The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-17
minutes, and slightly injuringsMr. Daniel

SuduS.
Mr.. Harvey Crack, formerly OF this burg,
but lately in the fruit and confectionery
business in Franklin, has again returned to
this place,
The new carriage shops of Theopolis Sim
onton and livery stable of I. P. Hall, East
Market street, will be ready for operation
in day or 80.
AURORA. IND.
Mrs. Henry Walker will spend the heated
term in the mountains of West Virginia.
A meeting of the Agricultural Board will
be held Saturday afternoon. Important
business will be attended to.
SPRINGFIELD. o.
The thermometer danced up to 1909 on
Wednesday, and yet cases Of sunstroke are
scarce.
+. L. Eslick, of the Du Quesne Blues, is
at Delaware locating grounds for their en-
campment August 2lst.
The people up in the "boot" will enjoy
on fire quarters unless it be private en-.
terprise. The city dads say nixey.
Capt. Henry Harper and Sergeant r. r.
tudd are at Columbus looking into a mat
ter uf uniforms for new members of the
Du Quesne Blues.
The Won Blumen party, who engaged in
a high kick" at Hlllsboro, are reported as
| Soothed, and she is billed for a walk at
Chillcothe under her old management
The Knights of Pythias threw open their
reconstructed hall on Wednesday. Tney
also made creditable street display, and
wound up by entertaining visiting Lodges
in great style at their headquarters.
Elder Arnett arrived on Wednesday eve
ming, and will lend his services at the Fair
Grounds for the next seven days. Those
in charge report the receipts and work as
satisfactory and expect to make u greater
success than rewarded their undertakings
last year.
The little daughter of Mr.. Charles Ruhl,
OF the American Express Company, died on
| Wednesday about noon, after short ill.,
ness. Deceased was an only child, and her
death is severe blow upon Mr.. ami Mrs
Ruhl. The funeral took place to-day from
the residence, and was largely attended.
Upon the arrival of the afternoon train
of the G.. s. u g. Road on Wednesday the
passengers aboard lost no time in spreading
about our city a sensational scene that had
been enacted aboard the cars lust below
Carey. 1t was the terrible attempt of Henry
Stayman, of Urbana, Ohio, upon his life.
Stayman is the senior member of the firm
Of Stayman Il Colwell, large lumber firm
| OF Urbana. The attempt Ot taking his life
was made in the water.closet of car, he
emptying five chambers of his revolver
every shot striking spot about his head
| The cause of his rash act is attributed to
mental alteration. Thirteen years ago he
was ali inmate OF an asylum, but was re-
leased as cured. Word was sent to his
| home by telegraph, and upon the arrival
| I..E4 Il L.
miraculous as it may seem, yet Stayman
was able to walk to carriage in waiting
Il considerable distance from the depot
without much assistance. At this late hour
Stayman is still living.
DAYTON. KH.
A runaway horse with buggy created
CONSERVATION on Clay street yesterday. The
vehicle was wrecked, but nobody was hurt.
Mr.. NJ. C. Van Tyne, of Berry avenue,
has accepted a position on the Southern
Railroad. He departed for Somerset this
morning.
1t would be strange if, in the broad field
of Kentucky politics, there was no place
for DAYTON man. Jesse Arthur, Esq,
realizes that there is such vacancy, and
lie proposes to fill it with his weI-rounded
| form. Our own Jesse is prominent can
didate for the LEGISLATURE. and he will tell
lis ali about it in front of the Dummy Depot
Saturday night.
Mr.. John Reid, the grocer. returned
with his grip-sack this morning from a
week of pleasant recreation at the lakes
John looks sun-burnt aud happy.
Charles Rodecker, George Myers, Paul
Shitlard and August llouck we're arrested
by City Marshal Stamper Yesterday on a
warrant sworn out by Mr.. Truesdale, SON
inlaw of Mr. BaIser, who leases the Taylor
property, for trespass, in taking fruit etc.
Several young ladies' aud one married ladv
were also arrested on the same charge. The
parties will all answer to the charges at
Mayor Maxey's office this evening.
LEXINGTON. ky.
II. +. Brown and lady, of Denver, Colo
rado, are in the city.
Clark County Yields one hundred and
fifty thousand bushels Of wheat this season.
in Kentucky. Suppose the Courts hang a
few of them. The insanity dodge is en-
tirely too thin-for poor people.
J. T. Cushing, of Chicago and C. G. Hill
dreth, of Lockport, N. Y, are in the city
for the purpose Of comforting with the City
Council i'll reference to erecting Water
works.
Everything is suffering for want of water.
Many of the creeks and ponds in the coun-
ty are drying up and a number of the
beautiful shade trees in the city will die if
there is no rain within the next week.
Mob law is to he deprecated as a general
thing but the hanging of the negro raw
isher, Breckinridge at Carlisle, last Satur-
day night, is justified by the whole COM
tu IIa bul ,,f ho
offense twice before, and his last victim was
poor girl who had been in the Lunatic
Asylum. Her account of the outrage was |
a horrible one, and her pteous cries as she |
lay in the most terrible bodily suffering |
were heartrending. Let the penalty Breck- |
inridge paid for his damnabe act prove a |
warning to all Others who may be disposed |
to accomplish such base purposes. His
hGnging was no political affair; whites and |
blacks shared equally in it, and all were of
the best citizens.
Mr. r. H. Smith returned from Carlisle |
yesterday morning. 1t will be remembered |
that sometime last April Mr.. Smith was ar.
rested in this city at the instance of A. I.
Parker for alleged false swearing to the age
Of the latter's daughter, who had, few
days before the arrest, married r. Grimes,
OF this city. At the time we believed, aud
so stated in these columns, that the arrest
was an outrage. On Tuesday last the Grand
jury of Nicholas County refused to indct
Mr. Smith, and he was honoraby acquitted.
Besides the loss of time the affair has cost
Mr. Smith in the neighborhood of 800,
Grimes who had really caused the
whole trouble, not paying
cent of expenses, with the
exception of a small lawyers fee. His
conduct in this respect is justly denounced
hN those WIN acnuaintnl with the