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Real Estate Transfers,


tate from noon yesterday W mum to-uay'
Devisees of William Honroth, per Sheriff,
to Louisa Schmidt, so by 100 feet,on west side
of Brighton street, lS0 feet south from Har-
rison avenue; also 80 feet front on south
side of Harrison avenue, SO feet west from
Brighton street; $7O16 81.
| Louisa Schmidt and husband to Eva Eliz-
abelh zinck, the lot fronting on Brighton
street, described above; S., $3.50 81.
John Johns and wife to Samuel W..
Smith, 80 by 100 feet, on the southwest cor
ner of Walnut and Second streets $4,000.
George Klotter, Sr,, ct al, per Sheriff, to
The Sun Mutual Insurance Company, 81
by l2l feet, on north side of McMicken
avenue, 100 feet east from Hamburg street;
Sc, G66 66 2-3
Assignee of J. L. Keck & Bro. to Gerhard
Huseman ct al, so by So feet, on south
side of Livingston street. 200 feet west of
John street; So, 454 30.
Moses f. Buxton and wife to Henry
Feldmann, 81 acres on south line of Section
36, Columbia Township, being Lots Nos 3
and 4, subdivision of estate of John G.
Mosehberger; $1,000.
Francis E. Bradbury ct al, per Sheriff, to
Mary McMechan, 81 by 10 feet on south
side of Chestnut street, 121 feet west from
Park avenue, Walnut Hills; 1928 331s.
Warren Wilder and wife to Augusta Bel
low, 26 57,100 by 100 feet on the east side of
40foot street, running parallel to and 200
feet west of Walkermill Road, lying next
south from north line of Block No. IL, S.
Wilder's subdivision, Section 30 Storrs
Township; 81 and other considerations.
August Becker and wife to James M.
Glenn, 546l 900 acres, on north side OF
North Crescent avenue, being parts OF Lots
Nos. 35 and 36, Cloons subdivision, Avon
dale; also 26S-l 900 acre, on the west side
of Lebanon Pike being part OF Lots and
7, Taylors subdivision Of part OF Blatchley
farm; $4,000.
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Death Record.

The following deaths have been placed on
record since our last report:
Dora Woods | month, city.
William Allen, mos, city.
Robert Straufer, 6 mos, city.
Infant Gerlach, mos, city.
Sidney Jones, . yrs, city.
William Kreps, 6yrs., city.
Mary Schroth, 2 yrs, city.
William Cogill, 0 days, city.
Infant HURT, IA days, city.
Mary Apgar IS yrs, United States.
Cyrenius Williams, yrs. United States.
Jacob Wetzel, IS yrs, Pennsylvania,
Elizabeth Jones, -, Alabama.
Addie Schultz, % yrs, Ohio.
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The following marriage licenses have beel
issued since our last report
Henry Menke and Kunigunda Leberth.
Jacob Wissel and Josephine Demier.
Benz. Curd and Jennie Moore.
James J. Bluett and Anna Manning.
Julius Feibelman and Lisset Isaac.
Emil Hornest and Magdalena Helm.
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Lincoln Park Concert.

