The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-19
LOCAL BREVITIES.

LIEUT.. ELMoRE WILLIAMS has beer
reinsLated.
THE elevator of the Elm.street Incline
will be in running order next week.
THE l., c. & L. Railroad has another
handsome palace-car nearly reauy lol
duty.
THEoBAUD BAUER, the famous wrest-
Ter. went to Forest Home last evening
for training.
ADAM KRoUSE, a patrolman during
the last nine years at the OllVer-street
Station, dieu last night Of consumption.
THE Commission to audit laborers'
claims up to last night has passed upon
three hundred ana ten claims, aggregat-
ing S24, ,936 "a
In the United States Circuit Court the
Belle Isle Coal Company has brought
suit on promlssory note against a. IL
Meyer tor 1920.
JOHN CoFFEY, ESQ.,, is married.
"Who'd o. thought ltW The happy
bride was Miss Mary Boulger, daughter
OF James Boulger, Esq.
DIR. MALEY, who has served couple
OF terms as Coroner, will be candidate
for denomination at the approaching
Democratic Convention.
LIEUTENANT SNELBAKER has been as
signed to OliVer-street Station, to sue
ceed Lieutenant Holmes, who will go to
the Walnut Hills Station.
The Board of Councilmen last even-
ing refused to suspend the rules to pass
the ordinance to extend the Storrs and
Sedamsyille Street Railroad.
AT the present time there is not a
smallpox patient in the Pest-house, nor
has there been a case OF smallpox re-
ported for the last ten days.
A FIRE originated shortly after
o'clock last evening IN the dry house oil
Barrett, Waters & Lewis bucket factory,
on Pendleton street. Loss about $1oO,
covered by insurance.
AN inquest was held about o'clock
last evening on the body of VIM. Table
man, who WAS drowned in the morning
while bathing in a pond at the foot OF
Clark street. A verdict OF accidental
drowning.
FRANK. LoRENTZ and the police force
of Cincinnati give grand picnic for the
benefit Of Jacob Pittner, formerly a
member OF the force, at Lorentz Grove,
near Carthage, Sunday, August II. Mr..
Piltner has been for two years paralyzed
and helpless.
evening by Detectives Mead and Wap-
pensteln on the charge of being the au-
thor of that forged letter to W. j. Flor
enoe, and signed Harry 0. Barton. The
latter refused to prosecute the man, who
acknowledged his guilt.
A SILENT ALARM was turned in about
8 6O'clOck last night from Main street,
near Sixth. The Fours' responded, but
found no fire. Some one OF large crowd
which had congregated to witness the
arrest OF two burglars had mistaken the
6ause and yelled fire"
THE contractor for street repairs for
the Thirteenth DISTRICT, Palmish Mitch
ell, has given bonds In the sum OF $l0,-
DO0, with Casper Litmer, Thos. Goslin
and John Joyce as sureties. The Six
teenth Ward contractor, Frank. Rack
srs, gave bond in the sum OF $14, 900, with
Casper Litmer and john Joyce as
snreties.
ANDRBAs HUssFELD, who lives at ia
Canal street, was taken to the Hospital
last pight with broken head. Hussfeld
bad some trouble with his wife and
struck her in the face. Charlie Rem
Erobe, O son-in-laW, resented the brutal
sot and felled Hussteld TO the ground
with CLUB. Rentrobe lett the house
and has not been seen since.
The colored men Of the "ProtectiVe
Association" met last night. The oh
ieot of the association is to aid every et-
fort to secure the rights and to concen-
trate the various means by which the
oolored citizens may be placed on the
honorable plane which other people en-
Joy. The Organization is as follows:
Peter Ii. Clark, President; Ludlow Ap-
Jones and Rev. William Blackburn (oI
Coyington) Vice Presidents; Fountain
Lewis, ST., Treasurer; A. ID. j. Hart, Re-
oording Secretary, and George Barnett,
Corresponding Secretary.