The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-10-02
LOCAL BREVITIES.

! THE dedication OF the hospital on Belts
and Linn streets takes place tomorrow.
The sermon at the City Work-house
tomorrow at 10 O'Clock will be preached
by Rev. II. d. Moore.
JOSEPH HECHT, policeman from the
Bremen street District, died last night
at his home, after a lingering illness.
| A SON of John O'Brien, the contractor,
was run over by wagon on the Walker
Mill road yesterday, and had his leg
crushed badly.
| RIGHT Rev. BISHOP WHIPPLE, of Mini
nesota, will deliver sermon to-mor-
row morning, at st. PauPs Protestant
Episcopal church.
| Mr.. w. Ii. III. WHITNEY, of the Grand
Rapids and Indiana Railroad, arrived
home with his family yesterday from
Mackiuaw, Michigan.
THE Robinson Light Guards were dis
appointed in not getting their hall, in
consequence OF which the proposed ban
quet has been indefinitely postponed.
AN ordinanc to establish hack.stand
on Central avenue, between Mcfarland
and Fourth streets, was passed by the
Board of Councilmen yesterday after
noon.
n MAN udlutu w ldoO
drove in buggy over an embankment
on Gilbert avenue, owing to the dark
ness at that place. The man and horse
were slightly injured, and the buggy
was completely wrecked.
REV. DIR. MORRIS, of Lane Seminary,
will lecture at College-street Welch Con-
gfegational Church at 1880 P. NJ. Sunday
next. Subject: "Sabbath Schools in
Wales" Rev. B. W. Chidlaw will also
be present and deliver short address
to the children.
The cool days have good effect upon
the members Of the City Council. They
did an immense amount Of hard work
yesterday, and cleared up the business
that has been put off from time to time
during the summer days. For three long
hours, and until Clerk Rohner was ex-
hausted, the work went steadily on.
AT THE meeting of the Board OF Coun-
cilmen yesterday afternoon resolution
was adopted authorizing the City Audi
tor to advertise for ten days for sealed
proposals. and to lease to the highest
bidder tor term of five years the land
ings at the termini of Central avenue,
and Lewis streets, in the First ward, and
that known as the Fifth-street Landing.
WENzELL SCHREINER, German
butcher residing at GA Hamilton road,
committed suicide about 81 O'Clock last
night by blowing his brains out with
double-barreled pistol. No cause is as
signed for his rash act. except that he
had much trouble with one OF his sons, a
lad OF about IS years, who was leading a
rather fast life. The deceased is 40
years old and leaves a wife and three
children. Coroner Maley held an in
quest, and the jury returned verdict
in accordance with the circumstances.
A FEW days ago report was cirou-
lated by the papers that set Of silver
butchers stable in the Twenty first
ward. The owner made complaint at
the Police Station, but found the har.
ness Immediately afteEward. 1t seems
that drunken driver, who also had
horse in the stable, mistook the harness
for his own, and used it, on which &C.
count the owner thought that he bad
been robbed. Of1cers Pftzer and Lellis,
cons sequently, should not be blamed that
an imaginary larceny should have been
made while they were on that beat.
ANNIE WILSON, the housekeeper in a
low den on Pearl street, who kicked and
beat Mollie McGinn 80 terribly while the
latter was drunk, was arraigned in the
Police Court this morning, on charge
of assault and battery. Mollie McGinn,
as will be remembered, died in the Hos
pital, and at the Coroners inquest
verdict W as returned that the deceased
came to her death from the. effects of in
temperance, and blame was attached to
Annie Wilson for beating her while in
that condition. Annie plead guilty to
the charge of assault and battery, and
was sent out for thirty days and fined
$50.
THE following ordinances to appro-
priate money were passed by the Board
OF Councilmen yesterday afternoon: {:
81, ,485 from General Fund to pay A. s.
Winslow for property taken to widen
Culvert street; 81, ,207 from General Fund
to pay Charles Harkness & Co. for prop
erty taken to widen Culvert street; $549 q
from General Fund to pay Street Clean
ing Department Tor sharpening.tools for
Board of Improvements and keeping otfi-
GERS horses from January to April 1,
1876; $841 from General Fund to pay f.
Fenske balance due for building abut-
ments OF bridge over the Cincinnati,
Hamilton q Dayton railroad; 500 from
Bounty Fund to pay Frederick Sunder-
land for local bounty.