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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-31
A. musical Phenomenon.
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The age of youthful prodigies in music
has not yet passed. 1t ia true that at
present we have no Mozart and no Men
delssohn, but only few weeks have
elapsed since Master Maurice Dengremont
astonished connoiseurs by playing the
fiddle at fourteen like master of forty;
and now news comes of another wonder
child, who is year younger than Dem
gremont, but quite an expert upon his
particular instrument, the piano-forte.
The latest marvel happens to be both deaf
and dumb, and this will not tend to
lessen the interest taken in his perform
ances.
A pianist. unable to hear himself play,
occupies, if he belong to the "higher de-
veiopment" school, a position of special
advantage. He can not be harrassed by
the wrong notes inevitable from the gym
nastics of his profession, nor can his soul
be narrowed up by the remarkable COM
binations of sound and fury that must
needs pass with him as music. We DO
not know into whose hands the deaf and
dumb marvel has fallen; but, if the ago
nizers of The piano forte possess him, it is
clear that Nature has shown herself care
full to equip the lad for his special work:
What if this should be the beginning Of
one of those conservative measures which
the "great mother" is never leath to de-
wise for the good of her children?
Whenever the skin of the body is ex-
posed to contact with rough surfaces, it
invariably thickens and hardens. In like
manner, may not deafness supervene
upon the continued assaults of modern
"pianismT' By and by, perhaps, we
shall find it spreading among audiences,
whose only consolation in life will then
be to run after piano-forte ''lions" and
reflect, while witnessing superhuman
struggles with the keyboard, upon the
happy fate which has made inaudible
the accompanying noises.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-31
The Arkansas storm.

The Fort Smith (Arkansas) Independ-
ent says Mr.. Barr, who received rough
treatment from recent cyclone, makes
this report:
I was about two hundred yards from
my house when saw it coming. It was
in the prairie when I saw it, and it look
ed like black smoke from large furnace.
Its shape was like funnel, inside it was
red as fire, and around this was the
black, foggy mist. In looking at it I saw
large and small timber carried along
with it. My attention was attracted by
the roaring, and, as it was coming in the
direction Of my house, I ran to it for the
purpose of protecting my family. Iput
my three little children in a side room,
among some corn, and with Sylvester
Bull, was holding the door, and all at
once the whole building was crushed to
the very ground by large trees being
blown against it. ,....
1t blew me about 60 feet, and when I
became conscious I found myself among
lot Of timber and logs, and Sylvester
was lying by my side dead; his head
and whole body were crushed. As l
was on my way to the house looked
again at the cyclone, when it was about
100 yards away, and saw it lift and
carry away lot of hogs and a COW.
The children, when found. were not
more than 13 feet from where l had
placed them, but none hurt. My wife
was considerably bruised, being blown
about 60 yards, among lot of lumber.
NV sister-in-law was carried about so
feet and thrown to the ground, her arm
and shoulders badly bruised. My
blacksmith shop was also blown fiat
to the ground, my bellows en-
tirely destroyed, all my planes, au-
gers, saws and chisels were carried of
and have not yet been found, with the
exception of one saw found q mile from
the shop, broken in two pieces. My
wagon was torn up badly, the front
wheels being about sixty yards from
where the wagon stood, lodged against
stump; the hind wheels were both
smashed up; the wagon bed has not yet
been found. excepting few splinters
All my bedding and wearing apparel wa,
carried off and entirely destroyed. i LOST
all my provisions Directly in the real
of the wind came food Of water JUS
like water spout, appearing to pour a!
if from funnel. After the storm
found part Of rubber overcoat, and il
the pocket Of it pair of lady's gloves
in my yard. = Garden seed, tied up il
bags, was also dropped into my yard b.
the storm. Where they came from ! d
not know.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-31
SUPERINTENDENT BELL.
The Police Commissioners Investigating the
Charges Against Him.


