The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-01-20
LOCAL BREVITIES.

to-day.
THE river is now in a gorgeous con-
dition.
MARY CoRRIGAN, OF Kossuth street,
aged fifteen, is missing.
THE high water will make the cock
reaches on Rat Row look sick.
THE till of Christ. Noeffer's saloon,
66S Vine street, was tapped yesterday.
THE Cincinnati Light Guards bayone
exercise, last night, at the Grand, was
superb.
The Atlantic & Great Western Rail
road Is again receiving freight at the
c., O., Z. 81 1. Depot.
A CASE OF instruments was stolen
yesterday from the office of DR.. Ludlow,
at No. 1872 Vine street.
THE Marine Hospital Office has been
temporarily removed to No. 11S West
Sixth street, between Race and Vine
streets.
WILLIAM STRUEWE is missing from
his home on Broadway and Hunt since
yesterday noon, and has not been heard
from since.
HENRY BUENNING. Of Muhlhausen,
Ind, while going from No. 90 Green
street to the .. q NJ. depot, yesterday,
was attacked by highwaymen and robbed
of$5.
THE Fives, about O'Clock this morn
Ing, put out fire in Bauer & Duplez's
carriage factory, No. So West Canal
street. No alarm was turned in, and
the loss sustained is slight.
FRANK DETERs, proprietor OF the
saloon in the Phoenix building, corner
Of Court and Central avenue, day before
yesterday fell down ON the pavement
and dislocated his right arm.
BUCKEYE HALL is now the name of the
building at the corner Of Vance street
and Eastern avenue, Pendleton, which
vas formerly used as the Democratic
headquarters of the First Ward.
MRS. GREY, an old lady eighty-six
years old, is living on the second floor of
No. rs New street, in the greatest need
All who are charitably inclined should
render assistance to this intirm but wor-
thy lady.
THE veterans of the old Ninth Regi-
ment, and their friends, met at com.
plimentary ball, given in Turner Hall
last night, under the management of l..
Meyer, George Schneider, +. Emmert,
A. Gunglach and II. Stolz, who acted as
Committee on Arrangements.
The Cincinnati Gaslight and Coke
Company has bought from Messrs.
Wren, Macy 81 Co., at price OF $40, 900,
the exclusive right in this city to use
the Wren patent process for manulac-
turing gas from crude petroleum and
kindred materials. This is the process
used by the New York Mutual Gas Com
pany.
HERE are a few more ice accidents:
Day before yesterday, at the corner OF
FIndlay and Race streets, Henry Going,
seVenty-seven years OF age, who resides
at No. A Findlay street, iell and shat
tered the bones of one o! his hips. Last
night the wife OF Mr.. Heel kiah Kiersted
fell on the ice in the yard of her resi-
dence, East Third street, and broke her
lett arm at the wrist.
DAVID FRIENDS gambling place, at
No. 167 Race street, was raided last
night, and the proprietor and two 9TH
ers, named Charles Rose and Ben.
Wolf, tUge her with lot of gambling
apparatus, were taken in. This
morning Friend was arraIgned in the
Police Court on the charge Of exhibiting
gaming devices, but his case was laid
over until the l7th OF next month. Rose
and Wolf were dismissed.
The following candidates for positions
on the police force passed their prelimi-
nary examination yesterday: Charles
Hines, Joseph D. Gardner, Frank Lang.
don, Louis Scnmiut, William lily, Jacob
Marklein, W. G. Miller, John Hulmer,
Isaac q. Hart, q. B, Steineck, Tim. Can
non, j. V. Sargent, z. j. Kinney, John
II. Mann, II. j. COrcoran, SD. Robert
son, John Jameson and Dan. Nj. Carney.
James Clark WAS appointed substitute.
MICHAEL WELSH, his son Stephen,
who formerly resided at No. 80 Ander-
son alley, and relative named Pat.
Reynolds, will be examined in
The Police Court next Monday morning,
on a char. OF arson preferred agaips.
,hem by a man named Thomas Kelley,
who claims to own the stable. The
building in question was occupied by
The We.shes until yesterday, when being
behind in rent they were elected BY
constable. For this, it is alleged, they
set fire to the stable.
"MAJAH' TRAVIS yesterday CON-
menced a suit in repleYin against the
Zion Baptist Church in the interest OF
VIM. Ortinhammer to try the right of
possession TO "Vne music organ, such as
is generally used for making sweet
music, and is worth the sum of $3.50 to
the said plaintiff, made OF mahogany and
walnut wood, such as are used in COM
plete family organs of the aforesaid kind
and value" The Major AYERS that his
client was wrongiully detained out OF
the possession OF the aforesaid organ for
The space OF forty-eight hours to his dam.
age in the sum OF 1000, lor which Win
the instrument he asks Judgment.
Mr.. PETER ZINN, of West Riverside,
is "a shrewd lawyer, but he was beaten out
Of $40 the other Gay by young fellow
who drove up to the linn mansion,
alighted, went in, and represented him
self as nephew OF Mr.. Joel Richardson,
Of Delhi, an old friend of Mr.. Zlnn's ;
that the young lady in the carriage out
lide was accompanying him to The city,
where he intended to buy her present;
but, unfortunately, he had lett home
without his pocket-book. "Could you
Dblige me with the temporary loan OIL
S2O?" Yes, Mr.. linn could aud did
Next day, when Joel Richardson, of
Delhi, was informed of the circum-
stance, he unhesitatingly pronounced
The fellow confidence man.
MINNIE WOLF, the heavyweight propri-
etress Of the uisreputable house on ihe
.orner of Walnut and Canal, known as
tha I.Noodle FAcLOrVV aDnnarad IN