The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-14
LOCAL BREVITIES.

JUDGE IAFT DeSan nlS dIBulnehC III VIC
Southern Railroad test case in the Superior
Court to-day.
WIN. FRITZ will be tried tomorrow on the
charge of stealing quarter OF peef from
Even Schoneberger.
THE band at the Highland House yester-
day used string and reed instruments IN
the place of brass ones.
THE fire in the cellar of Hunts Dining
Rooms about 10 o'clock Saturday night,
was caused by defective fiue. Loss slight
A COAT with several valuable papers in
the pocket, was stolen from John Ruehl
No. 1854 Central avenue, sometime during
the night.
JOSEPH JOHNSON, an inhabitant of Rat
Row was given quarters at the Work-house
this morning for thirty days for carrying
concealed weapons
THE Mutual Friends Club will give its
first grand complimentary party tomorrow
evening at Kresz's Northwestern Hall. Al
lens band will be in attendance.
BURGLARS entered the store on the corner
of Liberty and Freeman streets last night,
and succeeded in forcing open the safe, but
obtained nothing for their trouble.
A REPORT of the indianapolis, Cincinnati
& Lafayette Railroad Company, for the
month of September has been filed with
the Clerk of the United States Courts.
MR.R.G. HusToN, contractor for the COM
pletion of the Southern Railroad, has re-
moved his family from Chattanooga to this
city, and has taken house on Auburn av-
enue
THE burning of some rubbish in the eel
lar OF VIM. Teasdales business house, No.
IT'S West Fourth street, was the cause OF
the alarm from Box 80 shortly after noon
yesterday.
HENRY JOHNSTON, on an election wager
had to wheel Adam Hoffman from Frank
Ulsamer's place, on Harrison and Spring
Grove avenues to the Stock-yards, yesterday
afternoon.
THE expedition of Sheriff Wallace Jas
Gilmore, Joe Moses and J. J. Henderson
into Kentucky to find the money plantcc
by Gilmore was all unsuccessful one. A
third trip will soon be made.
THE lively contest which has been car
ried on for the past two weeks at the st
Ludwig promenade concert and festival fol
ladyS gold chain and a gentlemans golt
watch will come to a close at midnight to
night.
FRED KIsTNER, who was prisoner at thu
Hammond-street Station last night, at
tempted several times to commit suicide
while in his cell, and again repeated the at
tempt at the Central Station this morning
He will be locked up until November 1st.
MISSES ANNE and Katie King, two wo
men much under the average size, who re
side in Dayton, KY, say that three mer
entered their house last Friday night anC
attempted to abduct them. They thinl
the alleged kidnapers desired to carry
them away for exhibition.
JAMES GILMORE did not use the oppor
tunity to stay in Kentucky while trying t
find his plant of 900 belonging to thu
United States Express Company. He didn
take into consideration that the Sheriff
could not remove him from the Blue Gras
region unless he consented to be brough
back to Cincinnati.
SIMON MARKS, who was arrested som,
time ago for forging an order on James A
Smith for the delivery of twenty car load
of ice, valued at So, 900, was held to answe
this morning in the sum of 81 900. Severa
letters which were meant for Simon Marks
but were by mistake left by the carrier will
the firm of Marks & Co.. revealed the fac
that this was not his first attempt a
swindling.
A HORSE attached to wagon, belonging t,
e. Glass 4 Co., II Walnut street. took frigh
on Laurel and John streets about o'clocl
this morning, ran down Laurel at furiou
rate, and turning south on Cutter stree
came in contact with the front window o
Pughs grocery, running the shaft through
the shutter and the plate glass; doing yer.
considerable damage, which would hav
been ten times greater but for the fact tina
the shutter was left on, which prevented
the horse from coming into the store. TIL
lines broke and the driver jumped out
hurting himself considerably. A boy VIII
was riding with him remained in an
escaped unhurt.