The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-05-21
LOCAL BREVlTIES,

Tomorrow as the County Board of Equal
iZation.
ABOUT two hundred representatives o
the Red Men visited the Geological Gardel
to-day.
Two rolls of zinc were stolen from the
store of f. I. Foster, No. 132 Vine street
yesterday,
THE rear billiard room of Phil Tieman's
Nos. 2lO and 2l2 Vine street, has been fitted
up as pool room.
COLLECTOR LEW. WE1rzEL has returned
from Washington, leaving his case in the
hands of the Senate.
Mr. W. L. WRIGHT, of Newport who has
been missing for some time, has revealed
himself in St. Louis.
ALL business presented to Council by the
Board of Public Works will hereafter be re-
terred to the Council Committee.
Mrs. PLATT EvENs, SR., long known in
Cincinnati, died last evening, at the resi-
dence OF T. Eyens, Jr, Covington.
SEVEN County Auditors met the Presi-
dent and Auditor of the NJ 4 G. Railroad
yesterday, to fix the assessment of the NJ.
& c. Road
THE ladies of the Art Museum are receiy.
Ing offers OF curiosities almost daily to fill
the shelves and inches in the. different de-
partments of their Exhibition.
H. c. ATKINSON, for picking the pocket of
Anna Smith of S3 10 at the Music Hall Sat
nrday afternoon, was given sentence Of
300 and thirty days this morning.
THE County Commissioners made their
stated examination of the County Treasury
yesterday and found the the total amount
OF cash, vouchers, etc, to be $302, ,304 "A.
A SPECIAL dispatch from Columbus, Ohio
announces the death of Rev. John Meara of
consumption Of the bowels. The deceased
was a student OF Mount st. Mary's, this
city.
AT the pedestrian match between Miss
Carrie Rose and John Won Hillern, at Tur-
ner Hail. Cumminsville, Miss Rose made
the remarkable time of 100 miles in 26
hours and 10 minutes.
WIN. ScubLY and Mike Burke were caught
at an early hour this morning, filling their
skill with iron from the scrap pile back of
the Water-works. Their names were put
on the docket for May oath
THE Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Company of Milwaukee, brought suit in the
Y. ). Circuit Court yesterday against thirty
five persons of Columbus, Ohio, to foreclose
mortgage and recover $4,000.
A THIEF yesterday had removed the lock
from desk in the law office of Gen. Heath,
On Main street and was about to procure
some plunder Of value, when a clerk entered
and interrupted the proceedings
RUNNING, jumping leaping with pole
quoit-pitching, sack racing and mule racing
will be among the sports to be inauguratcd
the 10Th of June at Chester Park under the
patronage Of the Caledonian Society.
JAS. MCMAHON was found in Covington
yesterday attempting to sell ten boxes of
cigars which had been stolen from H. j.
Shinkle Il Co, OF this city. His sentence
this morning was $500 and thirty days.
VIM. ScHoTT, a fireman on the Westwood
Narrow-gauge fell from the tender III Fair
mount yesterday afternoon, and was run
over. He was taken to the Cincinnati Hos
pital and last night his left leg was ampu-
tated.
The orang-outang, which will be on ex-
hibtion at the Ioo-Ioo from the middle of
June to the middle Of July, is the largest
ever brought to this country. The chin
panzee is also wonderful animal and cost
the Garden large sum of money.
A TELEGRAM from indianapolis was re-
ceived by Chief Zieger yesterday, stating
that Travis, WeaEer and Doherty, the men
who had been accused Of the kunkel MUIR
der were released from custody and would
start tor Cincinnati on the evening train
ED. LALLEY was arrested in Covington
yesterday, lodged in Hammond-street Sta
ton last night, and this morning started for
warren County in company with the Mar
snail de Is wanted on the charge of vio-
latlng the person Of a deaf and dumb girl.
ALL parties knowing of soldiers or sailors
buried in st. J0seph's or St. Peters Gene
terry will please leave the location of grave
or date of burial with T. ]. Mulvihil1, on
Sycamore street, or J. J. Sullivan, Central
avenue and they will see that those graves
are properly decorated.
JOSEPH CooE the Boston lecturer, drew
medium sized audience at Pixies Opera
house last night. Dr. Walden introduced
the speaker with few appropriate remarks;
after which Mr.. Cook spoke at length in
opposition to materialism. He lectures to-
night on docs Death End ALP"
KATIE KRAMER, nine-year old girl was
brought before Court this morning on the
charge Of stealing pocket-book containing
rs III money, from residence on Race street.
rhe girl pleaded guilty. and stated that she
was compelled to steal by her father AL
ready she said, she had stolen half dozen
pocket-books, and when this was made
known to the Judge the arrest of the
ather was ordered.
G. J. SImIoNDs, carriage manufacturer on
John street, some time ago bought five bar
rels of varnish from c. T. Donovan, who
represented himself as agent for a Chicago
factory Yesterday evening a suit was in
stituted before Squire Lee by the Chicago
firm for the recovery of the amount of the
bill, showing that Donovan was a swinder.
Mr.. Simmonds was bound over to the Grand
jury in the sum Of 81, 600.
FRANK BLOOM an nemp!oye Of Bruckmans
brewery, Twenty-tifth Ward, yesterday at
tempted to show a companion how to use
:cythe, and while doing so had his arm jos
tied, when the blade slashed into the feshy
part of his left arm, severing an artery. The
wound was dressed and the flow of blood
stopped. Last night, however, the wound
began bleeding afresh, and it is feared that
the drain OF blood may prove fatal.
Gus. STEVENS shifted the smell of smold-
sring embers on Sixth street last evening.
He was about to grab clerical gentleman
in front of him, and yell fire" when he
found that it was his own raiment that
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