A complimentary concert by the Cincin-
matt Grand Orchestra, L. Ballenberg mana
ger, will be given the public at Lincoln
Park this evening, commencinga s o clock
weather permitting, The following is the
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-23
FINAN ClAL.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 23-2 P. NJ.
Moderate demand for exchange oil New York
and steady. Quoted al lilo discount buying aud
selling al par.
Sterling is in light demand and no change in
rates Drafts drawn at S4 "a and 60day bills at
81 81 per { sterling.
The local rates for Government bonds are as
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]. H. Dinkelman. Delegates to Central
Club-James Armstrong, James Robertson,
Cl., al -, TanLar -Inhn Gintar
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arrest Of Michael Webber on a charge of using
obscene and abusive language. Webber is the
young man dismissed by the Prosecuting Attorney
in Squire Fullers Court last night.
Mr.. C. W. Jones, a young medical student. who
has been stopping al the residence OF Mr. Black on
Front street, left this morning for Denver, Colo
RADIO, his future home. Mr.. Jones, by his many
noble qualities, gained hosts OF friends during his
stay here.
STRANGE PRoCEEDINGs-Th case OF Jno. Brown
Juo. Lnet aud Michael Webber, charged with a
breach OF the peace, committed on the picnic boat
on the evening of August a. We're called before
Squire Fuller last night, Mayor Harton having
transferred them from his Court on account OF the
act having been committed outside the city limits.
The quarrel originated between the boys them
selves as TO who should pay for the drinks called
for, until, it is alleged Chief Coitingham inter
fered and ordered them TO either pay for what
they had called for or step aside and give Others
| ii chance. Wcbber, according TO the testimony,
wanted to know what in the HI he
(meaning the Chief had to do with it,,
adding remark entirely unfit f0r publication.
This brought the Chief with Officer Dug Martin
and Constable Bill Cottrngham in conflict with
the crowd, when rough and tumble fight took
place, ending in the boys being locked up in the
engine room until the boat reached the ecity, when
they were taken 10 jail separate trial was given
each prisoner, Webber's being called first. A
number of witnesses were examined, after which
Prosecuting Attorney took upon himself TO charge
the Jury, saying that if found guilty OF the charge
of breach of the peace they should fine him not
more than 500, and Imprisonment in the
County Jail not more than fifty days.
The jury retired, and after half hours del era
ton agreed to disagree, being unable to come to
any conclusion as to whether the language made
use OF by Webber was breach Of the peace, as
charged in the warrant; and the Prosecuting At
torney ordered his discharge, which the Court
agreed TO. Then Edgar with, the pompositv and
assurance OF an O'Connor, or the dignity oi
Chief Justice, entered motion that Brown and
Linet be also discharged The Court was thun-
derstruck AT the sudden change of affairs the case
had taken, aud was in a dilemma as to what course
to pursue. The dignity of the Court and
the protection OF the officers in the discharge
of their duty were at stake but The Court
in a moment OF anguish looked over
his glasses and concurred in the motion. What
the up-shot OF these proceedings will be, can be
seen at - glance by the action OF the three young
men this morning. They went before Squire
Maphet and swore out warrants against Chief Cot
tingham and the two policemen for false i'm
prisonment
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Benjamin ]. Hay is having new roof
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we'll as she can sing.
Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines has filed
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8 WARRINGTON, Aug. 22.-For Tennessee
md Ohio Valley increasing clopdiness,
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The York street Congregational Church remains
closed.
Officer Boyd has been transferred from night TO
day duty.
Deputy Sheriff Cal. Hutchinson is down with
typhoid fever.
Mr. J. r. Bloomfield and family are home from
Lake Chautsuqua
Charley johnson (eoIored) calls his race
Smoked Yankees"
Every cnse in the Mayors Court this morning
was dismissed. What's the matter?
Mrs p. Michaels, wife Of Prof. Charles Michaels,
Is visiting friends AT Jefferson Ind.
Sheriff John White served his last summons
for the Chaneery Court at IL O'Clock last night
Nj Eugene Applegate, q prominent bushes.
man, arrived home this morning from the East.
The Republicans will hold an important m eet
ing tonight at the Leader Office. A large attend
anee is requested.
Mrs Cody, who was arrested yesterday on 0
charge OF breach OF the peace, was dismissed by
he Mayor this morning.
warrant was sworn out this morning for the
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-01-15

and striking the conductor, Henry Spalding
(who was endeavoring to stop the affray) on
the left arm, between the elbow and wrist,
nearly breaking his arm. The poker cut
through his oYercoat, undercoat, shirt sleeve
and the flesh to the bone, and for some time
the bono was thought to be broken. Had it
struck Sargent's head, as intended, it would
have killed him instantly. g
Rochester Record aia.d Union: Diptheriat
has at last made its appearance III this sec
ton. The family OIL. B.sEllis, who lives
on the Oronoco road, are down with it. "a
son aged 16, and q daughter are already dead.
The disease was contracted in tOwatonna,
and, If the doctor was correctly understood,
two or three of Mr.. Ellis neighbors have
.caugat the plague. I
Duluth Tribune: Capt. w. p. Spaldine,
the famous silver man, who has home
stead on what is believed to be valuable
silver claim, down the north shore, about
twentv Eve miles north Of Grand Marais and
III 20 feet above Lake Superior. came up q
day or two ago to ssprove up He came All
the way from Grand Marais IN small boat
with two Indians, and sailed all night, Dec.
'3lst, with the mercury q u degrees below
IL, Z.
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Lanesboro escaped another dis astrous con-
Migration. II a. seFss sa 5sEE

