The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-14
LOCAL BREVITIES.

AA A'NNA 10 6SNsAhA iOo b"Sh up oSoAh
THE Emery Arcade will be ready for
occupation in six weeks.
WHEN will the noise of the City Politi-
cal Conventions be heard in the land?
JOE Goss is on his way to the e parts
In charge Of Det .ctiVe Bligh, of Louis
vile.
MAYOR JOHNSTON is to award the
prizes 10 the champion babies at the
show.
THE freight agents have decided that
butter and eggs are to rate as third-class
freight, actual weight.
THE Cuvier Club has received from
Mr.. w. r. Dobbins, of MaysviIle, Ken
tucky, pike heads weighing 1874, 141l
and 15h pounds respectfully.
THE contract for furnishing the
wrought and cast iron work of The first
story OF the new Custom-hOuse has been
awarded 10 Snead q Co, of Louisville,
Ky., at their bid, $45, 270 ~.
MAYOR JOHNSTON will not attend the
celebration Of st. Patrick's Day at the
Dayton Soldiers Home. He is down on
the bills for a speech that evening at the
banquet OF the Friendly Sons of st. Pat
rick, which takes place at the Grand
Hotel.
CHAs. W. BAKER, Prosecuting Attor-
ney, and his assistant l.. w. Irwin,
have returned from Columbus, where
they have BEEN in the Abe. Rothschild
epBe. The matter was not reached in
the Supreme Court. They will return to
that city in the latter part of this week.
IT looks as though we are to have two
st. Patrick's Day professions, one on
Saturday and one on Sunday. Grand
Marshal ?. j. Hogan, who is identified
with the Sunday parade, announces the
following-named gentleman as Assist
ant Grand Marshals: P. +. Smith, Hem
~ Hersch, L. McHugh, M. }. Donolly,
John Wall, of Newport, and Bryan Tan
Rey, OF CoYington.
SHERIFF. CARPENTER, of Athens, O.,
and Depot Officer Sussman last night
arrested Mary Wolf ana her daughter
Alice. The first named was found at
No. 61 Bremen street, and Alice at SO
West Sixth street. The two are wanted
In Athens to testify in bastardy case.
They are said to have been spirited
away by the attorney for the prosecu-
ton. The women will be sent. to that
place Immediately.
VIM. MOORE and VIM. Rice, two old
time thieves, last Sunday night broke
mo j. & ]. Grossmau'S tannerN No. GIG
Eastern avenue, and stole lot OF hides.
Officer Delahanty yesterday arrested
the men in the act of selling some OF
the skins. They pleaded guilty in the
Police Court this morning 70 a charge of
petit larceny. They were sent TO the
Work-house for thirty days each aud
fned 5000.
JOHN DocKNEY, young loafer OF the
worst Kind, last night met Mrs. X .nney,
the wiSa Of Officer Pat. Kinney, at the
corner of SIKH and Freeman streets.
he stepped in front OF her; put out HE
foot, and tripped her. He Ihen chok ed
the lady anu struck her ea tne head. |
Mrs. Kinney followed The man and had |
him arrested b. Officer Crambert. In
the Police Court Lne rutlian plead d |
not gritty to the charge. He was fined |
70 and sent out for thirty days.
THE chap who has been gong about
the streets oil this city for some time |
mutely appealing for aims by exhibiting |
a card telling people that he is deaf anu |
dumb, and that his name is Ii. g. Holt, |
OF Springfield, Olio, was proved to be a |
lying dead beat yesterday by Lieut..
Smith, OF the Hammond-street Station,
who suspecting his dodge gave one OF
his ears not gentle twist, eliciting a
howl and the words, spoken in a tull |
round tone, "O-o-o.ol Ouchl Letup pnoW,
will youW
kCHARLES 7. MOTT is one of those |
worthless creature es who are married to |
women too good for them. Charles Is a |
Foung man and has Deen living with his
wife Tor the last TWO years, on Spring
street. Mott has been in the Work. |
house for wife beating before. A few
days ago he came home drunk, and un-
mercfuliy kicked his wife i'll the breast.
officer Henshaw arrested him and took
him to the Bremen-street Station. This
morning he was fined $50 and sent to the
Work-house for thirty days.
HENRY STRONG, who lives at No. 239
Mound street, and Tom Burns, of N ew.
port, both young fellows, were caught
yesterday evening in W. l.. Gaddum's
buggy, which was taken from the corner
Of Third and Main streets. The team
was taken without the owners con-
sent. They made trip to Cummins-
vile and on their return were captured
by Officer Robertson. Strong was the
man who took the buggy and invited
Burns to ride out with HIM. Both men
were bound over to the Grand Jury in
the sum of 500 each.
KATIE KOCH a young married woman,
yesterday went to Willkomm's saloon,
on Liberty street, near Vine, and asked
the hospitality of the landlady. She
also asked for drink and obtained 1t.
Complaining that she was sick, she
was told to 20 into The kitchen and sit
down. She did so, and when she
left the hired girl missed her
pocket-book, which containedS So. Katie
was found near the premises in the
evening, and was arrested by Office +
Seipei, who took the woman to Bremen
street Station on a charge Of petit lar
eeny. Officer Won Seegern testified in
Court this morning that The woman had
always borne a good character. The
evidence was against her, and she was