The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-09
LOCAL BREVITIES.


COL. l.. 9. WEIR, as Chairman OF a
Convention, is success.
JOHN REEVES, the Columbus, o., Post
Office Lhiet, has been released on $1,000
bail.
The Cincinnati Orchestra Reed Band
will give concert tonight at the LOOK
out House.
COUNTERFEIT $1O's on the Lafayette
National Bank, Lafayette, Indiana, are
in circulation here.
In the competitive drill Of the Wayne
Guards last night on Prices Hill, Cor
pOral Reukert bore off the prize.
9. Ii. DRUHMAN and ohm Kepk have
been fined each So and costs, by Squire
Riley Tor cruelty to their horses.
NJ. NYE n Sons, coal dealers OF this
city, yesterday brought a voluntary suit
in bankruptcy in tue U. S. Court.
BARNEY GEIsLER, the boy who was
shot by L. N. Richie on Court street on
the 3lst Of July, died yesterday after
noon.
MIR. DONALD w. SPENCE, Of London,
British Consul to China, is on a brief
visit to his cousin, Mr.. Charles Spence,
OF AVondale.
Two young men day before yesterday
entered Mrs. Schmidts saloon, on Vine
street Hill, and robbed the till Of 81 70.
Both escaped.
THE sale of unclaimed freight at the
Cincinnati, Hamilton " Dayton Depot
took place Today. The auctioneers were
GraH " co.
THE colored murderer, Dudley, was
taken from this city to Lockland this
morning ior preliminary eXaml1atlon be-
tore squire Carson.
Mr.. Tom S. TAYLOR, candidate for
Sheriff, and DIR. W. 5. Jones, candidate
for Coroner, were serenaded last even.
ing at their residences.
CHARLEY WEEKS, the champion rover
Of the Ohio, and Oscar Medary last even
ing agreed to row three-mile race from
the Newport Railroad Bridge to the Sec
tlonal Docks and return, OH Saturday,
26th inst.
The United States Express Company
received Monday night from San Fran
cisco, California, $1,000 in silver, in
closed in fifty boxes, and weighing in
the aggregate six thousand pounds, for
the Assistant Treasurer at this point.
LITTLE JOHN OTENsHULTE will be ex-
amined tomorrow on the charge OF cut
ting Cornelius OConnell in the arm
whIle both lads were getting themselves
outside OF Il watermelon, on the corner
OF Eighth and Freeman streets last
night.
The County Recorder has received for
record the certificate Of the Cincinnati
Abstract Company. Caplta stock $780,
900, divided into 500 shares. The moor
porators are W. Nj. Ramsey, S. j. rhOmr-
son, IL. B. Bissell, j. h. Follett and d.
W. Strickland.
ABOUT the time the changes mentioned
by the Enquirer take place in the STAR
the Enquirer will suspend publication
altogether. Col. Cockerill will ask for
Post.Otfi CO under Grants third term ad-
minisLratlon, and MIR. Mclean viii en-
ter the ministry.
The Workingman's Map is neat and
very creditable weekly published in In
nianapolis and devoted to the advance
ment OF the working classes. 1t has
lately been enlarged and greatly im-
proved. We are indebted to Haller, the
ludefatigable, for late numbers.
AT Greave's Hall, on Mt. Adams, the
ciLizens OF the East End held a m eting
last night to further the interests Of a
street railroad 10 connect with the Mt.
Adams Inclined Plane. Mr.. John Il.
Degnan was chosen President OF the
meeting, Jonn Donovan Vice President,
and Il. W. Pierce Secretary.
THREE women and three children in
destitute circumstances and almost
starved, found lodgings last evening at
the Third.street Station. The names OF
the women are Alice Clark and her
daughters, Mrs. Fowler and Mrs. Vim
cent, They came from Kansas, and
were on their way to Richmond, 1ndi-
ana. They started for the latter place
to-day.
AN EXCURSION, another of the popu-
lar visits " The Soldiers Home, will be
given by the Dayton Short-line on Mon
day, August IA. The special train will
leave Cincinnati, Pearl and Plum streets
.Depots, at O'Clock A. NJ, arrive at
Dayton at O'Clock, spend The day there,
and leave ut + O'clock in the evening,
arriving in Cincinnati at O'Clock.
Round-trip tickets at 81 80, including
street.car and dummy-oar fare in Day.
ton to the Soldiers Home.
THE reduction of salaries of the EN-
ployes of the Cincinnati, Hamilton Il
DAYTON; OHIO IL Mississippi; Indian
aIOlIs, Cincinnati u Lafayette, and Cln-
cinnati, Cleveland, Columbus Il Indi-
annapolis Railroads, will 60 into effect
tomorrow, the 10th inst The follow
ing is the rate of reduction on the In
diauapolis, Cincinnati u Lafayette
Roau: The pay of the laborers at this
point, Lafayette and indianapolis, will
b. 81 10 per day; laborers Of the road
be ween thes. points Will receive 81 per
per day. The officers, agents, and other
omployes OF every class will be reduced
10 per cent. On all the other routes, re-
ducLions Will be according to the posi-
tions and pay OF the employees, and will
most generally be 10 per cent. off. On
the Cincinnati, Hamilton Il Dayton
NIL mo in the neal krni IN II
D.partment have ESCAPED ductou.
The Cincinnati Light Guard.
The above organization, which left this
city in May and marched to the Phila'
uelphia Centennial, arrived in this city
this morning at O'Clock by way of IN,