The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-12-26
CONVICTION.

Pat Rough mourns the loss of his
Christmas tOWls.
John Farrell and Lucy Oliver were
licensed to marry yesterday.
A love-ieast will be celebrated at the
Union NJ. E. Church ut 7:3J tHis even
ing.
Mr.. r, d. Gwyder is favorably men,
toned as The next Overseer OF the W ork-
house.
Olive Lodge, X. Of P, will hold spe-
cial meeting Tonight to iran ,act lm-
portanJ business.
EMke Terrell and Miss Nellie Murphy
Waltzed away with The GLASS Blowers'
prize vases Christmas eve.
There will be a special meeting of
City Council tonight to take some action
on the death of Marketm tster Lambert.
Miss Mary Miller and Mollie Hays
gave select surprise party at the resi-
uence of Mi. RJnan on Trevor street
last night.
Judge Phelps has revoked his decision
in the Clark Harcourt bastardy case,
and granted Clark until to-day 10 pro-
cure bonds.
A young son OF VIM. Black was play
ing with u loaded pistol yesterday, when
it exploded and caused the loss Of one
Of his fingers.
One of drove of cattle on steamboat
at the Cincinnati Wharf escaped and
swan TO the CoVington shore yesterday,
but was then caught.
Andy Mckee had tape-worm one
hundred ana nine feet two inches long
taken from him by DR.. Meisenhe inner, Of
Newport, Christmas.
Tom Hennessy waived an examina-
tion yesterday ON the charge OF murder
ing Tom Daniels, and was admitted to
bail in the sum OF $4,000.
We are unable to spare space to-day
to mention all the people that received
Christmas presents yesterday Col.
Booker received gold watch and chain
and j. n. Clarksou gold-headed cane.
Mr.. Richard Lambert, for the past four
years the Marketmaster of CoymgtOn,
led from consumption yesterday, at mis-
res dence, No. AZ Pike street. His
funeral takes place tomorrow at l
O'clock.
POLICE COURT. james Alexandria
ana Milt. McLaughan, petit larceny, ~
days in the WOrk-house; Chas. Lee, the
would-be suicide, was uIsmi ssed; Fran
els Chesterman, breach OF the peace,
dismissed.
Yesterday evening Wa Gilman Maher,
oil The Cincinnati Suspension Bridge, ar
rested man who was about to commit
suicide by hurting himself from the
bridge. lie was taken to the Station
house and gave his name as Chas. Lee,
ol jackson, Miss.
NEWPORT.
j. T. Miles was granted license this
morning to wed Lydia Boyd.
Overseer Of the Poor p. L. Bodkins dis
bursed S48 during the past week.
John Coon, the alleged chicken thief,
had his case continued till tomorrow.
Not an arrest made yesterday, conse-
quenLly not case in the City Court. A
happy Chris stmas surely.
The officers stationed at the United
States Barracks gave very fine Christ
mas dinner TO LAe soldiers yesterday.
Mr. Charles Keatng, of this city, will
superiDlend the plasterlng of the new
United States custom House in CovIng-
ton.
The mission which has been in prog
ress at the Corpus Christi Church lOr
the past ten days, came to close last
night.
The services at the st. PauPs 2. L,
bbul Sl w NSlS VIC loi SSiJ bUtOluCu yco-
terday, and the music was unusually at
tracllNe.
Mrs. l.. X. Thompson, proprietress of
the boarding g-hOuse corner of Monmouth
ana Bellevue ST. eets, was presented with
handsome pair of gold spectacles yes
terday by her boardels.
The order received by the Mayor re-
straining fu ther " ork ON Williamson's
Railroad was served this morning, and
further work in the construction Of the
new route brought to sudden end.
The Sunday-school children of the
YOrk-street Congregational Church, |
about two hundred and fifty in number. |
were entertained last evening with an
exhibition OF stereopticon views, and
were the recipients of good supply Of
sweetness.
While German family residing at ia
Locust street was absent AT the eXel- |
cises at the Mission at Corpus Christi
Church last night thieves drove up in a |
Wagon, and, after breaking in the rear
door, commenced hauling out the furni-
ture and loading it on the wagon. The |
family had just reached home in time to |
drive the thIeves of and save the furni- |
lure.
The residence OF W. r. Aleshre was
entered by thieves night before last, and |
the following articles stolen: lady's |
gold watch and chain and pin attached. |
pair of bracelets, set of gold jewelry |
-ear-rings and breast-pin with coral |
rose setting; a cluster diamond ring, a |
large amethyst ring and heavy pain |
gold ring. A reward Is offered for the |
capture of the thieves.
Hon. A. S. Berry received from the |
Clerk of the Court of Appeals yester-
day a process against Captain John A.
Williamson, President of the Newporr, |
COyington Il Cincinnati Street Railroad |
Company, on supersede as entered |
in the Injunction case Of the City Of |
Newport vs.. the aforementioned Street
Il ilway Company. This will check the
construction OF the street railway from
the Newport Railroad Bridge to the
corner Ol York and Madison streets.
LEXINGTON, KY.
Dr.. r G.. Brank will leave for st. Lou
IS next Thursday.
Mrs. Oton will make her debut at the |
Opera-house in this city January in
stead OF December %.
Two negroes called at toll gate over