The Police Commissioners Investigating the
Charges Against Him.
The Board of Police Commissioners met
in regular session yesterday afternoon for
the purpose of investigating charges against
Mr.. s. W. Bell. Superintendent Of the City
Infrmary. Mr.. Brannan and Hon. Samuel
Hunt appeared as Bells attorneys. Mr.. ].
B. Mccormick, local editor OF the Enquirer
was the first witness called and testified
that for fifteen or twenty months past
complaints had been coming into the En-
quirer Office about the bad management of
the City Infirmary and the bad conduct of
Mr.. Bell, but he did not seriously regard
them until recently, when he got note
from woman named Lilly Lancaster. who
stated that while an inmate OF the Infirm-
ary Bell had debauched her, and then
brought her to tho city TO have an abortion
produced on her. Saw her and had con-
versation with her at No. SO LongwOrth
street. She was rsticent at first, but talked
afterwards. He learned from her that she
was from Virginia and was separated from
her husband. She then made the affidavit
publishedin the Enquirer, and that was
the ground upon which the publication
was made about Bell In that paper.
| Witness last saw the woman Monday
night, and arranged for a meeting Tuesday
yesterday afternoon, but whom he went
to keep the appointment he found hel
gone. He learned upan inquiry that, after
very earnest conversation with tall mar
! with black hair. the woman sent her trunk
away and disappeared. Witness believed
that she had been spirited away"
Mrs. c. A. Reeves. one Of the nurses a
the Infirmary, testified that she never saw
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-31
Editorial Spinningh
ADAM was a ribbon man,
Eve was smother,

ADAM Wuo q Elu-uOh AAAoAs
Eve was smother,
Cain was an Abel man
Because he killed his brother:
Noah was q handy man
To have In rainy weather,
And Esau was lucky man
When he was took for t'other.
Shoemakers' wives should always be
named Peggy. -..... .......
The Lowell cotton spinners are lively
set; they IRE always bobbin' around.
The New York salutation suggested by
Boston culchah Is: How have you BEAM"
The U. S. census ought to have more
sense than to be knocking the stufdns out of 30
many large cities.
The reason that ships are spoken of in
the feminine gender 10 because they wear stays
and are generally SO proved.
The long-haired artist who undertook
to illustrate q mules tail msde decided hit
when he came down wrong end foremost
Answer to young inventor No; q
clothes wringer owing to the dexibility Of the
material of whichit Is largely composed, Is i'm
practicable for ringing chime Of bells
Young men should always cultivate
the amenities of life. When you step out Of a
theater between the acts ito see man" IL is the
correct thing to smile mutually on meeting.
Owing to the profanity and general
cussednes4 OF the jaler and the insecurity Of the
building against burglars. all the inmates Of the
Greensburg, Ind, Jail left there the other day in
disgust
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-31
NAMES AND THINGS.

The euphemism Of the average Ameri-
can citizen is something that the blunter
Englishman is occasionally inclined to
have his joke over. A rose by any other
name might smell as sweet, but barber
shop is certainly not SO magnificent and
impressive an institution as "tonsorial
parlor," nor is tavern so grandiloquent
an appellation rs hotel or caravansary.
There is great deal of this affectation
in the nomenclature of people and places
and things in this country that it seems
to us loses in the essential thing of fitness
by sacrificing the blunt Saxon tor more
mellifuous and polysyllabic names. Our
English cousins are more direct and mat
ter of fact in these things, as for instance,
Rotten Row, Pail Mall, Covent Garden
Theater, Berwick upon Tweed, the Black
Bear Tavern, etc. We see little of this
old spirit about the older portions of
New York, as for instance Maiden Lane,
He'll Gate, Spuyten Duyvil, although we
believe the latter good old Dutch name
has been changed to Ivington or some
thing else modern and meaningless.
In Cincinnati we have had little of
this iconoclastic despotism manifested.
Western Row, which in its way was ad-
mirable as the name of street, since it
associated a historical fact, in course of
time outgrown, was changed to Central
avenue. That does not mean anything,
since it is not central to begin with nor
an avenue to end with. Then we have
Wesley avenue, that is neither an
avenue nor properly street,
but Place, and should have
been so called. Then again we have
"cities" that consist Of village on a pa
per plat and a country store and black
smith shop at the township crossroads in
the county where laid out.
We are inclined to think that the cru.
dite and political newspaper reporter is
responsible for some of this foolishness
So long as he persists in calling fire 9
confagration, nose a nasal organ, &
speech an Grafton, singer cantatrice
theater a dramatic temple, and s
sleight-of hand performer prestidigita
teur, there is not much hope Of main
tanning the English language in its an
cient moorings. Men do not suffer any
more from consumption; they becom.
affected with pulmonary disorders. A
mans trousers are styled his "unmen
tionables," and the legs of even piano
are almost forbidden subject Of conver
sation. We respectfully suggest that w
get back to the point of calling a spade
spade, and drop little Of the grandilo
quence of describing ordinary things ant
places and people with terms too higf
sounding and far-fetched for the compre
hension Of simple people.
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Wee WireliMgs.
Depot burned at Tollestown, Ind.

