The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-21
SLAIN In SLEEP.
Cowardly Crimes Of Two
Cory Georgians.
Fatal Family Fray at
Corpus Christi.
HOvey Hies Him To His
Native Heath.
HovEY ON HIS NATIVE HEATH.

HovEY ON HIS NATIVE HEATH.
Specials to the Star.
URBANA. O., May 2L.-L c. Hovey, the
alleged city bond forger who has acquired
a national reputation. is this morning upon
the scene of his former exploits, having
been just brought here by Marshal Ander-
son, of this city. His arrival creates some
excitement in town.
RUINED BY RAIN.
KoKoMo, May 21.-The stock and store.
room occupied by Davis & Co., dry-goods
merchants. was damaged by rain yesterday
to the amount of $500. The old roof was
taken off and waiting for the new, which
caused the damage.
STABBED AT THE sCHooL-HoUsE
CLINTON, ILL, May ola serious stab
bing occurred at the Randall school-house,
in this county, some time ON Wednesday,
between Jas. Craig and Jos. Luckinbill,
over an old grudge, Luckinbill receiving a
fatal wound in his body at the hands OF
Craig. Craig escaped.
INFANT BURNED TO DEATH.
CoRYDoN, IND, May 21.-A child of
eleven months of George Milsap, who re-
sides seven miles southwest of this town,
was burned to death yesterday by falling
into the fire.
KILLED BY HIS OWN CARELEssNEss.
VANDAL1A, ILL, May 2l.-Willie Krug, a
r., ear old boy, met with a horrible death
by being run over by The cars last evening.
He attempted to cross the tracks, and fell
in front of the west-bound train. His
head and one arm were terribly crushed.
The verdict was death by his own careless
ness.
CARL CEASES TO CHAFF MILLS
DALLAS, Texas, May 2l.- At Duck Creek,
Dallas County, William Mills cut the
throat of John Carl. Carl had been chatting
Mills, who was whiting a stick. Becoming
offended, he threw down the stick and used
the knife on his companion's neck with
fatal effect.
OPENING OF THE CIRCUS SEASON.
DUBUQUE, Iowa, May 21.-An adopted son
of Rev. s. s. w. Deyo, of Strawberry Point,
was killed at that place yesterday by the
tent-pole of Hiliyard & Dematt's circus
falling upon him. He was twelve years OF
age.
A WEALTHY FARMER ROBBED.
MENDOZA, ILL, May 2L-A wealthy and
well-known farmer named Israel Shoudy,
of Paw Paw, ILL.,, was robbed on the plat
form at the depot yesterday, of notes and
drafts to the amount of $4,50o. Payment
on the drafts has been stopped.
TWO MURDERERs SENTENCED.
ATLANTA, May 21.-In the Richmond
County Superior Court, Robert Ruffin was
sentenced to the penitentiar for life for
the crime of murder, and Anderson Jones,
colcred, was sentenced for the same crime,
to be hung on the 9th of July next. Ruff
fin killed man named o. Hara, in Augusta,
about two years ago, while he was asleep iL
a saloon, and Jones murdered for robbery,
a young man named HARRISON, in Decem-
ber last, at McBean's Station, while be also
was asleep.
CONVICT KILLED BY A GUARD.
A negro guard shot and killed white
convict hile the latter was trying to es-
cape, last night, at Old Town Camp, in
Jefferson County.
FATAL FRAY IN FLORIDA.
COLUMBUS, Ga, May 21.-At log camp
twelve miles below Marlanna, Fla, Mr..
Charles Davis was stabbed and killed by
one Morgan. They were wrestling and
Davis proved the better man, which en-
ragged Morgan.
ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.
MARSHAL, TEXAS, May 21-Advice re-
ceived from Corpus Christi, s'ates that
Horace Buie, during little family disturb.
ance yesterday, shot his mother-in-law,
and believing he had killed her, at once shot
and killed himself. The mother-in-law it
is thought, is not fatally wounded. Buie
came to Texas from Oxford, Lafayette
County, Miss.
SUICIDE IN A CIsTERN.
WALTON, KY, May 21.-Henry Conrad,
aged eighty-t o. of Florence, committed
suicide last evening by Jumping into cis-
tern. HIS was laboring under temporary
fit of insanity.
INFANTIcIDE AT vINCENNEs.
V1NcENNEs, IND, May 21.-Hattie Gray,
domestic employed here, was yesterday
delivered Of child while she was alone
and threw it in an unused WE'LL where its
body was fousd to-day.
FIRE AT MIDDLETowN, OHIO.
MIDDLErowN, O., May 21-Hess' drug
store and Mrs. Albright's millinery store
were destroyed by fire this morning. Loss
about "a, 900, partly insured.
National Associated Press to the Star.
MURDERED BY HIS WIFE,
WHEELING, w. VA, May 21.--Robinson
Warren, a well-known farmer living near
Pow haitian. Ohio was shot and killed We'd
nesday evening by his wife, who has been