The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-18
NEW YORK.
Indicted Bank Directors.
National Associated Press to the Star.

National ASS0Clatu 1reSS W tlle Olat.
New YORK, Jan. 1S-Ex-Assemblyma
Patrick Sheehan and James W. Donelan,
two of the directors of the suspended Me-
chanics' and Laborers' Savings Bank, at
Jersey City, who were under Indictment for
conspiracy to defraud the depositors of the
bank, appeared in Court yesterday and gave
bail in s., 500 each to appear for trial.
Louisiana COns0is.
1t is said that nearly $3.50 900 of Louis
lana Consos have been sold recently in this
market. on account of parties in the South
whose margins were exhausted.
Death of Mrs. Nathan.
Mrs Emily Nathan, widow OF the late
Beajaasin- Nathan, died Thursday night at
her residence on Fifth avenue.
Another Disastrous Fire.
Shortly before o'clock last night, flames
were seen issuing from the third floor of
the hve-story building No. 81 Worth street,
occupied by Van Volkenburg & Co., dealers
in woolens and general merchants. 1t soon
communicated with Nos. So, 60, go, G6 and
66 Worth street, and Nos. 81, 66, 68 and 10
Thomas street, which, with the contents,
were entirely consumed. Loss is estimated
at $4,000 on buildings and 81 loo, 600 on
stock.
The following are occupants of the
burned buildings: Nos. 81 and Sc Worth
street, James f. White; 5S and 60 Worth
street, Chapman Il Martin, Forstman Il Co.,
b. H. Smith & Co.; GO and 81 Worth street,
Van Volkenberg Il Leavitt, Walkenshaw &
Voight Neura 4 Healeson 66 and 68 Worth
street, John Lane 4 Co., Horace Maxwell,
Bchuebal & Bros. H. w. T. Mali & Co.. &c
and 6S Thomas street, VIM. Simpson, Sons
a. Co., Nonotuck Silk Company, Florence
Silk Company; 70 and 70 Thomas street,
Van Volkenberg & Leayitt, Walkenshaw e.
Voight; "A and 76 Thomas street, Upham,
Tacke & Co.
The Glorious Milish.
The Militia Convention settled on gen.
eral militia act to be presented to Congress,
and adjourned to meet at st. Louis Sep
tember 3Oth
Its Value i'm Gold.
The gold value of the legal-tender silver
dollar, 4121l grains, is S5 II cents.
Protesting Against Bismarck's Des-
pOtIsm.
A document is extensively circulated and
signed by many well known citizens call
ing upon the citizens of New York to enter
their remonstrance against the oppressive
md infamous policy now enforced upon the
people of Germany. A meeting will be
held next Wednesday evening to protest
against Bismarcks despotc measures.
A Naughty Girl.
New YORK, Jan. 18.-Georgie Cortelyon,
aged sixteen, of Brooklyn, who ran away
from home with young man and three
weeks ago was found in house of i'll fame
and taken home, ran away again. She now
goes to the House of Mercy for year. She
dresses richly and gets $50, 600 when of age.
Prisoners Shot iii San Domingo.
Private letters received say that Seniors
Perez and Mornati, the two men recently
taken from the Spanish steamer Manucla,
at San Domingo, were shot on the day of
their arrest. A Spanish man-ofwar was
sent from Havana to compel their release.
Sorrows of Sailors.
The bark Luigino Lamonica, which ar
rived yesterday, had three men badly FROST
bitten. The steamship Caledonia brought
into port Captain Winchester and six men
who had abandoned The schooner Alert,
which was boarded by seas in gale Oh the
Bd inst. and the mainsail and jib carried
away. The bark Princess Beatrice had
Capt Chase and seven men taken from the
wreck of the schooner Jos. Allen, of Boston,
ON the 5th inst, and the bark Oliver Emery
had Capt Thomas and five men. two of
whom were frost bitten, rescued from the
schooner Maggie Vanchiscp, abandoned
when she was waterlogged and unmanage-
able on the 10th.
Y. m. G. A. Matters.
The Executive Committee of the Y. NJ.
c. A. of the United States and British Prov
inces has just agreed to call the next bien-
NAL Convention % meet al Baltimore, May
21st. The one hundred and twenty-five
General Secretaries of more than eight hun
dred Associations hold meetings at the
Fame place. May 10th to 21st. The Execu-
tive Committee state the occasion will be
one Of marked interest, as reports will be
presented OF the progress madcin HE South
and West during The last two years, and of
10000 college students, and 500, 900 German
youthA