The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-12-13
LOCAL BREVITlES.

T. M.-falSe alarm.
SPECIAL meeting of the Board of AL
dermen this afternoon.
THE Keystone Bridge Company. whose
treste work OF the Southern Railroad
Bridge was carried away by The ice,
place their loss at $25, 0O0.
In consequence OF the severe weather
recently, a monkey and an African os-
.trich belonging to the Zoo Garden have
turned up their little toes and died.
The trestle work of the Southern Rail
road Bridge, which was swept away by
the ice Monday evening, has lodged on
Cullom's Ripple, four miles below the
city.
DAN. O'BRIAN and Dan. McNally, a
couple Of young variety actors, were
fined $40 and costs each this morning for
firing blank cartridges at each other last
evening in an alley near Vine and Sixth
streets.
THE Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
Company is having the new air-brake
put on all OF their passenger coaches as
last as possible. The shops AT Cochran
are now full OF cars ready to have this
necessary improvement added.
A. A. CLARKE, administrator of Lizzie
Murphy, filed u petition against the-Cin-
ground that the death of Lizz,e Murphy,
who was killed by being caught i'll the
machinery on the premises OF dcfend-
ants, was caused by the negligence OF
their agents.
AN inquest was held this morning on
the body of James Ryan, the little boy
who on Monday afternoon last was
burned by having his clothes ignited at
a stove in room at No. 23O Broadway,
ana whose death we recorded yester-
nay. The jury rendered u verdict of
death from accidental burns.
IT will be remembered that last Friday
young woman named Mary Higgins,
who lives on Fifth street, just below
Mill, was Knocked into the river from
tue Newpo, telry-fl at. Her physician
has been at ending her since, and last
night gave 1t as his opinion that The
woman can not recover from her in
)uries.
jim GRANT, The notorious yellow fel-
low who enjoys such al unenviable
reputation in police circles, was arrest.
ed by Officer Ed. Mullen yesterday
evening on complaint OF Mr. Peter
Bitter, OF Sixth and Plum streets, who
accuses Jim OF ''pinching" twenty
Tour-dollar oVercOat last Friday night.
The case will be investigated next
Tuesday.
INSPECTOR JOHNSON and Detective
WappensLeln walzed in three |
thieves yesterday evening, named |
Chas. Anderson, VIM. Scott |
and Arthur Bangs. His Honor |
this morning interviewed them, and |
gave them thirty days each in the Work.
house. A bfiy-lo.lar. overcOat taken |
from one Of them can be seen at the
Chiefs office.
PATRICK MULLANEY, whom the ver-
dict OF the CorOner's Jury yesterday i'm |
plicated in the murder OF David Dono-
hue on the night of the I'd OF
December, tose her with James
Carey and Thomas English,
appeared in the Police Court this morn |
ing, but the examination into the charge |
OF murder against Nj ullaney was post
poned until Saturday.
AT the stated annual assembly of XIII
winning Council, No. 50, Royal and Sc
lect masters, held last night, the follow
Ing officers were elected and installed: |
Chas. Ii. Flach, Thrice Illustrious Mas
ter; Frank Harkness, Dep. Master; j.
A. Collins, Pr, OF Work; Jos. W. Foote,
Treasurer; viii E. Atkins, Recorder;
Thos. Kite, jr., Captain of Guard; Ed |
win l.. Mebmer, Conductors Neal NJ. |
Dewes, Steward; Henry Becker, Sem
Linel.
HON. ALEXANDER LONG, Chairman of |
the Burnet House meeting, has, in pur-
suauce Of the resolution authorizing him
10 do so, appointed the following named
Ventlem m n as O Committee to arrange
Tor the Indignation meeting: Hon. Rufus
King, Judge j. h. Stallo, Joseph p. Car
bsry. Thomas Sherlock and Augustus
LIgowsky, each of whom have signitied |
their acceptance, and the Committee |
will announce the time aud place OF the |
meeting Tomorrow.
THOMAS VI. SHEPHERD, young house |
painter, who is well known IN Dayton,
KY, where he married a daughter OF
John EDgeI, whom be has since
treated most shamefulIy, appeared |
before Judge Lindemann this
morning charged with shooting a pistol |
In the Little Miami Depot last night, |
lust alter his arrival in the CITY from |
Maysyille, KY. For this otfense the |
Judge gave him sentence OF thi ty |
days in the W0rk-house and fined him |
300 and costs.
BETWEEN and 2 o'clock this forming
two Bucktown balles named Annie
Rogers and Lizzie Price made vocal the |
air in the neighborhood OF Sixth and |
Vine streets, with their drunk |
en- cries. They both resisted SO |
vigorously when Officers Dunn ana
Brady arrested them, that it was found |
necessary to trip them up and then haul |
them to the Station-house on hand |
cart. Opposite their names ON HIS
Honor's book now stand the words |
"thirty days"