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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-06
CSV GTON.

d. n. Demit filed his petition in bank
ruptcy to-day Liabilities, $6,728; assets,
$3.50.
The First Baptist Sunday school will make
an excursion on the steamer Champion on
Friday.
POLICE CoURT.-John McShane, breach OF
the peace, $l3; Jas. Reynolds, arrested ON
suspicion, dismissed.
Mr.. John Anspaugh well known in this
city, died in Bellevue, KY, yesterday at the
age of sixty six years.
The fourth installment in the Wheeler
Glandon bastardy case was paid TO Clerk
Bristow this morning.
Mrs. Vincent Shnkle left this morning
for Higginsport, to be at the bedside of her
sister, who is lying seriously ill.
In the Circuit Court to-day James Pea
body entered suit against August heather
and III. p. Whitaker for $4,000 damages.
A little son of Mrs. Stacey was badly in
jured yesterday by falling from fence at
his mothers residence, on Madison street.
The furniture and fixtures of the Clinton
Hotel is being sold az auction to-day at a
tremendous sacrifice Nobody would bid
on the lease.
Councilman Wolking has been appointed
ciety to the Central society, which meets in
indianapolis Sunday.
J. e. Byrd, a laHndryman residing near
3atonia Springs and doing business IN Gin
cinnati, has jumped the town, leaving behind
4 number OF sorrOwful creditors.
The morning session of the State Dental
Association was held at the Dental College,
in Cincinnati, and was devoted to clinics.
I lin Dft hnII in, In Nj
or's office, the Presidents address was deliv-
cred, and the subject Of anesthclics was
discussed at length.
CHANcEnY CoURr.-F ?. Helm, appointed
receiver Of the estate Of John b. Casey; John
Frcdders against A. l.. Greer Judgment for
$50 "a; J. d. Hunt against the kanawha 4
Ohio Coal Company, Judgment rendered i'll
favor Of Hunt for SOB W, with interest from
August 10Th, 1876.
The Mutual Building and Loan Associa-
ton elected The following officers last night:
John MCkcnna, President; Vice President,
N. Flannigan; Secretary, NJ. Cullen; Trea-
surer, VIM Moran; Direc; ors Pat. Brown,
Ed. Kelly, James Hanrahan, JAS Mitchell,
/. Droye, VIM. O'Brien z. Dillon, Thomas
McGiu, Anthony Winzcl.
CRIMINAL CouRT.-James and Tom Alex
ander and James Crockett indicted for
petit larceny; Chas Tupman, reckless shoot
ing, $50 and costs. The case of Hennesy,
for manslaughtcr is set for Monday. The
case of Meihaus continued until Saturday.
John Hollenkamp, VIM. Morris and VIM
Mahoney, indicted for assault and battery;
August and Joseph Neathery, indicted for
unlawfully taking away property; John
Hollcnkamp, selling liquor to minors, dis
missed; Henry Niemyer, same charge and
same verdict; Henry Lentz, held to 800
bail to answer any charge that the Grand
Jury may find against him. The case of
Geo. Mckinney, charged with committing
rape on Mrs. Toomey, was in progress at
IL O'clock.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-06
Cincinnati live Stock MARKET.

CINCINNATI, June 6-2 ?. n.
The following are the receipts and shipments OF
live stock for the past "a hours:
Receints. Shipments
Cattle ......"........................4 4l6 SA
Hogs ..............................2iS5 995
Sheep. ..............................353 1881 27l5
HOGS-Markct firm and quiet. Common at
81 65g3, fair to good at So 1908 50, and select
butchers at SO 35(63 70 per GENITAL.
CATTLE-Dull market. Common 81 75dG2 25
and high grades ranging up to 81 IS per ccntal for
choice
sHEEP-MarKct quiet and steady. Common
to fair at s2 25@3 30, good to choice at s. 75G4 so
per GENITAL gross
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-06
For PittSllIIrG.

THIS DAY, 9th, at P. NJ, POSITIVELY,
e9= - KATIE STOCKDALE R. S. Calhoun,
dfssktsSsSs Master. Apply on board, Or to W. ).
Easzss&Sihs1 Getty Agent,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-11-21
Afghanistan Trouble.

