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The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-25
indicted on coal barges and fleets, which

inflicted on coal barges and fleets, which
| was comparatively very slight.
AS the ice fioated down the stream the
Robert PEBBLES, which was lying at the
foot of Fifth street, set up shrill whis.
tie of alarm, which was taken up by the
Covington ferry-boat, at the foot of Cen.
tral avenue, the Ludlow ferry-boat, at
the foot of Fifth street, and the tow-boat,
| Kate Waters, lying at the Fifth street
landing. The first thing struck by the
| ice Was four of Joseph Walton & Co.'s
coal barges lying at Marmets landing,
which it carried away in company with
| one from stones and one from Henge-
holds landing.
1t then tloated down to the foot of Fifth
street, whele it disabled one of Coch-
mowers barges and one of Sheridans
barges, lying at CochnoWers landing.
All of these barges, however, found a
safe harbor in the bend at Millcreek,
and the only serious loss was that sus-
tanned by Mr.. Daggett, who had ten
barges and three flats lying at the mouth
of Alillcreek. When the ice began to
flow out of that stream the cords were
snapped in two like thread, and the fleet
flowed down. One of the barges sunk at
once and another at Porter, and two
were recovered at Riverside. The 9TH
ers, however, floated away. There were
five men on board and about 30, 900 BUSH
els of coal.
At II O'Clock to-day no news had been
received of the ice gorge that left the city
yesterday, carrying the greater part Of
Daggetps fleet along with it.
The river below the Newport bridge,
in front Of the city, is now free. Between
that bridge and the Front street pump
ing-house the river is considerably
gorged by ice which has floated down
from the mouth of the Little Miami and
collected there.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-25

on questions of interest to us. W.
here know but little that is being done
by the Order and 1t is not strange thai
some of those who enlisted in its ranks tt
secure the mighty dollar are growing cold
We in this locality are on the borders oil
| the Order. Many perplexing questions
| arise. IL is difficult to tell why we only
get 30 cts. tor our wheat, while the man
who eats it pay $1.50 per bushel. Until
this year we have sold 0nr corn for 10 to
20 cts. per bushel, while the consumer
pays from 90 to go cts. for the same.
In what We buy we are subject to the
same eXorbitant prices, for mowers,
reapers, plows and sewing machines,
we are paying from 80 to 200 per cent.
above actual cost, let us ask ourselves
whether this great differance is a neces-
sity, or the result of circumstances over
which we have no control, millions of
dollars have been saved to the members,
and it is only in its infancy, yet its pow
er is felt all over the land, from the n a.
tional Capitol down to the humble home
steader, on our western praries, causing
those entrusted with the power of our
nation to pause and reflect, to economic
in their disbursements. Corrupt politi-
tlclans tremble in their boots with their
lllgotten gain and say our time has come.
fits ofa cash trade, but that its effects
have been telt no one can question, and
already the giant hand of monopoly which
has grasped our throats 80 tightly is
loosening it's hold.
And il we stand together united, we
shall succeed asserting our rights as
husbandmen among our fellowmen and
be free and independent. Let us not
forget that those who can not join our
Order have claims upon us, and not de-
mand too much or be too eXacting, but
ever remember that they have the same
right to think and act as we have. Many
outside our gates believe that we are
making war against other classes, but
such is not the case, as the declaration
Of principles the National Grange sets
forth, we only ask the same protection
that other interests have vouchsafed to
them by our laws, and that as cultivators
OF the soil, we may not be looked upon as
slaves to those who would be our rulers.
The farmers of the country are on trial:
by our acts let us prove to the world
that we have business. ability and capac-
lty, equal to the occasion. Let us act
with patience in our investigations, wis
dom and irmness in execution, and JUS
tice in all things.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-25
The Ice GOr0e,

About 2:20 p. NJ. yesterday the ice
gorge in front OF the city gave way
During the day the ice between Walnut
and Sycamore streets was covered with
men and boys skating. When the break
commenced general alarm was given
by the different steamboats, and the Holly
Water-works OF Covington, which blew
their whistles to warn the adventurous
parties ON the ice that it was time to
take to dry land.
The warning was not needed until the
danger had become so great that several
persons barely managed to reach the
shore in time to save their lives, and
all the damage caused by the break was
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-25
Scrgice of Soma.