Hokah Blade: We heard MIR. j. G. Easton
say, while, coming on the tram from La
Crosse Wednesday, that the Southern Min
nesota Railway company intend before 8
great while to build q railroad from Lanes
boro up the north branch Of Root river to
Rochester via Chatfeld. This will pass
through splendid country and will makesa
paying feeder to the 8. n. railway.
Hokah Blade; Mr.. John Krock, Ger
man, aged about 6Qseara, living in the town
ship of Brownsville, was killed last Friday
TN The TALBOT large limb from. q tree which
he was cutting down. His skull was badly
Fractured and he lived onlya few hours.
DR. McKenna, Of Caledonia, was called to
see him, but he could afford no relief.
Krock was q, we'll to- do farmer, and leaves i
family. ST 50
Brainesd3 Tribune: a fracas occurred on
the Duluth train on Thursday, between two
bteak men Btaney and Sargent in which
q lantern, chair and some articles Of freight
il the car they occupied wore demolished,
Ivhan Ranley finally drew the stove poker
and struck at Sargent's head: missing him
= 4 49, ~ - 5
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What householder who can get no rec

What householder who can get no rec
ompense for improve meuts from grasp
ing landlord will not sympathize with
the writer Of this2 ''W anted immediately.
to enable me to lea We the house which
have for these last five years inh abited,
in the same plight and condition in
which I found il, 500 Live rats, for which
/ will gladly pay the sum Of five pound
sterling; and as | cannot leave the farm
attached thereto in the same order in
which I got it without At least Five Mil
lions OF DICKENS, I do hereby promise
the same sum for said number OF Dock
ens.-N. B. The rats must be full.
grown and no cripples. CAam5er's Jour
nj.
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KILLED By HIS SISTER.
lJohnstown Tribune.l

One of the saddest of tragedies was that
on Friday evening at the home of Mr.. Rich
ard Hothem, near Hillside, Westmoreland
county, Pa. Mr.. 81. and his wife went away
on visit on Friday, leaving at home their
son Joseph, aged %, their daughter Mary,
aged 10, and two other daughters, 8 and IL
years of age respectively, In the evening
Joseph attended spelling s'bee, cautioning
his sister Mary, as he went away, to beware
Of tramps. At about 8 o'clock he started
for home, and as he approached the house the
barking of the dogs alarmed his sisters, as
Joseph was not expected back &C so early an
hour. It is probable the young man intend
ed to test his sister Mary's courage, for he
pulled his hat down over his face, and other
wise disguised himself. When he was Within
a few rods of the house Mary appeared in
the doorway and hailed him: sIs that you,
Joe?" But he did not answer and continued
to advance. The girl. now worked up to q
high pitch of excitement, again hailed the
advancing figure with, "Who are your
Still no answer, and Mary shouted again,
"Is that you, Joe?" and ran into the house
and armed herself with shotgun. Re-
utrning to the door she discovered to her
surprise, the strange man standing on the
steps, and as soon as she appeared he ad-
vanced toward her. .sStop," she shouted,
''stop, Or will shoot you!'' He took an
other step. and at the same instant the girl
raised the gun and fred, and he sank down
on the porch, groaning, sob, my dear sis
teri" "Oh, my dear brother, I have killed
you!' the poor girl screamed as she threw
down the gun and carried him into the
house, where he soon died.
II Richard H0them, the father, is the man
who, in 1851 or 1862, picked up fortune on
the railroad near his home. He was
walking along the read and saw
folded newspaper, and on picking it
up found enclosed $4,000 in bank notes.
He took the package to an attorney and
sought legal advice. Advertisements were
inserted in the newspapers throughout the
country, in the hope of discovering the loser
of the money, and for over o year diligent
search was made far and wide; but no one
ever appeared to claim it, and Mr.. Hothem
evenually appropriated it to his own uses.
A short time previous to the finding of the
money q large express robbery had been per-
petrated near Harper's Ferry, and it was the
general belief that, being closely pressed by
pursuers, the thieves had thrown the money
from car window, intending to return for
it on the first opportunity Of eluding the de-
tectivss. si.tSE sf
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MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE.

=. \, 3, a, ~ ,1,,,z5= :, %
4 SENATEI,s an The Senate organized
Chas. Il. Johf d. e elected SECRETARY, re-
ceivinS 25 yotet to 6 East for !. w Good, Of
st. Paul. NJ AZ bailey, qf,Qwafonpa, was
elected assists aeerst III dTer Jeshns Mar,
tin. Of W;nona, 6y tl,e ssI 10 coalill
ton had been attempted between the Demo-
Gratis, Greenbackers and Independent Repub-
With the sixteen DEMOCRATS, Page o4sDlm.
sted, 1Greenback1; Rwsis,1 & Eilmore.
3(Greenbackl: Brown.of DOUGLAS. Independ.
emit ReDnblicanE Wiliams. AZ sNaseca. GRO
hibitionSsSd Helm pH S9kRrowK (Rerubli
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GOTHAM MILLIONAIREs.

