The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-19
jhurch yesterday morning and even

church yesterday morning and even
ing.
The will Of the late Caleb Thompson
was probated Saturday. he leaves all
his property, personal and real, TO MS
wife during her lifetime, and at her
death to g. to his nephew.
The Board of County Commissioners
met Saturday. Bills to the amount or
$299 50 were passed. A petition was re-
ceived from j. q. Andrews and thirty
others praying for the building of a
bridge across Riley Run, near the resi-
dence Of James and Perry Riley.
The jury in the case of John +. Neilau,
administrator, VS.. Louis Snider u Sons,
in which suit was brought to recover
$4,000 damages sustained by cause OF
the explosion of the rotary boiler in said
Defendants mill, February 2S, 1874, re-
turned in favor Of plaintiff in the sum OF
$50. Motion for new trial was filed.
The Chairman of the Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee desires the members
OF said Committee to meet this evening
at the Office of Judge Garel to make the
requisite arrangements for holding the
primary election on Saturday, the oath
| inst. All the candidates are requested
to pay their assessment tonight, and
place on file their written pledge to sup
| port the nominee Of the Convention.
Those only who comply with the above
will have the pleasure of seeing their
names printed upon the tickets.
LEXINGTON. KY.
George W. Berry died in this county
Friday at the age OF twenty-six.
Ben. f. Moore, of Clark, has made an
assignment. Liabilities about $4,000.
Dion Boucicault took twenty-five or
thirty of our young men to Cincinnati
on Saturday.
There are one hundred and seventy
five horses in training in this State for
the spring races.
| Ex-President Grant looks, walks,
talks and laughs like.our fellow citizen,
Maj. NJ. G. Johnson.
| Stanley Matthews was born in this
city, and his father was Professor in
the old Pennsylvania University.
The jury in the Megibbun- Bedford
case disagreed, and it is understood that
nine were for Megibbun and three for
| Bedford.
The Circuit Court of Scott has on
docket forty-eight criminal, seventy
seven common law, and ftty-seven
equity cases.
Friday evening a negro went into a
grocery on Water street, and asked for
some sugar, and, while he was being
waited on, robbed the till and skipped.
Mr.. A. Kearby, of Glover Bottom,
| Woodford County, married maiden of
some sixty summers a few days ago.
He himself is OF the little more mature
age Of seventy.
l d. al
Madison, cut each other with pocket.
knives almost to pieces one day last
week. In the first round both had theil
throats cut, but fought on till sepa.
rated.
Lynch Connors, of Lexington, was
challenged, some time since to a prize
fight by Jim Arnold, of Frankfort, which
was to come of on last Friday, but
however, did not, on account of the po
lice finding it out. Some think had they
fought, Mr.. Connors would have got the
worst OF the fight, but we don't know, as
he had plenty Of hackers.
LUDLOW, ky.
The Ludlow Ball Park is leased by the
Cincinnati Amateur League, to which
the Ludlow Club will belong.
Capt. Dick Dillon, Dale Williamt
anu johnny Laugnlln, OF tne "Old Lutl
lows" is the nucleus of a new Ludlow
nine, which, we understand, Mr.. viii
Ludlow and others are about organic
ing for the season OF 1877.
The Mayor has proclaimed March 81
1871 as the day on which the property
owners of this city will be called on to
''show their hands" for, or against, q
suitable lot and building for school pur
poses. Common sense, a decent regayC
for the health OF helpless children, and
without being vain, sufficiency o
pride in our beautiful little town, de-
mand it's establishment with building
and grounds such as the School Boar(
and citizens generally call for.