The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-19
LOCAL BREVITIES.

"THK melancholy days have" bangl
There, take his body and throw
IT down in the vault with all that gang
4 Who pulled 'The last rose OF summer, or sang
Their death songs in Beautiful Snow.
IoEN McGILI, who was arrested on the
charge of selling with short measure, was
dismissed this morning.
GRACE MARTIN, five years DID, fell from
sione wall in Columbia yesterday after
noon and broke her collar bone.
THos. STACK, an old offender, living at
No. 156 West Fifth street, was given SEN
tence Of 5000 this morning for abusing his
wife.
A HORSE and buggy belonging to Mr.. Z.
A. Thompson, of Jeffras Seeley y Co., was
stolen last night about IL o'clock on the
Walker Mill Road.
A GALL has been extended to Rev. Frank
LIN 8 Fitch, of Stratford, Conn, to take
charge of the pastorate of the Seyenth-street
Congregational Church.
JAMES Cross picked up coat which
workingman laid down on the wharf, few
days ago, and went out to the Work-house
for month this morning.
SERGEANT WEBER, of Bremen street, gave
Ass%sre thrashing to a rowdy who insulted
him and his wife while coming down Race
street this morning from the police picnic.
JAMES FITZGERALD, while under the in
fuence the other night, stole an auger from
carpenter on West Sixth street, for which
he was sent out for thirty days this morn
ing.
THE Hamilton County Agricultural As
saciation will pay the Fair premiums on
Saturday or any date thereafter at Colonel
Hills Office, Nos. % and "a East Third
street,
THE German Literary Club had a regular
meeting last evening at Hofman's Wine
house, DR.. Nickles read an interesting pa
per on 1.-THE Influence of the Mind on the
Body"
THE Cincinnati Orphans Society will
take possession of their new quarters in the
building of the German Mutual Insurance
Company, corner of Twelfth and Walnut
streets
GEssNER, the man shot by Officer Mitchell,
of Bremen-street Station, at the corner OF
Plum and Fifteenth Streets some time ago,
has recovered from his wound, but is now
hid up with dropsy.
The Electrical Society held its regular
monthly meeting last evening DR.. L. r.
Longworth read an interesting paper upon
the microphone, and Mr.. Fitch, of Illinois,
smother on the chlorine battery.
JOHN KING, JR, receiver of the O. e. M,
r. B., has filed his report of the receipts
and disbursements of the road during the
month of August as follows: Receipts, $327,
6z1 40; disbursements, 1927, ,571 40.
THE date on which Judge Swing, of the
United States District Court is to appoint
the Supervisors from the list selected by
the Republican Committee has been
changed from next Tuesday until to-mor-
row.
MATTE Bowers, of Court street, near Elm,
w#s brought before United States Commits
sioner Hooper yesterday, charged with
opening letters that she had no right tC
open. Her case was continued till next
Saturday
A. ]. LINDSEY, salesman living at No. 9(
Eock street, was arrested last night on {
warrant charging him with assaulting
Thomas Teller, and then serving his mother
and sister in the same way. The case wa.
continued until September oath.
TrE Exposition Commissioners held {
meeting yesterday afternoon, with Presi
dent ]. ]. Henderson in the chair. Severa
plans for securing the remaining necessary
funds towards completing the building
we're offered and laid over for consideration
< The Commissioners having no other busi
Sess on hand, then adjourned.