Depot burned at Tollestown, Ind.
N. Hirsh & Co.. Nashville, Tenn, have
failed.
O. G. Archer. City Marshal, died at Bel
laire, O.
DR.. Townsend Ryan died at Anderson,
Indiana.
Exciting cooking main in progress at
Logan, o.
Alfred Stokes, colored, drowned at Steub.
enville, o.
Edward Hardy, cutter, found drowned
at Cleveland.
Mrs. Jones' little child fatally poisoned at
Mineral Ridge, O.
Thomas Geaghan, Millersburg, O., lost
both legs by cars.
Jacob Browns skull crushed by horse
at Newcomer, Ind. i.
VIM. Duncan, aged seventy-five, dropped
dead at Osgood, Ind.
Young Witzner fatally beat Chas. Faulk-
ner at Wanatah, Ind.
Adam Scheiber, peddler, died suddenly
in Carroll County, O.
Miss Bonlah Manlngton fatally I'M ured
by a fall at Waynesville, o.
J. w. Baker, Beaver Dam, O., fatally in
jured by blast explosion.
-Four men killed by boiler explosion at
Calf Creek, Seary County, Ark.
Geo. Moves, st. Johnsburg. VT, died
from using dentists chloroform.
Connell. deck hand. fatally stabbed by
John Cash, colored, at Pittsburg.
Mrs. Henry A. Smith, Hartford, Ct,
drowned in trying to save her boy who also
was drowned.
At Orleans Bar, CAL, an Indian killed
James Osburn, and the miners then shot
the Indian to death.
Chas H. Addicks, we'll known journal.
st and theatrical man, committed suicidl
at Water Valley, Miss. ....t .....
Old Sweet Gum Hotel fell down a
Cairo, ILL.,, killing two children and fatally
injuring child and woman. -.....
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anything between Bell and Miss Lancaster;
never knew of any inhuman treatment of
inmates at the institution by Mr.. Bell. Miss
Lancaster was sick some time last summer;
she was pregnant and had miscarriage.
Mrs. Alice Denning testified that she
knew nothing of the Bell-Lancaster affair,
nor about the inmates being treated in
humanity.
Miss Julia Smith. cook, testified that
she had heard of inmates being placed In
the cellar when unruly, but she had never
seen it done herself.
j. ]. Solar, formerly engineer at the In
firmary, stated that he heard Mary Mar
shall and Lille Lancaster talking on the
stairs one day. Lancaster told Marshall to
come up little after o'clock, and she
would see Mr.. Bell and her together. She
wanted her she said, for witness as Mr..
Bell was going to have intercourse with her.
That is all ever heard, but never saw
anything myself.
Have known Bell to be little rough
with the inmates. The cellar Is dark and q
little damp at times Have seen Bell CON-
ing in under the influence of liquor. Have
seen him stagger. Saw him that way in Gay
time and at night. Don't know where he
VIM. Speigel, formerly storekeeper at the
Institution, testified that he had seen sky
larking and wrestling between Bell and the
female nurses. but he had never seen Bell
locked up in room with any of them.
Saw Bell put inmates in the cellar. Knew
Bell to refuse meals to inmates for disobey-
ing orders
Jacob Ritter, baker at the Infirmary, had
heard inmates ordered into the cellar. Bell
ordered the allowance of bread to be cut
down because he had seen some thrown out
Mr.. Kinsinger went out one day when the
inmates complained about it, and Mr.. K.
ordered Bell to increase the allowance. The
investigation then adjourned.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-31

