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THE STATE OF TEXAS.

To all persons interested in the Estats Of
w. G. Carpenter, deceased.
F. j. Manlove administrator Of said
estate, has filed in the Hon. County court
of BAYS county his 6nal account of said
administration, which will be beard at q
term Of said court commencing on the LIST
Monday in December, 1878. at the court
house thereof in the town Of San Marcos,
in said county. when and where all per-
sons interested may appear and make OBJ
jections thereto, If they see proper to do
%.
Given under nv hand and the Seal Of
aid court, Oct. 70. ISIS.
60. J. L. GREEN,
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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-11
WORKS OF WICKEDNESS.
Gambling Dens Unearthe eds and NH.
nor offenders Punished,

owen McGladdery who was tried in the Police
Court yesterday on the charge of practicing q
whom he enticed into room ut
the Grand Hotel, and there obtained 1855 from
him, was found guilty this morning of being q
"capper," but sentence was not passed since q
writ of error will be filed by the attorney, I. c.
Campbell
The gambling house known as the Empire, at
No; 2? Longwolth, was raided yesterday afternoon,
and Fred. Slow and Vim. Taylor taken in on the
charge of exhibiting. gaming devices.
upon which they will be tried next
Friday. No proof of the game
was found, but Frank A. Sutton, of New York
who claims that he lost $24 there the night before
sWore out warrant against the two prisoners.
A lively row occurred about O'Clock this morn
ing among party OF young men at Belle Boyds
place, No. 10 LongWorth, and from there spread to
Lou. Robnson's saloon 1t was nearly an hour
before quiet was restored during which time some
blood was split, but no arrests were made.
Geo. Anderson, c0lored boot-black, charged
with stealing some cid books from Mr.. Mccall
and selling them for old paper, will be tried FIJI
day
j. L. Ames farmer from New York, is under
arrest suspected OF having stolen horse which
he was offering to sell for $40 at the horse market
yesterday.
Two young boys, named Carney and Mulchy.
stole an aImfulsof meat from market wagon ON
Bailey alley, Sunday morning, but were caught
while making off with it, and given a sentence Of
$3.50 each this morning.
A sentence OF 5000 was passed upon Henry
Brown, saloon keeper on Sixth street, near Elm,
this morning, but the sentence was suspended on
condition that he leave that locality, since his
neghbors were complaining of him.
Chas. Dagnert, dilapidated looking tramp YVES
stopped last night while carrying Off step ladder
from 100 West Fifth street, and sent out for thirty
days this morning.
Cordelia Willis the colored Bucktown damsel
who went through the pockets of P. Bradley. a
Kentucky farmer, few nights ago, was held 10
answer this morning. Bradley claims that she
stole $50.
Peter Brophy and Geo. Wilson, who were bound
over few days ago by the Mayor of Carthage On
the charge of burglary, have been again arrested
on the charge of stealing five overcoats from NJ s.
Forbes, on Eighth street, for which they will be
tried tomorrow.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-11
A CHICAGO CHAPTER,
Movement i'm Mexico 81 BuncOmbe for
BlOdgett--Clarke Murder Trial..
Am AldermaM'S Anguish.


National Associated Press to the Star.
CHICAGO, D@c 1.-THE Manufacturers Asso-
citation of the Northwest last night adopted reso-
lutions expressing belief that Minister Fosters
statements concerning the feasibility of Mexican
trade are biased and prejudiced. Desiring to as
certain for themselves the true condition of af-
fairs in that country they resolve to send an ex-
cursion to Mexico, leaving Chicago January 4th
Congrt IS is asked 10 send subcommittee of the
Committee on Commerce with the excursion and
leave OF absence is requested for General Sheridan
in case he consents to CO.
Some fifty members of the Chicago Bar Associa-
ton held meeting last evening to express disap-
proval of the proceedings for the impeachment Of
Judge Henry Blodgett, OF the Northern District of
Illinois They indited a dispatch to the Chicago
members OF Congress at Washington. expressing
their confidence In Judge Blodgett's integrity and
ability, and asking them to take no part in the
movement against him.
After two days hard work full iury was So
cured last evening in the St. Perie murder trial.
This mysterious case is attracting large crowds in
the Criminal Court. st. Petrie is aecompanied
in the Courtroom by young French.girl (Fiine
BenoiD, whom he claims as his sweetheart; but il
is said he only made her acquaintance after the
MURDER and receives her attentions to shield him
from the suspicion of having been in cons ,iracy
with Mrs Clark in the murder of her husband.
The Times has statement from the Secretary of
the Republican Campaign Committee that the
Chicago whisky men contributed $500 for cam
paign purpoees, which would seem to be pretty
plain denial OF Hiram Barber's claim that no
money was given by them to secure his election
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-11
ON TO BREATHITT.
Tramp, Tramp. Tramp the Troops are
Travelling.

