The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-11

Fuchs, of Brooklyn, was convicted o.
murder in the first degree.
Isaac A. Crane, of the Metropolitan
Bank of New York, died at Memphis
yesl erday.
Troop have arrived at Halifax, from
Bermuda.
Rev. Joseph Blair, Of the NJ. e. Church,
dropped dead at Quail Tower, Ind, yes
terday, at the close Of funeral SER
mon.
The jury in the Mannemacher whisky
case at Milwaukee was charged yester-
|day. The Erskine case will be opened
to-day.
The strike Of the laborers on the Della
ware, Lackawanna d Western Railroad
has ended by most OF the men returning
to work at the old rate Of 81 per day.
John F. Barrett was arrested at New
Orleans yesterday on the affidavit OF v.
A. Ryan, charged with attempting to
bribe Lieutenant Governor Antoine.
The steamer Bertschey, from Detroit
for Alpena, has reached the Point
Aubarques without meeting serious OBJ
structIons. Considerable ice is reported
In Thunder Bay, but it is weak.
Gloucester, aged seyenty-two years. one
Of the most accomplished navigators in
the East India trade, and pilot for
many years, diedin Boston yesterday.
Mrs. Morgan, sister Of Gen. John Nor
gan, committed suicide in New York
Sunday, by taking laudanum. The
cause is attributed to excessive grief
over the loss of daughter some time
ago.
At Minneapolis Sunday a Frenchman
named Dostillo, at work breaking up the
ice in the Mississippi, was blown to
atoms by premature explosion of dy-
namite. Only small pieces of the man
could be found.
The people on the Usage Mission are
wild with excitement over the news of
the decision Of the Supreme Court of the
Usage ceded land case In favor OF the
settlers. This decision secures the homes
OF three thousand families.
The charges made against Ex-Indian
| Commissioner Smith some weeks ago be-
| fore the House Committee ON Indian
Affairs, by one Beaulieu, OF having swim
dled the Cherokee Indians out OF large
amounts OF land scrip, are unsubstan-
| tiated.
| The Touring mill owned by Adiard e.
| Leggett, at Flepcn0rS; SIX miles east OF
Piqua, o., was burned Saturday night.
Total loss $1,000 or $4,000; insured tor
"a, 800, as follows: Underwriters, 50, 200;
Shawmutt, $1,000. 1t is supposed to
have caught from passing locomotive.
Pending the final decision of the
British Government in Winslow's case,
which must be given before the Goth or
May, or lie will be entitled to his release,
our Government will not surrender any
criminals whose extradition may be re-
quested by the British authorities.
Representative Clymer says his Com
| mittee has not heard anything from the
two women whose names were given by
Gen. Butler as the persons who claimed
| to know about the alleged payment Of
money to Mrs. Belknap by George H.
Pendleton. Their statements are not
considered worthy Of credence.
The suit of the United States against
| General James Watson Webb, late Min
lister TO Brazil, to recover about SAL, 900,
which he claims to have paid to influen-
tial Brazilians to secure the payment of
the claim of an American citizen, was
brought to trial in the United States Dis
trict Court OF New Y York. The District
Attorney rested the case for the Govern
ment after submitting the mass of docu-
mentary evidence, and the defense
Ionenod.