WHAT the "Paris Of America" needs
perhaps more than anything else to rem
der it attractive to strangers is pleasant
furnished apartments that may be had
at reasona lie figures, where individuals or
families may without trouble be sup
piled with the requisites for housekeep-
ing while temporarily sojourning in the
city. In Paris and all continental cities
of Europe person may secure habita-
tion consisting of every requisite for
comfortably or even elegantly installing
himself or his family at five minutes no.
tice, and where he may live as long or as
short a time as suits his convenience. If
he prefers to only lodge at home and take
his meals elsewhere, he may,
of course, find rooms suited to do
So or if he desires can secure those where
housekeeping arrangements are COM
plete, from kitchen to drawing-room, or
even more elaborate still, down to car
riage-house, stable and conservatory.
If some one with the requisite capital
would undertake to experiment in this
direction he would, we feel convinced,
be surprised both at the popularity such
an experiment would acquire as well as
the profit which would attend it. There
are some details of supervision that
would necessarily have to be carefully
looked to, but with suitable care in this
direction feature of the greatest inter
est and value TO Cincinnati could be in.
augurated that would make the city
popular as a place of temporary resi-
dence for strangers and greatly more
cosmopolitan and agreeable generally.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-31

IT has often been stated during the
last few years that the Mormons were in
tending to migrate in body from Utah
to Mexico and the story is now revived
with such circumstantiality as to merit
some attention as being among the pos
sibilities if its intrinsic probability
shall be doubted. 1t is alleged that
very considerable body of land has
been purchased in the Mexican States
of Sonora and Chihuahua by the Nor
mon leaders and settlements planted
and towns laid out at easy dis
tances along the proposed line of march,
80 that at ths moment when the word
shall be given the whole Mormon popu-
lation, two hundred and fifty thousand
strong, can be moved without inconven-
ience or sufferingby the way, like an army
of soldiers. Just what is to be gained
by leaving their present abode with ali
the Improvements they have made under
a government that protects their rights
in everything except perhaps their right
TO practice polygamy is difficult to see,
especially since they are likely to meet
among the Mexicans much deeper pref
udice and most likely persecution of their
religious tenets than anything they have
ever received from the people of the
United St,tes. Mexico may offer them
fertile lands, it is true, but whether il
can insure them protection from the po
litical hurricanes that sweep with such
frequency over that republic, or insure
them against the incursions Of the In
dians OH the border Is a question for th'
Mormons to settle if it is indeed true tina
they actually have the migratory scheme
under serious consideration.
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AN EDITOR.

--"St. Jacobs Oil cures Rheumatism; OF this a4
convinced. For TWO years have suffered with
rheumatism in my left shoulder and right arm,
aud last fall was incapable OF attending to Ny
duties. and lay many night unable to sleep. Oh
severe attack OF this trouble struck me, and this
time concluded tn try st. Jacobs Oil must ~
knowledge with but little confidence in its inertia
freely confess that the result has completely -
!onished me. The first application relieved the
pain very materially and the continued use Of
only two bottles has completely cured me Of this
thronic evil. and that after the most eminent ply
Hcians and their prescriptions had been Of No
avail therefore consider it duty to publish
he above for the benefit Of all sufferers with
rheumatism and kindred complaints"
G. \. HEII.MANN, Editor Republican.
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A NOTARY PUBLIC.

50 Mercer street, New York, January
18th, 1871 thankfully acknowledge that the usl
II the valuable remedy, st. Jacobs Oil, has bees
If great service to me. suffered With Rheumat
&c pain in the face and ears induced 70 try St
I'd an entire cure. Moved by sense Of duty. \
gives me great pleasure to recommend to sutter
ing mankind the st. Jacobs OIL as q remedy
worthy the highest praise and unlimited patron
lge. WIN. REYSCHER, Notary Public
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A RAILROAD MAN.