A Standard Simla dispatch says: Letters
from the natives of Cabul state that the war
is unpopular there on account of the heavy
taxation but that priests have collected to
gether thirty thousand ghizni for the sacred
war. The importance of the new that after
much fighting the Russian forces have over-
come the resistance of the Khans, and that
a Russian column of eight thousand strong
is now on its way to Balkhs may be est
mated by the following facts: In
1S4S Russia began her advance from
Lake Aral, upon the A~mudarya, and since
then has pushed her way eastward and
southwark toward Afghanistan. During
this period she has never given up any Pc.
sition gained, but has held it as a base for
further operations. When questioned by
England as to her intentions, she has dis
avowed all wish for conquest, and has
affirmed that she merely wished to make hel
own southeastern frontier secure from
the depredations of the savage and war.
like Kahns. She would push on, she said
until she reached the Afghanistan frontier
where she would stop, but now all hel
organs of official utterance declare thai
these Asiatic conquests which have cost
her so much blood and money will be
worthless unless Afghanistan itself becomes
either a Russian province or a Russian de
tendency. Now if the Russians are a
Balkh, the road to Herat is open to them
and Russia can threaten British India
from a most advantageous point. and de
mand the freedom of the Euxine and the &C
QUESTION OF the Bosphorus as the price Of
her retirement.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-11-21
YeunH Fever

Memphis, November IL: The rapid inn
provement in business daily manifested is a
surprise to the most ~sauguine of the mer-
chants. The wharf to-day is lined with
steamers discharging their freights. The
stores are crowded with customers from the
interior. The general aspectin commercial
circles is most encouraging. Christ. d.
Steinkahl, a prominent citizen, died of the
fever last night, after a lingering illness of
ten days. Colonel R. c. Brinkley, owner of
the Peabody Hotel, is reported in a dying
condition atIuka, Mississippi.
New Orleans, November II: No deaths
and no new cases of yellow fever for the
past twenty-four hours. No deaths and no
new cases up to six O'Clock p. m. to-day.
The mortuary report for the week ending
Sunday evening, November 10, at six p. m,
shows the total deaths to be 152, against 49,
the week previous. Of these 81 are from
yellow fever, against SO the week previous
and Is from various fevers, against 20 the
previous week. Total deaths from all causes
152, of which "a were whites and IS colored
Al children under five years of age.
Shreveport, Nov. IL: All quarantine re
strictions against New Orleans and othel
lately infected cities were raised by tn,
Board of Health to-day.
Jackson, Nov. Il: Five fever cases sine,
Saturday night. Two deaths expected to
night. Three deaths at Bolton last night
Mrs. Jo. Powell, Henry Well, and his sol
Eddie.
McComb City, Miss, November IL: Tota
deaths from yellow fever at this place
forty-fve, all white but one. About tire
hundred cases were treated out of a popu
lation of about eleven hundred. The frs
case was on October 4. About fifty case
are still under treatment. This place ha
received only a few hundred dollars out
side help, and there is now absolute nee,
of assistance. The people have made N
call for help, and being generally workin
mechanics, are not able to help each Other
Contributions should be sent to N. Greenel
President Howard Association.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-11-21

the polls in Charleston, s. c., on the 18th,
we're arrested under warrants from the
United States Commissioner, for obstruct-
ing the Deputy Marshal at the recent cleo
ton and refusing to publicly count the
ballots. They gave bail. Other arrests were
expected. Eighteen citizens of O~rangeburg
have been arrested for obstructing United
States officers in the discharge of their
duties atthe election. They gave bail.
The return judges of the Eleventh Con.
gressionarD District of Pennsylvania, met at
Mauch Chunk on the 18th. The judges
from Carbon, Luzerne and Lackawanna
Counties made returns certifying General
Albright's tRepublican) election to Con-
gress by 81 plurality, and those from Pike,
Montour, Monroe and Columbia Counties
certified to Robert Klotz's (Democrat) cleo
ton by 90 plurality.
E. Moody Boynton, Greenback, of the
Sixth District, Massachusetts,, gives notice
that he will contest the election to Congress
of George B. Loring, Republican. Congress
man Dean will not contest the election in
the Third District.
Shelley, Democrat, is elected to Congress
in the Fourth Alabama District, over Har-
Alison, colored Republican, by over 1000
majority.
Msginnis, Democrat, present delegate for
Montana, is reelected by a large majority
over the Independent candidate. The Re-
publicans had no candidate.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-11-21
Fire at Cape NAV.