The matinee of the Jubilee Singers al
Pixies Opera-house was q complete sue
cess.
The audience was much larger than is
customary at matinees, and it was evi.
| dent that the enjoyment was intense.
Their music is of the same style as that
OF the Tennesseeans, but their voices
| are better trained, from longer practice,
probably, Band itheir rendering OF the
quaint slave-cabin songs is exquisite.
The trio, "Chi Restless Sea" was ad-
mirably sung; the lady has sweet, yet
strong voice, which is under perfect con-
troll. The audience gave raptuous en-
core and q 'stanza was repeated. The
medley was complete hit and well exc
cuted.
"pn go into heaven, and walk all about;
No one there for to turn me out'
was sung with the full meaning that 1t
had in the old slave days when colored
people were turned out of most places
on earth; no wonder their idea of heaven
was a place In which TO be free!
An observer who might have looked
over that audience, last Saturday, how
ever, must admit that the Fifteenth
Amendment was pretty well in force
there. All the bon ton of the colored
people were present, and they sat indis-
CllllludIely alHoHS tue poH Ion Wultes.
So large ratio of cOlored people is most
unusual at Cincinnati entertainment,
very few OF them attending the concerts
of the Tennesseeans even. 1t is to be
that the Jubilee singers could
not tarry longer among us. With their
adieuX they have left this warning;
''Tnat old fellow, Satan,
Is q snake in the grass,
II you don't look out
He'll ketch you at last"
We congratulate the cities that are yet
to listen to their service of song.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-25
The Mystery Deepens- Was 1t Murder?

On Saturday The STAR published the
particulars of the finding Of the remains
of an unknown man on the @. Fl. & ID.
| Railroad near Cumminsville. On Sun
day morning the Coroner was visited by
Mrs. Grippe, residing at ia Belts street,
saying that her husband left home on
Friday with man named Louis
Schwenker, who lived at 46l Elm street,
to 60 to Mt. Pleasant, where
Schwenker had house for sale, and
| that she had not since seen or heard
from him. She stated that her husband
and Schwenker had had some dealings a
year or more ago, which had given rise
to some little trouble, but nothing es-
pecially startling. After making this
statement she, accompanied by the Coro-
ner, visited the undertaker's, where the
remains were, and by the clothing and
papers found, succeeded in identifying
the body as being that Of her husband,
Hermann Grippe.
The Coroner then started for the house
OF Schwenker, and arriving there was
told by his wife that he returned home
late Friday night with blood on his
clothes; and on Saturday morning he
changed his clothes, and taking his boy,
aged II, with him left, and had not since
been seen or heard from.
While Coroner Maley was talking with
the women, the husband came in, and
after few words the Coroner, after get
ting possession Of the bloody clothing,
bowed himself out, and Fastening to the
nearest police station, gave orders for
the arrest OF Schwenker, which was
done.
He did not appear particularly sur
prised at his arrest, but says the blood
on his clothing came from Grippe's nose;
that he (Grippe) gotsdrunk. and. falling
down, bruised his nose and face, and
ward two officers took him in charge, but
that he subsequently gave them the slip
and that he did not see him atterward.
The story of Grippe's being drunk is
hardly probable, as it appeared that both
Of them, when they started on Friday,
had but seventy-fve cents, and thirty
five was found in Grippe's pockets.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-25
The Meeting and Report of the Board oj
Wdter- -tUOTkS TrMStees.

