The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-01-03
NE WPORT.
The Grand Jury is in session.

gan, is the guest OF Mrs. Given, OF Sara.
tOga street.
Miss Annie Ward, of Hanging Rock,
Ohio, is in the city, the guest OF MI. and
Mrs. Horsfall.
Mr.. Charley Rowland, the Columbia
street butcher, is confined to his house
from rheumatism.
Mr.. Randolph Horne, OF the Columbus
Barracks Band, is in town paying visit
TO his numerous friends.
CITY CoURT-Mary Mulvey, drunk and
disorderly, SO and COSTS; Kate Mccoy
ern, same charge, continued.
Mr.. Jonathan Edgar is slowly recov-
ering from the stroke of paralysis re-
ceived about three weeks ago.
MIR. Samuel D. Shepard, Principal of
the UaDot-street School, has returned
from his pleasure trip to Michigan.
Judge Perkins charge to the jury
yesterday Is considered, among the
knowing ones, as masterpiece of elo-
quence.
The Criminal Court was in session this
morning, Judge Perkins presiding,
and adjourned until next Friday with
out transacting any business.
Marshal Lock will leave Friday for
the Insane Asylum at Lexington, taking
in charge George Wolf, the MayO-streeL
barber, who has been declared Of un-
sound mind.
Ed. Wiliston and James Bentler, in
the Criminal Court, were acquitted on
the charge of selling liquor in violation
OF the law. Louis Meyers, for the same
offense, was fined $50 anu costs. The
case OF Hutch. Waters was dismissed.
Officers Brink, Massman and Stevens,
OF Cincinnati, who were so brutally as
saulted on the steamboat LOUISVILLE
while on the way to a picnic last sum-
mer, by crowd of Cincinnati rougbs,
were before the Grand Jury in this city,
yesterday, as Witnesses in the case.
The following is the Grand Jury sworn
in in the Criminal Court yesterday: z.
ii. Wilson, foreman; Z. b. Spence, f. j.
lmmergart, James Stricker, Geo. Avery,
Thomas Dixon, A. +. Clark, John Wohl-
fahrt, W. Ii. SIN th, Jonas Soaring, j. b.
Chadwick, j Ohm Gugle, James Mcclure,
B. Bowling, j. M. Caldwell aud G.. w.
Morris.
United States Deputy Marshal Chas.
Rugg swooped down on Ch. Schempps
DARKROOM, which was erected on the ice
lately, and cleaned out the ranch. He
secured the bar-room stock and ar
rested the barkeeper, taking the whole
TO Newport. Here the barkeeper es-
capped. Later in the evening Mr.. Ragg
arrested Schempt on Third and Main
streets and took him before Commas
sfoner Hooper, who held him under
$1,000 bonds To appear next Friday.
HAMILTON.
There haue been four fatal cases of
smallpox at the ln1irmaty siuce the
disease first broke out.
Mrs. Campbell, OF Middletown, is
spending a lew days In the city with her
son, James e, Campbell.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the United
Presby terian Church will meet this
afternoon in the lecture-room. .
The alarm OF fire yesterday morning
was occasioned by the burning of a roof
on Front street, First Ward.
A great many cisterns throughout the
city are dry, and water is being hauled
in barrels from the river and canal.
In the case of John Petty, indicted
and convicted for assault and battery =,
the motion lor new trial was over
ruled.
The total amount Of Internal Revenue
collections made in Butler County dur
ing the month of December was
N5,ss28 81.
A farmer near Darrtown, named John
Hall, was robbed of $120 on Saturday
night last by a tramp he had taken in
and given work.
e Petition for divorce was yesterday
Hled by Charlotte Claiton, or Middle.
town, against John Clafton, on the
ground OF extreme cruelty.
MIR. John Davis, the High-street
grocer, who has been confined TO his
home for the past few days from a slight
surgical operation, will be out in a lew
days and able to attend TO his business.
LEXINGTON. KY.
Gen. Fritz Goebble is sleighing and:
enjoying it immensely.
: New Years Day passed off unnoticed,
as do all other holidays in this city.
Mr.. 2. Mcnamara is a tather-two
fathers as it were-a boy and a girl.
Two New Years gifts.
Next Monday is County Court day.
Should this snow remain and sleighing
continue, horses and mules will COM
mand good price.
Mr.. Robert Brady was assaulted and
severely beaten by some unknown col