The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-05-21
LOCAL BREVITIES.

ASSISTANT TREASURER STEM went on
deck to-day.
TURNER'S annual festival at Inwood
Park yesterday.
CINCINNATI will have the biggest or
gan III the world.
THE Egyptian goose in Spring Grove
Cemetery is dead.
ALBERr1's ELDoRADo was scooped by
the pUiicc last night.
FRED. MUssEY F. D. M edited the
biggest portion Ui lo-day's Commercial.
The German Pioneers will celebrate
their ninth anniversary on the 29Gh inst.
MAYOR MOORE thinks of ordering an
election for Aldermen-at-Large immedi-
ately.'
The Continental Army OF 1876 will
participate i'll the exercises on DecOra-
tiOn Day.
CASH on hand in the office OF the
Assistant United States Treasurer,
$3,00O,00O.
THE draw span of the Southern Rail.
road Bridge Will be completed by The
middle of July.
MEssRs. BLOCH & CO. have presented
the Washington Dragons with a hand-
some silk National fig.
THE roof of Il. Woodruti's house on
Mt. Auburn was burned yesterday alter
noon. Alarm from Box 1913.
AN unusually large police docket to-
day, in which drunkenness and disor-
derly conduct predominates.
MARGARETTA EsBERGER, who was
burned SO badly with coal oil at Four
teenth and Elm one day last week, died
yesterday.
REPAIR your sidewalk Immediately, We
who nave been notified, or Mr.. Thomas
Lloyd, the City Contractor, may do the
work tor you.
HIS GRACE ARCHBISHOP PURCELL Gel
ebrated Pontiical High Mass yesterday
and administered conf nation in the
afternoon at Mount Pleasant.
AT meeting Of the Directors OF the
Police Relief Association, resolutions
were adopted expressing regret at the
death OF Officer j. f. Twachtman.
JAMES LYONS, who was one Of the
Mills gang OF counterfeiters, OF this
city, has been captured in New Orleans.
He will be brought to this city for trial.
The Murphy movement will be in
augurated in this city tomorrow even
ing at the Reformed Presbyterian n
Church, Sixth street, between Race and
Elm.
THE Trinity M. E. Church will give a
picnic at HUNTS Grove next Sunday.
Trains leave the Plum-street depot at
S:l5 A. M,
FRED. VOIGr, proprietor of the Post.
office Exchange. 223 Main street, has a
grand opening lunch this morning. A
general invitation for his friends and the
public to attend.
COMMENCING this morning, the Pan
Handle n Pennsylvania line will run al
additional train between New York ant
Cincinnati, arriving here at O'clock
A. M, Sundays excepted.
DIRECTORS Of the Southern Railroad
will be elected at meeting to be held
at the Grand Hotel tomorrow afternoon
To-day is the last chance you will have
to subscribe TO the stock of the road.
WIN. HARDING, the Sixth-street res au
rant keeper, is about to build four
story hotel, to be conducted OH the Eu
ropean plan, on the site of his presen
restaurant, corner OF Sixth street ant
Central avenue. The estimated cost il
$4,000.
THE Sheriff has received a commits
sion from Stratford, PEI tn County, On
tario, to serve by bailih notice of sui
for $500 on John j. Clark, of this city
"Bailf" Jacob R4nneker, Jr., made tn
service. 1t was in the name of the
Queen.
THE embankment Of a sewer that i
being dug on Central avenue, nea
Eiguth street, gave way Saturday after
noon and buried three workmen. Tn
other men at once went to work, ant
succeeded in getting out their compan
ions alive.
THE choir at st. Edwards Church
on Clark street Yesterday morning, wit
the assis tance of the Orpheus Society
rendered "Missa De Hasslinger," a mas
for male voices. The CredO Benedictu
and the Otertory were well L, nuered un
der the dlrectorship Of DR.. Wenning.
JOHN HICKEY vas run over at the col
ner OF Central avenue and George stree
last night, by driver in the employ 0
the Cincinnati Omnibus Company name
Joseph Wilton. The wheels passed owe
Hickel's abdomen. The injuries ma
prove fatal. Hickey was slightly "hoN
came you 80" at the time of the acc
dent.
JAS. DALTON, a lunatic, about eightee
years old, who lives at No. IA Charlie
street, made an attempt to kill hi
mother and sister Saturday evening
They escaped by locking themselves
a room. the boy attempted to iorce a
entrance, but before he succeeded wa
taken by the oIlicers and confined j
Bremen-street Station. He will b. take
to the Probate Court.
BEN. SHOTr has been arrested on
warrant Issued by Squire Kennedy,
Ludlow, charging h'm with making
business OF playing ball on the Ludlo,
grounds on Sunday. A member OF II
club, Charles Kelly, was also taken
on the charge of playing ball on Su
day. Both are held to bail to appear b
tore the County Judge in CoviLg g,on {
Wednesday morning at 10 O'CLOCK.
Mr.. NJ. Helm, OF No. 446 Sycamol
street, has Invented "a tire-escape to
used by hotel proprietors. 1t consis
of a ladder reaching to the root, tn
can be wound up by means OF a wi
coil and windlass, and can be almo
instantly placed at any desired point
the outside OF tho building, to
reached from the windows. 1t has
good deal OF merit, and may becon
popular.
AN inquest was held this morning
the remains of Mrs. Anna Margar
Klein, who lived at No. lit Carr sire,
WIN was found dead SATURDAY. in b