The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-16
CIRCLE OF CITIES.
News Notes Cleaned and GarHered by
Star Special Reporters
Philadelphia,

BOLD BURGLARY AND SMALL PRoFITs-RIoT
BILL EFFECTUALLY KILLED.
Special TO the Star.
PITTsBuRG, April 18.-Bursaars entered
the store of A. J. Russell, on tho Panhandle
Road, few miles from this CITY, last night
bound and gagged the telegraph operator,
whose Office is in the same building, blew
open the safe and robbed the office. They
got less than S100.
The bill for the payment Of 100000
riot losses was effectually killed in the
Legislature this morning by vote of l0l to
9S against reconsidering the bill.
Detroit.
DRAINED BY A HoRsE-A STRONG TEMPERANCE
LEGISLATURE.
Special to the Star.
DETROIT, Mich, April &c. A. Smith,
OF Essexville, was kicked by a horse this
morning and part of his brains knocked
out. Strange to say he is still living.
There is a strong temperance sentiment
in the present Legislature, and deter
mined effort will be made this week to pass
an iron-clad law like the Maine law. Fail
ing in that, vote to submit it 10 the peo-
pie will probably carry.
Chicago.
SUICIDE OF A COMMISSION MERCHANT.
Special to the Star.
CHcAGo, April 16.-L. S. Chase, prom
inent commission merchant of this city,
cut his throat this morning. His wife lad
just stepped into an adjoining room and
returned to find him dying. Ill health and
melancholy caused the rash act
Columbus.
STATE UNIVERSITY APPRoPRIATIoNs-cIEcIN
| MATT TO THE FRoNT-GERNAN PRINTING
BILL PASSED.
| Special to the Star.
COLUMBUS, O., April 16 In the House the
day was taken up in discussing the appro-
priations of the State universities, which
resulted in very running heated debate
upon consideration in Committee of the
Whole.
Drs. Maley and Muscroft, Jr., are here, it
is said, in reference to Longview Asylum.
Silas Hoffman, Larky McHugh and Lewis
Bernard are here to look after the interest
of the Board of Public Works 1t is pro-
posed to introduce bill to modify the
Board, so as to obviate the necessity of abol-
shng it entirely.
A meeting OF the Hamilton delegation
will be held tonight, and Representative
Jessup will introduce the bill tomorrow.
The Senate to-day passed the German Print
ing Bill, authorizing county officers to
advertise in German papers unless objected
to by counsel in the case. The bill is now
law.
| Ysa
AID FOB c0LMNsvILLE--A YOUNG PICKPocKET
-CoLoRED IMMIGRATION SOCIETY, ETC.
Special TO the Star.
ST. LOUIS, April 16-Mayor Overstolz has
received telegram from P. B. Wonderly,
Mayor of Collinsville, appealing for aid
for citizens who were left destitute by the
cyclone. $3.50 were collected for them yes
terday on change, and committee is still
soliciting. The storm Of that day did near
ly $4,000 damage to greenhouses in this
vicinity.
Patrick McManus, thirteen years Of age
has been committed to the House of Refuge
by the Mayor for stealing a pocketbook
containing ST. from Mrs. Eliza Porter.
Articles of association have been filed in
the Circuit Court by the Colored Immigra-
ton Society. The object is stated to be
to raise funds for the establishment of col
onies and to aid the immigration of colored
men from the Southern States to other Sec
tions of the Union.
E. II. Brown, Manager of the Western
Union Telegraph-office in this city, who
has been held on the charge of contempt of
court for refusing to produce certain tele-
grams, was last evening granted a writ Of
habeas corpus. returnable next Tuesday.
The only gambler arrested yesterday was
Geo. Phegley, nearly all the others having
skipped out of town.
| Indianapolis.
| A PUGILIsTIC COMEDIAN AN oRAToRICAL
| BLOw-ouT-BLUE RIBBON CONVENTION, ETC.
Special to the Star.
IsDIANAPoLIs April 16.-Billy Diamond,
comedian of the May Fisk party, last even
ing knocked down young blood, who was
little the worse for liquor, for openly in
suting one of the Parker sisters as they
were returning 10 their hotel.
Workmen upon the new State-house be-
gan laying stone in the foundation yes
terday.
Great preparations are in progress for the
event tomorrow evening at the Opera
house.
All the colleges Of the State will be rep
resented by their best orators, one from
each institution, and the successful contest
ant will represent Indiana at the Inter
Collegiate contest, to be held in Iowa next
month.
The second annual Convention of the In
diana State Christian Temperance Union
Blue Ribbon) will meet in this city on
Wednesday, the l4th day of May, 1879. A
two-days session will be held.
Mr.. Witherell, wholesale druggist of
New York, husband of Emma Abbott, the
| songstreSs met her here Yesterday