The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-15
LOCAL BREVITIES.

And fiops down into the butter.
THE Orang Utan and Chimpanzee are
with US
THE National Narrow-gauge Railway Con-
yention in this city next Wednesday,
COMPANY H, Robinson Light Infantry, are
about to be paid for services during the last
years riots.
CIGAR manufacturer advertises for boy
strippers. The river shore is lined with EN-
those hot evenings.
THERE are at present two hundred and
forty-eight males and ninety-three females
at the City Work-house.
SUPERINTENDENT STRAUcH has placed
beautiful swan from the Falkland Islands
in the Spring Grove Cemetery.
CORONER DAVIS, of Aurora, Saturday
bound Jas. Lemon over to the Grand Jury
on the charge of poisoning his wife.
GEORGE HEINZ and Gust Leubkert were
fined $3 each this morning for playing bill
iards on Sunday at No. 464 Walnut street.
A FAINTER named Fred. Farrell fell from
Aroof Saturday on which he was at work,
on Mount Auburn, and sustained fatal in
juries.
HUGH SMITH, OF Fayette County, filed a
petition in bankruptcy in the United States
Court Saturday. Liabilities So, 400; assets,
$4,000.
A coLoRED roustabout named Frank
Brady was given a sentence of $200-3O this
morning for stealing pair of shoes from a
companions feet.
THE funeral of Thomas Wheatley, ESQ.,,
one of our prominent pork men, was largely
attended yesterday. 1t took place at the
Catholic Church, Walnut Hills.
Miss ELLA SCOTT, sister of Charles Scott,
of the Gazette, and niece of Captain James
Rutfin, died yesterday at 7 a. m, after pro-
longed suffering from consumption.
MARTIN VoLz, and old pioneer butcher of
this city, died last Saturday at his home,
No. 667 Vine street. He was one of the
founders of the Butchers Association.
Mr.. JOHN CASEY, the young man who was
recently injured pretty severely on the
head by one of those patent flying tops,
has after painful illness, entirely recov-
cred.
A SCRAP FIGHT between two shoemakers,
Jack Mitchell and Pete Cary took place
yesterday morning in Deer Creek Valley,
and, after eight rounds, resulted in a vic
tory for Mitchell.
THE Board of Revision held a meeting on
Saturday to hear from W. B. Folger, late of
the Fire Department. regarding the deficit
of $499. Another meeting will be held on
Wednesday next.
A NEW route has been settled upon a
narrow-gauge steam railway, from the top of
the Elm-slreet Inclined Plane to Avondale |
by way of Burnet Woods, Clifton, and the
Geological Garden.
CHRISTIAN BARDEs, the well-known tan
ner, who has done business over the Rhine
for long number of years, died of dropsy
Yesterday at his home on Stark street. The |
tuneral will take place tomorrow
Col. JosEPHs, storekeeper at Maddux, Ho-
bart & Co. distllery, went to sleep Satur |
day night on bench in front of the door |
On the second floor, and about o'clock in |
he morning fell out and badly fractured |
MS leg.
RICHARD ERERs, an employe at the City |
Stables last Friday night slung around too |
freely with about $500 worth of gold in a
saloon on Elm street, near Fifteenth. He
then took a sleep, and on awakening found |
that his money was gone. Richard now
sees his "erers."
H. B. MoREHEAD, late with George Eustis |
< Co., has opened an Office at No. II West
Third street. as stock, bond and note bro |
ker Mr.. Morehead is young man of such
well known business qualifications and un
firing energy, that his success in his new
venture is fully assured.
A coLoRED MAN whose name is unknown,
swam from Newport to the Big Sandy
Wharfboat at the foot of Broadway last
Saturday. After holding on to the side of
the steamer BOStona for a few moments as
if for u rest he was seen to fall back into
the water and disappear.
CITY SOLICITOR BATES has forwarded his
reply to the request of the Citizens Asso-
ciaton that he begin proceedings for in
junction against the Trustees of the South
ern Railway and Others to prevent the COM
pletion of the road. The Solicitor declines
the request and explains his reasons for so
doing.
Two young colored tramps, named Henry
Wilson and VIM. johnson, arrived in the
CITY last week, and before they had been
here many hours they hadsucceeded in tap
ping the till at the meat-shOp of ]. thinner
man No. 436 Linn street. The money was
foundin their shoes and they were sent out
for nine months each this morning.
THE balloon ascension which Harry Gil
bert and Fred Mussey were to make last
evening from the Lookout House did not
come off Nearly ten thousand people had
gathered to see the two adventures soar
aloft, but when the time for starting came
the balloon would not lift its own weight,
although of thirty ythousand-feet capacity
and Well-nlled WIN gas.
THE different Trades Unions of the city
are making an effort to combine for mutual
protection by forming a Central Labor
Union, by which each trade shall be repre-
sented by delegates. Several meetings with
this object in view have been held and at
the meeting which was held at Turner Hall
yesterday seven of the trades were repre-
sented. The only business done was to ap-
point committees to draw up constitution
for the new organization.
LAST evening note was received by Mrs.
John Walker of No. 40 Hatch street which
purported to be from her husband, printer
at the Enquirer office. The note requested
that she send him $50 in money to the office,
but being suspicious that the thing was a
fraud she sent word to her husband, who
pronounced it forgery The boy who de-
1ivered the note was then threatened until
he told that James Shober and George
Bruce, also printers at the Enquirer office,