The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-23
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ball Club,o this place, beat the Bellevue |
Club, Saturday, by SCORE of ID to 4, In
five innings, the Bellevue Club refusing
to play further. The Bellevue boys
should leagn from this that Dase-DaiI lS
uncertain and that PRIDE goetn pe1ore
4all.
AURORA, IND.-On the evening of
the 10Th inst, in this city, Mr.. Thomas
Rand, prominent gas manufacturer,
iand Mrs. Ellen Bailey, charming young
widow, were joined at the hymeneal al
lar by Rev. Chas. Tinsley. Mr.. Thomas
Lindsay and Miss Betsey Cooper per-
formed the Office of groomsman and
bridesmaid respectively, and were as
ha Hume. There were no cards issued,
but tue company. was very select.
Among the most. prominent were Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Williamson, and Mr.. Lee
'Winscot, the poet. The company en-
1oyed themselves until a late hour.
The baseball fever is raging among
lour young men.
Fears are entertained that the cool
weather will prevent the corn from I'LL
ing.
! LEXINGTON, KY. The newspaper
fraternity OF Lexington have been IA
vored the past few days with visits from
MIR. w. A. Garasche, of the st. Louis
Globe, and Mr.. L. L. Miller. of the Star.
! The Kentucky Central railroad adyer-
tise to cell excursion tickets to the Cin-
lcinnati Exposition
Almost every day games OF base. ball
are played in our City Park grounds.
Would it not be sensible idea to turn
these athletic sports to some good pur--
nosey 1t 10 suggested that a match
game be played between the police and
Itiremen OF this city, and the gate money
divided equally between the Charity
Hospital and the Lexin ston Orphan
Asylum.
| A new county road call Mt. Tabor,
connecting the Richmond and Tates
Greek roads, was opened last week.
y A party OF frolicking young gentlemen,
consisting of Messrs. w. A. Garasche,
Mr.. e. 8. Posey and DR.. O'Mah0ney,
went buggy riding ON Friday afternoon,
and while driving down Limestone street
ran their buggy against one Of the city's,
dirt carts. The collision knocked q
wheel from the buggy, which had the Ell
feet OF landing the trio On the dusty
istreet.
! On Saturday Mr.. j. T. Slade, agent tor
the Southern Railroad Trustees, negoti.i
ated for the purchase OF nearly two acres
tof ground for depot purposes from Miss
Betsy Simpson for $155. The land Is on
the Spur & Tyler pike, four miles from
this city. The station will be called
Green's Station, in compliment 10 DR..
Green, who donated a parcel OF land ier
the use of the railroad, and who assisted
in raising the $l55 from citizens in that
vicinity.
A new turnpike called the Bryant's
Station and Brier Hill pike was sur
veyed last week by MIR. j. L. Slade, and
the grading and maeadamizing will be-
gin this week.
Five splendid bay ge,dings were
shipped by Montague and Brown on FEi-
day, to New Y3rk. They are considered
the finest lot that has LEFT this section in
long lime.
,hled at the Lexington Baseball Grounds
Saturday afternoon to witness the Sec
ond contest between the Lexingt0ns, OF
this city, and the Stars, of Covington.
'Busses were run from the Yhnnix Hotel
for the purpose of conveying the masses
to the beautiful grounds just outside of
the western boundary of the city. Up
to the time OF the arrival of the Stars
| betting was IN favor OF the home club,
but as soon as. the big boys put In an APP
pearance at the St. Nicholas the senti-
ment changed. the very nnme of the
STARS having almost secured their sue
cess among the greater number OF the
Citizens.
Promptly at o'clock the game was
called. The Lexingtons having won the
toss sent their antagonists to the bat.
We merely give the result of the game:
Innings. ........... 81 8
LexingGons. .........0 0 0 0 0 o 90
Stars. 0 OF
Thirteen beautiful base hits were made
during the game. The Stars made two
double plays.
A dispute arose In the last inning
when the umpire called three strikes On
Morris. This put Hocher, Of the LeXing-
tons, out on the home plate and crowded
Beard out on second base.
Mr.. j. w. Edwards umpired the game.
He probably meant well, but he is evil
IDENTIFY unfit to umpire game where
clubs play as close as do these. Several
times during the game time was called
on account of. exceptions. taken by the
Lexingtons to his decisions.
Both clubs played well Saturday, but
there is NO use for the Lexington boys TO
attempt to bat Blong's balls. Prather,
as usual, showed his skill as fine CATCH
VI hosAhS Wv Wv Poo6Sa vain
Two negroes confined in the Richmond
Jail made their escape on Tuesday night.
OF all places in the world the jails in
Kentucky are the most insecure.
4 HAMILTON.-.H M. Green, the Demo-
cratic candidate for Auditor of State,
was in the city Saturday.
Rev. j.. w. Clokey leaves this week for
q three weeks vacation.
Rev. Tolliver, pastor Of the colored M.
L. Church, preached to good audience
in the Courthouse Park yesterday after
noon.
Saturday afternoon game of base ball
was played between the Miamis and the
Osceolas, which resulted in the defeat Of
the former club, at the end of the sixth
inning, by a score of 8 to IL.
The alarm Of fire last night, turned in
from box q, was a false one, and done
to try the new drivers.
Doney Black, OF the Hoosier Capital.
formerly Hamiltonian, was in the CITY
Saturday, visiting old friends.
Saturday James Williams. of Miller.
vile, while fishing near the OLD river
dam caught q catfish which weighed