The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-24
LOCAL BREVITIES.

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DR.. j. s. RICHARDSON is seriously i'll.
CALLED MEETING of the Board of Coun-
cilmen this afternoon.
THE fire alarm yesterday was caused
Dy q burning chimney.
The damage to the water pipes in the
city by the freeze is estimated at $4,000
MAYOR JOHNSTON went to Columbus
yesterday afternoon, ana will return to-
night.
Mr.. j. S. DREW has finally accepted
position in the office of the Cleveland
Herald.
THE Infrmary Directors issued 1872
loads OF coal yesterday and 1l3 orders
for groceries.
OVER 10000 persons have made use Of
the Public Library during the seven
weeks past.
ONE thousand tickets between St.
Louis and this city have been sold i'll the
last two days.
FIFTY men are employed in repairing
the damaged waller pipes between the
mains and the houses.
Rev. Ii. w. EVERETT spoke in the
Central Christian Church last night on
"The Uses and Abuses Of Prayer"
GEO. S. HAYES, arrested on suspicion
OF connection with the Main-street rob-
berry, has been honorably dismissed.
The Tobacco Association yesterday
passed resolutions Of respect to the
memory of Jesse Wilcox, OF Coyington.
ONLY twelve prisoners on the bench of
the Police Court this morning. Alto
gether seventeen cases were disposed OF.
DIR. DEANS residence in John street,
near Clinton, was robbed of some jewelry
and $3S IN money by sneak thieves yes
terday.
REV. EPHRAIM MILLER, of Dixon, H.,
has been elected pastor of the English
Lutheran Church, on Elm, above Ninth
street.
PETITIONS for the pardon OF Horstens-
meyer have been left in over fifty different
places in the city to be presented tor sig
natures.
THE marriage of Miss Alice e. Ritter
to Mr.. Albert d. Wheeler is announced
for tomorrow evening, at st. Johns NJ.
L. church.
THE Dummy" Davis murder case win
not be tried until after the Egner case,
as the papers for the new jury have not
all been served.
HONS. BANNING AND SAYLER both
voted against the tariff bill passed yes
terday, Increasing the tax on whisky 20
cents per gallon.
A PASSENGER car in the $40 train on
the c., Ii. Il ID. road, took fire in the
depot last night, but the fire was eXtin-
guished with few buckets of water.
C.I. PULLEN, of 433 Jesse street, San
Francisco, wants to hear from the
friends of VIM. W. Howard, formerly of
this city, who died in San Francisco.
The Scottish Rite Masons are cele.
brating their anniversary in this city.
Members are in attendance from every
section of the United States and the Can
adas.
THREE boys, giving their names as
George, j John and N. Woodward, of Kent,
Ohio, were locked up at Third-street sta.
tion. last night on suspicion Of having
run away from home.
THE Directors, OF the Covington b Gin
cinnati Bridge Company held meeting
Last evening, adopting resolutions in
honor of the late Jesse Wilcox, EX-
President of the Bridge Company.
COMMISSIONER CoRBETI's child and it's
nurse, who died few hours after the
child, were buried yesterday at Spring
Grove. The funeral procession was the
largest seen in the city for may years.
A SNEAK thief yesterday carried of
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of gold watches from the residence OF
DR.. Lutzel Schwab, at 105 Twelfth street.
No arrests.
Mr.. THEODORE Cook has returned from
Washington, and reports that although
the present Congress will not probably
not in the branch mint matter, he feels
confident that Cincinnati will in time
secure the prize.
THE first OF series Of union mass
meeting in the churches, to occur month
ly, under the auspices Of the Young
Mers. Christian Association, will be
held at the Central Christian Church
next Sunday Evening.
SPELLING social tomorrow night at
the Church of the Cross, corner of Find
lay and Baymiller, to be conducted by
of Webster's Unabridged gwen to the
best speller. All are invited.
A SMALL girl, about u years of age,
named Jenny Brant, who seemed to have
been continually abused by her mother
when in a drunken condition, was ar
raigned in the Police Court this morn
ing, and preferred to be sent to the
House of Refuge rather than live in
her unhappy home. Her request was
granted.
ROBERT E. JONES, the man who was
arrested recently for forging the name OF
Hengehold & Co. on check against the
First National Bank, besides perpetrat-
ing several other smaller torgeries,
waived an examination in the Police
Court this morning, and was accordingly
bound over to await the action of the
Grand Jury. In default of $500 bail he
was committed.
THE Mount Adams Building Assoeia.
tion left articles of incorporation for re-
cord with the recorder yesterday. The
capital stock is $l50,000, divided into two
hundred dollars share. The papers
bear the names Of B. Kippenbroek, b. IL.
Wibben, G. j. Munich, J. II. Bante, f.
II. Framme, b. Kentry and H. Inderhees.
The German Evangelical Protestant
Congregation of Carthage also filed their
certificate. George Bisdoff, William
Schilling and Ludwig Name are the
Trustees.
THE parents of Clement V. Carroll, aged
eleven, of Union Mills, near Portsmouth,
Ohio, are in the city looking for their
son, who left them some days since. He
was dressed in a dark jeans suit, round
top black wool hat, light gray wool shirt,
and a pair OF new stoga boots, and usu-
ally wore his pants in his boots. He was
tall for his age, dark hair shingled close,