Special to the Star.
FRANKFORT KY, Dec. 11.-Governor McCreary
has ordered Capt. E. H. Taylor, with two detach-
ments of State troops-a Lieutenant and twenty
five men of the McCreary Guards and a Lieuten-
ant and twenty-five men of the Louisville Legion
to proceed at once to Breathitt County and re-
port Judge W. H. Randall Circuit Court or in his
absence, to the Sheriff of that county The troops
fully equipped. will leave Frankfort this afternoon
for Mt Sterling, thence will move as rapidly as
possible to Jackson.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 11.-Lieut. L. N. Buck, of
Company A, Louisville Legion, with detac.!
meDt of twenty-five men, will start at O'Clock
this p m. for Breathitt County. The McCreary
Guards, having received similar orders, will Join
them on the train at Frankfort, and proceed to
Mt Sterling. There the detachment will procure
horses and supplies, and on tomorrow morning
take up the line of march for Jackson under
command of Captain Taylor, of the McCreary
Guards.
The boys were the recipients of magnificent
banquet last night at the residence Of Dr. Standi-
ford.
Jerry Litell reported killed in the last Breathitt
battle, is the worst man of allt the outlaws He re-
ceived, during life, thirty-odd wounds 1t is re-
lated that upon beiug wounded three times and
while lying apparently dead an enemy ap-
preached, and holding a shotgun over HIM,
poured the contents into his face Littell then
propped his left arm upon log, and, as the man
who had shot him moved away, fired pistol at
him. The ball passed through his body, causing
instant death.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-11
Meeting of the Bryants.

The Bryant Literary and Musical Society
met for the first time in their new hall, cor
ner of Twelfth and Walnut streets, last
night. Their removal to these elegant
quarters was due to the increase of member
ship and the large attendance at their mech
ings. A large number of the friends of the
Society were present last night. The fol-
lowing programme was excellently rem
dered:
Piano Solo, "Love in May. MFRS. L. V. wrighs
Reading Song of the Shirt" ...... Mrs. C. A. Scott
Recitation, Little Meg and l." and "Yawcob
Strauss ..........r.............Mr. e. ii. Remb0ld
Songs Kathleen Mavourneen" and Haunted
Stream ......MlSs IL. Egelman
Reading Putting Up the Stove". ... Miss A. Stehle
Recitation, "The Vagabonds' ......Mr. J. Ii. White
Song. Bonnie Swe Bessie" .....Mrs L. " Wright
Beading, Liberty ..;..;;;,..,....,Mr Thos. Bar
Comic Song. "Lanigans BALI mfr c. V. Lewis
After the regular programme, Mrs. L. 4
Vance favored the society with some music,
and sang Cathedral Bells" Master John
Donovan also contributed recitation, and
sang parody on "Grandfather's Clock"
The meeting was very pleasant one and
all left well satisfied with the first enter
tainment in the new hall. The next enter
tainment will be given Christmas eve, De-
cember oath, when good programme is
promised.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-11
LATEST LOCAL.

Two HUNDRED AND SIXTY marriage licenses were
issued in November
"DEATH from apoplexy, due to old age" was
the verdict in the inquest on the body OF James
B. Payne.
DOUGLASS DIVISION, No. @ Uniformed Rank
Knights of Pythias, was incorporated to-day.
The Trustees are Howard Douglass, NJ. E. Kuhn
and l.. A. Turner.
AUGUST LIEBHART. a stranger. while in COM
pany with woman on Front street last night, was
either robbed of $3.50 or lost it from his pocket.
This morning woman, Julia Conners, living at
2S Spring street. supposed to be the thief was ar
rested and placed in HammOnd-street Station.
w. H. CLEMENT, President of the Common Car
rer Company, testified to-day before the Southern
Railroad Investigating Committee respecting the
present condition of the road, the amount of
business being DONE the prospects for the future,
and the extent and value of the coal fields, but
respecting the PAST Mr.. Clement said nothing
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-11
Third El!tiio,
THAT DEBATE.
Opening To-Day by Sena-
tor Blaine.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IL

