The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-18
FLASHES.

The Knights OF Pythtas ex cursion left
Omaha for Philadelphia vest erday.
Speaker Kerr is still sinking, with
little hope of even temporary rally.
The boiler OF q Japanese steamer burst
in the Inland Sea July "a. Twenty
lives were lost.
Three prisoners confined in the County
Jail at Warsaw, Ind, sawed the bars Of
their cell and escaped.
There Is in Japan u continued demand
for silk at extraordinary prices, owing
to reported failure Of European sup
plies.
The Japanese merchants are shipping
large quantities OF rice to the north of
China in consequence Of the famine
there.
The Kirby House and number of other
buildings at Dry Canon, Utab, burned
yesterday. Fire, work OF ineendiary.
Loss, $S5, 900.
j. S. Whitten, glove merchant, and
daughter, Of Burlington, VT, were
drowned ON Wednesday in Lake Cham
plain, while bathing.
The body of Miss Barnes, who sui
cided Plattsmouth, Neb., last Sunday,
'waR found floating in the river twelve
miles below there yesterday.
The indianapolis Pict ure Frame Fac
tory was damaged by fire yesterday to
the extent of $1,000. Spontaneous COM
bustion the supposed cause.
The opposition line OF the Peninsular
and Oriental Company between Yoko-
hama and Shanghai lie Withdrawn, the
Japanese competition proving too pow
erGul.
The Democrats of Little Rock Ark.
District have nominated Hon. Samuel
w. Williams to succeed, as State Sen a.
tor, Colonel James NJ. Loughborough,
deceased.
Some four or five hundred excursion
lists from Arkansas and Texas, repre-
senting nearly all branches of trade ami
the prolessiCn', arrived in st. Louis ON
Wednesday.
Henry Smith, convict in the Colum-
bus Penitentiary from Lawrence Couu-
ty, plunged his hand into a ladle of
molten metal and nearly burned it of
to avoid work.
The Jailer of Saline County, Mo-, Jail,
was assaulted with heavy key by
Charles Bradbury, an inmate. The
Jailer shot Bradbury twice fatally
wounding him.
Sergeant Gunther, of the Third Cav
airy, shot and mortally wounded Private
Paul Lank, Of the Fwenty-third H.
fantry, at Sidney Barracks, Nebraska,
yesterday morning.
The Republican State ticket of Kansas
is as follows: Lieutenant Governor, N.
J. Salter; Secretary OF State, I. Fl.
Cavanaugh; Auditor, r. j. Bonebrake;
Treasurer, John Francis; Attorney Gen.
eral, Willard Davis; State Superin-
tendent. q. IL. Lemon; Associate JUS
tice, A. j. Brewer.
3. 6. Cochran, a resident of Berea,
was found by the Cleveland police We'd
nesday afternoon In an intoxicated con-
dition and conveyed to the police sta
ton. Cochran was discovered dead at
an early hour yesterday morning. A
post-mortem examination indicated that
his death resulted from liquor.
A freight collided with an Eastern
bound passenger train on the Nashville
& Chattanooga Road, near Raccoon
Mountain, at 1 P. NJ. yesterday. John
Haynes, baggage-master, had one, leg
broken and the other crushed. J. H.
Randall, express messenger, was Sc
verely hurt about the head. A boy who
was stealing ride in front OF the bag.
gage car received internal injuries that
are thought to be fatal. The baggage
car and both locomotives were badly
damaged.
Mrs. Brown, aged eighteen, and lately
married, entered the grocery of Smith
Brothers, Mansfield, Ohio, and asked for
a glass Of water to take some medicine.
Soon afterwards she was noticed to act
strangely, and when esked what she
had taken replied poison. DR.. Keyes
was called Immediately, and upon exam
ination it was found she had taken ana
line and oarbolic acid. Antidotes were
administered, and she will probably re-
cover. Her reason for the act was tnat
she did not wish to live.
While two Ohio tramps were working