The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-10
LOCAL BREVITIES.

W viz AAOSPAtuA'
THE funeral of Mrs. R. M. Shoemake
took place yesterday afternoon and wa
largely attended.
A LOCOMOTIVE last evening on the Eggles
ton avenue switch ran into a dray horse
injuring him beyond recovery.
WILLIAM KoPP, the contractor, had hi
hat stolen from him yesterday while attend
ing as witness in the Superior Court.
JOHN WEAVER, a deck-hand on the steam
er Golden Crown. had foot mashed yes
terday while landing some logs at the levee
AN excursion from Greensburg Indiana
will arrive in this city on a visit to the
Geological Garden tomorrow about 10 a. m
THE youngest child of James Morris, who
resides at Fulton, was badly scalded last
Monday by the overtuming of pot of hot
coffee.
THE Butchers Hide Association at their
meeting yesterday adopted resolutions of
regret at the loss of their late fellow-mem-
Der, Frederick ASSET
JOHN D. RUFF Of Camp Dennison, who a
couple of years ago ran off with another
mans wife, is now reported to have returned
and remarked his first wife.
SOME of the Republican members of the
Common Council have called a caucus for
tonight at Oberkline's Hall, on Freeman
avenue, to unite upon some candidate for
City Clerk.
AN inquest was held yesterday evening
on the body OF Samuel P. Murphy, an in
FAINT found dead at No. 81 West Third street
and verdict rendered of death from hy-
arocephalus.
ENGINE Sc, of the Indianapolis Cincin-
mali q Lafayette Railroad, jumped the track
yesterday afternoon, while switching near
Front and Smith streets, and ran into sa-
loon on the corner.
FREDERICK RAUM, of 421 Vine street, lost
a tifty-dollar suit of clothes last evening at
the hands of thief. A young man named
Albert Smith disappeared from that place
at the same time.
H. G. WAGNER, the old man who was ar
rested some time ago on the charge of steal
ing a $50 bolt of silk from Chris. Stein
kamp's store, No. AS Main street. was held
to answer this morning.
The great trotting stallion, Smuggler, will
arrive in this city in a few days. and be
quartered at the Empire Stables for a few
days, under the care of Tom Rogers This
famous piece of horsehesh has record of
2:154.
A LITTLE son of Robert Dawson, residing
near the railroad crossing, Fulton, was ly-
ing asleep in bed yesterday morning when
the bed clothes accidentally caught fire and
before he could be rescued was badly
burned.
CORONER STICH last evening began an in
quest on the body of Alexander Points, the
colored man who died yesterday at the Hos
pital from injuries received at last Sundays
fire. The taking of testimony will be re-
sumed this evening.
HENRY MAYRosE, the alleged burglar of
the store of Phillips & Co., at the corner of
Eighth and Main streets from which lot
Of engineering tools were stolen, was cap
tured last night and bound over to the
Grand jury this morning.
DR.. John BUHRMANN, the retiring member
OF the School Board from the Tenth Ward,
died yesterday. There will be called
meeting of the School Board tonight at the
Council Chamber, to take suitable action
n regard to his decease.
MICHAEL CoNNowAY, the fourteen-year-
old lad who lives at No. "a East Eighth
street, and who was so badly burned at Sun
lays fire on Cheapside street, near Eighth,
is lying in critical condition. His parents
are OF the opinion that he can not recover.
A SUIT was commenced yesterday by Geo.
Crist against Henry NJ. Fuller to obtain
t2O,0 0JO damages, which Crist claims that he
sustained on account of an affidavit sworn
out by Fuller averring that he (Crist) had
forged the name of J. e. Fuller d Co. in
Greenfield, Mich.
THE parties who on last Saturday and
afterwards maliciously made statement in
reference to Mr.. O. A Helman, druggist
at the corner of Sixth and Broadway, have
not met with the success they expected.
Ills character and standing in society as
gentleman is too well known to suffer from
such scurrilOus attacks.
FROM our friend John Karr, formerly of
the STAR but now resident of Little Rock,
Arkansas we have specimen of the fruit
of that locality He calls it cherry, but the
fruit i'll its very immature state, is almost
as large as a common cherry, and has the
appearance of the peach with the leaf of the
cherry. We give it up.
ALBERT SMITH, boarder at No. AZ Vine
street, was arrested at the instance of fel-
low-boarder last night on the charge of steal
ing $26 worth Of clothing. When found he
was in the Hammond-strcet lodging rooms
with the articesn his possession, and when
brought before Court this morning he re-
ceiyed 5000 sentence.
In the Dimmitt trial yesterday Mrs Jane
ELLIS, MIS-. Juuu, anu lne IlOtneT-lll-ldW
and brother-in-law, were called to prove an
alibi, and all four of these witnesses testified
to seeing Dimmitt as late as 10 or II o'clock
on the night of November 11th in New
Richmond The defense also brought evi-
dence to prove that the Commodore letter
was not Dimmitt's handwriting.
URIAH PHILLIPS. prominent citizen of
Red Bank met with an accident yesterday
which will probably cost him his life. He
had taken passage on the Robert Mitchell
for New Orleans and was sitting on the for
ward guards, when suddenly something like
fit came over him and he fell to the lower
deck. When picked up blood was stream
ing from his eyes, nose and ears, and his
right leg was fractured so badly that ampu-
tation was necessary. He was taken to the
Good Samaritan Hospital but his life is de-
SPARED of by the physicians.
THE wedding of Mr.. Charles C. Carpenter
and Miss Clara Wiltshire took place last
evening at the Second Presbyterian Church,
corner Of Elm and Eighth streets. The GER
emonies were witnessed by many of our
most fashionable and cultivated citizens.
The bridesmaids we're Miss Mary Clemons,
Miss Mamie Foster and Miss Lille Carpen-
Ter, sister of the groom. They were es-