The worst fire that ever visited Cape
May, N. j. was discovered Saturday morn,
ing about seven o'clock, in the attic of the
Ocean House, on Perry-street, below Wash.
ington, the new wing of the Center House
intervening between the Ocean House and
Washington-street, the main ~thoroughfare
Of Cape May. The fire was evidently the
work Of an incendiary, as there had been
no fire in the Ocean House since the close
of the season. A number of hotels, cottages
and bathing-houses were burned. The
entire burned district covers an
area of about forty acres, and
is bounded by Congress on the
west, Washington on the north, Ocean.
street on the east, and the beach on the
south. The total loss is estimated at about
100000, Of which more than one.half is
covered by insurance. The fire burned
stubbornly from seven in the morning till
between FIVE and six o'clock in the evening.
The water supply was good, and furnished
by artesian wells. No lives were lost, and
no one seriously injured.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-11-21
Gambling in Old Times.

Many good Americans, who have
been wont to look upon Washington as
the most faultless Of mankind, and to
whom a gambler is the type of one of
the lowest orders of sinners, have been
surprised to learn that in a ledger kept
by him, and recently sold to the Gov
eminent by the Lewis family, there is a
careful record kept of his winnings at
cards and on the turf.
The fact is that we have little idea of
the great improvement in ordinary
social customs, and the difference in
manners between the present generation
and those that have gone before.
There is preserved in Philadelphia by
the great-grandchildren of one of the
signers of the Declaration of ~lndepend-
ence, his diary and that of his SOB.
These gentlemen visited London during
the period when George III was insane
in his palace at Kew. and the Regent
held high carnival at Carlton House.
The diary gives us a clearer insight
than novels or history into the real con-
duct of the routs, assemblies and tea
rooms, in which the fine ladies of that
day delighted. Gambling was held to
be a perfectly legitimate and honorable
way of earning a living.
Our young American records on one
night that he had lost his money by
cards, and was utterly penniless and
friendless in London. he had not
even ga shilling to pay his way back to
Virginia" He INDUCES in two pages OF
pious reflections, vowing that he will
"betake himself to a sober and indus
trious life, and never touch the accursed
cards again."
The next morning he writes, "Found
one guinea in the pocket of my pink
doublet, for which / thanked God, and
went to my Lady Waldegrave's where
won slO."
In the expense-book kept by this
young mans mother in Virginia, we find
set down her own and her husbands
losses and winnings at cards and horse
races.
The dame must have had a shrewd
eye for horse-fesh, for she won on som
lucky days from e100 to s200. YET
her husband was a leader in the parish
church, and she, we are told, was s
most exemplary and pious Christian
lady"
Aiquor was constantly set out, no
only in every private house, but at al
religious meetings. Indeed, it was no
half-a-century ago that a Presbyterian
Synod in Pennsylvania voted that i
should not be permitted at the regula
sessions.
We may not be any better in tn
grain than u grandfathers; but a
least, we are not SO hedged about witt
temptation.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-11-21
Anotl1er murder sIystery.

A special to the Cincinnati Commercial
from New Philadelphia, O., says: The in.
quest held on the body of Mrs. Best, which
was found in the woods near Fort Washing
ton, this county, resulted in the verdict that
the deceased came to her death by violence
from the hands of an unknown person.
The victim was a widow, about Afty-ive
wears of age. She lived on a farm with her
son, and on the same farm, half q mile dis
tant, resided another son, who had left
home the evening previous in the company
of his wife, leaving the children alone.
Mrs. Best started about eight o'clock to go
to the house Of the second son to see that
the children were all right. That was
the last seen of her alive. Sabbath
morning one of the children, who
had been left alone, came to the
house of her uncle to inquire why her
grandmother had not come over. Search
was at once instituted, and the body was
found in the woods, a few rods off the path
she should have taken. 1t was covered
with rails, and exhibited deep finger.
marks about the throat. The neck was dis
located and a deep'bruise was found on the
forehead that had evidently been made by a
club that was found near by stained with
blood.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-11-21
An Exciting Hanging

William Raney, a negro tramp, was
hanged at Warrenton, N. c., on November
s, for the murder of a brother tramp last
May. After making a speech, which
concluded with, al am rejoicing in this
consolation-dat if Satan gets me; he will
also and likewise get every one of you who
see me die" a correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer says he turned to the
Sheriff and said: "If you don't tie the rope
right l will knock you down." Then he
and the Sheriff got into a fuss, and finally
came to blows. The excitement was in.
tense, and cries of "Help, help" we're sent
up by the officers. Rainey struck the Sher.
i'll two severe blows in the face, and would
have got away with him but for the assist
ance of parties who stood by. When they
had overcome the negro they gave him a
good beating, and then hurried up with the
handouts and moose. The drop fell at one
o'clock. Just before Rainey was swung of
he gave a terrible shrek, which could have
been heard a half mile away. His neck was
not broken, and he died a hard death by
s~trangula ion.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-11-21
Grave Robbing.

