The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-24
LOCAL BREVITIES.

At st. Paul's Catholic Church $3.50 were
collected last Sunday for the relief OF the
yellow fever sufferers.
A YOUNG MAN named Devenny, who lived
on Walnut Hills was taken to the Hospital
to-day, he showing signs of insanity.
THE Trustees of the Southern Railroad
decided yesterday to allow the representa-
tives of the press to see their minutes.
Mr.. F. w. Gerstle, Secretary of the Pho
neer Association, has given $50 for the
South as a contribution from the Society.
Huston & Co. yesterday received sixty
six bids upon the ballasling grading, repair
of tunnels, wooden bridges, ETC., on the
road.
SEVEN vagrants, who have been sleeping
for some time in the brick yards on Gest
street, were sent to the Work-house this
morning.
H. BRoCKMAN, who hit his young wife on
the head with beer glass a short time ago,
was sent to the Work-houSe for a month
this morning.
THE contract for furnishing our Custom
house with iron for the fourth floor was
awarded to the Phoenix Iron Company OF
Philadelphia.
w. w. SMITH, the attorney who assaulted
Fourth street last week, was fined $50 and
costs this morning.
"a NEWBORN colored boy baby was found
late last night at the foot of Central avenue.
The little fellow was first taken to Third
street Station and then to the Hospital.
JONES JACOB laborer living at 292 West
Front street, got into drunken row last
night and was seriously dubbed over the
head. He is at the Cincinnati Hospital
AN old gentleman, Rev. r. P. Childs, of
Troy, Ohio, was struck yesterday bya stone
hurled through a car window on Conductor
Jones train, this side of Bodkins. Mr..
Childs is seriously hurt. The miscreant is
not known.
c. 3. BLANNETH, one of the parties con-
nected with trial before Squire Eckel re-
specting some pigeons, yesterday, picked up
the cage which contained the pigeons and
started off The other parties gave chase
and Banneth was put under arrest and his
trial set for October ID
A Two-sroRY frame building, situated on
Crown street near Stone, Walnut Hills and
belonging to John B. Benedict, contractor
on the MEANWHILE Narrow-gauge Railroad,
was totally burned down at l o'clock this
morning Loss about 5000. The roof of
George II. Walters house was slightly
burned.
EDWARD NORRIS, who has several times
robbed his mother was arrested last
night for breaking into her bureaudrawer
and stealing $50 in money with which he
took trip to Niagara The mother swore
out the warrant, and upon her statement of
the case this morning the Judge passed
sentence Of $2OO30 upon the boy.
A COUPLE of officers last night arrested
the notorious Nobby Larkin while at the
saloon No. 157 West Sixth street, where he
had knocked down a German, evidently
with the intention OF robbing him; but on
the way to the Station-house Larkln jerked
away and ran. The officers fired several
shots after him, but lie succeeded in getting
away.
THE German Landwehr Society last night
elected the following officers for the en-
suing year: President A. List; Vice Presi-
dent Mr.. Guenther; Secretaries, Hy. Otto
G. Wins and g. Tomohr; Treasurer, H.
Stuhlreyer; Trustees, Messrs. Scholz,
Schmidt and Lake; Finance Committe, DR..
Schaefer, Rev. Ruoff and +. kroell; Physi-
clan, DIR. V. Schneider
Mr.. WILLIAM H SHANNON, a well-known
stereotyper of this city, died last evening
at his mothers home, 457 West Third street.
His loss will be doubly felt by his friends
and relatives, not only because of his youth
(being only twenty-ivel but he leaves
widowed mother and brothers and sisters
Younger than himself, for whom he has
been loyal worker for the past eight years.
ABOUT 3:2O o'clock this morning a fire
was discovered in the rear part of the hay
loft of the Mines Engine-house, Race and
Second streets, and in a remarkably short
time half dozen engines responded to the
alarm, which was Immediately turned in.
1t required about fifteen minutes time to
get the fire under control, but during these
few minutes about $500 damage was done.
It is not known how the fire originated.