The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-07-11
LOCAL BREVIEIES.
DON'T battle in the canal, boys.
SPECIAL Council meeting to-day.


OREGON ]. WILSON, Of Clifton, has,
with his family, started to Europe.
THE Christian Church, Cumminsville,
has been entered by burglars twice
within as many weeks.
REV. GEO. W. WILLIAMS has been
called to the pastorate OF the Union Bap-
tist Church, Mound street.
ALL the bonds OF the original loan of
the Cincinnati SOuthern-tne ten million
loan-haVe not yet been sold.
OUR Western guests took dinner at
the Work-house to-day, where Hon. S. F.
speech.
HARRY LESLIE, the Hero of Niagara, Z,
will Walk a Lgu.-:ope eighty feet high
at LeslIe's picnic at 1nwOod Park next
Sunday.
FRANK CRANES, who lives on the
Lick Kun PIKE, was fined $40 and costs
BY Squire Anthony yesterday for cru
city 10 animals.
The carcass of the white whale, which
was put on exh bition in the Emery
Building has been taken to 81. Kecks
"stink factory"
THE process of embalming the body of
Auguste Labrot was completed yester-
day afternoon, and it will be sent to
France at an early day.
GROUND was broken yesterday on the
extension OF the College Hill Narrow
gauge. The extension will b5 rapidly
pushed to Mount Pleasant.
BARNEY ORsWELL, Of No. 107 Clay
street, is in the City Hospital, suffering
from a fracture Of his right knee, re-
ceiVed in falling from his porch.
The Republican County Executive
Committee will meet at Hopkins Hall
Saturday morning to provide for the
election of delegates and for the calling
OF the County convention.
THE prisoners sentenced to the Penl.
tentiary last Saturday by Judge john
ston, the names Of whom appeared that
day in the STAR, left for Columbus this
morning in charge OF Deputy Sheriff Joe
Moses.
A PICNIC is being arranged for the
benehL Ut Charles Thompson, private
watchmau of Woods Theater, VINO was
seriously shot by John Wilson a few
weeks since. 1t will take place at the
Bellevue House on the path inst.
The authentic statement comes from
Yellow Springs that seven hundred and
torty-seVen persons have in that place
taken the Murphy pledge. The whole
DODuIHtlOu Vi Lue township numbers
one thousand five hundred.
$4,000 OF the new four per cent.bonds
were sold yesterday by the Assistant
Treasurer in this city. The total sales
here to date are $4,000. An unusual
number OF the sales yesterday were to
small investors, taking from $50 to $500
each.
The Cincinnati g. Eastern Telegraph
Company is now open for business, In
nection with the Western Union
Telegraph Company, from Cincinnati to
the following points, viz: Batavia and
Williamsburg, Clermont County, and
Mount Oreb and Sardinia, in Brown
County, and in thirty days 10 Wiuches
ter, Adams County.
HENRY STRoTHMAN, Of Spring Grove
avenue, was examined by Squire Vim
cent Schwlb yesterday evening on the
charge Of threatening personal violence
the charge being preferred by Mrs. John
jacob, wife Of Il saloOnist in that neigh.
bornood who testified that Henry had
been acting like an infuriated bovine
He was bound over, and in default oil
$500 went to the "jug."
AMONG those who went to tue Louis.
vile S4ngertest, yesterday, from this
city, were the Cincinnati Mannerchor
5U singers and 200 guests; Orpheus Soci.
ety, 100 singers, under the leadership OF
Carl Barus, and 300 guests; Druid Ma Il.
nerchor, 81 singers and 100 guests
SchweitZer MG0netchor, 30 singers and
81 guests; Harugarl Melnerchor, 25
singers and 5Oguesls; Odd-tellOws' NJ an.
nerchor, 40 singers and 80 guests; G1l.
mania y annerchor, 60 singers anu 10(
guests.
THE funeral of Vachel Worthington
Esq, deceased, took place yesterday
evening. The services were conducted
by Rev. j. N. Stanger, rector OF Chris
church. The pall-bearers were Judge
Burnet, George H. Pendleton, VIM. NJ
Cory, A. S. Winslow, Gen. Joshua II
Bates, George X. Shoenberger, W. G
Goodman and Pc er A. While. A Ion,
TO their last resting place in Sprini
Grove cemetery.
A COMPROMISE has been effected TO
$500 in the case of Henry Won Pullen, o
Hamilton, Ohio, who on charge of bas
tardy has for some time been confined il
the County Jail. The girl, who is abuu
to become mother is we'll cared for a
the Good Samaritan Hospital. In brie
the story is, she, an orphan, without
home, young and inexperienced, yielde,
to him, strong man, Influenced b.
promises OF protection Tor ali time, AM
that he would leave her his property.
A CASE OF long standing in the Su
preme Court OF North Carolina was de
uiued last Friday. In this case MI
aGlemenls, of this city, sued the State o
North Carolina for $40 900 for breach o
contract. The plalnLltf, Clements, j
seems held contract to furnish prison
doors and locks Ior the Penltentiary
Lrhn LEGISLATURE of 1R7J.73 saw fl tn n n
null all the Penitentiary contracts.
portion Of the doors were made by Glen
ents, though by his own testimony
SAYS be sold them for as much as th
state promised TO pay. He claims, how
ever, that his profits by the contrac
would have been $40 200, sued Tor 1t, an
tIe jury gave it.
The Other side.