The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-12-11

esting sermon at the Centenary Church
last evening.
A grand ball will be given at Masonic
Hail Tuesday evening by the Junior
Young Men OF the Town."
Colonel j. w. Stockton, late OF the st.
Nicholas Hotel, has returned to his old
position at the Willard Hotel, in Louis
vile.
Robert Emmerson, while out hunting
! near Paris last week, accidentally shot
and killed his son, who had accompan-
led him.
Wn.J. Cook, who left this city early
in 1872 and was thought to be dead, has
been heard from. He has been appointed
Second Lieutenant of the Seventh U. S.
Infantry.
Friday night Was one of the awrulest
winter nights we have witnessed tor
many years. The northwest wind blew
terrible gale, carrying away fences,
uncovering houses and filed every crack
and crevlce with the drifting snow.
The thermometer Saturday morning
stood five below zero with u downward d
tendency.
LUDLOW. KY.
That perilous trip of the Minnie, as
told with shudder by few gentlemen
OF this city, who were participants in
the miraculous hairbreadth escape from
a watery grave while attempting to cross
the river during the fierce storm OF la 81
Friday evening, is as follows: About 9
O'Clock on the evening named and during
the stormy weather, the atore mentioned d
propeller Minnie, a small steam craft
hired by Capt. Mccoy, while the regular
Terry was undergoing repairs, to ferry
passengers between here and Fifth
street Landing, iefL the Cincinnati side,
and when in mid-stream the roughness
OF the river and weather caused the little
cockleshell 10 pitch and toss in merci-
less manner, When of a sudden furious
gust Of the wind struck the tiny
vessel with such violence as
to careen her over on her beam ends, so
much so as 10 cause her to ship con-
siderable quantity of water in her en-
gine room. And horror of horrors! when
the struggling little craft did right her.
self, and the lorty or fifty souls aboard
were about to congratulate themselves
on q lew more minutes of lie from the
surging waves, the discovery was made
that some part Of the machinery was
broken, which left the hakless boat in
the middle Of the river at the mercy of
the wind and waves.
While in this crippled condition the
craft received another shock that sent
the coal-oil lamps in pieces, throwing a
sheet OF flame over the small cabin floor,
which created scene among the women
ana children passengers that Tor the
moment beggared description. How
ever, owing to the GOODNESS of
the officers of the boat and some
OF the gentlemen passengers, the
flames were eXtinguished and The ladies
pacified, and weak kneed males taking
courage from the calm, cool demeanor
oil the brave officers and gentlemen on
board, took in the dangerous situation
and remained resigned to their tate,
calling tervently on their Maker for mer-
cy and safe landing, which, after be-
ing tossed in the merciless storm, with
hair and clothing frozen stiff and the
feet and hands without feeling, and
their bodies chilled through in the above
perilous position tor three quarters
of an hour, the wind veered to the south
west and blew the boat ashore, q short
distance west of Mill street, where the
half 1amished and much frightened pas
sengers disembarked, to wend their
weary way to Ludlow and West CoVing-
ton via the suspension bridge.
CALIFORNIA. o.
The steamer City of Portsmouth is
fast in the ice near California, OHIO.
She is likely to stay there some time.
By reason of the inclem .ncy of the
weather, the foundry suspended work
last Saturday.