The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-27
COVINGTON.
The charity ball is all the talk.

Social tonight at st. aMarys Hall.
Gus Vessing has started hack-stand in
front of the Clinton Hotel.
We regret to chronicle the serious illness
of the infant son of Mr.. Henry Tarvin
The water will be turned off tonight all
over the city in order to repair the pipes.
Miss Alice Babbitt of Miamisville, Ohio,
is the guest of the family of Mr. George
Keen.
Henry Bostwck, ESQ.,, Clerk of the
United States Court, left for Louisville yes
terday.
March the 7th the soup house will close,
to the regret of the many suffering poor in
this city.
Mr.. Henry Bostwick the great manipu-
lator of Sherman Bummers, is in Louisville
on business.
The favorite horse of the sixth-street
Hose-house is in the hospital from severe
kicks received few days since.
A gold cross, lost at the Avon Dancing
Clubs reception, can be had by calling at
at the u S. Commissioners office
Elizabeth Axler, resident of the West
End was adjudged lunatic this morning
in the County Court by Judge Phelps and a
jury.
Captain J. w. Reilly, the man that is to
act as King of the Carnival at Mardi Gras
in Memphis, passed through the city last
night
Collector Holden this morning seized a
barrel of whisky in Jac. Steinborn's saloon,
on the charge that it was not properly
stamped
People would imagine that this is an age
of lunacy, judging from the number of lu-
h,., 81
three in two days.
The Gem Baseball Club has been ten
dered a benefit by the Merry Companions
Dancing Club, 1t takes place at Drexelius
Hall Saturday night.
Captain Henry De Bostwick, with his
usual generosity, has kindly donated the
bookcase back to Mrs S. N. Hawes that was
raffied off for her benefit.
We wonder, if Whitney was elected
County Assessor, whether the county would
be compelled to enforce new law 10 make
provisions for his salary.
Mr.. F. M. Calkins, the Samuel J. Tilden
of Kenton County, and late proprietor Of
the defunct Ticket, leaves for his home in
East Rockport, O., tomorrow.
James NJ. Holten of Bracken County,
filed his petition in bankruptcy this morn
ing, with Sir Henry Major General Briga-
: dier E. E, Bostwick. Liabilities, $997; as
Sets 1915.
PoLtcE CoURT.-Ed. Stephens carrying
concealed weapons, and assault and battery,
$105; Ernst Niebush, drunk, 81 so; Ed
Stephens was also bound over in the sum of
$3.50 to keep the peace for one year, on mo-
tion of Ellen Bird
Mrs Rachel Herndon, widow of the late
Walter S. Herndon, of Black Lick Station,
died yesterday morning of paralysis, at the
age of sixty The funeral takes place at 2
O'Clock tomorrow from her late residence.
The Covington representative of this pa
per tenders his most sincere thanks to the
boys of the Gem cigar-store for the token of
their regards presented to him last night.
Fer tue boys, to the ties that bind us,
l accept with thanks your generous gifts,
For in my new profession
need such noble, useful lifts
John Whitney, that bifurcating City AS
SCISSOR, wants, from all appearances, to
monopolize the Assessorship of Kenton
County. Mr.. Whitney already is City As
SCISSOR, and we think that one office at
time is sufficient for any man to hold. His
official career has not been very profitable
one for the city, and it is hard to tell what
his County Assessorship would be.
At the meeting of the City Council last
bondsmen of Ex-Treasurer Stone was re-
ported.
The contract for Lighting the street lamps
was awarded to the Hemingway Glass Com
pany.
The right of way from the western cor
+poration line to Scott street, was granted to
the Cincinnati Southern Railway for
twenty-five years.
Five miles per hour was made the
oct r1t IN Of of u,hia
be run through the city.
The ordinance granting the right of way
to the Kentucky Central Railroad from its
present terminus to some point on the Ohio
River, was referred to the people to be
voted upon next August.
NEWPORT.
DR. Waddy Thompson leaves this evening
for an extensive tour through the South,
Joseph MORTAL and Louise Schneider are
in receipt of the necessary documents to
wed
The Newport Assembly entertained their
friends in gorgeous style at Smalley's Hall
last evening.
The Kaelin Dramatic Club gave choice
entertainment to a crowded house at Red
Mems Hall last night.
Mr.. J. Stapleton sprained his arm last
evening by falling through the hatchway
OF Col. A. D. Smalley's stable
Miss Jennie Hinton, after pleasant stay
with her friends in this city, left this morn
ing for her home at Peterborough, Va.
The funeral Of Mrs Margaret Hester,
from the Church of the Immaculate Con-
ception, this morning, was largely at
tended.
Engine No. 10 on the Short Line Road
E broke one of her driving wheels this morn
ing by having it caught in frog. She was
taken to the shops for repairs,
Steps are being taken by the father, of Tim.
Shannon for the arrest of Lieutenant Cotting-
ham on the charge of mayhem. We under
stand A. w. Root has the case in hand.
Catherine Walsh, residing on WALNUT