The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-05-24
LOCAL BREVITIES.

bne NO 81
THROW your banana peelings in the
gutter.
The road-bed OF the o. & N. is being
OVernaultd.
The Big Organ will have six thousand
anu Two hundred pipes.
SIXTEEN names have been enrolled for
the new artil cry company.
THE newly appointed Sinking Fund
Commissioners have accepted the trust.
HARRY ADAMS will be expected in
Dayton tomorrow. Get the STAR Tor
full particulars.
A DEFECTIVE fiue caused the destruc-
tion OF The residence Of j. p. Stewart, OF
Norwood, last evening.
The granite for the new Custom-Aouse
Is scarce, and work will have to be sus-
pended until they get more.
B. HEILE's Kitchen, at No. $50 Central
avenue, caught fire at O'clock last
evening. Loss small. Alarm from Box
126.
IHE Rev. Mr.. Witherspoon has re-
signed the rectorship of ST. PAul's P. L.
Church on account of continued i'll
health.
A FINE OF $25 was imposed upon
the Commissioners for q violation OF
police rules.
JUSTICE SwAYNE sustains Judge
SWINGS ruling that the Ouio law invali-
dating promlssory notes given for patent
rights is unconstitutional.
VIM. FITZGERALD, aged twenty years,
who formerly reslued on Fifth street
near Vine, committed suicide in Mays
vile, ky,, last Tuesday night
The Police Commits sioners' meetings
in the interest OF the Fire Department
will hereafter take place on the second
and fourth sundays OF eacn month.
CORONER STICH stuck to his work
pretty closely yesteruay.-l Enquirer.
The above is trifle obscure, as the
Coroner is in New York.
THE Little Miami Railroad will run q
SPECIAL excursion train to Fosters
Crossing Sunday morning, leaving the
depot at O'clock sharp, and returning
at O'Clock In the eyonlng.
A RUMoR is ahoat that the Indian
apolis, Cincinnati Il Lafayette and Gin
cinnati, Hamilton u Indianapolis Roads
have formed big pool and permanently
join hands on the 1st OF June.
L. X. MARTz, q druggist, opposite
Lower Market, has on exhibition good
specimen OF the tarantula (lycora Laran-
tula) Of South America, which he took
from bunch Of bananas last evening.
LOUIS s. ENYART, Of No. 1914 Clark
street, has brought suit before Squire
Schwab claiming 500 damages against
l.. Boiler, whose dog bit him recently
The case will be heard Saturday after.
noon.
THE African porcupine at the Zoo
has escaped, and is now at large. The
animal being Of a harmless nature, the
services OF Mr.. McAvoy, the lion and
leopard killer, will this time not be
brought into requisition.
THE alarm from Box 9S about o'clocl
this morning WAS on account OF the
burning OF the stable OF A. Best, min
eral water manufacturer, in the alley
running South from McMicken avenue
and west OF Elm street. Loss small.
+. G. ALBRIGHT, G. Kampfue meller
C. l.. Base, QUO TaXis, Benjamin HRS ch
land and Albert Schwlll have ASSOCIATED
themselves together and organized tn,
Old Ninth Ward Building Association
Capital stock, $4O0, 900, divided into $40
shares.
MARKET SUPERINTENDENT JACo
BIRNBAUM has been presented with
handsome gold and silver badge by tn
officers and patrolmen OF the Min Lh-stree
SIation-house. MIR. VIM. Ii. Devine did
the honols of the presentation in hi
usual lellcitous style.
THE body found in the river at th,
foot of Wood street yesterday mornin
as mentioned in yesterdays STAR, hn
been identified as that of JonG L
Roberts, hardware peddler, who live
at No. 5l3 W. Ninth street, and who ha,
been missing since May 10.
The colored soldiers and sailors t
the number Of thirty-fve organized d
MounG-;treet Churon last night by elec
ing Rev. Gee. w. W illiams Presiden
and l.. u. Easton Secretary. After al
pointing a committee TO draft const
tuition, and passing resolution to tax
part IN the decoration OF comrades
graves, the meeting adjourned to Satul
day evening, when permanent organ
cation Will be effected, at the sam
place.
The rite of confirmation Will be az
minIstered at st. Patrick's Church, Blu
Rock street, Twenty -fltn Ward, on Co
pus Christi, 3lst instant, by His GraC
Archbishop Purcell, TO about ono hui
dred and fifty children, sixty OF who
are connected with the congregation
st. Patrick's Church, forty with s
Peters Orphan Asylum, and the r.
malnder under the charge OF Fathe
Topmiller, Of st. BOnafacius Church.
Ex-PoLICEMAN I'm. GLEASON has
"sht lower hp.' One Cnariey Kruml
iii drunken row on Sycamore sire,
last Monday, pounced upon him in a
unguarded moment. and catching b
lower lip between his teeth, BIT out
large piece. The men had previousI
had lough-and-tumble fight and peat
had been restored. 1t is ii query wne tn,
Klump intended to kiss and make u
i SO, the monkey who kissed the b
uoon's sister is nowhere, for he on
raised blister.
Amusement Notes.