The Meeting and Report of the Board oj
| Water-, -,Uorks Trustees.
The Board of Water-works Trustees
held special meeting yesterday for the
purpose OF acting upon the annual re.
ports to Council, and making their own
annual statements. Mayor Johnston oc-
cupied the chair and all the members
were present. The engineers report
giving an account of the working and
management OF everything underShis
control was read and adopted. The re-
| port of Mr.. Boekh on the condition OF
| the Eden Reservoir was also adopted,
as were also the Secretary's report. The
| following is the substance of the Trust
ee's report, which was ADOPTED:
1t states that the year 1874 was an
eventful one in the history of the City
Water-works, as it had witnessed the
completion, in part, OF a Work-the Eden
Reservoir-which would hereafter sup
ply the city with water three days from
the time any dangerous and sudden con-
tingency should occur; and when wholly
completed, would furnish water enough
to last six days in the same emergency;
and at the same time be one of the finest
works in the United States. Owing to
the want OF funds, it states, the new ter
ritory added to the corporation is not
supplied with as much water as needed.
The new engines built recently at the
Water-woIks on Front street, were re-
ported in a splendid working condition.
The water rates charged were also main
tanned as not being excessive in compari-
son to other cities, and further reduc-
ton, it was stated, would be made after
some time. Had the new Reservoir been
five hundred feet further north it would,
says the report, have saved the city sew
eral thousands of dollars, but as the con-
sors the present Board was not respon-
sible.
The administrative part of the opera
t1ons of the Board were submitted in the
reports of the Engineer, Superintendent
and Secretary, and therefore needed no
further explanation. Adjourned.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-25
JEFFERSON
Fire Insurance Co.'s
STATEMENT.
STATE OF OHIO, INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.,
COLUMBUS, January 10, 1875.

WHEREAS, The JEFFERSON FIRE INSUR.
ANCE COMPANY, located at Steubenville, il
the State of Ohio, has filed in this Office sworr
statement by the proper officers thereof, show.
ing its condition and business, and has COM
rplied in all respects with the laws of this State
relating to Fire Insurance Companies:
Now, therefore, in pursuance Of law, /, VIM
F. Church, Superintendent of Insurance in the
State Of Ohio, do hereby certify that said Com
pany is authorized to transact its appropriate
business of Fire Insurance in this State, in ac-
cordance with law, during the current year
The condition and business of said Company at
the date Of such statement (Dec. 81, 1S74,) is
shown as follows:
Amount of actual paid-up Capital. 100000 0J
Aggregate amount Of available As
sets. sets.,.............................. 16O,s59 7s
Aggregate amount of Liabilities lex
cept capitaD including $29, 05 for
Reinsurance, being fifty per cent. Of
premiums on risks not Terminated Sails q
Amount of Income for the preceding
year in cash. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 4s,71o SO
Amount OF Income for premiums on
risks written during the year, NOT
paid in cash. ..........:...:....... 3,511 80
Amount Of Expenditures for the pre-
cedng year in cash ............... 29,239 81
In witness whereof, have hereunto subscribed
my name, and caused the Seal of my office
to be affixed, the day and year above writ
ten.
[sEAL.l VIM. F. CHURCH, sup't.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-25

WOODS THEATER.-Thisw will be gala
week at this fayorite place of amuse.
ment. Lotta-charming, winsome Lolita
will be here to gladden. the hearts Of
our play-goers, young and old, with her
Inimitable impersonations Standing as
sf1e does at the summit of renown and
popularity, words of praise for her
would almost seem superfflons. Her
first appearance, this evening, will be as
pLittle Nello and the "Marchioness."
Her new play, "Musette," is In prepara-
ton and will be shortly produced,
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-25
Fire and Marine Insurance Companies.l
Certificate Of Compliance for Publication.
To be published at least once year in every
County where there is an Agent.

STATE OF OHIO, INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.
COLUMBUS, January 21st, 1888.
WHEREAS, The MIAMI VALLEY IN
w SURANCE COMPANY, located at Gin
cinnati, in the State of Ohio, has filed in this
Office a sworn statement, by the proper ofii-
GERS thereof, showing its condition and bust
ness, and has complied IN all respects with the
laws of this State relating to Fire Insurance
Companies
Now, therefore, in pursuance of law, /, Will
liam Il. Church, Superintendent Of Insurance of
the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that said
Comrany is authorized to transact it's appropri-
ate business of Fire Insurance in this State in
accordance with law, during the current year.
The condition and business Of said Company at
the date Of such statement December 3ist,,
1074,) is shown as follows:
Amount of actual paid up capital. :. 500, 600 90
Aggregate amount of available assets 1892 "a
Aggregate amount of liabilities lex
cept capitaD including $32,083 "a
for reinsurance, being fifty per
cent. OF premiums on risks not ter
minated d.......................... 40,600 81
Amount of income for the preceding
year in cash ash,......:................. 1852 50
risks written during the year not
paid in cash. ...........$ .$S,996 43
Amount of expenditures for the pre-
ceding year in cash. ................. E,351 OF
In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed
my name, and caused the seal of my office
to be affixed, the day and year above writ
ten.
lsEAL.l WIN. F. CHURCH,
Ja23-2t superintendent.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-25

