The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-02-03
LOCAL NEWS.
PAYDAY for the police.

PAYDAY Tor tne ponce.
The ice mems hopes raise with the de-
cline of the mercury.
WHERE'S your 's'pome" on the "Beau-
tifuI SnoH?' IS no matter.
CHESTER DRIVING PARK commences
operations May "a. Stakes now open.
TIE banner of the Mardi Gras is flap.
ping in the breeze in front Of the Gibson
House.
EDEN PARK is good place to skate,
and 10 danger of getting drowned. The
water is but Il foot deep.
NJ. FINNEGAN & Son shipped to-day
their Gonati0n-a car load OF cut free
stone-to Philadelphia tor the Centen.
NAL Exposition.
The ice at places on the canal is
frozen solid enough to bear skaters, VINO,
in spite of the snow, are enjoying the
benefit Of the cold spell.
ERAsTUS BURNAM, the Corresponding
Secretary OF the Young Mems Christian
Association, has been elected to the po-
silion of periutendent.
Twenty FIVE THOUSAND volumes Of
the reports OF the Decisions OF the Su-
preme Court of Ohio were sold in this
city last year by a single firm.
OUR fellow-citizen. A. L. Goshorn, Di.
rector General OF the Centennial. has
achieved fame. His handsome phiz or
naments the New York Graphic.
The Economical Life Association OF
| Cincinnati this morning tiied articles
of incorporation. The incorporators are
Messrs. Keckler, L9dwiek, Cadlt,
| Young, Coleman and Woods.
j. WAGGoNER, OF 200 Richmond street,
has been victimiZed by broom peddlers,
who collected the money Tor purchase
made by him from both himself and his
wife. His denulciation OF the fraud IS
sweeping and severe.
Col EPHRAIM BATES, President of the
Spring Grove Avenue Street Railway
Company, strenuously advocates the
building Of arches on the site of the
bridges lately destroyed over the avenue
on The Marietta and Cincinnati Road.
A good idea.
A CONSTRUCTION train loaded with the
| iron OF the demolished bridge over
| Spring Grove avenue, on the Marietta
and Cincinnati r rad, where the three
men ere recently killed, ran into five
cars which were standing on the track
| yesterday, and grand smash was the
result. No one was injured, however.
In the Harpe murder case this morn.
ing, the examination OF Emma Barring
ton, which was begun yesterday, was
concluded. Hiram Harpe, father oil the
accused, was examined at some length.
He made emphatic denials OF ever throw
ing stone at Weber, and also denied
almost every thing TO which other wit
nesses had testified.
The Water-works Trustees held a
meeting. The Committee that went TO
St. Louis presented report, which
was read and ordered filed.
A communication from George Crawford
on benalf Of the Western Cement Com
pany OF Louisville, to the effect that
they would deliver cement at the Works
at 81 TO per barrel, was received and
filed.
WM. MCkEOWN, who has the reputa-
ton of being called a thief, was brought
to Hammond street Station on a char. e
Of petit larceny. Mac. is said to have
been in company with another light
fingered fellow, who stole two hats from
Samuel Brown, No. 13 East Pearl street.
One of the hats was dropped, and Mae.
attempted to get away with it. The
other thief was not captured.
THE city of Cincinnati recently made
application to the Supreme Court for a
mandamus to compel the County Audi
tor to place twenty instead OF sixteen
mills on the grand duplicate for tax
alton. Auditor humphreys employed
Messrs. V. & w. Worthington TO defeId
him, Tor which those gentlemen demand
as fee So 900. The County Ccmmis-
sioners have laid the matter over for
lulure consideration.