The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-05-02
NEW YORK CITY.
A. Oakley Halls Family.

National Associated Press to the Star.
NEW YORK, May 2.-The report
that A. Oakley KalPs family had sailed
for London. is denied. 1t is stated that
Hall is in communication with his fam
lily, who will soon join him. Halps law
library has been removed from his Of
flee and will be sold, as also the office
furniture.
The south Carolina SenatOrship.
The Posts Washington special says a
gentleman who has just arrived here
from Columbia. s. g., says that Cover
nor Hampton assured him the present
Legislature would not hold new
election for United s ,ates Senator, but
would wait TO see whether the Senate
will admit Gen. M. q. Butler. Governor
Hampton maintains that Butler was
elected In accordance with the law, but
says that Ii the Senate rejects him and
Mr.. Corbin, who was chosen by the
Chamberlain Legislature, then another
election will be held. ..
Serious Accident at the New Post.
office.
A terrible aud fatal accident occurred
at the new Post-aff1ce at 2:30 P. NJ. yes
terday, causing the death of three and
probably four laborefs, and severely
wounding half q dozen more. For some
| time gang OF men have been employed
doing mason work on the northeastern
corner of the fifth floor. The roof was
composed OF concrete four inches thick
| beneath which was metal sheeting. The
weight was supported by having iron
beams running east and west. These
beams were themselves supported by Il
transverse girder. Recently it was
feared that the beams were not strong
enough and new yirder WAS put in.
The work was completed yesterday.
In the afternoon the pinning which
anu instantly the root fell. The piece
that fell was about twenty-five feet
square, and covered room just east ol
the large lantern, and situated over
Judge Benedio.'s Court-rOOm. The
Judge vas not at his desk at the time OIL
the catastrophe, and luckily as a piece
OF stucco lvosened from the ceiling fel
directly on his desk and demolished 1t
The names OF the killed are Charles A
Robinson, aged 80; Patrick Johnson anl
Dennis Fleming. Four other workmeI
were injured, but not dangerously.
The accident caused great excltemen
In the vicinity OF the Pos st-ofice, and
large crowd collected in the rear Of tn,
building. ..>ex-, .s-.,
VIM. WI. Tweed
has written letter to his counsel, Johr
D. Townsend, wherein he pronounces a
!. false the statement In the Times thl
morning, that he (Tweed) had beoom
disgusted with the negotiations OF hi
counsel and proposed to get rid Of hiI
apd employ John FL. Strahan in hi
place.
Paris Exhibition of Paintings.
The Herald's cable from Paris report
the opening of the great exhibition o
fine oil paintings, which took place yes
terday. The Salon was as usual, a
the opening, crowded. The exhibition
is.inferior to that OF last year. Their
are few works of genius, artists bein
indifferent about placing their works ol
exhibilion. Quite a number OF Arileri
can artists are represented. a,s,.
The Liquor Question. p.
The licenses Of between two and thre
thousand liquor dealers in this city ex
pired yesterday, and applications 10
renewal were rejected by the Board o
Excise. The dealers declare their In
tention of proceeding with their busines
without license. None of the saloon
are closed, but 1t is said the Temper
ance people will cause the arrest of al
persons found selling liquor to-day with
out license. The Liquor Dealers Com
mittee is still in Albany, but it is feare
that no legislative remedy can be OBJ
tained this session.