The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-04-30
LOCAL BREVITIES.

EIGHTY deaths last week.
ROMAN HIPPoDRoME to-day.
TAKE the little ones TO the circus.
The Baptist matinees have ended.
ANOTHER jail-bird has leaked out.
LAST day OF the month and the coldest.
Snow fell at Indianapolis yesterday.
BOARD OF EDUCATION meeting this
evening.
CINCINNATI REDS, /; Syracuse Stars,
8, Saturday.
THE Twenty fifth Warders are petit
tlonlng for supply of water.
The funeral OF Hon. VIM. Il. Davis
was largely attended yesterday.
THERE was no post mortem examina-
tion made of the bodies OF the Dills.
REV. CHAs. II. LITTLE, of College
Hill, will remove to New Albany, Iud.,
this week.
CITY TREASURER KNoRR last Satur-
day paid out 500, 876 OF as interest on
Cincinnati Southern Railway bonds.
THREE games OF baseball this week: /:
The Reds play the Syracuse Stars to-
day, and the Louisvilles Thursday ana
Saturday.
HARRY FLOYD, the man arrested by
Detective Charley Wappenstein and
taken to Indianapolis, has been identi-
ned as the person who committed the
late bank robbery there.
BURGLARS last night visited the resi-
dence OF Mr.. George Barger, the con-
tractor, near Mt. Lookout, and carried
on ABOUT $50 worth of Jewelry and a
small amount OF money.
A YOUNG MAN named Wuest, alias
Fisher, Of Mansfield, o., obtained Il
horse aud buggy from Chas. A. Millers
livery stable IN Cumminsville last Sat-
urday, and since that time he and the
team are missing.
= DETECTIVE WAPPENsTEIN yesterday
arrested Harry z. Floyd, alias South
gate, Of Norwalk, O., on suspicion of
having beeu concerned in the Indianap-
oils bank robbery last month. The man
was taken 10 that city for identifica-
ton.
THE first game OF the season between
the rival clubs of the West End, the
Nonpareils and Unions, was played at
the foot of Eighth street yesterday, and
resulted in victory for the Unions by
score OF % to IL. Scorer, Frank Cress;
umpire, John Hensus.
HENRY GAssMAN, alias Fred. FoIke. a
burglar. who escaped few days ago
from the Jail at Rising Sun, Ind, was
arrested here yesterday By Lieut.. Smith,
OF the Bremen-street Police District.
he Will be sent to that city as soon as
tho necessary papers arrive.
THE police last Saturday night
swooped down on Schickling's saloon, a
Trans-Rhenish place, in which dancing
mad been going on every Saturday night
and Sunday morning previous to This
time. The dancing was ordered stopped.
and the demand being obeyed no arrests
were made.
MAN named Karr arrived here yes
terday from Cleveland in search of his
wife, who eloped from his home in 1870
Karr found out that the woman was liy-
ing in Paramount with friend OF hers
named George Floyd as his wife. Yes
terday afternoon he visited Floyd's resi-
dence, but came too late. His. wife was
gone to regions unknown.
THE Women's Art Museum Associa-
tion, society established tor the pur-
pose OF raising money for the establish
ment OF an Art Museum, elected the fol-
lowing officers Saturday evening: Presi-
dent, Mrs. A. f. Perry; Vice Pre- esidents,
Mrs. John Davis, Mrs. A. D. Bullock,
Mrs. John Shillito, Mrs. A. s. Winslow
Mrs. o. j. Wilson, Mrs. William Dodd;
Treasurer, Mrs. EFF. Noyes; Secretaries,
Miss e. IL. AppIeton, Miss VaieLte.
THE Building Committee of the Trus-
tees of the Music Hall, Messrs. Julus
Dexter, Joseph Longworth and l.. b.
Harrison, have awarded the following
contracts:
Bricklaying-W. A. Megrue. ........... 34,87J
Gut stone-lsaac GraVeson. .............. 22,SS0
Iron-Sneau 4 Co lSyl5
Stating, etc.-Jas. Hunter & Co.. 9,675
Gas1Uting and plumbing Jas. Allison. 2,bOO
Carpenter work-Jas. Griffith u sons -, 3S.OUO
Total. S126, ,OOJ
A Question of Veracity.