The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-01

Out with your numbers and door-plates
To-day letter-carrier entered this town for
the first time. Yesterday three letter-boxes
were put up, one on the corner of John and
Wilson streets, another at l.. Romanowitz's S
grocery, and the third at G. Moser's grocery.
From this day letters will be delivered at
the places directed, What do you think of
West Covington now?
SPKINGF1ELD. o.
Phillips & Barr have a lot of large photo
graphs in their window.
There were good many drunks and dis
orderlies Saturday night and Sunday.
Sam. Elkins house was entered Sunday
and about $l3 taken. No clue to the
thieves.
Grmaldi and three or four others of the
Humpty Dumpty troupe signed the pledge
Sunday night
H. F. Clarke & Co. began to-day to close
out their stock of hardware at cost, as they
intend to retire from the business January
1st, 1879.
A fight occurred on Clifton street Satur-
day night between two colored women and
three colored men. A couple of the men
were pretty badly used up.
There was row on High street at late
hour Sunday night, in which colored man
and two white men were the participants.
One white man was bruised pretty badly.
Yesterday afternoon, while the men were
grading on the Narrow Gauge, horse at
tached to cart became frightened at the
cars and jumped over the bank, a distance
of about seven feet, with the man on top of
the cart. The man was seriously injured.
LEXINGTON, ky.
The much-abused trade dollar is now
taken by our merchants at par.
Miss Ella and Lucy Lyons, of this CITY,
are visiting friends at Louisville
DR.. H. NJ. Skillman arrived home last
evening from his European tour.
The beautiful Ashland estate, the prop
erty of the Kentucky University, has been
rented to Mr.. John Cahill of this city.
Rev. E. H. Prosser, we'll known in this
city as temperance lecturer, has accepted
a call from the Worthsville congregation.
The Ashland House, of this city, which
was built only few years ago at a cost of
over $50, 900, was sold Saturday at auction
for $l1 ,285.
A carriage occupied by six young ladies
was upset on the Nicholasville Pike, two
miles from this civ, Sunday evening
Fortunately none of the parties were in
jured.
The bursting of a coal-oil lamp in Mrs. |
Gugglsberg's clearinghouse late Saturday |
night came near producing disas rous fire |
The timely arrival of some of the boarders
saved the house from destruction.
A horse attached to buggy, the property
Of Mr.. Allen, took fright Sunday afternoon
on Winchester street. The harness was
torn to pieces and the vehicle badly dam
aged before the animal could be quieted.
The interior of the Main-street Colored
Baptist Church presents very neat and at
;ractive appearance. The ceiling and walls
nave been painted and the pews convent
entity arranged to accommodate the largest
audience.
BELLEVUE Ky.
Mr.. Dave Munce is visiting P. F. Geno-
way, Jr.
A business meeting of the temperance
OlkS tomorrow night.
The ball at Wendoth's hall last night was
airly attended by he young men, The
air sex wss considerably in the minority.
Mr.. Pat Mullen, one of our popular gro
cry men, has donated barrel of flour to
he Committee on Yellow Fever, to be dis
,osed of as they see fit in aid of the cause.
Atthe meeting in the Council Chamber
asst night it was resolved to give a concert
nd reading one a week from Friday A
ood programme will be given, which will
e announced in few days.
A BOLD ATTEMPT AT RoBBERY.-Sunday
vening at o'clock a well-dressed man
allied at Mr.. w. Fl. Nixon's residence, on
terry avenue, and handed Mrs Nixon the
blowing note:
NEWPORT, KY, Sept. 20.
DEAR BRoTHER-Please come to house
you and your wife. Jim is
ot expected to live. Your sister, {
MAGGIE NIXON.
"Please answer by bearer"
Mrs. Nixon at once informed her hus- :
and and they both started to Monmouth
rect, Newport where Mr.. James Nixon c
esides, and there found that that gentle !.
ian and family were visiting friends in I
incinnati. Mr. Nixon then thought every
llng was not right, and instantly returned
ONE and found both gates, front and rear,
1T open, the windows pried in vain eff |
'rt to effect an entrance. A valuable dog J
eing left in the house, his continuous
arking had good effect in soaring the +
urglars away much sooner than they v
ould otherwise have gone. A party is
lspected, and close watch is being kept. !,
DAATON, ky.
Council did not meet last night c
Two tramps entered Mr.. Howard's kitchen
lnday evening and were helping them q
Ives to cake when girl came in and fright +,
led them away. Later in the evening the h
ri ate some of the cake and was taken
olently sick, leading to the supposition
lat the cake had been poisoned. With DIR. 0
,hoolfield's assistance she was soon re- u
eyed. Nothing more was heard of the u
amps.
AS mode of conveyance our dummies +
e failure, but as source of illimitable u
n they are success. The 6:1O dummy s(
is morning attempted to push before it q,
he of the old bob-tailed street cars filled Il
ith passengers All went well until DR.. g
vthian's field YVES reached when the bob
il jumped the track, knocked down the
nee and run its nose into the corn field,
le excitement was intense the passengers
ing piled up promiscuously, but no bones m
ere broken. That dummy line is funny DIS
ing-and fraud. CT
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