The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-26
LAST EDITION.
BY TELEGRIPH.


MONTREAL, CANADA, April 26.-Hon
J.. 5. Huntington, President of tho Privy
Council, has sued l.. A. Minerva for libel
WASHINGTON, April 26.-Intelligence
is received OF the robbing of the Post-of
flee at Carrego, Texas, by Mexican
marauders.
JERSEY CITY, April 26.-Judge John
Sturges died at his residence in New Bir
mingham to-day, aged seventy. He has
been Judge of the Hudson Courts for the
past ten years.
QUEBEC, April 26.--It is affirmed in
clerical circles that Archbishop Tasch.
cream is to be made a Cardinal. Mana.
ger Raccittai, the Pope's legate, will
visit Quebec before returning to Rome.
MONTREAL, ONT, April 26.-L. S. Hunt.
ington, President of the Privy Council,
has sued Lieut.. Minver for libel, in con.
nection with some remarks of. his in re.
lation to the British Mining Company.
WASHINGTON, April 26.-The Presi-
dent has appointed A. Harrington, OF
New York, Consul of the United States
at Valencia, and Andrew Z. Rankin, of
Vermont, Consul of the United States at
Messina.
BERLIN, April 26.-The tone of the
tory and peaceful, and gives evidence
that all apprehensions that may have
been excited by the recent war rumors
have passed away.
EAST SAGINAW, MICH, April 26.-The
lumbermen are looking blue oyer the log
prospects, in consequence of low water.
Nearly all the drives are suspended on
the Tiltabtwassi. Not. over thirty mill
ion feet of new logs have been received
to boom limits, and the water is lower
than ever'beiore.
ST. PAUL, MINI, April 26.-Naviga-
tion through Lake Pepin is opened ear
lier than was anticipated. The steam
boat James Wears has passed through
the lake, arriving at Prescott at 2:30
O'CLOCK Saturday. The Mississippi rive r
navigation is therefore now open from
ST. Anthony Falls to the Gulf Of Mexico.
f. MILWAUKEE, April 26.-Samuel Weiss,
saloon-keeper, was arrested yesterday,
charged with setting fire to his saloon.
The alarm was given half hOur alter
mid-nlght. The department arrived. The
stock had disappeared and coal oil ap-
peared to have been used to assist the
flames. The fire was put out with uneX-
pected prOmptneSS and these facts dis
covered.
DUBUQUE, IA, April 26.-Levi Stiend,
the delaulting merchant at Independ-
ence. Buchanan county, Iowa, who fled
to Kansas with intent to defraud mis-
creditors and was there arrested, brought
to Dubuque, and lodged in Jail, has at
last compromised at the rate of forty
gents on the dollar, and pays all costs.
The amount OF his Indebtedness is about
$25, 900, held principally by Dubuque and
Chicago parties.
OTTAWA, ONT, April s8.-Gen. O'Gra.
dy Haley is expected in u lew days from
Halifax. Lord Dufferen will be absent in
England until September, and a procla-
malion is published granting amnesty 10
all persons implicated in the Northwest
ern trouble excepting Reil, Lepine and
ODonohue. Rel and Lepine are so
pardoned on condition OF live years ab-
sence from the country.
DAVENPORT, Iowa, April 26.-As the
time draws nigh for the assembling OF
the regular Protestant Episcopal Dio-
cesan Convention, considerable interest
is manifested as to who shall be Bishop.
The general opinion is that some West
ern man will be selected without looking
again to the East. DR.. w. Ii. Barris,
one of the professors Of the GrisWald
college and Chairman Of the Standing
Committee, is mentioned rs among the
leading candidates.
TERRE HAUTE, IND, April 26.-The
striking miners in the Clay county coal
district are again becoming turbulent.
a band of them, 10 the number of 200, or
more, are roaming about the country
lntimidating non-union men who are at
work, and have been successful in
stopping all miners but two. Shooting
aft ays are frequent, and notices warn.
nj n
working are common, and are posted all
over the district.
4, BRIDGEPORT, CONN, April 26.-WiIliam
Boyce, aged thirty, was caught last
evening IN the act of setting fire to the
building OF the Nangatuck Ice Company,
ON Middle streetin this city. When ar.
restep he Gained that he was trying to
put out the fire, but on seacbing him
material Tor kindiing the fire were
found III his pocket. lie is supposed to
be the incenuiary who had caused
several fires here during tie last few
months and for whom live hundred dol
lars reward is offered.
SIOUX CITY, April 2G-The river cou-
tinned to rise here until yesterday p NJ,
and is now more than twelve feet above
low-watcr mark and at a stand. The
town of Gaysville, OH the Dakota South
ern railroad, is overHowed, causing con-
siderable damage to property. Most of
the cotton between there and Vermilion
anu considerable distance this side,
are submerged. Crops in that vicinity
are greatly damaged by the overflow, but
to what extent Can not be definitely de-
termlned. 1t will be impossible for the
Dakota Southern to set trains through |
before Tuesday or Wednesday. The |
railroad bridge over the Big Sioux which |
was carried away by the recent flood in |
tIat river, will he replaced Tue day.
The road-bed in the vicinity of Vermi- |
ion is reported to-day not so badly |
washed as at first supposed. |
French families arrived mere last night
from Hartford, CT. They intend to set
tie i'll Southern Dakota. There have
been 200 homestead entries received at |
the u. 5. Land Office, during the past
year-There arc now 800 tons of Govern
ment ireight here waiting transportation
up the river.
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