The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-03-08
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Mr.. George Barbee made an assignment
| yesterday He was an extensive cattle
dealer near Paris.
Wash. Morrow and Lutte Fogle had a fist
fight on Tuesday evening. Morrow was
fined, and Fogle was discharged.
| The creditors of B. B. Grooms held a
meeting at the Phoenix Hotel yesterday.
No agreement could be reached The estate
will be settled by the assignee
| Michael McGhee, laborer on the Louis
vile Railroad, was killed by the cars within
the city limits, yesterday He wa attempt
ing to remove some tools from the track,
when he was struck and thrown under the
wheels of the locomotive. Both legs were
severed. He died instantly.
Chan. Retiker, who is organizing grand
equestrian troupe at the Fair Grounds, is
about ready to 60 into training. His In
dians and musicians will be here in the
course OF ten days. He has purchased q
pack of fifty fox hounds with which he
purposes making some fine sport.
A shooting affray in Yelmantown on Sun
day night resulted in the shooting of Frank
Edwards (colored) by Dan. Thomas (col-
ored), and severely cutting of Dan. in the
arm by Joe Burns (colored). 1t appeared
in evidence in the Recorders Court that the
shooting and cutting was accidental, with
no intention of inficting such serious
wounds. The cases, curious to relate, were
dismissed.
HAMILTON.
Edgar Brant continues quite i'll.
T. V. Howells is confined to his room
from illness.
The will of Peter Gulden was yesterday
admitted to probate.
A shooting match came off yesterday af-
ternoon in the vicinity of the Variety Iron
works.
The Young Mems Gymnasium is about
removing into the hall over Flenner Il
Betz's new hardware store ON High street.
Miss Florence Shafer was appointed at
salary of $50 per month to fill the position
made vacant by MIR. Richter in the Public
Schools.
A suit for damages is likely to grow out
of the late boiler explosion at the Miami
Distillery. Lawyers have been retained by
the Morton family relative to the matter
The Butler County Medical Society met
yesterday in the Courthouse. After the
usual routine of business and exercises the
Society adjourned, to meet at the same
place on the first Thursday of April
Yesterday afternoon large sign, painted
by Nat. Talbot, for the firm of Flenner &
Betz, which was being hoisted to it's place,
fell a distance of thirty feet crushing the
iron grating in front of the building.
Strange to say, the sign was little injured,
and another attempt will be made to-day to
put it in position. 1t was forty feet by
three in size. Fortunately no one was in
jured, although there were quite number
standing around.
SPRINGFEELD. o.
Mr. W. R. Calhoon, Of Pittsburg is in the
city
Mr. George Seffell has returned from
business tour.
The Common Pleas Court was not in ses-
sion yesterday.
Mr.. Eichelberger, Urbana attorney, was
in the city yesterday. -
Officer Lang arrested Hiram Coleman
here h yesterday. He is the Urbana pelt
thief.
On the first day of April Joshua Gore will
remove his hat store into the room now oc-
cupied by Livingstone.
The jury in the case of Price vs. Rice,
after being out twentX-four hours, were un-
able to agree and were discharged. They
stood to g.
MAYORS CoURT.-James Hennesy, disor-
derly, 81 and costs; Frank Weigan, same,
81 and costs; J. r. Jones, drunk, days and
costs; }. s. James, same, S days and costs.