The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-01
WHAT THE WIRES WHISPER.

Everything is quiet in Todd county.
Ky.
Jonathan Sherman is the Republican
candidate for Mayor of Circleville.
Byron Amber has been appointed
Gauger In the seventeenth Ohio Dis
trict.
The Republicans of'Cleveland have
dominated Charles b., Pettingill fol
Mayor.
There are AZ, 900 school children in Ne
brdska, and the school property is valued
at VI, ,S73,926.
The La Platte Valley has just enjoyed
a six inch fall OF snow accompanied by
terrible gale.
The Sheriff has seized the Wilmington
and Reading railroad. The sale takes
place April 22d.
A fire last evening in Ticonderoga, N
T., destroyed nearly all the stores ano
several dwellings.
The Indiana editors arrived at Chat
tanC oga last evening, and are inspecting
Lookout Mountain to-day.
The Utah Northern railroad is to be
extended twenty-five miles northward
from Franklin, Idaho, at once.
A new trust deed of the Lick estate il
being drawn, differing from the first onl!
In increased bequests to relatives.
The river is now clear OF ice three
miles above Toledo, and all apprehen
sion of damage at that point is ended.
John Dewitt, of Port Clinton, was ar
rested at Toledo, yesterday, charged
with obtaining money under false pre-.
lenses.
Six small business houses in East st
Louis burned yesterday, involving loss
OF $4,000; insured for $4,000, but the
offices not reported.
Senator Alcorn and wife, after reach
Ing New Orleans yesterday, EN- route tC
join the Senatorial excursion party, de.
cided to abandon the trip.
The Adams Tobacco Manufacturing
Company, OF Montreal, have discharged
their hands, numbering five hundred, al
The market Is 0verstocked.
1t turns out that fully two-thirds of thu
party to Mexico declined, alleging tha
in the interest OF some unnamed scheme
The sureties on the bond of Rush r
Sloan, Of Sandusky, have settled the for
ieited bail matter by agreeing to pay
49,, 800 in five semi-annual installments
the first to be paid into Court this morn
ing.
A dispatch from Portland, Oregon, re-
ports the barkentine Archita, from Sa1
Francisco, in ballast, went ashore at the
mouth OF Columbia river Monday even
ing, and will be II total loss. The crew
were saved.
The trial of George Reynolds for po.
lygamy is in progress before Judge EN-
erson In the Third Utah District Court
This is the first indictment and trial un-
der the law OF 1852, and will probably he
made a test case.
Advices from Sonora report numerous
raids by the Apaches, supposed to bt
from Arizona. A fight occurred between
Indians and party OF forty Nationa
Guards. One of the latter was killed
Apache loss unknown.
The residence of man named Sedg.
way, near Genoa, Nevada, burned last
night. The owners body was found in
the ruins, and an inquest showed he was
probably murdered by the Indians and
the house burned to cover the crime.
The dlsaffected Republicans of Rhode
Island held a Convention at the Acade.
my OF Music, Providence, last evening
at which Roland A. Hazard was nomi.
mated for Governor, and Daniel e. Day
Tor Lieutenant Governor by acclama-
tion.
James Bartletts farmhouse, near Dun.
kirk, Indiana, was burned last evening
Bartlett and wife were in town when the
fire broke out, and returned just in time
to save their little children from the
flames. Loss about $4,000. No insurance
At Bucyrus, Ohio, a burglar in female
apparel entered the residence of George
Donnenwith, jr., Tuesday night, and
stole watch and chain, and a pocket.
book containing about $25, and was seen
escaping through window. Six other
houses were ransacked, but nothing was
taken.
Tuesday morning about daylight the
body OF Peter Dagger was found lying in
the canal three miles north of Fort
Wayne, Indiana. At that point large
quantity Of dirt had been thrown up, and
in driving along at night the obstruction
overturned the wagon and threw Dagger
into the canal, and he was unable to get
out, the vehicle being on top Of him.
The officers of the United States Secret
Service made raid into the counties OF
Scott, Wise, Russell, Buchanan, Smythe
and Montgomery, Virginia, and arrested
nine manufacturers of counterfeit money.
A large amount Of counterfeit coin, bills,
dies, plates, ETC., was captured. The
leader Of the gang, Joe Mullins, made a
desperate resistance, attempting to shoot
his captors. The prisoners were taken
to Abingdon and committed to Jail.
AS Chinaman was crossing San
Francisco street the other day, hungry
horse attached to junk-dealer's wagon
reached forward and seized his pig-tail
in its mouth. The Mongolian was
brought to the ground, and was rescued
only by the efforts of some persons who
were passing.
Says Washington correspondent:
"The latest social sensation is that
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