WASHINGTON, Dec. IL.
Mr.. Blaine to-day spoke on the resolution offered
by him directing an investigation into alleged
frauds and outrages in the recent elections as fol-
lows:
The pending resolution was offered by me with
tWo-fold purpose in view:
First, To place on record, in definite and au-
thentic form, the frauds and outrages by which
some recent elections were carried by the Demo.
cratic party in the Southern States.
Second, To find if there be any method by which
a repetition of these .crmes against free ballot
may be prevented.
The newspaper is the channel through which
the people OF the United States are informed of
current events, and the accounts given in
tine press represent the elections in
some of the Southern States to
have been accompanied by violence: in not a few
cases reaching the destruction OF life; to have
been controlled by threats that awed and intimi-
dated a large class of voters to have been manip-
ulated by fraud of the most shameless and shame
full description. Indeed in South Carolina there
seems to have been no election at all in any
proper sense of the term. There was instead a
series of skirmishes over the State in which the
polling places were regarded as forts to be cap
tured by one rarty and held against the other and
where this could not be done with convenience,
frauds in the count and tssue-b ballot devices We're
resorted to in order to efectually destroy the voice
of the majority.
Mr.. Blaine said that the Issue is whether the
white voter of the North shall be equal to the
white voter of the South in shaping the policy and
fixing the destiny of this country or whether to
put it still more boldly, the white man who fought
in the ranks of the Union Army shall have as
weghty and influential vote in the Government
of the Republic as the white man who fought in
the ranks OF the rebel army.
1t appears that throughout the States that formed
the late Confederate Government 65, 900 whites
the very people that rebelled against the Union
are enabled to elect Representative in Congress,
while in the loyal States it REQUIRES
$4,000 OF the white people that fought
for the Union TO elect Representative In levy
ing every tax, therefore, in making every appro-
priation of money, in fixing every line OF public
policy, in decreeing what shall be the fate and
fortune of the Republic, the Confederate soldier
South is enabled to cast vote that is twice as
powerful and twice as influential as the vote OF the
Union soldier North.
The colored citizen in the South is unhappily
situated since he may have his suffrage absolutely
denied or fatally abridged by the violence actual
or threatened, of irrespon nible mobs or by frauds
and deceptions of State officers from the Governor
down to the last election clerk.
If the prescribed vote of the South were cast as
its lawful owners desire, the Democratic party
could not gain power.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-11

I am not demanding fair elections in the South
without demanding fair elections in the North
also. But venturing to speak for the New England
States, of whose laws and customs know some
thing / dare assert that in the late elec
ton in Massachusetts,, or any OF hel
neighboring Commonwealths, 1t will be
impossible to find even one case where voter
was driven from the polls, where voter did moi
have the fullest fairest frees opportunity to cast
the ballot of his choice and have it honestly and
faithfully counted in the returns
The South must not make the mistake of con
cluding that injustice to the negro is moi
also injustice to the white man: mol
should it ever be forgotten that for the wrongs o
both a remedy will assuredly be found.
Mr. Blaine concludes as follows:
Let me now remind you that the Govern
ment under whose protecting flag
we sit to-day sacrificed myriads of lives and
expended thousands of millions of treasure thai
our countrymen of the South should remain
citizens of the United States, having equal per
sonal rights and equal political privileges with al
other citizens.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-11
Shadows of Coming Events.

The Bon Ton Club will give a dancing
party tomorrow evening at their hall, cor
ner of Vine and Allison streets
The lecture of the Rev. J. M. Walden,
DID, on Taxation or Prohibition" next
Friday evening at st. PauPs Lyceum, will
be both interesting and instructive.
Ohio Lodge, No. 1, will give party at
Home Circle Hall December 18th, and will
also give an entertainment at Odd-fellows'
Temple December 23d. Tickets free.
Regular Wednesday evening lecture at
Trinity P. e. Church, corner Liberty and
Pendleton streets, this evening at 7:45
o'clock. Mr.. w. L. Morrow will address
the congregation.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-11
LeahysS Death,

Coroner Stitch held an inquest to-day on the
body of John Leahy, who died Sunday morning at
Sister Anthonys Hospital from knife wound in
the knee received at the hands OF George Samp-
son. DR.. McMechan's post mortem examination
showed that the immediate cause of death was
gangrene of the left leg.
The testimony given by the witness, who saw
the affair, was that the cutting was done acci-
dentally by Sampson. while the men were drunk.
Death from gangrenr of The left inferior 2remitv
being caused by wound OF the knee joint and
popltial artery inflicted by chisel in the hands
of George Sampson while in drunken condition,
he having dispute with the deceased at the time
OF said occurrence
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-11
Amusement NOies.

