The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-12-14
LOCAL BREVITIES.

MICHAEL BAUER, G. M. Horton and
Alex. Adam were appointed patrolmene IN
at the meeting yesterday OF the boaro ol
Police Commissioners.
FRITZ AvERBECKs overcoat and buf-
falo robe have been found at the piace
on Spring Grove avenue where he says
he was robbed recently Of 5000.
THE case of the United States against
A. l.. Hanks, charged with illegal vJt-
ing, was continued by Commissioner
Hooper until the % inst He is out on
k9.5O0 bail.
MRS. TILLIE EAsTMAN's boarding
house, In Cumminsville, has been Vls-
tied by burglars, who got away with a
lot OF canned fruit and lew small arti-
cles of value.
AARON NEWMAN and Frank Hurley
raised a disturbance a: Heuck's Variety
Hall, corner of Thirteenth and Vine
streets, last evening, and this morning
His Honor fined them 70 and costs each.
AN INQUEST was held this morning on
the body of little Willie t. Kent, who
was drowned on the 12th inst. under the
Vlne.street Canal Bridge. The jury re-
turned a verdict of death from drown
Ing.
THE FIRE signaled at a quarter past l
O'Clock this morning burned frame
shanty occupied by a colored family ID
the rear OF Dickmeyers feed store, at
the corner of Colerain and Hamilton
Pixies, Cummlnsville.
Ara meeting OF the stockholders OF
the Roger Wheel Company, held lately,
IL was resolved to reduce the capital
stock $50, 900. The capital stock stlil re-
naming is $3.50, oOO' The above redue- lfs
kion was agreed to by forty-four stock
holders.
THE Cincinnati N@anerohor last eve-
ming elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: President, G.. Ii. Bor-
ger: Vice President, Lot1is Riestahl;
Secretary, C. F. Goettheim; Finance
Secretary, Henry Siebel; Treasurer, W.
Autenrleth.
THE Board of Aldermen, yesterday
afternoon, passed the resolution grant
ing permission to j. V. Lewis y Go. to
Iay a switch track from the Eggleston-
avenue extension OF the Little Miami
Railroad to their oil factory, on East
SIKH street.
THE annual dinner OF the Union Bethel
to the newsboys, poor children, and
others cared for by that institution, Will
be given in tho hall Of the Merchants
Exchange on Christmas day. The Board
of Oficers Of the Chamber Of Commerce
have granted the use OF The hall for that
purpose.
GEO. BLANKENBUHLER and Fred.
Henusche, who have recently been in
the employ Of the Dayton Short Line
Railroad, appeared in the Police Court
this morning, charged with tapping
whisky barrels which were received as
freight at the depot . conviction, the
prisoners were fined $50 and costs each'
SQUIRE CARSON, OF Wyoming, yester-
day committed Joe Smith, colored, to
the County JAN in default OF 81 900 bail,
on the charge of attempting 70 outrage
the person OF d young white girl whom
he found skating ON the pond near the
railroad bridge near Wyoming. Mar.
shaI Costello made the arrest.
Ara meeting Of the stockholders OF
the Cincinnati q Eastern Railway Com
Dany, held at Batavia. Ohio, on the 18th
the construction OF two branch roads
was authorized by unanimous vote
One branch will be built from NewtowI
10 New Richmond, and the other from
Mount Ofeb, or Sardinia, to Georgetown
Ripley and Aberdeen.
MEMBERS OF the Elghty.third Ohl'
Regiment held an adjourned meeting u
the City Buildings, last evening, with {
large attendance. q. W. Gerard wa
called to the chair, and VIM. r. McCo
mas acted as Secretary. Tue Commit
tee on Publication of History reporte
progress, and it was decided TO NEE
again at the same place next Tuesda
evening.
Four young men named Clarenc
Downing, James Wilson alias MaieJ
joe Redmond and Moses 7. Joseph, hav
acquired bad habit of boarding passeI
ger trains on the Little Miami r lilrOad
for, it is thought, no good purpose. The
tua of niuht hlIt .Iu nuQ lin
demann this morning continued tn
case until the Doth inst.
TICKETS for the masquerade ball to b
given at the bellevue House on Chris
mas night are going SO rapidly that, a
it now stands (the sale, not the House
the ball is sure to be grand success
Though the general cry ia ''No money,
the public will have enjoyment, d
shown by the number OF people VIII
have determined on going to the bt
DsasQ1s.
The matter relative to the pond nuis
ance ut the intersection OF Wade an
Flint streets, and the complaint againi
the cofhu factory, corner Of Carr an
Richmond streets, in allowing burnin
chips to escape from its stack, were di
cussed at the meeting OF the Police Con
missioners yesterday afternoon. tt
former was postponed and the latter n
terrsd to the Superintendent and II
Health Officer.
THE next meeting OF the Lady Teacl
erS Association, will be held NJ ext Satu
day morning at 10 O'clock at the Wesle
an Female College. Following is tt
programme: kindergarten (exercis'
with childrenl by Mise MellIck; Voc
Solo, by Miss Warren; Paper, Kinde
gRrten Teaching, by Miss Mellick;
strumentai Solo, by Miss FELTON,; Rea
ing (selectiou) by Miss Setchell; Voc
Duet, by Misses Warner and William
COUNCILMAN JAMES GURRKN, OF t
Nineteenth Ward, appeared in t
Police Court this morning as Il
prosecuting witness against Germs
shoemaker, Herman schnockebac
OF Sixth and Sycamore stree
VINO. be alleged, assaulted h
last night at q ball wi
piece OF iron wrapped In a pock
handkerchief. Herman, who did n
deny the assault, but acknowledged til
he was "awfuI drunk" WAS fined
and costs on the charge OF assault a
battery.
INCoRPoRATIoNs.-Th Arkansan G
ony Land and Building Association a