A YOUNG woman giving her name as
Kate Miller, and claiming to be from In.
dianapolls, deserted child about four
weeks old at the Cali House yesterday,
and has not been since heard from.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-25

NOTICE.-In the matter of the assignment
IN OF Henry Waffenschmidt-No Is here
by given that the undersigned has this day
filed in the Probate Court Of Hamilton County,
Ohio, his certain petition, praying therein for
for the benefito such creditors ofsaid assignor,
as will sue for and recover the same, certain
claims therein mentioned, belonging to said
assgnor at the time he made said assignment,
and which have become desperate; and that
said petition will be for hearing on the 18th
day Of February, A. ID. 1875. OTTO FULS,
Assignee of Henry Waffensehmidt.
JACOB DIEHL, Jr, Attorney.
CINCINNATI, January 18Th, 1875. ia1s-4t. M
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-25

NOTICE is hereby given that on WEDNEs-
IN DAY, December 2Sd, 1874, the Trustees of
the Northern German Lutheran Church of Gin
cinnati flied petition tease No. 45 ,22e) in the
Court Of Common Pleas Of Hamilton County,
Ohio, tho object and prayer of said petition
being that the name Of said corporation he
changed 70 the 'Third. German Protestant
Church Of Cincinnati.
CHRIS. Won sEGGERN,, 81
1a2c-ttM Attorney for PETITIONERS
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-25

SUMNER-At the Allyn House, Hartford,
CT, Jan. "a, Of scarlet fever, Annie Summer,
aged years. ja25-3t+
POLLARD-At the residence of her son,
VIM. Humphry, Paris Crossing, Ind, Tuesday,
January 10Th, Of heart disease, Mrs. Charlotta
Pollard, of Dayton, KY, agea 80 years. 1J*
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-25
Dividend in Assignment,

TIME Creditors Of j. d. Nellie are hereby no.
i tilted that final dividend of said estate
has been made, and they will please call on the
undersigned ana receive the same.
A. j. JESSUP, Assignee.
N. w. corner Main and Court SITS.
January II. 1915. ia11 RIM
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-25
Administration.

NOTICE is hereby given that the UNDER
IN signed has been appointed and qualified
administrator of the estate OF Maria Sauerbeck,
late Of Hamilton county, Ohio, deceased.
GEORGE SAUERBECK
G. LINDEMANN, Attorney.
CINCINNATI, Jan. II, 1875. jal1 Sim
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-25
FOR RENT

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These rooms present the very
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The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-25
LARGEST CIRCULATION In THE CITY.

WEATHER PREDICTxONS.
CINCINNATI, Monday, Jan. 25-Noon.
Clear or fair for the next "a hours.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-25
DIED.

MUTH's Boston Brown Bread can be
had at all groceries. -oI
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-10-10
OHIO ELECTION.

The day after o-morrow-Tuss-
day, Oct. 12-the state election will
occur in Ohio. The campaign has
been waged with great vigor and
bitterness from its Inauguration, and
the full oratorial strength OF both
parties put upon the stump. Ismay
be that there is no doubt Of Repub-
lican triumph but, as it looks to us,
with the various State and local
issues that have been forced into the
campaign, we are not prepared 10
propbecya complete victory for the
friends Of the Administration, and
if the contest throughout is not one
Of the closest that has ever occurred
in the Buckeye State, the appearance
of things at this distance is very de-
ceptive. We shall await the official
rsturns with much interest, and, il
they give the State to the Republic
cans, shall mentally say it was a
narrow escape from defeat, while we
shall ,crite you that "we knew all
the time that the Democracy had
not the shade of a shadow of show
to win. Seriously the victory for the
Democracy in Ohio on next Tues
day, if not "a calamity to the coun-
try" will be q calamity to the
Republican Party, and will do much
toward building up public senti-
ment in favor of a Democratic Ad-
ministration IN 1876. While we be-
lieve that change in the now stable
and economical administration OF
National affairs, would work an injury
to the whole people and would be
unwise, we cannot say that DEM
ocratic Administration elected next
year would plunge the country into
ruin and civil war, as some over
jealous politicians unhesitatingly
aver. We don't believe in calamities
to the country as a general thing,
and are fain tc believe that if all the
political parties now having an ex
istence in the country should col
lapse and vanish, that the country
would manage to get along tolerably
we'll without their guidance. We
hope Ohio will go straight ont Repub-
lican, but there is no loose coin in
this sanctum to put up on the pro-
position. Wait for the returns.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-10-10