The Park Theater Comedy Company at
the Grand Opera-house, in 'Old Love-let-
ters' and "Hurricanes' at matinee this af-
ternoon, and again tonight.
Salisbury S sTroubadours at Pixies, matinss
and night, in "The Brook"
Organ Concert at Music Hall this after
noon.
Grand Italian Opera at Pixies, Thursday
evening, December 18th. Ambrose ThomaS
great master work, "Mignon." The three
prime donne in the cast are Miss Kellogg as
"Mignon," Mile. Marco as "Filina," and
Miss Cary as Federico" Mr.. Westberg
will appear as "Guglielmo Meister," Mr.. L
G. Gottschalk as "Laerte," Mr.. George A.
Comfy as "Lotario," and Signor Barili as
"Giarno." Musical Director, s. Behrens.
On Monday evening next the Hess Eng
lish Opera Company open season in the
ever-popular "Chimes of Normandy" With
Emma Abbott as the prima donna
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-11
FLOOD AND FRESHET
Serious Damage from Rain Storms in
the East.
National Associated Press to the Star.

National Associated Press to the Star.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE storm which
broke over this city about 2 o'clock yester-
day morning extended over wide
area, and from reports received from
various quarters has caused much damage
to shipping and property. In this city bust
ness was partially suspended and the
various streets throughout the day pre-
sented deserted and gloomy appearance.
The rain came down in binding sheets and
and the wind blew at the rate of forty miles
per hour. Many cellars were inundated.
The same reports come from Jersey City
and Brooklyn.
The ferryboats plying in North River
were greatly delayed, owing to the fierce
ness of the wind sweeping up the narrows
and bay.
| When the gale was at its height the west
wall OF new building on One Hundred
and Sixty-second street was blown down.
lnnumerable chimneys, awnings and signs
were torn from their fastenings and blown
to the streets, and many trees in the upper
section of the city were prostrated The
police and fire-telegraph were blown down
in many places.
| A gentleman on the Elevated Railway
Station was almost dragged to the street by
the wind catching his umbrella
In Brooklyn the dead walls of the Pacific
| Mills were blown down.
BRATTLEBoRo, W., Dec. 1.-THE lower
| part OF the village is submerged. Many
families removed in boats to places of safe
| ty. A large three-story building fell into
the stream and is total wreck. The Con.
necticut is rising rapidly. Serious damage
to the highways and bridges is reported
from all quarters.
NORTHAMPTON, MASS, Dec. 11-Mill
River is higher than ever known. Fifty
houses are flooded. The dixie is threatened
The water has backed into many houses and
factory cellars.
The Northampton & New Haven Rail
road track is washed all away south of the
town. The Welshend iron bridge, in North.
ampton, was swept away. Reports of great
damage up the river Two ice-houses OF
the Northampton Ice Company and the
iron bridge of the Northampton g. New
Haven Railroad were swept away.
At Florence one iron bridge is gone, fac.
tory property is damaged, and roads
washed away. At Leeds bridge is de.
stroyed. Carney's block and an old school
building occupied as a dwelling house are
washed away. The Office of the Mill River
Button Company was undermined and
damaged, and emery wheel factory was
washed out. The water swept down Main
street, destroying the road and filling il
with rubbish and bridge planks.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-11
WILLIAM FROST'S MURDER.
Shot BY His Companion, and Burned
in a Hay stack.
National Associated Press to the Star.

National Associated Press to the Star
WOODSTOCK, ILL, Dec 11.-John Stewart, who
is now in Jail at this place, charged with the muir
der of William Frost at Crystal Lake. confess s.;
but he does not always tell the same story.
He says he and Frost were crossing the country
from Algonquin toward Stewards house. where he
had invited Frost to spend the night; that they
had bottle of whisky, of which he alone par
took. but was not drunk; that they sat down by
the hay-stack talking and had u slight difference
of opinion, and that he jumped up and shot Frost
with revolver, which he had bought in Elgin
that day for that purpose
He denies firing the stack or trying to convey
the idea that the clay pipe in the mouth of his
victim did that business. The watch and pocket
book of Frost were found upon the prisoner, but
he says that he found only two dollars on the per
son of the deceased, and he does not know why he
did the shooting, but that he did not drag the
body into the hole in the stack
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-11
Local PersonalH.

Prosecuting Attorney Lewis W. Irwin ID
confined to his bed by illness.
Mr.. J. M. Gilmore and wife, of the Grand
Hotel, left for Baltimore last evening.
Mr.. George L. Armstrong formerly OF
the Twenty-fifth Ward, has left Wyoming
for Florida where he intends to reside.
Mr.. Daniel +. Beatty, of Washington, N.
j., the great piano and organ manufactures.
whose name is familiar to every newspaper
reader of the country, is in the city stop
ping at the Grand Hotel. Mr.. Beatty. who
is an excellent type of the young business
men of the country, has been making tour
of the Western cities, where such energy
and pluck as he has shown is most appre-
ciated and admired. He receives every
where warm welcome from old friendS
and makes hosts of new ones