The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-30
LOCAL BREVITlES.


LOCAL BREVITlES.
BISHOP HAVEN is in the city.
THE sscarnivora" in the Zoo garden is
now completed.
LovELAND Accommodation has new
cars and engine.
CAPT. BoRCK's eight-year-old boy fell
and broke his arm.
TEE river is at standstill, with 46
feet 10inches in the channel.
MRS. MARY MILLS, sister-in-law of Su-
perintendent of Police Snelbaker, died
at IL O'clock last night.
SUPERINTENDENT JOHN. B. PEAsLEE
left last night for Plaistow, New Hamp-
shire, to attend the funeral OF his father.
THos. PETERS son Joe, Of Walnut
Kills, was slightly wounded in the feet
by the premature discharge OF his gun
Tuesday.
PETER MARX, a young man, burnt his
right hand severely few days ago. He
attempted to light fire with coal-0il.
The old story.
IT is proposed to raise fund of $780,
zoo for the purpose of establishing Ger
man College in this city. A committee
has been appointed to solicit subscrip-
tions.
THE burning of an empty mail car on
the c., III. d d. track, at Carr street, at
IL 80 last night, called the engines out.
Live Goals falling from the stove cause i
the trouble. Loss $10e.
THE Centennials of the Mercantile
Library are et work and propose to make
things lively for the two old parties.
The tickets will be mailed to members
Monday, January3.
THE bedding and clothing used by a
smallpox patient were hung on the
fence to air in the vicinity of Fifth and
Park streets yesterday. The citizens in
that vicinity are justly indignant.
JOHN EspER, OF Geo. Bogen's slaughter
house, was crowded into a tank of
scalding water by hog which he was
attempting to kill, and badly sealded,
yesterday evening. He lives at No.
Brown street.
q Col. SNELBAKER has at his Office,
awaiting Identification, number OF
yoSng ladies' and misses hats, bearing
found ON Hopple street by the flagman on
1he Mariett. railroad at that point.
THE steamer Thomas Sherlock ,s wiz
make an excursion @tp n Fsoraary 1or; 10 70
New Orleans and rel. w. ,cs psytnS nariv 'is is
POUND trip fare at $40. A l., syanoss 10, to to
peing organized here, who y. Ssr.
make the trip and be present at tn. N*''N
6igras festivities.
THE father of Mr.. John P. Peaslee, I,
superintendent of Cincinnati Public
Schools, died at Plaistow, New Hamp-
shire, yesterday afternoon. He was the
author in the present Constitution Of
New Hampshire, giving Catholics and
Liberals the right to vote and hold office,
. right ouce denied them.
SoUra HARRIS, who figured so prom.
inently in the shooting affair at Hunts |
Hotel recently, in which an innocent |
man received the shot in the hand which |
was intended for Mr.. Hume, gets of
with fine of $40, as no one could be in |
duced to prefer a charge against him |
more serious than disorderly conduct.
MRS. AMANDA LoGAN,of Eighth street, |
below Baymiiler, while under the lnfu-
ence of iamboree oil, last evening, wan
dered into the stable office Of Frank
ZumpsteIn, of Sixth street, and stole a
40 cent towel, and tried to get cash ad-
vance on it from pawn office. Her SEN
tenee is $50 days and $25." Who is there
10 mourn for Logan? Not one.
FRANCIS MARTIN, the German tramp,
whom officer Fox arrested yesterday for
street begging, on the person OF whom
was found a handbook of Cleveland
savings Society with over thousand dol
lars placed to Martins credit, was sent
cut to the Work.house for thirty days.
ANY able bodied man, as he Is, could
necumulate cash by going almost naked
Hnd lunching on charity as he does.
THE case of Chas. Mack, the colored
hero of the Burnet House cutting
scfape, will be heard on the 9th of JAN
uary. His bail is fixed at $500. General
w. B. Shattuck states in behalf of Mack,
that from what he could ascertain the
cutting by Mack was in self defense,
and that he Is a boy OF excellent repu-
tAtion, whom he has known for two
or three years as waiter at the Gener-
abs table in the hotel.
At the meeting of the two Unitarian
Societies of this city, held last evening
in the Church, on the corner Of Sixth and
Mound streets, Judge Taft acting as
Hresident, and John Kebler as Secreta-
ry, the agreement and terms for the
union and consolidation of the separate
eharch properties and memberships
were ratified and approved, and the new
church, under the style of the First Con-
gregational Church OF Cincinnati, is now
tarmed.
AT an election for officers of Damon
Lodge A. o. U. W. held last night at
their hall, southeast corner Ninth and
Plum, the following were elected for the
ensuing term: M. W, J. d. Burgess; g..
r., w. A. Murray; o., DR.. Chas. Crop
pes; g., r. G. Ashcroft; Recorder, G. b.
Chapman; Financier, w. III. Beall; Re-
esiver, q. e. Lawes; J. W., J. Cunning
ham; .. W., J. ": Richardson; Trus-
tees, s. +. Scott, W. A. Murray, J. r..
Eusby; Clerk, W. II. Beall; Physician,
DR.. ]. c. Cilley; Representative TO G. L.,
Il. b. Estep.
%-see
ssAll That Glitters is Not Cold"
At the Westwood school-house this
evening the above beautiful drama will
be presented by the following young la.
dies and gentlemen, the proceeds Of the
entertainment to be applied to the pur-