The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-03-27
LOCAL BREVITIES.

THE Third National Bank has declared {
semi-annual dividend of six per cent.
The Builders Exchange will be formally
opened tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
The Sinking Fund Commissioners bought
$780, of s-30s latest issue of Southern
Railroad bonds.
THE residence of Captain o. p Shinkle
was robbed of lot Of silNerware and jew
etry yesterday.
JUDGE JOHNSTON yesterday set aside the
recent verdict recovered by R. L. J. Miles
and Others against w. @. Coup.
THE High School commencement will be
held this year in the Music Hall instead OF
at Pixies Opera-house as heretofore.
The choir of St Johns NJ. E. Church on
Longworth street. with some outside aid,
gave very interesting concert last even
ing.
THOMAS GLoGHEGAN, brakeman on the
ID. u q. Railroad, broke his ankle yesterday
by jumping from the train as was crossing
Gest street
denned fifteen thousand six hundred
pounds of white fish sent here from On
tario, Canada
examine the case against the Directors of
the Wallner Theater Col. G. Tafel has
taken the matter i'll hand.
Mr. HEDGES who lives at No. 100 West
Fourth street, was suffering yesterday from
the bursting of a varicose blood vessel in
the leg, instances OF which are very unu-
sual.
EMIL KUPFERscHMIDT, who was recently
arrested at Memphis on the charge of coun-
terfeiting, is reported to have admitted his
guilt, and asks to be brought to Cincinnati
to stand his trial
THE first excursion train on the New
Richmond branch of the Cincinnati & East
ern Narrow-gauge Railway will run to To-
basco next Friday. After that date the
train will run regular.
YESTERDAY two young men entered the
saloon of John Neibaum, at 513 Sycamore
Street and while one of them engaged the
attention of the bar-keeper the other stole
some soap and made good his escape.
THE ladies of Mt. Auburn have organized
Temperance society, with Miss Louisa
Johnston as Presdentand Mrs. DIR. Duncan
as Vice President, and propose to fit up a
room for temperance headquarters.
Ar6 o'clock this morning the artesian
we'll at Moerleins brewery had reached the
depth of nineteen hundred feet, and still no
sweet water Mr.. Moerlein thinks, how
ever, that he will secure it in short time.
GUsrAvE HANSON, a waiter, living at 120
Western avenue, was before Court this NOR
ming on suspicion of being connected with
the robbery at 223 Main street Monday
night His case was continued until April
4th.
JNo. LANDERs, of Sixth-street Hill made
fp1 raiH NJ O hpn q fay iobt
ago, and succeeded in getting away with
nine of the tender chickens. His sport was
short lived, however, for this morning he
was fined $25.
A coLoRED YOUTH, who is known by the
inappropriate name of Green, was sent to
the Work-hOuse for ten months this morn
ing, for stealing several fancy articles from
some of the Bucktown mansions and giving
them to his girl.
AN inquest was held this morning on the
body of an unknown German, who was
found at the foot of Plum street, in the
Ohio River, yesterday. A verdict was re-
turned of drowning, in what manner un-
known to the jury
THos LANDNEE, who lives with his wife
and five children at No. 1893 Eastern ave
nue., fell dead yesterday while digging a
cellar on Woodburn avenue Walnut Hills
was, death from heart disease"
THE Sunday school Association connected
with the Presbytery of Cincinnati took
place last night at the Fifth Presbyterian
Church, corner of John and Clark streets
a large congregation was present, and sew
eral interesting reports and addresses were
made.
The Emery Brothers have obtained pos
session of piece of property on Sycamore
street, north of the National Theater and
propose to build two lows of dwellings
there, that will meet the demand of clerks,
statesmen and other people of moderate
means.
THE fire which was signaed from Box
248 at 80 o'clock this morning, was in
smoke house and stable in the rear of the
residence of e. Andres, north side of Har-
rison Pike, about half a mile from the Fair
mount Woolen Mills. Loss about 500. No
insurance.
News from the Ohio Penitentiary says
that Andreas Egner, who with the help of
George Rufer, killed and then cremated
Herman Schilling, is rapidly declining in
health, and that unless a change occurs, he
can not recover Rufer is i'll good health
and denies that he had MANNED himself by
putting his hand in machine.
THE Lexing on Conference of the NJ E.
Church. which closed its session day before
Yesterday in Indianapolis has made the fol-
lowing appointments: W: L. Weir P. F.,
Post-oftice, Madisonville, Hamilton County,
Ohio; Cincinnati, Union Chapel, NJ. W.
Taylor; Covington, J. Courtney; Cheviot
G. w. Board; Cumminsville Circuit, John
Downs; Madisonville and Asbury Chapel
J. Christopher; Springfield, NJ McCoom-
er; Bcllair and Bridgeport, Jesse II. Har-
grave.
Democratic Executive Conn mittee.
The City Democratic Executive Commit
tee met last night in Hibernia Hall.