The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-09-16
LOCAL BREVITIES.

A SALE Of Pittsburg coal was made
yesterday at cents per bushel.
THE residence OF Mrs. Chopper, at East
Cumminsville, was burglarized during
the lady's absence and valuable set of
furs and silk velvet cloak carried of.
WE will have light in the streets dur
ing October and few days in Novem-
Der. Since the payment Of the August
bill there are $l6,3l2 SO in the Light
Fund.
ONE hundred and thirteen more OF the
men engaged at the government building
were discharged last night on account OF
the stone cutting being nearly COM
pleted.
MRS. MARY CUNNINGHAM wants 80, 900
from u. 6. Wright and w. Doyle, alleg-
Ing that the defendants maliciously had
her arrested and imprisoned on charge
of stealing furniture.
JOHN RIoE, pedestrian Of some 10.
cal note, Will next Wednesday evening
rum thirty times around the circle at
Webber's Garden, Oakley, distance of
nearly five miles, on a bet OF $25.
The Board of Exposition Commits
sioners last evening appointed the fol.
lowing Auditing Committee to examine
the Treasurer's report: Edmund H Pen
dleton, Ell. Cooper and James Dale.
FRED. EGNER, indicted for the murder
of Herman Schilling, will be tried next
Wednesday. "Rey.N j. |. Breckinridge,
charged with obtaining ewelry by false
pretenses, viii be heard on the same
day.
A VALUABLE horse belonging to Chief
Il. Z. MeSrue, while standing in front of
Curtis carriage factory on Sixth street
yesterday afternoon, got it's foot in
gas box and broke u leg. The animal
mad to be shot.
LIEUTENANT CODY, Of the Hammond
street Police Station, has been ordered
to OliVer-street. Lieutenant Bennlnger,
OF the latter Station, relieves Lieutenant.
Frank. Smith, at Bremen, and Smith
will take Cody's place at Hammond.
CAROLINE l.. HARRINGTON brought
suit in the Common Pleas Court against
Edward Gllligan and j. b.
Burns, to recover $500 on the official
bond of Constable Glllgan, for having
wrongfully levied upon her separate
property.
MARTIN HAMMERSCHMIDT, an expo
lleeman, yesterday brought suit against
the city to recover 1857 back pay, He
states that on December 20, 1874, he was
dismissed from the force without any
charge being preferred against him.
MEMS TEMPERANCE REFORM hold their
regular meeting At rooms No. 200 and 202
Vine street this evening at 1880 O'clock,
7. N. 1t is pleasant place TO spend an
hour. Earnest workers are there trying
to influence men from life OF inebriety.
90 and encourage others.
IN the Probate Court five separate pe-
titions were filed to set aside the elec-
tion held at Hartwell, In this county, on
the 7th OF September, for Mayor, Treas
urer, Clerk, Marshal and C0uncllmen.
The contestants are Michael Levoy, Jas.
A. Loves, f. NJ. Whitelaw and 1. P.
Spinning.
IN the Superior Court a petition was |
fled by George Hume and others ag ainst |
the Trustees OF the Southern Railway |
aud Mckay brothers, asking that the |
Trustees be required to disclose the
amount of money in their hands due un-
der contract between them and Nc
Kay; that the latter state the names and |
places Of residence OF their creditors,
and that In the distribution OF the fund
tue plaintiffs shall first be paid their
claim of 81 6S2