The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-26

FEBRUARY 90
LOCAL BREVITIES.

last night to obtain a quorum
DB O'LEARY's lectures at Greenwood Hall
are drawing a crowded house each evening.
PHE Union of Cincinnati Musicians hold
meeting this afternoon at Schumann's
THE Legislative Committee on Pub
lie Institutions are to visit LongveW Asy-
lpm to-day.
AN attempt IS being made to procure a
pedestrian to walk against Mike Sculley at
Hibernia Hall.
The Big Missouri presents decided i'm
provement since the Health Officer took
the matter in hand
MILE ROSE completed her fifty-mile
walk at the Bellevue House in hours, 4S
minutes and II seconds.
THE ordinance of baptism was conferred
upon several new members at the Central
Christian Church last evening.
A sNEAK-THIEF got away with copper
boiler yesterday evening from the residence
of s. Alsfelder No. 266 Clinton street.
MICHAEL CoNNERs of Prospect Hill, fell
last evening between The cars on the Wal
nut Hills Namow-gauge Railroad, and
broke one of his legs.
JAS. LoUCHEIM, charged with obtaining
seven barrels of whisky by false pretenses,
was bound over last evening by Squire
Block to the Grand Jury.
MICHAEL CALVIN, an employe of the Gin
cinnatl Ice Company, suffered broken leg
yesterday evening, while working in the
ice-house of Schaller Il Gerke.
THE ladies of the Episcopal Churches of
this city met at st. Pauls Church this
morning, and under the direction of Bish-
op Jaggar organized for church work.
THE Corrugated Elbow Company of the
United States filed with the Recorder of
Hamilton County yesterday its certificate to
the reduction OF its capital stock from $780,
600 to 100000.
THE sentence of 800 and ten days was
passed this morning upon two more keep
ers of all-night saloons the execution to be
suspended on condition that they close at
midnight hereafter.
BURGLARS at an early hour yesterday
morning made an attempt to enter Gohs'
dry goods store, on upper Main street, by
cutting the wood around the lock. The ap
pearance of some neighbors prevented a
burglary.
THE grocery of Henry Brahm, at No. 1855
Broadway, was entered by burglars last
night by way of the back door, and robbed
of ninety pounds of coffee two boxes of
hcies. The money drawer was found in
the yard.
A FIRE started among the bath-tubs in
the plumbing establishment of A. B. Cooney,
No. 164 W. Sixth street, near Elm street, last
night, and the Gifts, notified by silent
alarm, eXtinguished it without resort to
the use of the engine.
THE suit of 7. C. Campbell against the
Cincinnati Commercial for $4,000, grow
ing out of its Sunday article on the al
leged discovery of Dr. McCarthy's paper
weight in his (Campbell's office, was filed
yesterday in the County Clerks Office.
THE committee appointed to examine the
testimony taken at Baltimore relating to
the charges against the Rev. A. N. Gilbert,
pastor of the Richmond-street Christian
Church, met last evening at the Central
Church, and began the tedious work in
hand
Mr. c. G. HATFIELD, the agent of the Mer-
chants Dispatch Transportation Company,
Of this city, received yesterday from d. NJ.
Magic & Co. of Oxford, Ohio, for consign-
ment to Mr.. Munson, of Liverpool, Eng
land, one of the finest sows Of the prize
breed the Magic" or Poland China hogs.
THE Executive Committee of the Love-
land Sunday school Encampnent were in
session yesterday to make arrangements for
Che meeting OF the Encampment in July
next. Among other business presented was
the programme of the exercises, which in
cludes some of the most earnest and popular
Sunday-school workers in the country.
A BRUSH dynamo-electric machine, of the
illuminating capacity of four thousand
candles, was exhibited last night in the
Cincinnati Type Foundry, on Longworth
street, by DR.. L. r. Longworth, Professor of
Descriptive Anatomy in the Ohio Medical
College The machine will be run in the
foundry on account of the convenience of
power and the wires will be run over to
the college.
THE Miami Medical College Alumni eel
ebrated their annual reunion by supper
at the Hotel Emery, last night, after which
the following officers for the coming year
were elected by the Association: Presi-
aent-Dr J. D. Catch, Glass "a. Vice
Presidents-Dr. c. P, Judkins, ct; DR.. B.
Z. Erdman, 10; DR.. A. B. Courtwright 81;
Or. B, f. Hudson, '57 DR.. H. f. Rowe, '73;
DR.. M. Rooney, &c. Secretary DR.. VIM
yndkins Treasurer, DR.. P. w. Bigney
Executive Commttee-Dr. B. Stanton, Dr.
VIM. ?. Davis DR.. Charles Fairchild.