Personal Sketches Of AstOr,s Vanderbilt
Ste,cGrt and Lenor-H0sc They Acquired
Their Money, and Hosc They Kept IL and
& added to It-Peculsarities Of Their Bs.si-
ness aud Social Relattons-T1seir Livss,q
Representatives.. &EsE ir5; l{ga.4 I'd.
55asaa New York Times
The founders of the great New York for
tunes of the present century John Jacob
rAstor, Robert Lenox, Alexander T. Stewart
and Cornelius Vanderbilt -have all passed
away.
John Jacob Astor arrived in this city at a
period of great depression, in 1884. During
the latter part of 1888 some 5000 refugees,
men, women and children, left New York,
Long Island and Staten Island for Nova
Scotia and st. John, among them many per-
sons of fortune and estate. These estates
Astor began to buy whenever he could spare
the money as soon as he got little ahead in
the world. John Jacob Astor's first pur-
chase of city real estate-tw lots on the
Bowery lane OF road, near Elizabeth street
was, made in August, 1889, and from that
date to the time Of his death, March, 184S,
he was steady and constant buyer of real
estate. The last conveyance to John Jacob
Astor was made shortly before his death in
l847. The conyeyances made to him during
the fifty nine years which elapsed between
his first and last purchases of real estate in
this city form seven pages of closely printed
matter in the index of conveyances on file
in the registers Office. These wise invest
ments have with time swollen into enormous
wealth, and the Aston fortune to-day, as
represented by Mr.. John Jacob Astor and
Nr. William Astor1 (grandsons of the first
Astor), is one of the greatest fortunes of the
! world. At the time of John Jacob Astor's
ildeath, in sl848, his fortune was estimated at
from $40, 100000 to SAC, 600, 900, and he was
counted the fifth on the list Of rich men,
Baron de Rothschild, Louis Philippe, the
Duke of Devonshire and Sir Robert Peel
only exceeding him.
The late Mr.. Robert Lenox. like Mr.. Astor,
was self-made man. He was, whom he
first began, an entire stranger in this city,
where the name of Lenox is now so greatly
venerated Because of the noble deeds Of
charity and the lavish donations for religious
and literary purposes Of his only son, James
Lenox. Mr.. Robert Lenox commenced
business in 1783-the year before John
Jacob Astor arrived-and remained here per-
manently until his death, which occurred in
December, 1879, in the 81st year of his age.
For many years his operations greatly ex-
ceeded those of any other merchant in the
country Of that day. He became, eventually.
one of the most successful merchants in the.
United States. Mr.. Lenox invested his ac-f
cumulations chiefly in city real estate. In
1917 and 1918 he bought, for less than
~, 900, about thirty acres Of land, running
from Sixty eighth to Seventy fourth street.
between Fourth and Fifth avenues, known as
the "Lennox Farm, - much of which is now
covered with first class brown stone honsea
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Bishop Whipple's health is 7 reported 70 be
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-04
London Examiner.

The Zulus are the Celestials of South
Africa, the word "Zulu" signifying
heaven. Their reputation AS a war-like
race dates from Chaka, who became
early inhamed with the ambition Of
rivaling Napoleon Bonaparte. While
quite a youth he fell in with some En-
glish sailors who had been cast ashore in
st. Lucia Bay, and from them he heard
of the victorious career of the great
Corsican. He vowed that he would be
a conqueror, and at once set to work to
fulfill his vow. When, in 1925, he heard
for the first time of the overthrow Of
the French Empire at Waterloo, he
complacently remarked: eyes, | see
now; there are only two great chiefs in
all the earth. My brother, King George,
he is king of all the whites, and /,
Chaka, l am king of all the blacks"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-04
Decomposition of Water.

