The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-06-20
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Chicago,

Shhcd&Os
POISONED ON PRESERVED coRNED BEEF.
Special to the Star.
CHICAGO, June 20.-Six persons in the
family of Edward Howard, Carroll avenue,
have been badly poisoned by eating pre-
served corned beef, put up by German
butcher.
indianapolis.
NEW LIBRARIAN - RETURNING MINSTREL
PERSONAL AND CONVENTIONAL.
Special to the Star.
INDIANAPOLIS, June 20.-Mr. Tyler, OF New
York, has been decided upon as the sue
cessor to Mr.. Yohn, as City Librarian. He
was First Assistant Librarian at the Astor
Library for more than ten years.
Billy Courtright, with Kelly & Leon's
Minstrels, who have been playing two
years engagement in Australia and New
Zealand is expected home next month.
Will A. Peelle, Jr., Deputy Secretary OF
State, and Maggie Fitzgibbon, State Libra
rian, were yesterday licensed to marry.
The annual meeting of the State Millers
is in session again this morning.
The State Bill Posters Association meets
here on the Fourth of July.
ST. LOUIS.
GoLDsoLL SOLD oUT-cHAMPIoN DOG KILLER
HORRIBLE CASE OF MURDER.
Special to the Star.
ST. LOUIS, June 20.-The elegant furniture
belonging to Goldsoll, of unenviable Broad.
way Savings Bank fame, was sold at auc-
ton yesterday. The entire outfit only
brought 81, $50.
Sanders, the murderer of Officer Frintz,
was concealed by old Mrs. Beaumont in
this city until day or two since, when he
eluded the officers and sought another hid.
ing place.
The funeral of the late Chas. E. Follett
General Passenger Agent of the Vandalia
Railroad, took place from the Lindel
Hotel yesterday. Among the pall-bearers
were Mr.. ]. B, Gibson and Mr.. J. NJ. Kel.
ley, of Cincinnati.
Tom Martin, the St. Louis pound-keeper,
has commenced the dog-killng season.
Two hundred and fifty are in the pound
now, to be slaughtered by him tomorrow.
One man, named Greely, brains the beasts
with bludgeon, and another cuts their
throats. Greedy kills five thousand dogs
every year, and in his lifetime has killed
fifty thousand dogs.
w. H. Erb, a hand-cart man, was arrested
last evening for numbering his wife. She
was washing in the back yard, when some
one stabbed her in the back. She ran out,
with her seven-year old daughter by the
hand, two doors north, to her sisters. She
fell in her arms, saying, Take care of my
child" and died.
Pittsburg.
AN ENGINEER AND BRAKEMAN END THEIR
LABoRs.
Special to the Star.
PITrsBURG, Pa, June 20.-Peter Hantz,
a brakeman on the Southwest Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, was killed this morning
near Scottdale.
John Mattison, a fireman on hind
freight engine of the Pennsylvania Rail
road, while oiling his engine, near Green's
burg, was struck by an express going in an
opposite direction and instantly killed,
to-day.
Detroit.
GEN. SHERMAN CONTINUES To INsPECT--A
TOUGH-sKINNED VILLAIN.
special to the Star
DETROIT June 20.-Gen. Sherman in
spected the Ft Wayne strong post, just be-
low Detroit, this morning. He leaves for
a tour of inspection of the forts and garri-
sons of Mackinac, Ft. Brady, ETC., to-mor-
row noon on board the Lighthouse tender
Warrington.
james Miller was shot in the head by
Louisa McRoy, whom he had violated.
Miller was arrested for rape since His
skull was so tough that the bullet wound
was not fatal.
Columbus.
PEREMPToRY MANDAMUs REFUsED-PENITEN-
TlARY RECRUITs-AN 8l-PouNps BILL-CALL.
FOR DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE, ETC.
Special to the Star.
COLUMBUS O., June 2O.-Yesterday the
Supreme Court refused peremptory man.
damus to compel the Treasurer of Franklin
County to pay money on an order signed
by member of the Board of Trustees of
the City Water works and the Secretary
thereof, payable to the order of said secre-
tary, on the ground that an order must
show on its face that it is the order of the
Trustees, which an order in the above form
does not do. The decision prohibits the
Secretary from drawing money upon any
orders except upon those signed by ma
jority of the Trustees.
Sheriff VIM. Hostella placed in prison
John Lennon, 3 years, for burglary and
larceny, and John McMarlow, 10 months
for embezzlement, from Columbiana
County. Late arrivals from Preble County
are Charles Marshall, burglary and larceny,
years. From Butler County, Jno. Scott
md Saml. Fagett, burglary, and Chas. Ed
wards, horse-stealing, each for two years.
The big bill of the codifed work weighs
eighty-four pounds, the largest bill that
ever passed the Legislature.
John G. Thompson has issued a call for
he Democratic State Central Committee to
meet in this city June 26h.
A bill has passed the House providing
or the publication OF the code.
Poe's bill calling for reduction of the