The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-07-12
LOCAL BREVITIES.
BOUNCE that umpire.
BRING ON your excursions.


BRING ON your excursions.
The tobacco war is ende /.
"MoNTAGUE's" name is Mcclure, al.
lanai.
THAT special meeting OF Council failed
to materialiZe.
THERE are five hundred and eleven in
mates III The CITY Inf mary.
HUGH CAMPBELL is mentioned as the
coming Worh-house Director.
THERE are one hundred thou sand
volumes in the Public Library.
A PARTY OF south Carolina excur-
s1onists vii be here next Monday.
PROF. S. S. HAMILL will give readings
Tonight at the SauItarium, oliege Hill,
at O'Clock.
The County Board OF Equalization
has closed its laDors, having added $5J,-
OOO TO the duplicate.
The amount OF Cincinnati Southern
Railroad bonds Of the ten million (tirst
lssue) unsold is $4,000.
SIXTEEN HUNDRED PERSONS came In
on the NJ. II z. ROAD ON the three eXcur-
siOns trains from Chillicothe and inter-
mediate points yesterday.
MR.. III. L. KREHBEIL, of the local staff
OF the Gazette, VIII be married next
thursday TO Miss Helen Osborne, OF
Birmingham, Connecticut.
LERMONT COUNTY is in a fever of ex-
cltcment caused by the discovery Of a
monster reptile OF some kind, that has
maze It's appearance in the Little Miami
RlVer near Fosters Crossing.
A FIRE broke out atout 4:30 Yesterday
afternoon in frame house on the east
slde oil Court street, Westof Plum, 1t
is supposed to have caught from sparks
from Stickney j. Tanners box factory
In the rear. Loss small.
THE suit Of Messrs. Wilby and Wald
against MIR. ID. l.. Mueller, OF the Board
OF Education, for 500 tor services in OBJ
tanning for him mis- seat In the Board. was
tried before Squire johnson yesterday,
and Judgment given for The full amount
with costs.
A TEAMsTER, named John Barton,
thinks he now sees sufficient cause tor
reform and blue ribuon. While driy-
ing on John street, he being slightly
under the influence OF beer, mis- horse
knocked him uown and drew the loaded
cart ever him, badly crushing his
shoulder.
AT meeting Of the Cincinnati Fire
mems Benevolent Association last
evening resolution of thanks was voted
TO the Anchor White Lead Company lor
their kind donation of 500, gwen 10
them for the efficient manner in which
they saved their property at the late
''Nurre fire."
THE alarm from Box about - o'c!ock
last nIght was caused by the discovery
OF names IN ne rear portion OF Messrs.
Chrlsty, COBB u Co.'s grain elevator, at
the northwest corner OF the Indianapo.
lis, Cincinnati u Lafayette Railroad and
Smith street. The fire started in lot
OF corn cops. Loss nominal.
THE Executive Committee OF the
Southern Railroad, which met yesterday
nxed the salaries OF baggage-masters al
$40 per month, OF brahemen at $4) pei
M nh, OF engineers at So per day, an(
iremen 81 80 per day. The company will
probably be located in their permanent
office this week.
The wite-killer, Henry johnson, col
ored, who received sentenc,
Of ten years last Saturday for tn,
murder OF his wife, in LocKland, las
April, had his sentence reduced tt
seven years. The original sentence wal
the highest allowed BY law for the crime
t. which he pleaded guilty, but Judg,
johnston saw sufficient reasons for thus
tightening the sentence.
FROM a dispatch to the STAR .thj
morning from Philadelphia it Is learne,
that Frank Kelly, alias Cnas. Young
who was acquitted on two charges o
murder, committed on election day
October 10, 1870, also ON charge of an
aggravated assault ON colored man o,
the same day, was yesterday admitted
to 81. 500 bail by U. S. Commissione
Smith, on tie charge OF Illegal voting il
Cincinnati, detainer having bee
lodged against him by the Cincinnati
authorities.
AT regular meeting Of the Soldiers
and Sailors Memorial Association th
following comrades were elected an
installed as officers of the Society 10
the ensuing term OF six months, viz
Commander, j. A. Remley; First Vic
Commander, Thomas Mclaughlin; Set
ond Vice Commander, A. Holthoff; Al
jutant, Clarence Morris; Assistant Al
jutant, james N. Harper; PaymasLe
A. Greitf; Commissary, J. l.. Gaul; Sui
geon, Dr.. A. L. Carrick; Assistant Su
geon, DR.. Craig; Sergeant Major, Ii. (
Koogle; Sentinel, Isaac S. Bailey; Boar
Of Administration, P. Farmer, - Ke
tier, E. Massey, NJ. j. Patton and -
VOgele.