The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-20
OUR SISTER CITIES.
The DOings Of the Day as Seen by Star
Special Reporters.
Detroit.


DETROIT, March 20.-The Evening News
announces to-day that its circulation hay.
ing reached twenty-one thousand, its adyer-
tising rates will be doubled.
In the United States Court to-day il was
cided that the Chicago & Lake Huron Rail-
way lad the first lien upon the Chicago 4
Northeastern, and set down upon Receiver
Bancroft heavily for building the latter
road out of the former roads money.
He also said that Vanderbilt knew all
this before he bought the road, which is
the connecting link between Eastern and
Western ends of the Chicago & Lake HUI
ron.
baltimore.
WON'T wREsTLE WITHOUT LEGs-HAcKED WITH
BUTCHERS CLEVER
Special TO the Star.
BALTIMORE, March 2O.-Mller and Nc
Laughin met in the Evening News Office
to-day and disagreed, Mclaughlin insisting
on the use of legs in the coming contest
and Miller refusing to wrestle, except in
Gr@co-Roman style.
The body Of man who had been miss
ing was found in the back basin to-day, ter
ribly hacked up, as if with butchers
clcaver
Columbus.
STRICTLY HONEST DEFAULTEE-MoRE IYcEN-
DIARIsM-THE Il. p. ". DELEGATION ETC.
Special TO the Star.
COLUMBUS, O., March Gothic defalcation
of 4. w. Alero, late book-keeper and
cashier for Dunn & Co, now foots up to up
wards OF $4,000. lie was leading church
member and regarded as a strictly honest
man.
1t seems he invested the money in
buckct-shop operations in this city, where
Il highly respectable species Of grain gamb-
ling is carried on, such as Chicago wheat
markets, option sales, stocks, &c. His wife
has turned over all their property in part
payment of her husbands rascalitics, but it
is small amount compared with the
money stolen.
Two more incendiary fires occurred at an
early hour this morning, with loss of
$1,000. The police force will again be in
creased, and the State Militia guard the
city.
The time for holding the State Fair has
again been changed to the 25th of August.
Mr.. Lcvering bill authorizing Mt, GiIead,
Morrow County, to build street railroad,
passed the house.
The Hamilton delegation will hold an
other meeting tonight, to take action reIa-
tive to the Board of Public Works.
prsctu r.ancl;s
COrSCILMAN CHoKEs A THIEF-sEvERAL GRIM
INALs-INsANE ASYLUM INVESTIGATION,
Special to the Star
INDIANAPOLIS, March 2O.-Yesterdav Off
GERS heard a racket in Councilman McKay's
house, and rushing in they found that
official choking thief who was trying to
get away with piano cover full of valu-
ables.
The Slaughter case continues, and is of
intense interest.
The Tate murder trial is now in progress,
the jury having been filled yesterday after
noon. The jury will not be allowed to sep
aratc or communicate with anybody out of
Court until they find verdict or are dis
charged by reason of disagreement
The Insane Asylum Investigation here
furnishes some very startling revelations as
to the treatment of some of the patients
Louisville.
BoYToN BooMING-ANTIoUE DEED-FIyE GEN
ERATIoNs FOR KANSAS, ETC.
Special to the Star.
LOUISVILLE, March 20.-Capt. Paul Boy
ton will arrive opposite Louisville between
5 and o'clock thisafternoon. His voyage
down from Cincinnati has been a pleasant
one his float to Madison, distance of one
hundred miles, being made in eighteen
hours. Two ferryboats will start to meet
him at 2p. m.
Otto Fleischman brought suit in the
Common Pleas Court yesterday against
John Williams for So. 900 damages. Otto is
twelve years old and was injured by falling
timbers of building which Williams was
pulling down.
1t has been discovered that Mendel, the
against whom Emma Caspar
received damages OF $l2,5O0 for rape, has
away all his real estate. The
will be contested.
number OF our young men are Or
ganizing for an expedition to Leadvillc.
A deed was presented for record in the
Recorders Office at New Albany yesterday,
written OH parchment and signed by James
Madison, President OF the United States.
The deed had never been recorded, though
in February, 1917.
A colored family went on from Louis
vile Kansasward yesterday. In this far
lily five generations were represented, from
the white-haired great-great- -grandfathe of
nearly a hundred years down to little
papoose OF about one hundred
hours.
Daniel Kern, discharged Tuesday from
the Indian Penitentiary, where he had been
confined for wife murder was married yes.
terday in Jcffersonville to Susan Green.