The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-12

We have in Cincinnati no public bath
houses, where little children and impecu-
nious ladies and gentlemen may at least in
dulge In the luxury of good wash. Such
public baths. DR.. Minor thinks, would di-
minish the death rate from drowning not
to speak of other causes There were forty
one deaths from drowning during the year
1878. The street-cleaning and the removal of
garbage and ashes. questions OF house drain
age and sewer connection, are matters OH
which the public health directly depends,
and therefore, in the opinion of Dr. Minor
should be wholly under control of the mu-
nicipal Health Department. So much de-
pends on the cleanliness of city that this
seems reasonable enough. Fact las al
ways far stronger fascination than fiction.
Our Health Officer is of an inquiring turn
of mind, and has nosed into most matters
about Cincinnati, high and low. We
had here six cases OF yellow fever
last summer, all brought from Memphis
Our Health Officer says that this dread
disease may now be considered epidemic
in Memphis and New Orleans, and should
| be guarded against accordingly. The grad
ual extension of yellow fever northward
in the last twenty-five years must be
viewed with apprehension. The great rail-
way lines from the South are hereafter to
be especially quarantined against in dan
gerous times.-The news from Burmah is
simply horrible. More than seven hun
dred people, men, women and children,
have been burned alive to restore the
Kings health. 1t is time for civilized ma
tions to interfere and put an end to the
royal monster. "
| The Enquirer says: 1t should not be for
gotten that the four Pacific States have If
teen Electoral votes. They are naturally
Republican votes Stephen J.-Field could
give tn sc votes to the Democratic party
Tammany Hall is much exercised because
the Democracy Of New York want TO know
whether it will abide by t action of the
| National Democratic Convention. The big
Chief, John Kelly, wants the privilege OF
kicking out of the traces if the nominate IN
does not suit him.-The Sherman men are
bee ming exasperated at Blaine, and the
Blaine men are becoming exasperated at
Sherman, and the Blaine men and the Sher-
man men have long been exasperated at
Grant-Itis currently believed that e cur
rent of immigration to this country is chiefly
from Ireland. This is natural opinion,
because the need of emigrating from Ire
land is almost universally recognized. But
Ireland really sends but small number Of
the emigrants to this country, when we
compare Ireland's contributions with those
of the other nations There arrived at the
port of New York during the month Of
March, 1880, 23,6l6 passengers, 21,658 oi
whom were immigrants. During the cor
responding period of 1879 the total mum.
Der of passengers arrived at the port was
1885, of whom s, 965 were immigrants. Of
the total arrivals of immigrants at the port
during the month OF March, 1880, there
were from England, 2,780; Scotland, IT'S;
Wales, SO; Ireland, 4,007; Germany, $500;
Austria, 6S1; Sweden, 2,183; Norway, 494
Denmark, 391; France, 306; Switzerland,
814; Italy, 1856; Holland, 500; Belgium, IS;
Russia, 1876; Poland, 250; Hungary, 678
Cuba. AZ; all other countries, 43.
The Gazette says: While one colored boy
was under examination at West Point, Sat.
urday, virtually charged with Sitting his
ears to escape an examination, another was
winning the great pedestrian contest in
New York City. The o. Leary belt was car.
ried off by Dan. Hart and with it SIG, zoe
: in money. He scored 565 miles in six days
the greatest walking feat on record d.-lhe
so called investigation of the outrage upon
Cadet Whitaker at West Point has thu.
far been an inquisition to convict him O.
committing it upon himself This theory
was telegraphed with the first report of the
vilainy with suspicious officiousness Gen
Schofield, the Superintendent of the acade
my, who appears to have never thought
worthy of his notice conduct of the schoo
toward Cadet Whitaker which was con
tinual outrage, stepped promptly up to thi
work by accusing Whitaker of having don,
this to himself. The pretended inquiry ha
been an inquisition upon Cadet Whittake
to support this theory; protracted ques
tioning and cross questioning to find some
thing to destroy his credibility SO as to con
yict him. 1t has been an inquiry organize,
and conducted to convict the victim. Wha
. in the way of justice or sympathy could h
expectp He saw there was no sense OF jus
tIce in the academy, and that Cobra de ca
t pello at banquet might as well expect sym
pathy as he look for it among cadets O
{ professors at West Point. Has anybod
heard of his appealing for public sympath
during the five years that he has endure
this brutal persecution at that National in
: stitution. treated as if he were a crimina
under a savage code which threatene
, every cadet with the same If he dared t
behave in a gentlemanly manner towar
Whitaker? On the face of the affair, is j
not more probable that. this more aggres
t sive course of brutality was resolved upo
3 because the time is near when graduatio
at the academy will give Whitaker CON
I mission in the army which it is though
will disgrace military caste into whic
these young men enter from course {
ruffiansm and meanness at the academy
, The German Papers.
The Volksfreund saws: A Committee {
he Tilien Club of Pittsburg is at the Gil
t son House for the purpose Of securin
!, quarters for 500 members of the club du
i ing the time of the Democratic Nation,
Convention. A reporter of the Enquire
Z has had an interview with Col. Duffy, {
:. that Committee. To the question, I'D
y you consider Tilden as the b. st man for III
; Presidency Col. Duty replied: ''Ye
sir, undoubtedly. He has more brain
e than any other man in the country. N
l. man is living who could fill the Office in
a better and more able way" Col. Duff