The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-09-14

ieb Ganzheim, fireman, was almost roasted,
md subsequently died. Six others were
eriously injured. The boiler had just been
cleaned, and but sixty.fve pounds OF steam
we're up when the accident occurred.."......
Alexander Sullivan, who killed Q. Z. Han.
ord, at Chicago recently, has been indicted
by the Grand Jury......J0hn Brown, stone
suffer, well known in Louisville, Indiana,
was killed at Nashville, recently, by fall
ing block......The Arkansas election, Sept.
1, was overwhelmingly Democratic. ........
The case brought by Francis ID. Moulton
against Rev. Henry Ward Beecher for fifty |
thousand dollars damages for malicious |
prosecution was up September in the |
Courts on motion of Mr.. Shear
man, counsel for the defendant, fer change
Of venue, as IL Is thought it would be easier
to procure jury In some other county than
New York or Kings County. Mr.. Shearman
submitted number OF afiidavits from MIR.
Beecher and others TO that effect General
Pryor, for the plaintiff, objected, and moved
to dismiss the case, as he thought the Court
had no jurisdiction in regard to it. Judge
Dykeman decided to consider General
Pryor's motion first leaving Mr.. Shearman's
motion to stand over for three weeks.
The statue of Lafayette, which was given
by the French Government as an expression
of its friendship for this country, was un-
yelled September 6, in Union Square, where
already stand the statues of Washington and
Lincoln. The presentation speech was made
by the Consul General of France, and Mayor
Wickham replied. +. u. Conduit, a distin-
guished French lawyer, delivered the ora
tiOn.... ten o'clock ut night, September
5, rs the eastward bound train on the st.
Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railroad
reached Salisbury, one hundred and seventy
miles from st. Louis, ii encountered wash
out, caused by heavy rains, and all the pas
senger coaches were ditched. Charles Tau
sig, senior Treasurer OF the road, one of his
little children and baby nephew, and
Richard Ellet, of Yazoo, Mississippi, were
killed. Twelve other passengers were more
or less injured, none seriously, no bones be-
ing broken. The track was cleared by the
afternoon of the 9th, and trains run as usual
.....A very serious accident happened Sep.
TENDER 6, at eight o'clock p. M, by the floor
Of Holbrook & Moy'snew hall, at Clam Lake,
Mich, giving way. The whole audience was
precipitated a distance of ten feet to the
hundred people in the hall. Three or four
were badly injured. None are dead as far
as heard from. There was to have been a
concert given by a colOred concert troupe.
While making preparations at Hellgate, in
New York Harbor, a few days ago, a prema.
ture explosion took place, killing three men
and wounding nine others......... Tom Allen
and Joe Goss fought seventeen rounds in
the "ring," few days since, in Kentucky,
several miles from Cincinnati. In the last
round claim was made that Allen struck
Goss after he was down, and it was allowed
by the referee. The fight was, therefore,
| given to Cess. Goss was severely punished
in the face, and the fight was generally In
favor OF Allen.
Notes from Abroad.
A Constantinople letter says that the de
position of Murad occasions no excitement
or disturbance. The deposed monarch ha,
been assigned TcheIegan Palace as his resi-
dence. Abdul Hamid, the new Sultan, wa
received by the Ministers and functionarie'
at the TopapOn Palace, where h,
was proclaimed Abdul Hamid H.......
The hop harvest is progressing everywhere
Estimates, based on trustworthy infOrma
ton, give the probable crop as follows: Ii
England, two.thirds of the quantity grown
in 1875; in Germany ons,quartter' and II
Belgium, One.half.-...... WOrmald d Sons
manufacturers of terra Gotta ard fire clay
at Rawdon, England, have suspended
Liabilities, $250,000; assets, large.
Besides the failure in the Cleveland irol
trade, reported from London, there has beer
an unusual number of smaller bankruptcie
announced during the week in trades an,
manufactures, liabilities ranging from SIC, OO
to $4,000. Advices from Dundee rep0r
great depression in trade there. A fortnigh
ago one Of the largest works in that tow
closed, throwing nearly two thousand pei
sons out of employment. On the I'd inst
Richie IL Simpson announced that one q
their mills would be closed, and also int
mated the possibility of having to dispens
with all their weavers-between 200 an
500 in another at the same time. The Mar
chester Examiner reports the failure Q
Messrs. Strubing, tea and sugar merchants
of Moscow, Russia, with large liabilities, 9
which $780, coo fall on England.
News from Alexinatz to the Sd inst. repol
the bombardment of Alexinatz by the Turk
and its evacuation by the Servians. TIL
Servians have been repulsed on the Morava
the Danube is closed, and the Turks wer
still advancing.
} A special from Madeira says intelligenc
has been received there of an outbreak {
hOstilities on the west coast of Africa.
British expedition, consisting of three ship
under Commodore Bruce, assembled the rive
Niger and had conflict with the native
Several villages were burned, and anumbe
of Englishmen were wounded.
Lord Derby has written letter saying n
! effort will be spared by Her Majesty's CO.
eminent to ascertain the exact truth as r.
, CARDS the occurrences in Bulgaria, and
will be ready, in common with the Otht
powers, to take such action upon them
the justice OF the case may require.....SinC
{ the declaration that England would not SUI
, port Turkey against Russian interference
Austria is looked upon in Constantinopl
as the Power TO oppose Russia, and col
sequentIy the Austrian ambassador now o.
cupies the exceptional position of pows
which the British ambassador recently hel,
The Turks are by no means discourage,
and have great faith in their own militi.r
. power. Turkey, through her Embassadol
at European Courts, has decidedly refuse
: to grant an armistice, but expresses a wi
lingness to treat for peace......Abdul IIami,
the new Sultan, was on September formal
invested with the Sword of Osman. All ii