The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-29
neck and caused his death very soon after
wards He was intoxicated at the time.

neck ana caused his death very soon after
wards. He was intoxicated at the time.
THE yITRIoL-THRowER's SENTENCE.
New YORK, May 29.-Ellen Mead, aged
nineteen, who threw bowl Of vitrioi into
the face of John McEnery, thereby disfg-
uring him for life, was yesterday arraigned
for sentence on the plea of assault with in
tent to kill. The Court sentenced her to
the Penitentiary for five years.
DOUBLE LYNcHING.
SAN Francisco. May 29.-Thomas and
William Yakum, convicted of the murder
of Johnson and Tucker and who were
granted a change of venue by the Supreme
Court for new trial, were taken from the
Jail at Bakersfield yesterday morning by a
masked mob and hanged.
AWFUL FATE OF NINE CHILDREN.
ISLAND POINT, VI, May 29.-At Newark
ten miles distant from here, a party of nine
children yesterday drank from brook, the
water of which had been polluted by the
carcasses of horse and several sheep, and
were poisoned, from the effects of which
seven died soon after The others can not
live.
MURDERED BY INDIANS.
A party of Indians raided the south fork
of the Salmon River, Idaho, and killed two
men named Hugh Johnson and PASCAL
Dawson.
FRENCH WOMAN MURDERED.
New York, May 29.-About o'clock last
evening Madame Louise Bonevarat a
French woman fifty-four years of age, was
found lying dead on the second floor of her
residence West Thirtieth street. An ex-
animation indicated that the woman had
been brutally murdered. Four deep
wounds had been inflicted upon the woman.
Her husband, Joseph Boneyarat, who has
been very dissipated of late, was arrested
on suspicion and locked up.
LOSS OF THE BLANCHE PORTER.
New ORLEANS, May 29-The steamboat
Blanche Porter, which has been running in
the Grand Isle trade, was wrecked and
burned Tuesday morning at the mouth of
Bayou LaFOurche, while attempting to
pass out into the Gulf. ALI hands were
saved with the exception Of negro boy,
who went down with the boat
HORRIBLE DEED OF A PLANTER.
Specials to the Star.
GAINESVILLE, Ga, May 90. 9.-Information
has reached here that VIM. Ferguson,
planter at Pendleton, s. c., near the Georgia
line, went to the field where Hattie Patton,
a colored girl worked, ard demanded that
she retract story of his attempt to outrage
her. She refused and Ferguson deliberately
leveled shot gun at her and fred both
barrels literally tearing her head off. The
murderer fed and has not been captured.
STABBED IN A SALOON.
MENDOZA, ILL, May 29.-Yesterday sa-
loon fight occurred at the place of Bob Mer-
chant, in which Lou. Furlong was fatally
stabbed in the right side by a rough named
Bill saylor. Furlong will die from his
wounds.
KILLED HIS FATHER-INLAw.
SPENCER IND, May 29.-In an alteration
near this place yesterday John Franklin
was fatally stabbed in the side three times
by VIM. Shelburn, his son-in-law, who was
drunk
BARN BURNED NEAR SEYMOUR.
SEYMOUR, IND, May 29.-The large hay
barn of Jack Kendrick, at Hardenburg.
with presses and implements, together with
sixty tons of baled hay, were burned last
night. Two horses barely escaped. Loss,
So, 900.
Rh1DED BY BURGLARS.
BRowNsBURG, IND, May 29-At Fayette
a village near here, the store of Mr.. Charles
Lumpkin was broken open last night by
burglars, who carried off about $500 worth
Of goods. They got away also with horse
and buggy at the same time
PoKING UP THE PEK1N WHISKY RING.
PEKIN, ILL, May 29-Yesterday three
more members of the Pekin whisky ring
were arrested by the United States Mar
shal for failing to pay the fines assessed
against them at the last term of the United
States Circuit Court of Springfield
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A FARMER
OTTAWA, ILL, May 29.--James Connolly,
a farmer, was arrested yesterday on charge
Of incest, brought against him by his young
daughter, who recently gave birth to all in
FAINT. The father insists that the girl was
seduced by neighbor.
PosT-oFFICE CLERK PROMOTED.
Fort WAYNE, md, May 29.-Joseph G.
formerly clerk in the post
office here, who pleaded guilty to rling
registered letters last winter, was yester-
lay sentenced by Judge Gresham at Indi-
to two years in the Pententiary.