The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-16
COVINGTON NEWS.
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Box 2I, Covington, Ky.1

Box 81, Covington, hyl
CRY COuNcM.--The regular meeting of
Council took place yesterday afternoon at four
o'clock The following is the most important busi-
ness transacted
Orders were given to notify property holders to
nave Scott.strcet from Third to Front, by the 10th of
November. This IL good move, and long needed.
MI Mr. Battersby presented petition from II. E. Will
SON. in behalf Of the Sons of Malta praying an ex-
empton from a license tax for their concert neat
Saturday evening. Granted
Mr.. Stevenson presented petition from Judge
Perrin, requesting the Council to excuse him from
acting any longer as security for Marshal McLaugh
lin Referred to the Committee on Law.
Mr.. Stevenson asked and obtained leave to intro
duce an ordinance creating the office of special po
lceman for the Seventh and part of the Fifth Wards
with the powers of Marshal within his district. He
ferred to the Committee on Law.
MIR. Rose, Chairman of Committee on Internal I'M
provements submitted the groposition Of John kar-
street Pending the consideration of which the Coun-
Gil adjourned till tomorrow evening at O'Clock.
MARCH OF THE Sons OF malta NEXT SAT-
URDAv EvENlNo.-The Sons of Malta will march
from their hall to Madison, down Madison to Fourth,
down Fourth TO Russell, up, Russell to Sixth, down
Sixth to Craig up Craig Seventh down Seventh to
Main Man TO Eighth Eghth to Orn
Washington, down Washington to sixth, up Sixth
to Madison, up Madison to Tenth, up Tenth to Scott
| Greenup to Fourth, up Fourth to Garrard, down
| Garrard TO Front, down Front to Greenup, up
Grpenup to Third, down Inlrd 10 Scott up Scott to
| Fifth and countermarch on Fifth TO hall. After
the march, the members of the order and invited
guests will take supper at the dining-room Of the
| Hall We bespeak them good time generally. Lot
everybody attend both concert and march,
CIRCUIT CoURr.-The Grand Jury returned
true bills against o. Jones, II. Granmier and T. Il.
| O'Brien for keeping tippling-houses.
| Bill Morgan, indicted for three different burga
ries. plead guilty to all, and was sentenced to five
years in the penitentiary. He protests that he was
innocent of one Of the charges but plead guilty to
II in order to induce the Court to be lenent with
| him in the two cases in which no was guilty.
| Joseph TX use, for stabbing VIM. Craut, was sem
| tenced to six months imprisonment in the County
jail, and fined fifty dollars.
GAZETTE REPoRTER MISTAKEN FOR BUR.
GLAB.-Yesterday laorRing the reporter Of the Ga
zette was present III the coHrt-room while Morgan $
case was zip for reconsideration and was sea ted
the criminal. Soon after while passing IN hiadspp-
ead you gifts off 30 goot-dey let's you 60 did dey?
fhe report er was somewhat Ranplqssed, and asked
an explanation, when tho honest Dutchman asked
him II he was not de man wat yas Up for robbing
| all dem stOres2' Some hard words followed, but so
ridiculous did the whole matter appear that the re-
porter's anger soon changed into ehcarty langh.