The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-12-11
LOCAL BKEVLTIES.
ALL pool bets are off.

ALL pool bets are off.
OLD PROBS has weakened.
The French Club is twelve years old.
SEVENTY TWO deaths in the city last
week.
TUE overcoat thief is getting his work
In just now.
The Law Library of this city is one Of
the most complete in the United states.
GOV. HAYES joined the Cincinnati Lit
erary Club ia 1850. He is still mem
ber.
THE Home OF the Friendless has found
many good friends lately. 1t Is de-
serving institution.
The unoccupied house at No. % Har-
rison street was burglarized early yes
terday morning. The prOwlers escaped.
MRS. DoTY, aged seventy, of 152 Barr,
fell on the slippery pavement Frlday
evening and broke both a~s.
TWO or three companies Of United
States troops passed through the city
yesterday on their way East from the
West.
GEO. ASSET Of the Reynolds Ice Com.
pany, is suffering # ON u broken ankle,
caused by stumbling horse on which
he was riding.
THEODORE FARREL'S residence, at No.
447 West Seventh street, was Durglarizcd
last ght, ana goOdly amount OF silver
ware taken. No arrest as yet.
The charitably disposed should send
donations Of money and G )odS to the Il =
lief Union in care OF Treasurer 5. 5.
Davis, at No. 81 West Third street.
THE sprightly Prosecutor and the just
Tn nf ntpnIV-tiyp n
the Police Court this morning, in just
one hour and thirty minutes. Hoopla.
BEFORE the usual load OF prisoners
from the Police Court were sent there
this morning the number of inmates in
the Work-house was four hundred ami
sixty-seVen.
THIS morning, the till-tappers, Nugent
and Jones, appeared before Judge Lin
demann, and were given a dose OF thir-
ty daNs in the WOrk-house, ard fined
S20 AMI costs, each.
The total attendance at the Bethel
since the last report (during ten Sum
days) was q, ,457, being an average Of
2 145 ITO each Sunday. Last sunday
2,S52 " ere in attendance.
The annual war between the Mercan-
tile Library forces-the Regulars and
the Independents-ls about to share the
attention Of Cincinnatians equally with
the disputed Presidency.
THE Board of Safety has been stirred
up To vigorous action BY the recent ap-
palling calamity at the Brooklyn Thea
ter fire. Mayor Johnston, The head 0
the Board, means business.
GEo. HARRIS, aged twenty, with fro
zen hands; Anthony Weltel, aged. six
teen, with frozen ears, and VIM. Scott,
md hnn a,l
mltted to the Cincinnati Hospital on
Saturday.
JAMES PHILLIPS was sent to the W0 k
hOus Ior thirty days and iued $50 by
Judge Lindemann this morning, for
stealing a pair o. shoes from the store o!
j. N. Dohan at No. 215 Central Avenue
Saturday evening.
The three-year old son of George A..
johnson, conductor on the Nit. Auburn
Inclined Plane, and who lives at 5S7 Syc.
amore street, tripped on the carpet yes
terday afternoon, and falling broke his
ley above the knee.
A BROKEN frog on the Marietta & Gin
cinnati Railroad near Kings Coal works
caused au accident TO the passenger
train due in this city at p. NJ. Satur-
day evening, in which NJ. G. b. Hauk,
OF New Orleans, and Dr.. Piquett, OF
LVuIS'dhuI NCIC oil uLly ihJulcV
AFTER the raid on the Empire saloon,
number OF roughs carly yesterday
morning engaged i'll Il series ol quarreis.
Pistols and knives were t1Dursned and
Con. l. airy was struck with the butt OF a
pistol. The policemen who We're called
were unable 10 make any arrests.
LOUIS LANGHoRN, baker, located at
No. ~ West Sixth street, awoke to the
dismal consciousness, yesterday morn.
ing, as be was arraylAg himself i'll his
Sunday-go-to-meetin clothes, that some
goddess sneak thief hal entered his
room and taken from those clothes a
watch, chain and loeket, valued at $S5.
THE following named ci'y officials oil
Cleveland are in town quietly inspect
Ing our Fire Department and other in.
stIlut.on Joseph FHrray, Edward
Angel and John Shirz ekle, of the Fire
Committee; 4. 81. Warner and VIM. A,
Morris, Councilmen, and John l.. McIu.
tosh, City Clerk. They will leave for
home this evening.
DAN. CURRY, private Waterman
hose ueat is on Third, Fifth, Park and
j hn streets, about 1880 O'Clock last
night, met iour disorderly men on West
Fourth street, near Park, and requested
The IN TO be quiet. Three OF them did so,
lut the fourth, G. NJ. Young, drew a
Iocket knife, cutting Curry through the
ear and C EEK. The despera do then
rushed down the street, but was cap.
tred By two policemen and taken t.
Ehird-street Station. The charge of cut.
ting with inteUt to kill was placed
against him. Young appeared be G
Judge Ltndemann this mornlng, III tn
Police COur,, aud the case was laid
over until the 10th inst.; bail, $1,000.