The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-07-29
LOCAL BREVITIES.


The second story of Melodeon Hall is
about finished.
TAKE your lunch with you to the Camp
Ground tomorrow.
WILL the Ice Companies raise the
price on the 1st OF August!
HENRY HUTZLER, merchant Of Find
lay Market, is champion checker
player
REV. DIR. SUMMERBELL will preach to-
morrow morning anu evening at Bible
Chapel.
THE single scull race between Hauser
and johnson, which was set tor to-day,
Is postponed.
The Louisville Short-line Railroad, to-
day, reduced the daily pay OF its labor
ing men from 81 % to 81 10 per day.
NEXT Monday the transfer OF the
freight business of the A. & G. W. from
the u, II. & d. to the c., O., q. & L. will
be made.
THAT row in Bucktown, during which
the bounding Ship cut a man, did not
occur in Mrs. Hayes house. 1t was in
the street in front OF the house.
AT the meeting Of the Directors Of the
Eighth.street Railroad yesterday, Briggs
Cunningham was elected President and
oliver Perrin Treasurer.
The Sons OF Liberty, benevolent So
ciety, filed its papers in the Recorders
Office. John Wyatt, Van Sanders and
Charles Sanders are the Trustees, G. w.
Fry, Secretary.
MR.. ADoLPH WooDs' residence on Mt.
Auburn was somewhat demoralized by
the fantastic tricks OF streak OF light
ming yesterday morning. Nobody hurt,
but all badly scared.
w. p. VAN DEUsEN, the young gentle.
man from Texas on a visit to relatives
in this city, who became insane, was be-
tore the Probate Court yesterday, and,
alter an examination, was sent out to
the Asylum.
FERDINAND SPRINGMEIER and Andrew
j. Mullane, commissioners appointed to
consider the claims Of workingmen
against the city, having refused to serve,
Judge James Satin and Chas. y. Jacobs
were appointed.
THE Ohio Sabbath.school Union has
issued circular requesting all of the
Sabbath-schools In Onio to contribute
the amount OF their penny collection to.
morrow to that Society for the purpose
Of extending its work throughout the
State.
JOSEPH HUKILL is trying to set up in
the rubber business. Some time since
he was convicted OF stealing rubber
door mat. This morning he received a
sentence OF thirty days and $3.50 on con-
viction OF stealing forty feet OF rubber
hose from Sophia Greiner yesterday.
THE Marietta & Cincinnati Railway
will run Sunday trains to camp meeting,
q
B A. nj. and $3.50 A. NJ, and returning
arrive in the city at 7:15 p. M. and 8:lj
2. NJ. Trains going and coming will
stop at Eighth-street crossing and at
Brighton for the accommodation OF West
End people.
JOHN WUEBBER, twenty-seven years
bid, while employed in the packing.room
pf the Work-house foundry, about 8
o'clock last evening, placed heavy box
bn the elevator. While ascending the
elevator gave way and struck Wuebber
on the head, fracturing his skull. He
was taken to the Hospital, where he
died about midnight.
A WARRANT for the arrest Of Kate
Riley was sworn out evening before last
by May Johnston. Kate heard OF it,
and, as usual under such circumstances,
went out riding with two young men to
escape arrest. Yesterday the men came
In with the buggy belonging to G. Baum,
. livery stable keeper, but Kate did not
some with them and has not been seen
ince.
MAYOR JOHNSTON got In veto yes
terday. Being OF the opinion that RObt
Mitchell, one of the arbitrat0rs to ad
lust the amount to be paid by the l.. q
Il L. Railroad Company, for rent o
10 ant Ia
returned the resolution making the ap
pointment, to the Board OF Aldermen
without his signature.
MR. CASEY ALLEN, merchant Of
Henderson, KY, who took passage or
board the mail line steamer Tor Louis.
vile from this city, last Tuesday after
noon, is missing. Shortly after leaving
this city Mr.. Allen complained of feeling
anwell, and retired TO his state-room
About dark one OF the cabin boys was
rent to his room to rouse him for sup.
per, but he could not be found. He was
last seen when the steamboat was al
Aurora, Indiana.
JACOB HERMAN, the young German
fellow who abstracted that big roll o.
money and checks from Colonel Dan
Weber's buggy the other day, explained
;he transaction by telling Judge Linde
mann that seeing the valuables unpro
bected he took them for safe keeping, in
lending to return them to Jake Vogel
The excuse being so thin, the Judge
,ouldn't see it, and so referred the mat.
ler to the Common Pleas Court, bond
1900.
A HORSE and buggy belonging to Mr.
Ross McCabe, Of 81 Poplar street, was
,tOlen last night on Broadway street By
thief named Sam. Toulster. Patrol
nan Costello caught the man ON Ninth
and Walnut and jumped into the buggy
Costello is poor driver. and this was
Doon noticed by the thief, who grapsed
lhe reins and drove furiously toWaId
Eggleston avenue. At the dump Cos
Iello shot out Of the buggy like creased
lightning, while the thief disappeared
Alter half an hour the horse and buggy
was brought to Fourth aud Walnut
Hreets by Toulster, who walked quietly
kWaV.