The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-10
WHAT THE WIRES WHISPER.

Chlef Justice Waite 10 recreating at
his home in Toledo.
The Union Pacific Railroad Company
elects officers at Boston to-day.
Ii. Lafree was found dead In bis bed
at an Omaha hotel yesterday evening.
Pinohback has canvassed the Senate,
and claims that he will be admitted by
two or three votes. ~
Governor Brooks, OF Arkansas, and
Ex-Representatiye Poland had inter-
views with the President yesterday.
A.. +. Miller, Second Lieutenant of the
Twenty-third Infantry, died at Camp
Kearney few days ago Of gastric fever.
At Scranton, yesterday, two boys,
named Henry Welsh and John Owens,
were crushed to death in the machinery
of the Mt. Pleasant mine.
The New York Tribune yesterday sent
81, ,OO6 to the Kansas and Nebraska suffer
ers, making $l2, 100 sent from that office
In one dollar contributions.
The colored people of Toledo and vi
cinity have decided to celebrate the pas
sage Of the Civil Rights Bill ON Thurs
day, March 81.
The manufacturers and puddlers of
Plttsburg hold meeting to-day. 1t is
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difficulties will soon be reached.
Thurber & Holton, bankers at East
Saginaw, Mich, have suspended and
closed up. Liabilities about 30,0C0; ass
sets unknown, but probably very small.
Returns received at the Internal Reve.
nue. Bureau show that the manufacture
of whisky has not diminished any since
the passage of the law increasing the
tax.
Proceedings In bankruptcy against b.
Il. Allen came up in Chicago yesterday,
but we're continued. The claim was OF
the Cook County National Bank for $780,
0U0. -.
Four tenement houses in the eastern
part Of Logansport, Ind, were burned
last night. They were owned by Samuel
Castor. Loss about $4,0vO; insurance
unknown.
A colored man named Haines, of Eau.
quier county, Va, was killeds by his
mistress last Saturday. He had made a
murderous assault OH her, and she CON-
mitted the deed in selEdetense.
+ Ii. Stoneburner. at Roseyirle, Ohio, on
the Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley
road, yesterday morning, fell between
two cattle cars, and was crushed to
ueatn llstantlys
Further particulars of the murder of
young Fulton, of Toledo, recently mur-
dered in Hldalgo county, Texas, show
that the deed was done by party of six
Mexican robbers, who, after plundering
the store OF the victim, retired across
the border.
AT Logan, Ohio, there are two or three
new cases OF smallpox reported, but
none outside of families that have been
exposed. Patients are all doing well,
there being no deaths for ten days. The
disease has appeared in Nelsonville,
also. A-ss-aas-+5 1ES
The proceedings IN bankruptcy against
b. +. Allen came up tor hearing ia the
United States District Court of Keokuk,
Iowa, but OH application OF the defend.
ant was continued for one week. The
application was made to prove up the
claim .of the Cook County National
Bank, OF Chicago, amounting to over
$oOO, 900 against the estate OF Allen, bur
this was all continued.
At Mansfield, yesterday, Geo. Drack-
ert, i'm eniplOye of tie Auitman IL lay.
lor Manufacturing Company, was very
severely injured while placing thresh-
ing machine cylinder OH machine. The
cylinder, which weighs about 3U0 pounds,
leil on Dracker's head, the cylinder teeth
cutting five gashes in his head and face
His wounds are pronounced by the sur.
geon very severe, but not necessarily
fatal.
A meeting OF Toledo, Western and Wa.
bash Railroad stockholders is called fol
May 18TH, to consider measures OF 1inan-
cial relief for the company. The follow.
ing propositions are recommended: 1st
Increase OF the common capital stock
five million dollars; Or, I'd, increase ol
preferred capital stock; or, Sd, making a
cash assessment on the present capital
stock OF sum sufficient to liquidate the
floating debt and past due coupons OF
the company.
The funeral of Rev. James Conlan,
Honorary Wear General of the Catholic
Diocese of Cleveland, took place yester-
day from st. Johns Cathedral. The serv.
ices were long and very impressive
about seventy priests from this and other
dioceses taking part An eloquent trib
ute to the memory,of the deceased was
delivered by Rev. W. j. Gibbons. Near.
ly all the Catholic Societies OF the city,
followed by a long line OF carriages and
a great crowd of people ON foot, followed
the remains to the grave.