The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-31
MURDERED ON THE HIGHWAY,

National ssociate1 Press to the Star.
IRON MOUNTAIN, Mo-, Oct 31.--The body
of all unknown man, with skull smashed
in, was found three miles east of here.
When last seen, this man, in company with
another named Charles H. Hardin, and two
women and two teams, were at the toll-gate
near by, and the s1ppositon is that the
murder was committed by Hardin for the
purpose of plunder. Letters addressed to
r bert Ferguson, dated Plumfield, ILL.,, and
Rockwell, Kansas, were found on the per-
son of the murdered man. Hardin has
since been arrested.
MURDERoUs MARINES SENTENCED.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Oct. 31.-Four accom-
pices of Isaac Jacobson, who was sentenced
yesterday to be hanged January 30th, 1880,
for the murder of Charles ID. ID. Brooks,
mate of the ship Sea King. in August last,
we're sentenced as fnlows: Carl J. Granfons
John Clark. ten years imprisonment and
fine of $50; Henry C. Myberg. fined $500
and eight years imprisonment; and Peter
Rasmussen six years imprisonment and
fine Of 500.
POISONED BY WAX FLOWERS.
JERSEY CITY, N. j., Oct. 31.-Mrs. Ben
der. of Inbuken. whose funeral services
were performed Wednesday, was the vic
tim of u disease contracted by the use of
poisons in making wax flowers Some
beautiful specimens of her W rk were ex
hibited at the recent Bergen County Fair.
ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE EXPLOSION.
Samuel Hough, aged twenty-nne, fire.
man who was thrown over thirty feet in
the air by the explosion If locomotive in
H"b,ken on Tuesday night, died last night.
Miss Smick. daughter of Engineer Snnick.
who was killed in the explosion, toll the
Coroner she was to have been married to
Hough in the coming holidays.
SUICIDE OF TOM HYER's OLD PARTNER.
BROOKLYN, N. Y. Oct. 81. - Mortimer
Tuns"n, proprietor of the Road House, on
the old Coney Island r ad, and Tom Hy-
er's old partner, committed suicide yester-
day with razor. The cause is thought to
be the recent death of his favorite daugh-
ter from consumption. Tunisnn's house
was a great resort for riding parties from
New York and Brooklyn. He was worth
Sl25,000. His surviving family consists of
wife and two daughters.
PRINTERS FATAL RACKET.
JERSEY CITY. Oct. 3L-At Clifton last
evening VIM. Duquette. compostor and
pa CCoItttii, ashCu tIC IVA tllC
loan of 81 and ticket to New York, saying
that unless the favor was granted he would
go into the. cut and have racket all to
himself. The station agent could not re-
spond. Sh rtly afterwards q freight train
approached, and Duqnette placed himself
in front of it, not moving even when the
engineer gave the danger signal. In an
other minute lie was shockingly mangled
and corpse. Dnqnette was formerly very
industrious, but ttr the last few years was
addicted to drink
FIRE AT A CAMP GROUND.
BELFAST Me-, Oct 3l.-A fire occurred
yesterday afternoon at the north part of the
Methodist Camp-meeting Grounds. near
this city, which destroyed about twenty
cottages Loss not yet estimated.
WRECK OF THE AMAZON.
CHICAGO, Oct. 31.-The wreck of the AM
azon, at Grand Haven, is rapidly going to
pieces, and all hopes of saving tie -four in
the hold is abandoned.
A FOOL BUILDS A FIRE
CHICAGO, Oct. 3l.-Anton Kaler bach
elor, burned his barn, south OF the city, be-
cause his efforts to secure wife failed
Loss $1,000. He was held to the Criminal
Court to-day in 81, 900 bond.