The San Francisco Ledger, pub
fishes q four column graphically
gotten up account OF the suicide aud
homicide of
ANGEL X. POTTER,
formerly prominent lumber dealer
of Gold Hill, who shot his divorced
wife and then himself at their rooms
i'm the Nucleus House, in the former
city, on Thursday morning last. 1t
appears from the Ledger account
that Mrs. Potter has had an eventful
life. 1t says she was born in Marys-
vile, and that her mother kept q
house of ill-fame in Sacramento
when Mrs. p. was but IL years of
age. AS a girl she married
p. H. BACKMAN,
A barkeeper in Grass Valley, from
whom she separated after seven
years of wretched life as the wife of
a dissipated husband and the mother
of helpless child, and went to San
Francisco. In that moral city, it
appears she was in the habit Of
champagne supporting and having a
good time with loose acquaintances,
and woke up one morning to realizo
that she had been
DRUGGED
And was an inmate Of bagnio on
Dupont street. This is said to have
been the epoch which marked her
departure from the path of virtue,
and from this she identified herself
completely with the soiled doves OF
the bacchanalian city at the Bay.
She adopted the name of
MINNIE MERCEDES,
And became the kept mistress Of a
pawnbroker named
HENRY MEYERS.
A year of this, and we again identi-
fly her as the owner of magnificent
temple dedicated to Righteousness
on the corner of Pine and Quincy
Place. 1t was there and under those
circumstances that the too suscept-
ible Potter formed his acquaintance
and complete infatuation for the
charming file de joltie, a circum-
stance which was followed by their
marriage and removal to Gold Hill.
Her course at that place may be
passed over, as loose and extrava-
giant TO fatal degree if current re-
ports are to be believed. firing Of
Gold Hill and satiated with its many
pleasures, the unhappy twain went
to Frisco, where they, or rather she,
engaged in keeping lodging houses.
These, with her continued extrava-
gance in dress and gew-gaws, were
not sufficient to "keep" her long.
Bad temper and divorce from Pot
ter speedily followed.
LEGALLY SEPARATED,
By the: cleaver of judicial proceed
ings, still their hearts refused to be
comforted, or the blind infatuation
Of Mr.. Potter to open its eyes to the
prospects promised by future man.
hood, and in q few months they
were again living together without
the sanction of the law. During all.
this time the woman was recklessly
extravagant, scattering Potter's mon
sy, as it were, to the winds her Of
caprice, and telling him that he would
be discarded when his wealth was
gone. The Bank panic came on,
and poor Potter was
| BROKEN AT LAST
And could no longer furnish her
money. She now fell back upon
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-10-10
Notice Of Assessment.


n OssUTH MINING COMPANY.-Loca.
IN ton OF Principal Place of Business,
San Francisco, California. Location OF
Works, DEVILS Gate District, Lyon County,
Nevads. Notice IL hereby given, that at
meeting of the Board of Directors. held Oh
the 4th day Of October, 1873. an Assessment
mo. 81 Of Seventy i've cents per share. was
levied upon the capital stock Of the Corpora
ton, payable Immediately In United States
gold coin, ~ the Secretary, at the office OF
the Company. Hayward's building 40 Call
fornis street, Room No. .. San Francisco,
California. Any stock upon which this
assessment shall remain unpaid on the ninth
day Of November, 1915. will BE- delinquent.
and advertised for sale 1t public auction;
and unless payment Ii made before. vii be
sold ON TUESDAY, the Thirtieth day Of No
vember. 1873. TO pay the delinquent assess.
msnt, together with costs OF advertising and
expenses Of sale.
EDWARD Y. STONE. Secretary.
Ofhce--Hsywsrd's Building. Alp CsiiosMs
strsst. Room No. y. San FSanetssos cAL