About four o'clock in the morning, re.
Gently, a policeman on the bridge at Zanes-
vile, o., noticed a suspicious looking wagon
crossing. He called to the man in the wagon
to stop. The driver whipped uphis horses,
and got away. The policeman at once re-
ported at headquarters, and two police
men started with a team in pursuit of
the suspicious vehicle, chasing it fourteen
miles, when, at their close approach, the
strange men took to the woods. The wagon
was found to contain the bodies Of four
prominent citizens VINO had been buried in
Woodlawn Cemetery for three days.
Policeman Still received a pistol wound
from the men in the wagon, they having
come up SO close at one time as to en-
gage in fight. The men escaped. Mar
shall Fell, of GAINESVILLE, returned from
Columbus afterward, having in custody the
author of this outrage. He gave his name
as E. E. Evans, of Columbus. B. C. Brooks,
of Newark, says his name is Lyman
L. Eaton. He confessed the crime to the
officers, and said there were two others with
him, but refused to tell their names Later
in the evening Captain billiard, of Zanes-
Vile, who had been strongly suspected of
completely in the deed, was arrested, and
by a little strategy Eaton was induced to
peach, and threw the entire blame on
billiard and two others.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-11-21
KATE CLAXoN says "many womel
are prettier off the stage than on"
The Primary Cause Ola Distant symp


Nervousness is rarely a disease in itself
inherent, but is the lineal offspring OF
dyspepsia, in a majority of cases. The ner-
vous disturbance is at first trifing, but
ultimately its PARENTS undermine the gen.
eral health as to produce consequences very
threatening to that great nervous center, the
brain. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the
most powerful medicinal opponent of the
rayages of indigestion, and protects the ner-
vous system from them. The tremors, the
unnatural anxiety, the headaches, the sleep
l~essness I'M loss of appetite which charac.
terize digestive irregplarity and weakness
and which are almost invariably accom-
panied by an uncertain condition of the
bowels and inactivity of the liver, are all
eradicated by this matchless corrective, and
when nervousness does not proceed from
the cause designated, it affords most grateful
relief.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-11-21
TIM Halifax Fisheries.

Secretary Evarts has written another
letter to Minister Welsh on the subject of
the award of So, 500, 000-by the Halifax Com
mission, for the supposed benefits to the
United States accruing from certain addi-
tional fishing privileges in the waters of the
Gulf of st Lawrence. Mr.. Welsh is instructed
to communicate these views of our Govern
ment to Lord Salisbury "with the same
frankness they are disclosed TO yourself"
The Secretary sketches rapidly the history
of the fisheries disputes that have arisen
from time to time and have been variously
determined by the respective Governments,
as well as the views of the High Joint
Commissioners, when the Halifax Commits
sion was created. The Commission had
merely to consider the value Of the mack
erel fishing within inshore lines to the
United States. There was a wide differ.
ence of opinion on that subject. The
United States offered 100000 for the
privilege in p%erpetuity. The Halifax Com
mission awarded $5,5OO,OO for the priv
lege for a period of twelve years. The
award, tits needless to say, surprised every
body who knew anything as to the extent
of the privilege. A great part of the Score
tary's letter is devoted to an examination Of
this matter. He shows conclusively from
statistics that the value of the mackere
fishing during the five years that have
elapsed since the Treaty of Wash
ington was negotiated, is out of al
proportion to the sum awarded, and tha
the Commission must have been guided il
its judgment by other considerations thar
the mere ~pecuniary value of the privilege
of fishing within the inshore lines of til,
Gulf of st. Lawrence. In fact, and taking
his own estimate, it would. be cheaper t.
buy out the whole catch and pay tn
Canadians a premium, rather than pay tn
gross sun awarded for a twelve years
privilege.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-11-21

