The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-04
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and very severe.
A Memphis theater manager will test
the Civil Rights bill.
The Diocese OF Wisconsin votes to con-
firm Bishops DeKoven and Jaggar.
The lower part OF Chattanooga is still
oyerflowed, but the river has fallen four
feet.
Efforts are now being made to supply
the grasshopper sufferers with seeds for
the coming season.
Bismarck gave a dinner Tuesday to
the officers and members Of the House
of Lords and Chamber of Deputies.
The first through train on the Cairo &
Sc. Louis Narrow Gauge Railroad az
rived at Cairo from ST. Louis yesterday
afternoon.
The horribly mutilated body found in
O grave at Orryille proves to be that OF q
Miss Summony, but no particulars Of her
murder can be ascertained.
Tine Comptroller of Currency has
called upon National Banks for report
OF their condition ut the close of busi-
ness, Monday, the 1st OF March.
The action of the Wisconsin Legisla-
ture in postponing final adjournment till
Saturday Is regarded as favorable to II
further modification OF the Potter Law.
The Democrats Of the First Congress
sional District of Connecticut have non-
mated George w. Landers for Congress.
stephen W. Kellogg is tho Radical hom-
iuee.
On Friday afternoon the smoke-house,
wood-aOuse and other Out-bulldings OF
Robert Reynolds, three and u half miles
east of Urbana, were destroyed by lire.
Loss l,5v0.
At the annual election of officers of the
UrUana Library Association, the follow
ing were elected: President, }. IL. T.
Stone; Vice President, G. A. Weaver;
Secretary, w. A. Ross; Treasurer, y. L.
Lewis; Librarian, Il. Ii. Boal.
Merchants of Louisville have sent a
complimentary letter 10 Poland Tor his
course on the Arkansas question. A
| large quantity of goods is said to have
| been waiting shipment from that city on
condition that Congress did not inter
tere with the Arkansas State Govern.
ment.
General Greenbaum, on behalf of the
creditors Of the Cairo u Vincennes Rail
road, attached the passenger train ell
route from Vincennes yesterday. The
Receivers will replevy at once, anC
| LueI6 Will pAOOdUlJ w AO AuAkAOA AhtSA
ruptlOn TO travel.
| A General Conference of the repre-
sentatives of the American Railn ay
Literary Union is In session in Pitts
burg. New York, Philadelphia, Boston
Baltimore, Chicago aud 81. Louis art
represented. Plans are being perfected
tor more united, extended and aggres.
sive work i'll the future in driving of
pernicious and corrupting literature
from all lines of travel.
The Louisville Public Library will
| commence paying 0tf prizes drawn to-
| day, SPECIAL lund OF $95, 900 having beer
SET apart in The Farmers and Drovers
! Bank for that purpose The Presiden
and Managers of the Library also an
nounce that full list Of the approximate
| tickets entitled to prizes VIII be pub
| lished in a few days. Holders of tickets
| will protect themselves by refusing Il
| sell any of their tickets at a discount tt
| sharpers, as the Library will pay in full
every ticket and approximate entitlel
to prize.
The greatest excitement prevails a
| Orleans, O village on the Louisville, New
Albany and Chicago Railway, the occa
sion being the assassination Of Thoma
Moody. The loud report of a gun, fol
lowed by the cry of murder, startled th
people, who, rushing to the residence o
Moody, found that he had been sho
down at his own door. An examination
proved that he was literally ridaled wit
,, buckshot. Moody fingered until moo
yesterday. without giving any clue to hi
assassin.
A private telegram at Grand Rapid
from Washington, states that the cast
of the State of Michigan against the rail
road companies, and i'll the land gran
taxation case, the supreme Court. CAV
q decision in favor OF the State. Th
decls ION settles the question for the land
of the Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw
Rapids and Indiana Railroads. BY
the Grand Rapids and Indiana alon
will be compelled to pay $l75,OOo take
for 1873 and 1874.
The annual election of Directors of tn
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati an
indianapolis Railroad Company too
place in Cleveland yesterday. Two
thirds Of the stock was represented. III
elected: j. II. Devereux, II. B. Hurlbul
r.. Z. Handy, l.. NJ. Hubby, s. Burke
Jas. Barnett, Amos Townsend and Still
man Writ, of Cleveland; Ii. j. Jewett
Herman r. Baltzer, +. 8. Leland, Ne,
York; B. s. Brown, Columbus; Il. M
Shoemaker, Cincinnati.
! George H. Morgan, Secretary Of tn,
st. Louis Merchants Exchange, ful
nishes the following statement of re
ceipts and shipments Of hogs and ho
product for the season from November
1874. to March !, 1916: Receipls-Hog
547,376 head; last season, 574,365 head
i lard, 2,824,545 lbs,; last season, 2,925, ,5l
/ lbs; bacon and meat, II. 156, 724 lbs; las
, 800 lbs.; last season, 1851, 900 lbs. Shil
, ments-Hogs, s5,13o head; last season
107,24l head; lard, 11,338, 785 lbs; lat
, season, 13,O29, ,26O lbs; bacon and mea
/ 42,311, ,567 lbs; last season, Al, 751 $50 lbs
: barrel pork, 6,531, 1,6OO lbs.i last seasol
, 6,s17, 200 lbs.