The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-17
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The garbage men are discharged,
ThG street-swcepers sent away
And the King o. Nastlness reIgns supreme
In the Paris OF U. 5. A.
JOHN MCLALL says this is a fine day
for the race-the human race.
TIE public lamps will be lighted at /
4. h. and extinguished at 5 80 A. Nj.
MAN in Lawrenceburg was bitten
by an adder last week and is still in a
critical condition.
You can take rod, a line and a min
now and catch tiue bass on Fifth street
at 10 cents a pound.
A. ID. COLLINS lectured on Temper
enCe last night to full house at the
Lane Seminary Presbyterian Church.
The Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Company elected yesterday the firm OF
King, Thompson d Maxwell as its al
tOTDeys.
THOMAS WARD was held to answer
this morning in the sum Of 5000 on the
charge Of illegal voting at the recent
election.
WELLINGTON BOYD, three-card
monte man, got thirty days this morn
Ing for "blutfng" Joseph Molts out OF
three dollars.
TWO young ladies were teartully man
Eled In houring mill last " eek near
kicholasville, Ky. IL Is feared that one
will not survive.
AS WE could not secure the Egyptian
obellsk we might obtain an Egyptian
mummy from Barnum and set it up on
Fountain Square.
BIDS for street cleaning were opened
yesterday afternoon by the Board of
Public Works and referred to the Com
mlttee on street cleaning.
A LARGE and gay party assembled at
tne Highland House last evening in re-
Eponse TO invitations sent out by the
"Llberty Pleasure Club"
THE funeral Of Mr.. VIM. Sellew, Whose
death has been announced, will take
place from the family residence in Avon
dale at 2 p. Nj. tomorrow.
JIM TAYLER will be at Dave Kendalps
t0-hIght al T. M, to make arrange
ments with BiIley Carroll to fight him |
with gloves for 500 or $500 a side.
JOHN CHURCH & co. have established
Musical Agency for the accommoda. !
t1on Of persons who wish to engage the |
services of pianists, Vocalist ts, ,oTganists,
etc.
VIM. JACOBS was dismissed this morn. |
ing ON the charge OF stealing a neck-tje
and breast-pin from one Wines, The
prosecuting witness had TO pay the !
costs.
THE School of Design, of the Ohio
Mechanics Institute, Will open on the
18Th Of this month. MIR. John b, Helen
10 principal with large corps of
teachers.
HENRY SNYDER, the young man who
ran of with sS7 OF Miss Fannie Ber.
nard's, last spring, waived an examina-
non ana was held to answer in tue sum
o. $500 bail.
MIR. hEcK and Mr.. Thompson obltgate
10 clean me streets aud collect the gar.
mage, provided The city lend them thel
horses, &C., and pay 10 per cent. on their
expenditures,
THE Board OF Transportation excur-
sion to the Kentucky River Bridge leaves
Ludlow at A. NJ. tomorrow and re-
turns at T. NJ, making a stay at the
brluge OF two and half hours.
ANNIE ORsroN, who signed the tenn.
perance pledge in Judge Wilson's trl-
ounsl some days ago, broke it last night
anu went to the Work-hOuse to- lay, In
heu OF 800 nne, and for visit of thirty
days.
ABOUT 10 O'Clock last night gasoline
lamp exploded in the store of f. g. Ber-
ger q Son, az the corner of Fourteenth
ana Bremen streets, but the lamp being
tRshed into the street no damage was
done. WV"
A PROJECT is on foot to erect depot
as the foot OF Scott street, Covington.
one block from the Kentucky end of the
Suspension Bridge, to accommodate
Doth the southern Road and the Ken
tHcky Central.
Jos. WILLIAMS, who was arrested for
6igamy, as previously reported in the
STAR, waived au examination this
morning In the Police Court aud was
bound over to the Grand Jury in the
sum of$1, 900 bail.
THE committee appointed to draft
resolutions In regard 10 the abandoning
or the FiVes Engine house came to the
BAD conclusion that they had as well
drop the matter, as their remonstrances
would not be heard.
The NATIONAL has drawn immense
houses every night this week. The pro-
gramme Is 30 arranged as to please all
lovers OF the vaudeville style. There
VIII De matinee this afternoon, at
"hlch the entlre company WILL appear.
THE Subcommittee appointed by the
naWllton CouHLy DemOcraLlC Executive ,
Committee to Investigate the charge |
against certain OF the Committeeman
teF forsaking the ticket on election day, +
VIII meet this afternoon at the Court /
house. Ic
A COMMITTEE consisting of Christ. !
Betf. Htnry Domeyer and Martin Wei
mesh left this morning On the y. 4 Mr., @
H., for Kansas, Arkansas and Texas to L
examine available land, and report them c
10 tue German Colonization Society OF :.
his oily for purchase.
WIZ LEVINE, OF Cleveland, was re-
ieVed Oh s62 night before last by som t
'harpers. They saw his name on the b
register, pr0fessed TO know him, TOOK
slm the Rhine over" filled him with a
Ieer, and cautioned him ag linst thieves. L
Fhe money was gone about then. n
WILLIAM STEELE, seven years old
vas recently injured by ayoung play. f
nate running against blOw-pipe which
'e bad III his mouth, thus tearing up the
'OoI and laceratinE the palates and ton fl
III. The accident occurred at the cor. e
ier OF thirteenth and Bremen streets.
LIZZIE DEEPLET, seven years old, liy .
Bg al No. ~ Pleasant street. was run
.ser oy 6utcLe's wagon yesterday ,
Iriven by VIM. Fessler, and sufferen A
fractured leg. Tne driver was Z
The prisoner was arraigneo
Is the Police Court and had his case
ontiDued until tomorrow. hail Slh |