The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-01-04
LOCAL BREVITIES.

DRUGS and medicines FOR the outuoOf
poor, last month, cost 1923 80.
MIKE ADLER, employed by Henry
Koenler, at No. 6O3 Sycamore street, is
missing.
MEssRs. A. ERCHENBRECHER, Julius
Dexter and Chas. 2. Tat have been
elected Directors OF the Zoo Society.
JACOB RENNEKER, JR., Frank Artman
and Michael Cam were sworn in as
Court bailitfs for the Superior Court,
yesterday.
THE Police Commissioners appointed
as paJromen NJ. MalOtte, j. w. Har-
rington, John Paulus, j. M. Thomas and
e. I. Havln.
AN inquest will be held this evening
on the body Of little colored girl, six
years old, named Clara Bates, who died
suddenly on Sunday last at No. 80 East
Sixth street.
THE report OF the Superintendent of
the City Hospital tor the month of De-
cember shows that the manufacture OF
gas Tor the month cost but 4l11 cents per
thousand cubic feet.
THE excursion of the Hamilton County
delegation Of the OHIO Legislature over
the Southern Road as far as the mouth
OF the Kentucky River, will Jake place
ON Sunday, the 14.h inst.
BY collision of freight trains yester-
day on the Marietta Railroad, near Vi
emma, the company suffered consider
able loss in the destruction of valuable
freight, including a few car loads of
hogs.
The Cincinnati Coffin Company have
lett papers with the Recorder for an in
crease OF their capital stock from $780,
900 10 $4,000. The papers are signed by
James A. Daniels, 9. II. Carr and j. 7.
Ramsey.
JOHN KELLY had an arm crushed
while coupling cars on the Little Miami
Railroad yesterday. He is in the City
Hospital. Thomas Duffy is at the same
place with broken leg, received while
putting in coal.
AT the regular semi-annual election of
The Mccullough Dramatic Club the fol-
lowing officers were elected to serve for
the ensuing six months: President, Mr..
Charles Ii. English; Treasurer, james
Fay; Secretary, Gus. Newbauer; Stage
Manager, Harry Is. Grove.
A MAN named Philip Miller, about
BiXty-seYen years old and who lives at
No. SO Shlliito street, Mt. Auburn, died
suddenly yesterday after having par
taken of a hearty meal. An inquest
will be held TINS evening. 1t is sur
posed that he died OF heart disease.
The Deposit and Benefit Society filed
its papers with the Recorder yesterday.
The Society is organl: d for the purpose
Of mutual protectiJD and relief Of its
members, and for the payment OF stip-
ulaled sums Of money to the families or
neirs Of deceased. John Cocnnower,
Henry Kessler, ii. B. Eckelman, John
Davis, w. B. Davis and N. W. Harris
are the Trustees.
The taking of dispositions in the cor
tested election cases before EsQuires
Rowekamp and DJssman is concluded.
The testimony as it stands specifies
about ninety illegal votes. The deposit
tions in the cases of KehbOrth against
Bernard, and Taylor against Wallace,
were filed yesterday afternoon in the
Court Of Common Pleas. Those in the
case OF Cox against Harmon, for the
Judgeship, will be submitted TO The State
Senate.
REV. EBEN HALEY has been bull
dozed of u watch and money, all valued
at $138. The theft occurred at the Car
lisie House, where Mr.. HALEY boards.
Yes terday evening Detectives Mead and
Murray arrt sted two men who mad been
stopping at the same place for a few
days, on suspicion OF the theft. Their
names are George Harding and j. j.
Curtis. They Will be examined on the
charge of grand larceny next Saturday,
in the Police Court, ..
JOHN WADE, mention OF whose as
sautt ON young woman named Nc
Carthy, one night last summer, near the
Lookout House, may possibly be remem-
bered by the readers OF the
STAR, appeared in the Police
Court this morning to answer the charge
of attempted rape upon Miss Me-
Carthy. Wade was apprehended yes
terday evening. The prisoner not being
ready for an examination, the case was
laid over until next Saturday.
THE number OF animals and birds
now in the Geological Garden is as fol-
lows: Animals 30S, against 259 last
year; birds $780,, againsL, 494 last year;
reptiles 19, against 6.last year; total
SS7, against T69 last year. The loss Of
animals has been as follows: Animals
81, birds 81, reptiles II; total 1T. Be-
sides IL animals and 6 birds. sold at an
aggregate price Of $l17 10. Only 25 AMI
mails and rs birds were added to the
Garden by purchase during the year at
cost of 1864 30. seventy-swo animals
and A birds were born in the Garden
during the year.
The following Board OF Managers OF
the Widows Home were elected for the
ensuing year, viz: Mrs. Robert Buch-
anan, Mrs. Jacob Graf, Mrs. George d.
Smith, Mrs. G. I. IL. Stille, Mrs. A. N.
Riddle, Mrs. A. E. Chamberlain, Mrs. b.
Bruce, Mrs. L. $. Butler, Mrs. Brooks
Johnson, Mrs. Oliver Perrin, Mrs. j. w.
.Donohue, Mrs. l. 9. Culberts0n, Mrs. F.
fl. Lawson, Mrs. Jane Foote, Mrs. Jas
g. Gibbons, Mrs. N. "a. Mclean, Mrs.
b. B. Whiteman, Mrs. W. 2. Hubert,
Mrs. jeanette Swift, Mrs. VIM. Aubery,
Mrs. r. Mallon, Mrs. VIM. Proctor, Mrs.
r. b. Bowler, Mrs. John Shillito.
THOMAS MALEY and Joseph Purdy, the
young men WHO were charged with steal
lug lot Of pencils, &C., from the office of
the American News Company, pleaded
guilty to the charge of petit larceny
this morning, and were sentenced to
thirty days in the Work-house. 1t may
be that these same chaps may 60 to
the Penitentiary yet, as Detec.
tive Charley Wappenstein filed an
affidavit this morning against them
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