The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-09-25
LOCAL BREVITIES.

SEvENTY-FIvE deaths were reported
at the Health Office last week.
ATTORNEY GENERAL TAFT arrived
Saturday night from Washington.
POLICE COURT Clerk John A. Bender
has returned from his Eastern trip, look.
ing much improved.
WARNER, Simpson and Norton, the
bank-roDbers, pleaded not guilty Satur-
day. Their cases were set tor Wednes-
day.
MR.. JAS. E. MURDOCH, the great Amer
ican dramatist, VINO lives near Morrow,
o., intends TO remove to Avondale, it is
said.
BEGINNING today the morning ex-
press train on the Atlantic & Great
Western Railroad will leave the city at
11:45 A. M.
THE boat race Saturday evening on
the Ohio River between Henry Weber
and John Tucker for 500 side, was
won by Weber.
The Westwood Narrow-gauge Rail
road Company is daily expecting an
other engine o! greater burthen than
the one now in use.
Hon. l. j. ALLEN and Gen. Fred.
Moore had a good audience at Cleves
Saturday evening to listen TO their very
effective Hayes and Wheeler speeches.
Miss EDMoNIA LEWIS, the artist Of
Oneida County, New York, has very life
like terra-cotta busts OF Old John Brown
and Charles Sumner on exhibition at
Clarke's book store.
CHAs. ZoLLMAN, aged fifteen years,
and who resides at No. 496 Walnut
street, is suffering from severe burns,
caused by using coal oil to hasten fire
in the stove the other DAY.
COUNCILMAN TERRENCE RILEY, of the
Fourth Ward, will be examined in the
Police Court next Wednesday on the
charge of creating tumult and disorder
at The corner of Seventh and Vine streets
last Saturday night during the process
sion.
THOMAS BRENNoN, fourteen years old,
who lives at No. u East Sixth street,
fell from horse yesterday afternoon.
He was taken TO the hospital, where ne
soon recovered from the shock he had
received.
Mr.. VIM. MORRISON, formerly of the
firm OF j. Il. Warren Il Co., died sudden
ly Saturday evening in the bakery Of l..
II. Bauer, No. II East Pearl street. The
Coroner was summoned and the body
removed to Habig's stables.
GEORGE SEIP, rag-picker, fifty-one
years old, who lives at No. 3 Milton
street, attempted to commit suicide yes
terday at noon by cutting an artery just
back Of the ankle-joint Of the right leg.
Seip was discovered and doctor sum-
moned, who stopped the bleeding.
DAN. DAYLoR is going around with
small bullet wound in The calf OF his left
leg, received at the hands of A. Sprong-
l.,
of Sixth and Sycamore streets last
night. Dan. was on a spree and per-
sisted in entering Sprongers saloon
after being warned to keep out.
MRS. SARAH GILLESPIE, a native OF
Plttsburg, but who came to this neigh
borhood in 1890, died last Saturday
night, aged nearly eighty-seven years.
She was an honored member OF the Gin
cinnati Pioneer Association. She will
be buried tomorrow afternoon from her
late residence, No. 1853 John street.
FERDINAND SCHNATz, who lives at
No. 532 West Sixth street, about O'Clock
Yesterday morning WAS Knocked down
on Court street, near Rittenhouse, and
robbed Of his hat, knife and some
money. He was badly beaten and lett
insensible on the sidewalk. Constable
NJ. j. Patton found him and had him
conveyed to the hospital.
The many friends OF Horatio Warner,
one OF the oldest and most reliable COM
posltors in this city, and man whose
list of warm friends embraces his whole
circle OF acquaintances, will regret to
learn of the severe affection he sus-
tanned yesterday in the death OF his es-
timable wife. Mrs. Warner was sister
OF MIR. John A. Smith, OF this city.
AT the meeting Of DR.. Wise's congre-
CATION, at Mound-street Temple, yester-
day, President MoritZ 10th delivered
mis- annual message. Mr.. 10th declined
q reelection, and the following were
elected for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, N. Newburgh; Vice President.
Henry Silk; W. b. CD, JAG l.. Mack;
Treasurer, A. Buchanan; Recording Sec.
retary, F. Rauh; Financial Secretary,
L. Hsllstein; Trustees, E. Mack, D.
Hyman and Isaac Ffeidlader; Sub
Trustees, 1. Il. Mack, Louis Mayer and
Chas, Goldsmith.