The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-03-27
SPRINGFIELD, O.

Frank Wise has Deen released.
Fifteen persons united with the Lutheran
Church last Sunday.
DIR. w. G.. Bryant will soon return to
Springfield and resume the practice OF his
profession.
The Champion City Guards will compete
for the Interstate prize drill, at Cincinnati,
on May 10th.
Last Monday Sheriff Coffin went to
Lancaster with Chas. Cline and Alva
Franklin, boys, for the Reform Farm.
Young Livingstone went into Squire
Hallenback's office this morning and at
tempted to bulldoze the Squire, but got
bounced for his trouble.
A. r. Ludlow will be candidatafrom the
Third Ward. No opposition. Mr.. Buford
has withdrawn from the contest, in favor
of Rev. R. ?. Thomas, for School Board.
Mr. Dudley, who has charge of the target
at the crossing of the Narrow Gauge and
Columbus roads, was attacked Monday
night by a highwayman, but Dudley got
away with his assailant.
LEXINGTON, XIV.
Mrs. Mary E. Curtis returned from the
East last week, being engaged in purchasing
her spring stock of goods.
B. F. Farra has made an assignment to
n p Berry. John Robb has also made an
assignment TO B. F. Milton.
The funeral of Mr. John Clara took place
from st. Paul's Catholic Church Monday
afternoon, and was attended largely.
j. NJ Hooker banker of this city, sus-
pended yesterday. Liabilities $132, 800; as
sets $75, 900 to $4,000. Logan Hooker also
failed; liabilities 100000, assets $4,000.
Mr.. Robert Thompson has taken the en-
tire charge of Mr.. S. Wolverton's stable on
Main street, Bob is clever fellow, and
will always be found at his post, with will
to accommodate.
tition in bankruptcy Monday. The liabili-
ties will reach $132, 500, of which 81 500 is
accommodation paper. The assets aggre-
gate $82500, together with stock in the
First National Consolidated Gold Mining &
Milling Company, of Colorado, to the nom
inal value of $50, 900.
The seven-year-old son of Mr. S. Young
had a very narrow escape from death yes
terday morning. While the 10 a. M freight
train from Mt Sterling was switching, the
little boy attempted to cross the track in
advance of the approaching train, but was
struck by the engine and thrown from the
track; and had it not been that the by
ISLANDERS speedily extricated him from his
perilous situation, no doubt he would have
met an untimely death.
CALIFORNIA, O.
The country is beautiful again..
Some talk about independent candidates.
The prospect for a new railroad station is
growing dim.
Mr.. r.WW. Tice, late foreman of the Miami
Stove Works, at Lawrenceburg, Ind, is at
home.
Local politics make strange bed-fellows,
indeed; of which we have had recent
illustration.
We will have some peaches yet There
will be all other kinds of fruit in abundance
from present prospects.
Dr. Gaines will, in few days. perform an
interesting surgical operation on one of the
citizens of our place. The result will be re-
ported in due time.
HAMILTON.
The concert tomorrow night at the NJ. Z.
Church promises to be something good.
A petition for divorce was yesterday filed
by Laura F. Wilburn against George E.
Wilburn on the plea of willful absence and
neglect of duty.
A citizens meeting is called for tonight
at Beckett's Hall, the purpose of which is
to put in the field city ticket for the com
ing spring election.
Joseph Eager had his preliminary trial
before Mayor Hughes yesterday on the
charge of receiving stolen goods. He was
bound over to the Court of Common Pleas
in the sum of $500.
A telegram was yesterday received from
Speaker James E. Neal, stating that the
Bridge Bill had passed the Senate and was
now a law. Hamilton is now entitled to
demand of the County Commissioners one
half of all taxes levied by them for bridge
purposes on property within the corpora