Nj. Bouvet has effected the decompo-
sition of water at various pressures no
to 800 atmosphere rComptes Rendus,')
~lxxxnii, p. l06S), and has found the fol-
loving laws to hold good: l. The de-
composition of water by a current in
dependent Of the pressure. =. The
quantity of electricity necessary for de-
composing a given weight of water is
sensibly the same, whatever may be
the pressure at which the decomposi
ton is effected. The laws were found
by experiment to be in accordance with
the mechanical theory of heat. NJ.
Bouvet states also ~ that the oxygen
and hydrogen, whatever the pressure.
are liberated with equal facility; H(2)
that these two gases may be produced
in a single test-tube or in two; in neither
case are there any secondary phenom-
ena determining even partial recombi-
nation, rs has hitherto been believed;
(S) the oxygen and hydrogen, although
collected in the same test-tube and
forming the explosive mixture, are not
at all dangerous.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-04

an immense avalanche hurled them to
the foot of the mountain. The inmate
OF the refuge persisted, leaving a young
widow and a 2-year-old boy. The
servant Of the hospice, however, es.
capped; though when rolling with the
avalanche, he thought he would have
died every minute from the snow and
and earth that found its way into his
mouth, and was likely to choke him.
He succeeded in turning on his face,
and in so relieving himself of the man
raise oouche, till, the avalanche having
stopped, ne disengaged himself from
the snow, and after severe efforts re-
gained the refuge in a fainting state
about 2 IN the morning. During that
terrible night he said the roar Of the
descending avalanches was deafening.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-04

THOSE who may be anxious to pre-
serve old and ~decaying trees may be
glad to try the following method, which
is recommended by the Gardeners
Chronicle, in preference to plugging them
with concrete: However much care
may DC bestowed upon it, it is impossi-
bic 70 make cement adhere to a living
tree, and before long the water, perco-
lating along the bark, will find its way
slowly but effectually mo the hole and
pursue Its work. The only effective way
of curing such a disease is to make a
plug of oak or o!her hard wood, smear
it with tar, and hammer it tight in the
hole until its outer surface is on the
same level with the hole. 1t there is
any recuperative power left In the tree
the bark will soon grow over the plug
and the wound be perfectly healed,
which will never happen with the con
crete process.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-04

first feeding done in Iowa, many years
ago, says a correspondent of the Country
Gentleman, was on the Ohio plan. The
corn was cut up and set in shocks as
soon as ripe enough, and left standing
in the field till fed out. The cattle were
put into a large lot, or timber pasture,
with three hogs to one steer. The corn
was hauled out on great wagons by *
en-, and fed on the ground. The hogs
rooted the corn about, the cattle mussed
it over, and a great waste was the result.
But corn was only worth ten to fifteen
cents per bushel, and this loss did not
much matter. As corn began to sell
higher, feed boxes were built in the
feed lot, and snapped" 0 thrown in,
and no other roughness allowed. But
now nearly all feeders keep their cattle
supplied with hay, and provide warm
sheds to keep them from the storms.
Some have self-feeding boxes and feed
shelled corn. A few are getting mills
and feeding their cattle cob meal and
ground feed. Most of our feeders have
to go to the bank and borrow the cap
ital to buy the steers, paying from
II to 20 per cent. interest on the
money. And it often happens that
they begin early and do no lay in a
81 ficient supply of corn. The price of
com advances; the cattle get fat enough
TO do" interest accumulates; farm
work ome on, and the feeder feels
compelled to sell at high prices that
will not make him whole for the outlay
for corn, interest and labor. The cattle
are sent to Chicago,-half fat, light
weight,-and instead of selling for ship
pers, are sent VI as feeders to Craze on
eastern pastures, where they o be-
come tirst-class cattle, commanding
good prices. Our steers are mostly fed
now at two years old, coming three in
the spring they are intended for mar
ket. If they were high grades and well
kept, so Us to average 1900 to 1000
pounds at three years old, it would pay;
but as 1t is, most of them are too small
TO command first-class prices. Short
horn bulls are getting much cheaper,
and there are more of them than we
had live years ago; and we may reason
ably nope that as u farmers wake up
to the necessity of enriching their
lands by keeping stock. our cattle will
not be shipped east and the corn
shipped there to feed them THUS adding
ten-told to the cost of sending our ur-
plus corn to market), robbing our prai-
ries OF their richness, and enriching the
sterile hillsides of New England farms.
The west is wheating itself poor, be-
cause we have not grown enough cattle;
because our money lenders ask too
high Il rate of interest for us to afford
to stock up on borrowed capital, and
because we are all more or less in debt,
and must look to the wheat crop, as
that will bring us the most speedy re-
turn for our labor. Let our eastern
friends feed cattle to enrich their lands
while they can, for the west will not
always allow their corn to be sent east
to fatten the steers that have been half
fed here.