour, grain,
dered by dealers in that exclusively ag-
ricultural region.
At Plymouth, Indiana, Monday night,
an alteration took place in the Dar-room
of the National Hotel, between party
of rowdies, in which the bar-keeper,
named Nose, was stabbed twice in the
head. The wounds will undoubtedly
prove fatal. Several shots were fired,
and a general panic prevailed TOR time.
The whole party was arrested.
The Pittsburg boilers having accepted
fifty cents less per ton than the old
wages, necessitated similar reduction
in Wheeling. The boilers there then de-
manded reduction from their helpers
OF one-third their old wages-two dollars.
They resisted and struck. The nail
feeders have been in the habit of receiy-
ing half OF what the mailer received on
each keg. They demanded three-ffths,
and struck. The topmill helpers and
feeders struck first, without notice to
the others, but last night all the mills
had a meeting, with the exception Of the
Labelle, and determined to 90 into the
strike.
The railroad meeting at Ironton yes
terday was very largely attended. Ben
jamin Eggleston, Of CINCINNATI was
made President, and j. z. Nichols, of
New Richmond, Secretary. Resolutions
were adopted that it was the sense of the
meeting that the railroad connecting
Huntington with Cincinnati should be
built on the north bank of the Ohio; that
committee be appointed to organize a
company for thaG purpose, and that
a committee be appointed Of citizens in
the counties along the line to solicit sub
scriptions. The Chair named commit
tees tor both purposes.
A Brooklyn paper says the rumors in
circulation that Mrs. TlltOn, unless
called to testify, will publish a sworn
statement denying the charge of adul-
terry, appear to be we'll founded. Ii is