The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-11-17
LOCAL BREVITIES.

HAT Police Bill still hangs fire,
The Weekly Democrat is defunct.
A LITERARY SOCIETY has been formed
by the resident guess OF the Arlington
Hotel.
AN eight hundred dollar burglary oc-
CURED at James Attlesey's house on
Walnut Hills last night.
A SMALL FIRE was discovered last
evening IN the old Eutaw House, now
used as a colored church at the loot OF
Plum street. No alarm was turned in.
The mail between this city and Ba-
tayia, Clermont County, will be carried
on the Cincinnati & Eastern Narrow
gauge Railway on and alter the 2Oth
inst.
On account of the death of Mrs. Boyd's
father, Mr.. j. G. Arpold, the concert
that was to have been given this alter
noon at the Grand Opera-house did not
take place.
GEORGE ANDERSON, who lives at No.
AL Vine street, was taken to the Cen
tral Police Station this morning by Mr..
James Daley, from whom he is accused
OF stealing horse-blanket.
HENRY LLOYD, OF No. Riddle street,
was knocked down and run over by
team last night at the corner OF Long
worth and Vine streets. The men IN
charge of the rig were Intoxicated.
SAMUEL LAMBERT, "the champion
kicker" has brought twenty-siX suits
before Squire Vincent Schwab against
Cardinal Jake Aug for the recovery OF
S1,595, the amount placed in Mr.. Aug's
hands by Lambert as election bets.
THos. MILLER, Jas. Smith, George W..
Black, Charles Joseph, Geo. w. Losh,
Jas. Huston, jr., and L. E. Crever have
commenced suit against the County
Commissioners to recover the sum OF
$10,500, the amount Of their percentage
for the collection of delinquent taxes.
SAMUEL NJ. SPRINKLE, Postmaster Of
Pisgah, in Butler County, Ohio, has en-
tered suit against U. S. BurneJ and j. R.
Pye, of the Cincinnati Post, to recover
for an alleged libel published OF him by
them, in which they charge that he was
in The habit OF destroying such papers as
came TO his office, to which he had OBJ
jections. The amount of damages
claimed is $4,000.
THE Ninth-street Police Station was
the scene Of q marriage last night, the
high contracting parties being young
colored man named Joseph Hageman,
who lives at No. 325 Court street, and
Miss MOllie Johnson. The bridegroom
had few hours previously been arrested
on O warrant charging him with bas-
tardy, a colored girl named Rose Eskins
being the complainant. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. David Jones, of
the SeYenth-street Church, in the pres
ence of Lieutenant Birnbaum, Sergeant
Parks, ana Police Court Clerk John
Ostendarp.
AS the 4:30 P. M. train on the Little
Miami Railroad was approaching Delta
Station a young man named Harry Man
ming, who lives near Oakley, was stand
Ing on the front platform OF one Of the
ears, and when the train was checking
up ne slipped off and got his fingers cut
off and large cut in the back of his
head. He was unconscious for about
thirty minutes. Officer Needles and Mr..
Brown were quickly on the ground, and
conveyed him to Dr.. Sparks house,
where they dressed his wounds. His
parents were notified as soon as possi-
Bile. About 8 O'clock they had him taken
home.
JOHN MCVEY, of No. % Broadway, is
a river man. Sam. Bobo is a
pilot. They were good friends at
one time. The wife Of the
Iormer has been doing work
1t the house of Bobo, which gave that
Eentleman the color OF an excuse to cir
culate stories damaging to her reputa-
lion. McVey, hearing that his wife had
been traduced, vowed vengeance.
Meeting Bobo last night in the
Vicinity of the Old Spencer House he
proceeded to give the slanderer q most
complete beating. Bob0's face this
morning presented very dilapdated
appearance. Both parties appearing in
The Police Court. the case was laid over
till tomorrow morning.