The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-01
LOCAL BREVITIES

OuSly Ill.
DR. MORTON, the stiff raisers real name
is George A. Christian.
JACK DRIVER and Mamie Lord have been
released from the Jail on giving bond.
Mr.. w. H. ANDREWS is still improving
His physician has returned to this city.
LEWIS BuRK was bound over to the Grand
Jury this morning for stealing watch from
Pat. Chilling.
THE venerable mother of H. Thane Mil
Ter died last night on Mt Auburn in the
eighty-eighth year of her age.
IT is said that clerical crookedness to the
amount of $500 has been discovered in the
books of the late Clerk Of the Fire Commits
sioners.
THE Cincinnati Pioneers will celebrate the
Fourth Of July as usual. They meet in the
Council Chamber on the afternoon of the
Fourth.
MRS L. NJ HUKILL has obtained decree
of divorce from her husband, Mr. s. Hukill,
on the grounds of extreme cruelty and gross
neglect.
CHIEF ZIEGLER has issued an order forbid
ding the use of tire-crackers and similar
stuff on the Fourth OF July within the
city limits
MATT. RAFFERTY,, Chas Brazier and Chas
Hoffman, three of the gang that robbed
Motifs jewelry store, have been captured in
Louisville
ED X. WooDs, q nephew of DR.. J. c.
Kerr, was accidentally shot through the
hand by his cousin, while out target shoot
ing Saturday.
SEvENrY-FoUR wrong doers and ordinance
breakers were arrested during Saturday and
,lnx 4 tN ,air in ha
Police Court this morning
On Saturday last, an unknown tramp en-
tered the residence of William Doherty, in
Valley junction, and stole 500 and gold
ring. He was not captured.
IT is claimed that the sulphuretted hy-
drogen proceeding from Moerlein's artesian
is having deleterOus effect upon the in
habitants of the neighborhood of the brew
cry.
CLARENCE DAY, a driver on the John
street line and boarding at No 595 Central
avenue, took laudanum yesterday to put an
end to his existence, but the quantity was
too much, and he still lives.
Mr.. JOHN IMwALLR, who lives on Pendle
ton street, had his pockets picked of 81 yes
monies of the laying of the corner stone of
st. Francis de Sales Church.
EpH. HOLLAND and Arthur Duffy have
forsaken the Democratic ranks and now pro-
pose to go over to the Republicans, The
Democrats do not miss them, although HOl-
land says he carries the ward in his pocket.
IT is currently reported on the streets of
Newport that 8lr. f. G. Megrue, Ex-Chief
of the Cincinnati Fire Department, is to
take charge of the Newport and Cincinnati
Pipe Company, which is located in New
port.
EUREKA HALL was we'll filled with the
friends of the Hebrew Union College yes
terday afternoon, who had gathered to lis
ten to the well arranged programme and
to witness the young graduates receive their
degrees.
THERE was a meeting of the German So
cialists yesterday afternoon for the purpose
of trying the charges of unsocialistc con-
duct against Mr.. H. Ende editor of the
Volkszeitung. Considerable talk was in
dulged in but no conclusion reached.
Mr. JOHN R. WRIGHT withdraws from the
firm of Hughes. Wright & Co., bankers. He
has disposed of his interest to his former
partners H. w. Hughes, VIM. Sumner and
Augustus Vessel, who will hereafter con-
duct the business under the style of H. W.
Hughes & Co.
A PART of the jewelry which was stolen
from the Arcade has been recovered from
pawn-shops in Covington and Louisville,
and the remainder from the four young
men who were arrested at the latter
place This morning John Mcmahon,
Charles Wilson and Chas. Brazier waived
their examination, and Mat Rafferty, will
be tried next Wednesday.
DETECTIVE LARRY HAzEN has Just re-
turned from the western part of the State
where he hunted out and arrested three
young men named Henry Groutrell, Henry
Pearson and Hezekiah Phillips, charged
with attempting to wreck trains on the
Dayton & Western Railroad. The prison
ers were all tried before Squire and bound
over to the Prebe County Court.
A YOUNG son of VIM. Schell, of ColeraiI
Township, near New Baltimore, was seized
with such terrible spasms that it required
the assistants of two or three men to hole
him, and in spite of their efforts he entirely y
demolished his bedstead. These spasm,
came on at intervals for the space of three
days, and when they were at their height
the boy would bite at any object within his
reach as in a case of hydrophobia. At pres
ent the boy is better and his sickness is sup
posed to have been the effect of eating toe
many green apples.
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