The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-14

WHAT THE 4. .1isES WHISPLR.
Mr.. VUgleslong's cottage,i at Canton,
Ohio, burned last nj ght.
Specie shipment yesterday $613,025, of
which $3.50, 900 was 'gold coin.
| The specie in the Bark Of France de.
creased 10, 3,770000 francs the past week.
The international Sunday-schoo Con-
vention continued its session yesterda y
in Baltimore. !.
| There is arunlor in the East that the
Erie Railroad Company will default on
its July interest.
| There id no perceptible change in the
condition Of John 9. .Breckinridge, and
his death is h0urly expected!
| The New York Assembly has passed
"a resolution asking the Government to
recognize the belligerent rights OF Cuba.
i Bids for gold in New York yesterday
amounted to "a, 1856, 900, and ranged from
t116.01to 1866, One million was awarded
at'116.57 to 1863
I The rule against the parties engaged
In the removal sdf the Capital Of West
Virginia from Charleston to Wheeling
has been dismissed.
| The'receipts Of the American Bible So
ciety during the year were 5T7,569,. and
the expend lures 1888, TIA; copies OF the
Bible issued, 926,90o.
Judge Blatchford, in the United States
Circuit Court Of New York, has ordered
the sale at, auction of all property of the
Northern Pacific Railroad.
/ The Fort Wayne Gazette was pur-
chased yesterday by Williams & Hassler,
of the Northern Indianan, Of Warsaw,
Indiana, who will take possession July
1st.
/ The Purchasing Agents. Convention,
which has been IN. session at St. Louis,
yesterday elected officers, and adjourned
to meet at the Grand Hotel, in Oincin.
matt, May 17th, 1875.
the Texas Veterans ! the Mexican war.
| entreated them to be as loyal now to the
stars and stripes as they had been zeal
GUS and brave In defense of their frs t
I flag.
| The brainy gentlemen who are recre.
ating themselves at Detroit by regulating
and recOnstructing all things terrestrial,
yesterday continued their discussions at
interminable length and corresponding
thickness.
Mrs. Josephine Ehrly obtained judg-
ment OF two hundred dollars in thei Conn
mon Pleas Court, against Herman
Shultz, a whisky dealer, in Cambridge,
Ohio, for selling her husband intoxicai
ting liquors.
Thei National Encamprnent Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic, in session
| at Chicago, yesterday elected Goyernop
Hartranft Commander-in-C Chief. A .gor-
geous and imposing street parade was
also indulgedin.
M. j. Mathews, travelling agent for q
Detroit paper company, was robbed of
two hundred and sixty dollars, while
asleep at the National Hotel, Red City,
Michigan. The burglars gained an en-
trance by turning the Key in the lock
with a pair of nipPers.
A. b. Debord, formerly an old resident
| Of Vincennes, Ind, but who had renewed
to Missouri, was brought home last week
dead. Since burial rumors have spread
that he was poisoned. Coroner Reiter
had the body exhumed and sent the
stomach to Louisville for analysis.
At the meeting Of the stockholders of
the Indianapolis and Vincennes rail
road, held in Indianapolis, the following
Directors were chosen: Thos. A. Scott,
g. b. Roberts, II. II. Houston, Philadel-
phia; d. s. Gray, Columbus; j. N. Nc
Cullough, Il. y. Messler, William r. Low,
Pittsbarg. :.
John Kirkpatrick, editor of the Cam
bridge, o., JeffersOnian, will be present
ed to the Democratic State Convention
for Lieutenant Governor. The Republi-
cans OF this section of the State will
present Thomas M. John son, Ex-Treas-
urer of Guernsey county, now Cashier OF
the Quaker City National Bank, for State
Treasurer.
A desperate fight occurred near Frank
HYn al nx,nl 10 VI 4
Side, last night, little after ten O'Clock.
between three policemen and a gang OF
six burglars, In which policeman Keck
was shot and fatally wounded. His
companions were roughly handled, but
not seriously hurt. The thieves mad
their escape, but three Of them were
subsequently arrested.
A Honolulu paper says that in Janu-
arY last s. Q. Spalding, from San Fran
cisco, made a proposition to the sugar
planters to contract with refnefs for the
entire crop 0f the coming year at fixed
price. The contract proposition re-
manned open for discussion until Mon
day last, when, at e meeting of planters
and others interested, OH q vote the
proposition was disapproyed. :.
The National Temperance Convention,
In session ar Pittsbirg for the last two
days, organized d National Temperance
Alliance, and resolved TO make prohibit.
tion political issue, pledging their sup
port only to candidates who are known
as supporters OF prohibition prin ciples.s :
After adopting a long series OF resolu-
tiOns, the Convention adjourned.
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Cabinet Rtttrors.
WASHINGTON, May 14,-The President
stated yesterday positively that Secre-