The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-10-24
LOCAL BREVITIES.


ers at the Hotel dc Hammond last night.
DIR. JOHN G. BECK, of No. 112 John
street, has flied his petition in bank
ruptcy.
THE Young Mems Demo ocratic Central
Club will meet to- night and partlcl-
PATE in the CoVingtOn demonstration
The Dayton Short-line Railroad are
selling round trip tickets to Philadel-
phia at SIT, and to New York SIS. Ticket
office No. 120 Vine street.
MIR. MATT. MALEY has returned his
child TO the custody OF the mother. lie
denies tnat the police officers made any
attempt TO take it away from him by
Gorce.
"MEEr Me, Sister, with a Crown"
solo and chorus; music by G. Wallace
Dawson; just published by +. W. Hell
mich & Co., 80 West Fourth street, Gin
Gihnati, Ohio.
JOHN J. KELLY, the young man whom
John bowling so seriously stabbed on
The night OF the 11th inst, will recover.
. Dowling's examination on the charge OF
cutting with intent to kill is set tor next
Saturday.
OFFICER Tom DUFFY, of the Third
street Station, lost his Smith d Wesson
pistol last night While running TO the
ire in Mulberry Chute. The finder Will
receive the thanks OF good officer by
leaving it at the Station-house.
THE books of the Cincinnati. Ohio
River & Virginia Railroad Company,
line new narroW-gauge road projected up
the river, were opened to-day al the
office of Joseph Kinsey, ESQ. A meeting
Df the inCOrporaLorS was leld at tDe
same placa at 2 p, NJ.
Mrs. DOWNING, the erratic female who
eeps the neighborhood OF Sixth and
Smut streets in perfect uproar, VIII
L,te ne people rest tor short time at
ieas2u Ths morning Judge Lindemann
sent h.. NO the Work-house for ten days
and fneIAher $40 for her last case OF
disorderly conduct.
AT the Republican headquarters last
evening the County Executive Commit
tee. through Judge Hagans, presented
the HAYES and Wheeler Guards of the
Seventh Ward with beautiful banner.
In recognition of the fine display made
by that ward in the great Republican
procession OF october u.
ANDREW DRoDOSKY, a young Pole,
employed as section hand on the o., Ii.
A. ID, Railroad, was run over by switch
ing train near the Gest-street Crossing
Yesterday, his right leg being DadlY
mangled below the knee. He was taken
to his home, near Sixth ana Carr streets.
His injuries are not tat2l.
The Trustees OF the Old Mems Home
are desirous of ofreceiVing offers OF ground
suitable for the location OF the Home
contemplated by the trust in their
hands, Proposals either for the dona-
tion or sale of land adapted for the pur-
nose can be addressed to Nr. Edward
Sargent, Lock-GoX 54I.
A COURSE OF free lectures was COM
mpnced last evening, and will continue
every Monday evening during the tal'
and winter season, i'll st. PauPs M. II.
Church, corner of Seventh and Smith
streets, These lectures VIII embrace
various subjects Of history and science,
and are unuer the conduct OF able lec-
turers.
TuE Board of Police Commissioners
will tomorrow afternoon inquire into
the charges preferred against Potrol-
man GEO, Dewald and VIM. Land
meier. of the Walnut Hills District, the
former being charged with drunkenness
and sleeping on his post, and the latter
with drinking liquor at the LOOKOUT
House, and leaving his beat without per-
mission.
FRANK. BIrrNER, OF 375 Broadway,
was accused OF snatching roll of money
from a saloonist yesterday. de salu ne
did If. but it was all in fun-"dld 1T Tor
iokeT .sHow far did you carry the
money. Frank p asked Callahan. "Only
few teet." "Well, you carried the
Joke too far" Judge Lindemann thought
so too, and the prisoner got Gose Of
ten davs in the Work-house, and was
fined $50 and costs.
OFFICERS STEPHEN X. MINCHELL,
Frank. smith and Vincent Roberts, who
have been acting in the capacity Of
Jteutenants since the organization oil
Inc present Police Board, have been ap-
nointed the rank OF Lieutenants. PATROL
man I, Bassett, of the Sixth District,
has also been promoted to d L1eutenancy
Acting Leutenants ElmOre Williams,
ID, Z, Snelbaker, j. 6. Holmes and j. V.
Sargent have been relieved from duty,
TO take effect tomorrow.
ABOUT hal!-past 10 O'Clock last night
the rear portion of Mrs. McGuire's sa-
loon III Mulberry Chute was discovered
To be on fire. An alarm was at once
turned in from Box II, lhlrd and Elm.
The fire was found to be in the room
rented to Charles Jennings, q steam
boatman, but as the lodger was absent
from the city and the room Yacanb Mrs
Mcclure thinks an incendiary had got
his work in. The loss Is small. The
building is owned by q. W. Marsh.
THIS morning a dark-skinned, big
moustached mulatto, named Robert
Mimms, brother OF Tom Mimms, the
man who was sentenced for life in the
Ohio Penitentiary Tor the murder OIL
Walters, in Baker alley on the night ol
July 4, 1862 appeared in the Police
Court charged with personating De-
tective Frank. Mitchell yesterday, and
obtaining $40 from Mr.; .; W. +. Evers,
a grocery keeper OF Fifth street neal
Mound, Mimms was soon alter ar
rested aud taken to the Hammond-street
SLation-house. The case Will be exam.
med on the 26th inst.
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