The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-02-03
LOCAL BREVITlES.

MR. j. r. NEFF, the architect is dead.
PUT ASHES on your sidewalks. No.
body wants to stake tumble"
CAPT. HEHEMAN reports that the
smallpox has disappeared from his fam
lily.
NOTHING was done at the called meet
ing of the Board Of Aldermen yesterday
evening.
THE ground hog having seen his
shadow, those Ulster fellows needn't
change their shirts for six weeks more.
MIR. G. S. HoRNER was hurt inter-
nally by being caught between brick
pile and the side Of a street Car yester-
day evening.
MAYOR JOHNSTON, in quite a lengthy
communication, warns the Board OF AL
Germen against the Police Bill, now
pending in the General Assembly at Co.
lumbus.
THE County Commissioners yesterday
elected DR.. Henry Watson, Jail Physi-
clan; Jacob Mentz. Watchman, and JAS.
Carlin, of Cleves Courthouse Superin-
tendent.
PROFESSOR II. BAUMsTARK, editor of
the Cincinnati Wahrhelts, ,reund, the old.
est German Catholic paper in the United
States, died at his residence in Coviug-
ton, Kentucky, yesterday.
AFRAME house at the corner Of Garden
and Riddle streets, at 6 O'clock yester-
day, caught fire, and the alarm was
turned In from Box 154. The boys made
short work of it. Loss trifiing.
JOSEPH DILGUS, the man suspected OF
the burglary of Coroner Maley's resi-
dence recently, will be examined Satur-
day. Bail, $500. Joseph wanted to know
ii that bail "wasn't rather high"
A. L. HELM, ESQ.,, formerly agent of
the American Bank Note Company in
this city, and one OF our Exposition
Commissioners, is now manager OF q new
Bank Note Company in New York, called
the Globe.
TEE Davenport Club, of this city, per-
form Bulwer's beautiful comedy of
"Money" tomorrow evening, with Mr..
Theo. A. Blinn as ''Alfred Evelyn" arole
in which he is said to exceed Murdoch
by a small plurality.
ANDREW j. BAKER, of Morrow, Oaio,
claims TO be victim to the tune OF $400,
which he claims he was beaten out of by
Dan Friend i'll brace game. Daniel is
under arrest, and will be heard in his
defense February g.
HENRY SLEET, S. 2. Bowles, Ephraim
Otto, w. e. Vincent and A. Biddinger
have associated themselves together and
organized the Harrison Loan and Build
ing Association. The capital stock is
fixed at $127 500, divided into $425 shares.
JOHN BELsINGER, the colored man de-
tected in getting away with some money
which had been marked for a bait for
him by the proprietors OF the Gibson
House, was sentenced to the Work
house for thirty days and to pay fine
OF $50.
Pnr Thrict linz,
had nothing to DO with the burglars cap
tured at 542 Race street. They were
taken at the same time, but promptly re-
leased when the mistake was discovered.
They happened to be in thero taking
their beer at the same time the burglars
were.
WIN QUINN, alias "Squinty," and John
BOYD, two well-knOWn sneaks, are in
durance vile on the charge of tapping
the till of a grocery corner of Court and
Race. Officers Deleaanty and John i:
Quinn scooped them on Broadway yes
lerday. Their cases are continued, bond
$500 each.
THOMAS HINDs, one of the men re-
Gently hung in w est Virginia by "a lynch
ing committee, used to be ward politi-
clan and police officer of this city. lie
served on the force under Mayors Hatch,
Terrence and Harris. He was 4 tailor
by trade. He leaves a wife and family
in INDECENT circumstances in this city.
THE commissioners appointed to fix
the compensation of the Trustees of the
Southern Railroad have at last agreed
upon the amount to be paid each one as
follows: TO Il. A. Ferguson, $4,000; tc
Miles Greenwood, $4,000; to r. NJ
Bishop, $4,000; to Philip Heidelpach
$4,000; TO William Hooper, $3,0O0-total
$66, 900.
A NUMBER OF citizens have petitioned
the Mayor to call meeting for the eX
preston of the views OF the people on
the bill now pending. before the Legisla.
ture, providing for the assessment Of
t6,000,000 upon the taxable property oi
Cincinnati for the purpose of building
the Southern Road. The Mayor has
named Monday, Feb. 7, at O'Clock 7
Nj, as the time, and Robinson's Opera
house the place.
YESTERDAY the firm composed of Johl
Slevin, James l.. Slevin and Thomas Il
Sfevin, under the title of j. & j. Slevn
Nos. 102 and 104 West Pearl street. men
tion of whose failure has been made
filed in the Office Of the Clerk OF the
United States Court q petition to be ad
Judged a bankrupt. The liabilities foo
up 1852, lab IL; assets, $2T7, ,4O5 50. The
amOunt.Of secured claims against the
firm is $67,T95 66; unsecured, 1904 ,347 At
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