The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-22
elders respectfully ask to be EXCUSED

Sixt9 Waru yesterday, and goes on to
1t is not generally known that the
County Assessor is required by law TO
+. G. Deckabauch, of Cincinnati, has
sued j. II. Herzog & Co., and Henry ME-
meyer, jr., in the Kenton Chancery Court
Tor $735 for labor and materials aone and
furnished for and upon the brewery build
ing lately sold BY Herzog to Niemeyer.
| An alarm from Box last night, about
nine o'clock, told OF fire in Wallace
Davis room, in the Planters House
In the Circuit Court yesterday the
McVeigh will case filed out the day, and
is still in progress.
The City Treasurer's report, as pre-
sented to Council last night, shows the
receipts Tor the year to have been $447,-
622, and the expenses SAL, ,756. The fol-
lowing are some of the receipts, which
will prove of interest: Newport and
Covington Bridge, $4,125; coffee-house
license, $8,59S 80; tavern license, $344 A;
auction license, $3.50; insurance license,
$1,000; peddlers' license, $542 SO; delin-
qaent u.o taxes, $1o,951 70; bills payable,
$l7S,699 10; markets, $1,949; wharfage,
$6O7 ~; fines in Mayors Court, So, ,222 IS;
fines in Magistrates Courts, $142 Of;
Covington Street Railway, $3.50; Fire
Department, $125.
Among the expenditures worthy of
note are the following: Pest-house, $50;
Judgments and costs, $10,7l9 05; Officers
salaries, $l3,625 S5; Work-house and Jail,
70, 1855 1o; Internal improvements, $19,-
2O9 30; Street Department, $4,381 O9;
Paupers, $l0,a61 81; Police, $iO,O07 50;
Gas and gasoline, $1S,6l8 AZ; Elections,
$312 II; Councilmen, $o51 ~; Widows
md (rphano1 Hnma an 1T. Wotor
works, $l0,66S "a; Banklick Turnpike
Company, $4,000; Equalization, 81, 800 rs;
Garbage, $3.50 81; Fire Department, $l3,-
2O5 81; Edward street, s., ,223 ID; Interest
on bonds, $72, ,967; Colored schools, $653 90.
MIR. CrOninger was sworn in at the
Council meeting last night.
Claims were allowed in Council last
night amounting to near $S,50O-includ-
ing 1892 90 TOR cleaning streets, $l3S 10 to
Jailer for dieting prisoners, $l20 80 to St.
Elizabeth Hospital for boarding pau
to the poor, Sill 30 to j. b. Klosterman
| same, Sl25 for level and leveling rod.
A claim of A. Montgomery & Co.,
tor $40 for 81 900 bushels of coal for the
City Hall, was referred to see il fourteen
cents is not too high.
Council last night passed an ordinance
torbidding the storing at any one place,
at any one time, OF camphene, burning
fluid, or any products by distillation OF
coal, petroleum or rOck-oil, asphaltum,
shale or peat known under the various
names of naphtha, kerosene, benzihe,
benzole, or any refined illuminating -oils,
in any quantity exceeding five barrels or
two hundred and twenty gallons, pro-
vided that it is allowable to refine, man.
ufacture, store or keep such products,
&C., on premises certified to the Mayor
by the Chief Of the Fire Department to
be safe, the party paying license of $40
and the usual license fees. Il
Police powers were last night con-
ferred on Il. Steers, private watchman to
Green, Culbertson u Co. Also on VIM.
Reicherman.
Mr.. Ii. Il. Wilson was last night elect
ed oyerseer OF the poor, and John Wea-
yer, ESQ.,, overseer of Work-house.
The Fire Department received one
thousand feet Of hose yesterday. |
NEWPORT.
The Criminal Courtroom was filled to
its utmost capacity with spectators from
all parts OF the country. AT 911 O'Clock
Samuel Digby, the prisoner, was brought
into Court, looking sad and somewhat
worried. The forty-eight Kentucky |
grangers, who had been subpenaed as |
jurors, answered 70 their names. After |
which Colonel Nelson, one of the Attor-
neys for the defendant, rose and made a
motion for change ofyenue to Falmouth. |
Pendleton county, which was granted.
A motion was then made1by the Counsel |
for the defendant that the Court meet to-
morrow morning when they would make
an application for bail, which was pro-
tested against by Judge Cleary, the Com
Attorney, and oVerruled by
the Court. 1t was then agreed to meet
this afternoon at two O'Clock, when the
application for bail will be made. The
witnesses for both sides were then recc q.
nized to appear ON the Sd Monday of Feb
uary next. Also ito appear this after
Mrs. FitzsimmOns, the York street ter
ror, was this morning fined $40 and costs
by Judge Geisler, and held in the sum of
one hundred. dollars for her good behav-
ior for the term Of one ear. In Default
she was sent to Jail for go days.
A. Mrs. Thomas Dempsey, living at
No. 21 or 20 Bellevue street, died at 12l
o'clock on Wednesday night under cir
which are regarded as sus- 4
)icious. From the symptoms displayed )
t is thought she had been poisoned. !
excitement was manifest t
ID in the neighborhood. DR.. Thompson Il
made an autopsy, and the contents OF the
louacu anu OtEeT VlSeFa were taEon out n
md sent to Cincinnati for analysis.
In the Chancery Court yesterday in g
he case of the "Union Bethel Churchv
gainst Thomas G. Gaylord, the defend .
mt dcmurred to the petition of the plain
lit, but the demurrer was overruled S
vhen the defendant excepted and filedl c
is answer. This is fight growing out
t matters connected with some dona. D
ions of Mr.. Gaylord to the church, ;,
In the case OF Murty Shea against the \
Cincinnati and Lexington s.
.ailroad Company, Mr.. NJ, j. Dudley re.
oyered OF the defendant, on his answer n
nd crOss-petition, the sum of $4,224 so D.
18th interest at six per cent. from Sep 2,
smber %, 1874, until paid, and the costs !"
the suit. The Newport and Cincin. ii
att Bridge Company against the Louis pl
lille, Cincinnati and Lexington railroad.
sceived judgment for $20. i95 with inter. St
1t al six per cent: from January 10, 1875, III
ntii paid, with the costs incurred. m
Council has voted to purchase new &c
0ck for the Clerks office. 10
The bonds Of the members of the Wal
r-works were accepted last night. &c
In the Council meeting tonight the ~
ds for furnishing gutter plates were all 4,
jected. A communication from Mr. q. Is
:. Root, relative to his claim on The dc
lrchase of the P0Orh house, amounting ~