L. G. n. II. shops, Waterloo, lows,
January 25th, 1S79.-Iwas taken wth acute attack
II rheumatism last fall, and confined to bed. Atfisa
employed a physician. without benefit: then sent
lie of ST. Jacobs Oil. the use Of which soon gave
nc relief, and cured me of the attack. can safe
" recommend 1t to all suffering with RheumatisA
Respectfully MATT. McDERAOTE
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-31

THERE appears to be good grounds for
the grave apprehensions regarding the
safety of General Hatch. His party is
now entirely at the mercy of the same
tribe which butchered Thornburg's COM
mand and massacreed the White River
people,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-31

Mr.. A. Niger. Taylorville. Pennsylvania,
writes: "My mother, an old lady of sixty
years, suffered for thirty years with rheum.
atism, to such an extent that she was at
times entirely lame We procured from
Messrs. Ludwig Bros, druggists in Scran-
ton, Pa, bottle of st. Jacobs Oil, used it
according to directions, and saw our efforts
crowned with perfect success. Mother was
relieved"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-31

The lungs are strained and racked by Z
persistent cough. the general strength vast
ed, and an incurable complaint often es-
ant is an effective remedy for coughs and
colds, and asserts beneficial effect on the
pulmonary and bronchial organs g..
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-31

WHILE the cannibals in West Africa
have been fattening on their enemies
Winnepeg Indian has been killing and
eating all his own relations His peculiar
taste was not encouraged, however, as he
has Just been hanged for it.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-31

WHENEVER the Interior Department
admits its inability to cope with the In
dian question, the army stands prepared
to grapple the difficult problem. Troops
are now held in readiness for such an
event.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-31

THE people of most of the States re-
member with sincere regret that the time
for the meeting Of their Legislatures is at
hand
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-31

IT is not, perhaps, greatly to the credit
of Governor Emery, of Utah, that the
Mormons are working for his renomina-
tion. The President, it is said, has his
eye on an Ohio man, a brother of Gen.
Tom. Ewing, who is thought to possess
the requisite backbone for that position.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-31

THE residence of Stewart, the silvery
ex-senator from Nevada, was burned in
Washington last night. 1t bore the high
sounding tiUle of Castle Stewart.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-31

THE Maine muddle presents no new
features, and gives promise of being as
difficult to settle as the Louisiana affairs.
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ANOTHER OHIO MAN.

Mr.. Philip Ramlinges, An old subscriber 10 our
Saper and well known in the whole surrounding
country, informed US the other day that his wife.
nho for two weary years had suffered with Rheu-
matism in the shoulder, during which time she
mad been treated by several physicians without
success, had been completely cured BY 4 single
bottle OF st. Jacobs OIL
DucyruA Ohio. Courier, February u, 1877.
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Ladies, during pregnancy, will find Ma
guire's Cundurango Bitters the most valu-
able cathartic that they can use. as it ope-
rates without pain, nausea or gripping.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-31

VANZANDT can not tear himself away
from little RhOdy, and the Russian mis-
sion again goes begging.
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A Sunday.scho0 h o0l Superintendent I

1 have kept store since October lst. 1855. ana
NJ all that have ever sold, there Is not one thai
TAN be 30 certainly recommended "as death u
kienrns .isn ~ your ST. Jacobs OIL.
CHRISTIAN SANDER
superintendent Of the N. T. Sunday school, SING
l. d. 1855. jelly. Monros County. Ohio.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-31

Drink Weber's celebrated beer. it is the
best; on tap at all frst-class saloons.
Try I'll .
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EVEN Mccormick declines a diplo-
matte appointment with thanks.
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A MINISTER.

well lknown German Ministes, Rev. A. 0pitS
II Schleisingerville, Wis. writes 81 was suffer-
n from Rheumatism for years. Friends recon-
nended the use Of St Jacobs Oil; tried 1t, and
ng hardly used up the first bottle, found reli'4
md the second one cured me- therefore fea
ander Obligations and shall recommend this e.
lcctive remedy whenever have chance"
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DR.. w. H. Howard, Rock Creek, Ohio,
thrown from his carriage and killed.
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Rov. r. Il. Osgsod, New York, SAYS
III have had Dyspepsia, Weak Stomach and
Nervousness. never had any medicine to do
ne 10 muck good a. TUFTS PILLS. They are
a good as represented"
Once IS BIarray Street, New Yerk.