The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-03-01
COVINGTON.

COVINGTON.
Judge Baxter, recently appointed United
States Circuit Judge of the Sixth Judicial
District, will visit Covington tomorrow
The ladies of the Relief Union are re-
quested to attend the charity ball without
invitations; they are also requested to dres.
in calico.
The Twilights Dancing Circle will erect 8
mammoth platform in the center of Odd
fellows Hall, the night of their mask re-
ception, to place King Carnival on.
It's our painful duty this morning to re-
cord the death of the venerable mother oi
Mr.. Fred. Bierman, which occurred yester.
day. Her remains will be inferred Sunday
Three petitions in bankruptcy yesterday
but as none of them are interesting to Gov
ington people, we will not give their names,
as they are all from the upper counties.
Officer Hardin arrested negro yesterday
and turned him over to the authorities OF
Florence, KY. He is charged with being
participant in shooting affray at that
place.
The City Council met last night and ad-
journed until next Saturday, when the
question in reference to the right of way to
the Kentucky Central Railroad will come
up again.
The Kentucky Conference of the Meth
odist Church (North) will meet in annual
session i'm this city on the 14th of March at
the Union NJ. E. Church, Rev. Mr.. Peak
presiding.
POLICE CoURT.-John Dranner, peddling
without license, So; Rachel Parkert and
Julia Jackson, 500 bonds to keep the peace
for one year; John Mcdowell, disorderly,
dismissed.
The new school-house on Fifth and Phila-
delphia streets is rapidly approaching COM
pletion. The brick work will be finished
this week, and the carpenters will COM
mence roofing next week.
The Weekly Press, under the immediate
supervision of Jerome Williams and Sir
Brigadier De General Hart, is neatly print
ed lately and is gaining reputation for
modesty. The office is now located at 627
Madison street.
The Ladies' Christian Union have made
arrangements to hold aseries of temperance
meetings at an early day. Mr. n i. Blake
whose oratorical abilities need no praise from
us, will conduct the meetings. Greer's Hall
will in all probability be selected for the
occasion.
COUNTY CouRT.-G. A. Bruggeman grant
cd naturalization paper, B. NJ. Piatt and
Robert Richardson filed their commissions
from the Governor as Notaries Public. Rule
issued against c. H. Railey to show cause
why the order heretofore issued appointing
him Deputy Constable should not be cor
rected.
The great suit of Austin Morris for (valu-
able) legal services rendered for Constance
Beeans was settled in Squire Tebbs Court
yesterday, by Austin recovering $40 for his
services, which was for preparing petition
in the Steinborn SANDER suit about two
inches in length. Bee-ans Morris kept con-
stantly at it he should have them, if he has
to hire Lever man to get them.
AT the mass meeting of citizens held last
night at Drexelius Hall, to consider the
proposed amendment to the city charter
relative to the collection of back taxes, the
following resolutions were presented:
Resolved, That we are unalterably op-
posed to any and all amendments to the
city charter by which it is proposed to
create an agent to collect back taxes due
the city.
''The Building Associations of Covington
are benevolent organizations in nature and
object, and have been organized especially
for the benefit of the poor, to whom they
afford a safe deposit for their earnings, by
which they are enabled to save sum of
money sufficient to buy houses and homes
Tor themselves. That Building Associa-
tions, as such, have no interest whatever in
the obligations and mortgages held by them
respectively. But are held alone as prop
erty of members, and are now liable to
taxation by law as the property of indi-
vidual members
just and oppressive to double taxation to
thpcp
property Of the Building Association and
as individual members.
Also, we further especially denounce, as
unjust and monstrous, the provision of the
proposed amendment which seeks to 20
back to January 1st, 1870, and tax now what
was not then taxable. The iniquity of the
proposition is most manifest when applied
to Building Associations many of whom
have long since wound up their business
and dissolved
THAT the provisions of said amendment
proposing to attach the wages of money of
the laboring men for taxes as far back as
1870, by the proceedings in the Kentucky
Chancery Court, imposes thereby in most
cases on the honest labor costs amounting
to more than three times the taxes sought
to be collected. 1t can not be too severely
condemned and denounced for the oppres-
sion it proposes to heap upon the best and
most worthy citizens.
That we are entirely opposed to said
amendments to the city charter of Coving-
ton, and all of their provisions and parts
and most respectfully ask the Legislature
not to adopt, but to reject the same
'That we do, with pride and pleasure
most cordially indorse the course of Hon
c. D. Foote, our Senator, in relation to said
amendments, and do hereby tender to him |
our gratitude for the able and faithful man
ner in which he has opposed and resisted
Ibis unjust and oppressive legislation"
NEWPORT.
= Hon. Judge Menzies, of the Chancery
Court, was in town this morning.
George Skelton of Goodman street, had |
his eyes badly burned Wednesday in Cow
ington.
The Bezirks Turnstag and Vorortssitzung
OF the Cincinnati Turnbezrk takes place |
next Sunday.
A select social and hop will be given this
evening at the residence of Mr.. H. Healey, +
on Mayo street.
Marshal Lock, in whose hands have been I