The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-25
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Saturday night at Melodeon Hall
A AFouNDLINe was picked up on Court street
last evening and taken to the Hospital.
ALTMAN & Co., the Fifth-street hatters,
have effected compromise with their cred
itors
RUFUS ]. FELLOWS has accepted Frank
Shonfield's challenge for glove contest for
$25 side.
THE dedication of the two new altars of
St. Georges Church, Corryville, took place
yesterday afternoon.
THE Alumni Association of the Miami
Medical College hold their annual banquet
this evening, at the Hotel Emery.
The butter dealers of this city meet this
afternoon to indignate against the manu-
fscturers of oleomargarine or suet butter.
THE St. Aloysius Orphan Asylum gave an
entertainment at Pixies Opera-house last
night in honor of Washingtons birthday.
THERE was small blaze Saturday night
in Gohs & Co. s show window No. 478 Main
street. The fire was caused by the gas
light.
A DRAMATIC entertainment was given last
night By the scholars of ST. Francis School,
at their hall, corner of Vine and Liberty
streets.
ANDY BAKER, employed by the Gas
Company was seriously injured internally
by the caving in of bank on Front street,
Saturday.
OVER three hundred visitors and two
thousand eight hundred and one scholars
were present at the Bethel Sunday-school
yesterday.
A REQU1EM MASS was celebrated this
morning at St. Johns Catholic Church, on
Green street. for the repose of the soul of
Adelrich Benziger.
JAS. MALEY, four years old, while fyinga
kite Saturday evening, from second story
window at his home, fell out, but strange
to say was not injured.
THE Dickey-Titus case will go to the
Courts. No compromise can be effected,
although the lady was willing to take $5, 900
and abandon the suits.
The mother of Irish Nroton," who has
been much disturbed in mind since the
death of her son, has been missing from her
home since Friday last.
GEO. NORRIS, the infant son of Dr. VIM
N, Nelson, of SOB Eastern avenue, who died
yesterday, will be taken to Pennington,
KY, to-day, for nterment.
"THE Little Treasure" and "The Widows
Victim" are the plays to be produced at
Miss Dolly Woolwine's testimonial to-mor-
row HlSul III MelDueOn 11all.
MARY and Marietta English, who keep
ranch at 144 George street. were arrested
Saturday night, with ten of their girls, and
will be brought to trial Saturday.
THIEVES who had entered the rear part of
MIR, J. 7. Nelson's residence No 439 Bay
miller street, yesterday were frightened
away before getting anything valuable,
LORENZO Dow McDAN1ELs, of Portsmouth,
was Saturday bound over to the United
States Grand Jury by Commissioner Hoop
er on the charge of passing counterfeit
money
again called up in the Criminal Court to-
day, but owing to the continued sickness of
one of the jurors, and also of Mr.. Milligan,
The counsel, the case was continued.
REV. A. W. MANN, of Cleveland, the
well-known deaf-mute preacher, occupied
the pulpit last night at st. Johns P. E.
Church, and treated very good congrega-
ton OF deaf nlutes to an excellent sermon.
THE County Commissioners have decided |
to improve Clinton Springs avenue in Av-
ondale, running from the Reading Road to
Mitchell avenue. The work will cost $17,-
OBJ O2, and the contract will be given out at
once.
AN inquest was held this morning at
o'clock on the body of widow named Phil
omena Boyer, who was found dead Satur-
day in bed at No 10 Pleasant street The
jury rendered verdict of death from lung
disease.
THE Central Board of Directors of the
American Sangerbund met at Roettger's
fivol last evening and began making ar
rangements for the SHngerfest to be held
here this year. Mr.. Barus was elected
leader
VIM. WELLINGTON was arrested Saturday |
night while attempting to break into ChaS |
Eschenbrsnner's house. corner of Mercer
and Vine streets; and George w. Holt was
arrested while attempting to get Yelling
ton out of the Station-houSe. They were
both remanded for sentence.
CHAs. REIcHLE, a barber on Vine street,
near Seventh, Saturday brought suit against
another barber, ]. C. w. Hesse, to recover
10000 damages for an alleged libel uttered
against him by Hesse in saying that he,
Reichle, had stolen watch and was a coun-
erfeiter.
THE Orphan Society of Protestant Ladies
Of St. Johns Church last evening elected
the following officers: Vice President Mrs.
Amelia Groshell Secretary Mrs. s. NJ
Krucker; Committee, Mrs. Eliza Esenlohr
Adelheide Aims, Louisa Meier Henrietta
SNtIuCh BdlCb w oCot SaAo A@ouAoo oAi-
dem Fange.
LLOYD LowNDRs residents of West Vir-
ginia, have filed a petition in the United
States Circuit Court against Hon. Thomas
Ewing member of Congress from the
Lancaster District. 1t is a suit for the re-
covery of $40, ,085, said to be due OH a prom
issory note made by General Ewing to John
s. Carlisle, and by him transferred to the
plaintiffs.
H. D. HERRIcK Is under arrest and will
be tried next Friday on the charge of horse
stealing. John Weishoosen, who made the
charge, claims that Herrick hired horse
from him, and, after keeping it for some
time, refused to pay what he agreed |
Weishoosen then recovered the horse and
locked it in stable, but Herrick soon
broke in and stole it.
MIKE ScULbEY, pedestrian, at Hibernia
Hail. will begin at 9 o'clock tonight to walk
seventy-fve miles in twenty-four hours, in
dependently of his mile an hour. This
same feat he will attempt two days during
each week until one thousand additional
mi1as have happ Walked Carrie Rose hos |