five dollars in money, but nothing to indi-
cate who the deceased was. The de-
ceased was not far from forty years old,
and it is thought has been employed in the
works of the Cleveland Rolling Mill Com
pany. That he was murdered there is no
doubt in the minds of the police, who say
the body was undoubtedly carried to where
it was discovered. 1t is the opinion of the
police that the deed was LONE ky parties
who had determined to get rid of the de-
ceased for some reason. The body was
taken to Cleveland, to await Identification.
The mystery connected with the death of
Joseph Straka, whose body was found near
the city limits of Cleveland, has been
cleared up. large pistol was found in the
woods, and a few yards from where the
body was, a bottle containing what is be-
lieved to be a mixture of g~unpowder,
whisky and phosphorus. pieces of powder
burned paper taken from the wound were
discovered to have been taken from a torn
pepper found on the person of the deceased.
There is no doubt Straka took a dose of
poison and then shot himself.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-11-21
Recommendation OF Territorial GOV.
ernOr.

Gov. Emery, of Utah, in his annual report,
recommends, first, that provision be made
Tor the selection of jurors in that Territory
In precisely the same manner as they are
selected in the States of the Union. As
matters now stand, he says, the peculiar
legislation by Congress is SO hampered by
Territorial legislation as to render a con-
victlon in certain cases almost impossible.
In the next place he recommends that
woman suffrage in The Territory should be
abolished.
The Governor of Montana submits a cues
ton whether the United States viii permit
the British Government to afford an asylum
for our hostile Indians, and furnish them a
safe place where they may recruit and re-
plenish their supply of ammunition, and
again raid upon peaceable citizens. If the
British Government persists in doing so, he
recommends that for the safety of the peo-
pie of the Territory the Indians be removed
from the border several hundred miles into
the interior. He recommends also, in view
of surrounding dangers, that the military
districts of Yellowstone and Montana be
constituted a department, and placed under
command of General Nelson A. Miles, to
the support of whom thousands of settlers
would rally.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-11-21
What was Expected but Didn't Prove
to be True.


About two weeks ago, as the overland
train was passing Cheyenne, the atten-
ton of the passengers was attracted by
the lamentation of a poor Irish emigrant
whose berth had been robbed during the
night, and every penny of his scanty
savings stolen, and whose family would
therefore, arrive, beggars in a strange
land. The charitable passengers at once
began a subscription, which finally
amounted to over $3.50. When the
money had been handed to the sufferer,
a pious, plausible-looking man, dressed
in black. and adorned with a white
cravat, drew him aside at one of the
stopping places and said:
"My poor man, 1 am truly sorry for
you. Your.sad case touches me deeply.
[ am myself we'll provided with this
worlds goods, however, and so will give
you $3.50 more. Here is a $500 gold
note. Give me the $3.50 you have, and
keep the rest. May Heaven bless yeup'
The poor Irishman did as requested
with many blessings on the generous
stranger, who insisted that his gift
should not be made known. When thu
passengers reached this side of the bay
the pious-looking philanthropist wa
nowhere to be found, he having evi
IDENTIFY gotten off at Oakland, for reason
of his own.
The next day the emigrant repaire'
to a bank to get his note changed. Tn
teller picked up the bill and begal
narrowly examining it.
"There-there is nothing wrong witt
the bill, is therew gasped the poo
fellow.
(Now the clever reader has seen a
along what was going to happen. II
has read lots of just such incidents q
this. 1t is the old-old story. Well
we'll see about that
"Nothing in the world is the matte
with it," said the teller, quietly, an
lie handed the man fifty tens. Ths
ended it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-11-21
s-aIisbury's Reply.

Lord S~alisbury's reply to Mr.. Evans is
printed. BE processes II desire to remove
any obstacles, if any exist, which interfere
with the privileges conditioned by the
tresty. he supposes hat the United States
will not deny the right of the provinces to
pass proper laws to regulate the fisheries,
and to keep them from destruction, such
laws operating equally on all, and he states
that it is not to be supposed that private
persons, fishermen or others, may define
and execute such laws by unauthorized
force.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-11-21
Terrible rraxedy I'm New York.

A terrible tragedy occurred at Yves
Chenango, N. Y, on Sunday noon. Three
brothers, James, David and John Taber, live
together, own and run a farm jointly. James
and David have disagreed for some time
about the division of property. On Sunday
David went to the barn, where James was
busking corn. They quarrelcd and David
seizing a pitchfork, knocked James down
and stabbed him in the chest fifteen or
twenty times. He lived only a few minutes,
David then went to the woods and blew hil
brains out with a shotgun.