The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-19
LOCAL BREVITIES.

No quorum of the Exposition Board
yesterday afternoon,
THE Exposition Board will hereafter
meet every Wednesday at 4P. NJ.
FREE literary and musical entertain,
ment at Y. M. 9. A. Hall tonight.
MEETING of Lady Teachers Associa
tion at Normal School Hall tomorrow at
10 A. NJ.
DIR. WISE lectures at the Temple to
night "Will and Intellect in Mature
outside of Man."
MARTHA WASHINGTON Tea Party and
Promenade Concert ut lookout House
Monday evening from ito II.
j. W. BURDINE, travelling agentfor the
firm OF Louis StiX g. Co., OF this city,
died at Pleasureyille, KY, on Tuesday.
The closing exercises of the Second
District High School last night were
largely attended and a decided success
HENRY DERRICK, a driver of milk
wagon, was run over by his wagon yes.
terday on Spring Grove avenue, and his
foot badly crushed.
Mr.. j. b. MARTIN, of the Gazette, was
married at Walnut Hills last night to
Miss Hannah M. Suppler. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. A. b. Leonard.
A YOUNG girl from Shakerville, a Shak-
er for some years past, but not one now,
obtained loding at Oiiver-street Station
last night, preterring Station-house to
u Shaker home.
REV. w. S. DUNCAN takes possession
of the Ninth-street Baptist church in u
few days. His former congregation in
Cleveland has passed a series OF resolu-
tioas expressive of respect and of their
sorrow at the loss of his services.
HENRY HoRsTENMEYER, the man who
shot John Williams in his orchard at
Lockland, was to-day sentenced to three
ars'impris0nment In the Penitentiary.
The execution of the sentence will be
suspended for thirty days to allow an
appeal to be taken.
FRANZ WTTTKoCK, ofHarrison, o., was
arrested at the o. a. M. depot yesterday
in the act of getting away with $50 of 81 !.
). Wentzmeier's money, which he had
got by selling note owned by Weitz-
meier and intrusted to him for collection.
He was lodged in the Jail.
MOSES GREEN, Thomas Mcdonald and
Commodore Perry. charged with steal
ing DE-. Eimer's surgical Instruments re-
Gently, had their cases recOntinued un.
til February 25th, in the Police Court
this morning. In default of $500 bail
they were recommitted.
MICHAEL CULLINs pleaded not guilty
In the Police Court this morning to the
charge of stealing pair OF pants valued
at 81 80, the property of one Henry Mil
aer. The Court, however, thought other
wise and sentenced him to thirty DAYS
imprisonment in the Work-house and
supposed fine Of $25.
A CLERK in Weyers drug store, at the
corner OF Sixth and Elm, attempted to
kindle lire with benzine last night and
was badly burned about the hands and
face. The heat caused him to drop the
TAR, which broke and spread the flames
ever the floor. They We're, however,
shocked by the application of wet blank
cts.
JAMES JOHNSON alias Ginger, and Jas.
jackson alias slippery jim, "two collud
gemman," for stealing a pair of shoes
yesterday trcm the shoestore of Urilse
Schraffenberger, on Third street, will be
''papped" at Morgan's mansion for 30
days, in addition to enriching the school
fund to tue tune Of $25 each. "There's
millions in it." Judge Marchant's do.
mgs.
In THE Police Court this NOR ming
James Mccarthy was convicted of steal
ing several pairs of army shoes from
John Fauger's shoe store recently, and
sentenced to 80 days Imprisonment in
the Institute of Industry and fined 500.
Archie Copeland and George Williams
charged with the same ohtnse were dis
missed.
THE absence of Police Court Clerk
JOHN Bender, who at present is on visit
to Columbus, is in some way counter
balanced by the splendid management of
all Court affairs by his two Deputies,
Ostendorf and O'Shaugnessy. The ge-
nIal noIIItnGy that nil fhpir trop
actions and the universal satisfaction
they are giving speaks we'll both for the
youngmen and Mr.. Bender.
PAT MCLAUGHLIN and William Hur-
ley, yesterday succeeded i'll rifliug the
pockets of a coal office clerk named Lewis
krautZ, at Fourth and sycamore streets,
to the extent so IS. Mclaughlin was
captured but Hurley managed to escape.
In the Police Court this morning, Pats
case was continued until Feb. Goth, in Or
der to give time for Hurley to make his
appearance before the amiable Judge.
The testimony yesterday afternoon in
the cotton speculation case of John A.
Wills, of Washington, against Mr.. Jos.
Trounstine, OF this city, was of rather
interesting character, inasmuch as it
showed that Mr.. Trounstine gave Wills
note tor $4,000 for grease money to be
used in Washington, and that General
Ben Butler, because Trounstine got tired
of waiting for Wills to push the case, got
1t through for him for $500. The result
Of the trial is given in the Court Gull.
ings.
In drunken quarrel that occurred
about. one o'clock this morning in a sa-
loon On Belts street, between Linn and
Baymiller, between two men named An
drew Orten and Frank Hoffman, tile lat |
ter was dangerously cut in the right
cheek, which VIII undoubtedly confine
him to, his bed for some time. Ortea was
arraigned In the Police Court this morn
ing, but on account of Hofman's disabil-
lty to appear the case Was continued to
February 24th. .....
The Fire Commissioners have author
lied Assistant Wisby to fill private 'cis-
terms IRON the plugs where parties re-
at, at charge of S5 each, and turn
the monesinte the, Disabled FIremen's
Fund. Nearly hundred dollars has
been gathered for the fund in this way
already, and a large number of public |
cisterns filed without, charge. Mr.. Wis
by also, with his charactefistiek kindness.
has filled the cisterns OF numbers of per- |
sons who make their living byssw ashing. |