The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-02
GLINTS FROM GOTHAM.
Meanness, Miseries and Meandering
Of the Metropolitans.
DEATH OF A SUGAR BROKER.

OF the MetrOp0litans.
DEATH OF SUGAR BROKER.
Satonal associated Press to the Star.
NEW YoRK, May 2-Mr. Francis Skiddy,
senior partner of the firm of Skiddy, Mem
ford & Co., the largest sugar brokerage
house in this city, died yesterday at the
Fifth-avenue Hotel in the sixty-ninth year
of his age. The final cause of his death
was softening of the brain. He leaves a
large fortune.
ARCHBISHOP OF ALASKA.
His Eminence Archbishop Nestor has ar
rived in this city, en- route from st. Peters
burg TO Sitka, Alaska, to which See he has
been appointed. He is accompanied by all
Archdeacon and suite and servants.
TALMAGE TRIAL
The trial of Talmage was resumed yester-
day afternoon.
|, Mr.. Hawley testified DR.. Talmage paid
50, 500, but only $1,750 went to the Chris
tian at Work.
Rev. Mr.. Porter was called, but he re-
fused to answer whether he said to Judge
Morris that Talmage was a most raScally
man.
DR.. Spear then summed up for Tai
mage, concluding by making strong ap-
peal in behalf of Talmage who he said
would not be found guilty of any OF the
charges.
Adjourned.
CAN'T BUCK AGAINST THE PRINTING PRESS.
At the annual meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce last evening Mr.. Thurber, of the
Committee on Railroads, submitted a re-
port in answer to the Joint Committee OF
the New York Central and Erie Roads.
The report claimed that the joint letter did
not approach the subject in a spirit likely
to harmonic public interests with those OF
the railroads. The report declares the as
sertions Of the joint letter that the rail
roads had not offered distractions to the
seeking of information to be untrue. The
report states further: 1t may serve the pur-
poses of Vanderbilt and Jewett to state, or
at least leave it to be inferred, that all the
watered stock in their respective roads
'epresents real earnings expended upon
them, but we donot believe this to be so. At
one time the late Mr.. Vanderbilt tried to
buy enough stock on the Erie road to con-
troll it, but apparently inexhaustible guam
titles were forthcoming, and he was obliged
to relinquish his object, when it was dis
covered that unknown quantities of unau-
thorzed stock had been placed upon the
market by the management of the Erie
hallway. The late James Fisk, Jr., in al
luding to the matter, remarked that There
was no use bucking against the printing
press"
FROM NOSES TO JIM FISK.
A book will be issued tomorrow in which
Henry Kiddle, Superintendent of Public
Schools, gives a record of communications
mo oia to him, bu ,rit 80
Moses to James Fisk, Jr. The conversations
it is declared, were conducted by the aid of
the authors son and daughter, and he
youches for their correctness. He declares
he has written the book from sense of
duty, and that the proceeds OF its sale will
be devoted to the cause of Spiritualism.
The communicat ons are of great variety
some Of the most peculiar coming from
Shakespeare Byron, VIM. Cullen Bryant
and Washington. IT is understood Kiddle
will resign his present position.
MORE MORMON CONVERTS.
Three hundred and seventy-fve immi-
grants landed at Castle Garden Yesterday
including one hundred and thirty-eight
converts to Mormonism. The new beley-
ers in the faith Of Brigham Young are the
first batch of Mormons that have arrived
this season. They left last night for Salt
Lake City.
SECRETARY sHERMAN's MOVEMENTS.
Secretary Sherman dined last evening
with a friend and saw "Pinafore" at the
Standard Titeater. To-day and tomorrow
he will visit the Sub-Treasury and Custom
House. He will leave the city tomorrow
evening for Mansfield 0. His present trip
to this city, he states, is not immediately
connected with any important public bust
ness. Referring to the action of Congress
he expresses a firm i1elief that all necessary
bills would be passed.
FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE PARK.
Dr. Brimstead, of the College of Phvsi-
clans, and George Douglass, only son of
Louis Douglass. proprietor of the New
York Riding Academy, were thrown from
a light wagon in Central Park Yesterday
afternoon, the doctor breaking his left arm
and Douglass receiving injuries from which
he died last night.
PERMANENTLY RETIREs.
Ex-Gov. Seymour refuses to accent the
nomination tor Governor, and in the most
positive terms asserts that he has perna- |
nently retired from politics.
VICTIM OF THE BORDER GANG"
John Whalen, prosperous and we'll
known grocer, was found drowning in East |
River Wednesday night. He was crying
Tor belp and a detective reached him with
4 skitf but Whaen died before being able
% explain. He had plenty of money that
lay when leaving home, but very little on
lis person when in the river. Foul play is
suspected. Several persons remember hav-
ng seen a man answering to his description
n the company of two members of the no.
orious "Border Gang"
GoIYGs ON IN LYDIG's WOODS.
John Smith is in prison at Fordham,
'harged with assaulting a girl of thir-
cen in Lydig's woods, at the West
arms last Sunday morning. The girl
vas found running away from him, and he
tated that he was shortly afterward clubbed
md stoned insensible by fifteen Young men.
Who also tied rope around his neck and
we're about to hang him when the police
anne to his rescue. Nothing was said in court
bout the attempt at lynching. Lydg's
woods, the scene of the attempt at lynch
ng, is where pack peddler was murdered
few years ago, by three negroes who
we're afterward hanged in the city prison
ard.