The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-03-20
LOCAL BREVITIES.

night before last by the explosion of a lamp.
A MAN named O'Connell had his leg bro
ken on the Narrow-gauge Railroad, Walnut
Hills, yesterday, by falling between the
cars
DIR. O'LEARY's lectures at Robinson's
Opera-house are drawing immense crowds.
The lecture tonight is the last one that will
be free.
VIM. SAVAGE and VIM Taylor stole 50
worth of iron from the canal last week, and
went to the Work-house for a month this
morning.
COLONEL SNELBAKER has offered 800 re-
ward for the arrest and delivery to this city
of Daniel Flanagan, alias "Brickbat Dan,"
and John Carr.
A FoUR-YEAR-oLD girl named Caroline
Kurtz, residing at No. AZ Milton street, was
seriously injured by falling down coal
chute yesterday.
THE Confederate soldiers of New Orleans
have favorably received the proposition to
Join the Union veterans in reunion at
Cincinnati next fall.
A COUPLE of freight trains ran into each
other on the NJ. x G. Road at the Liberty
street crossing. The cars were somewhat
injured and several hogs killed.
THE Board of Work-house Directors, at
their regular meeting yesterday, ordered
the advertising for bids for 10000 bushels of
coal and for prison labor in gangs of 50, 100
and 150.
WE have before US handsome card of in
vitatlon for grand masquerade party, to
be given at the residence of NJ. Goldsmith,
Esq, No. II Clinton street, on Sunday even
ing, March oath.
the constable who
broke into the house No 456 East Front
street to take trunk without warrant,
was fined $25 this morning, and the parties
who accompanied him will pay $15 each.
A MEETING will be held next Monday at
the Young Mems Christian Association
Hall to discuss a projected Gospel Taber
nacle tent. 1t is proposed to erect tent
capable of accommodating one thousand
persons
THE February number of the Monthly
Bulletin, now published by the Public Ii
brary, will be out in about week Pa
irons Of the Library will find it great con-
venience to secure this publication, as it
appears monthly.
A sMAsHuP took place at the O. & NJ De-
pot yesterday. Henry Byermann's team of
mules, true to nature, became unmanage-
able and carried the wagon in front of the
locomotive. Result, dead mule and an
annihilated wagon
THE loss of two sets of harness, which
were stolen from the stable of Weilkamp,
at LA Baymller street on Mardi Gras night,
has been charged to the account of 4. Roth,
who lives at 502 West Ninth street. and to
this charge he will answer March 23d
JAMES McDERMorr, a single man, twenty
nine years OF age, was taken suddenly sick
in a saloon on Vine street yesterday and
conveyed to the Hospital, and died in a few
minutes after reaching that place. An in
quest will be held tomorrow evening
OSCAR S. LovETT and Joseph L. Adams
were arraigned before Judge Swing in the
United States Court yesterday, on ndict-
ments charging them with the fraudulent
signing and execution of cigar and tobacco
bonds. They were each held over in 81 600
bail
THE glove fight between Joe Fellows and
Frank Schonfeld was not fought out last
might, owing TO the fact that Mr. Schick-
ling, when he permitted them to go on the
stage, labored under the misapprehension
That the contest was nothing more than a
sparring match. Only five rounds were
fought.
AT joint meeting of the Hamilton Coun-
ty Commissioners and the Commissioners
of Dearborn County, Ind, yesterday, it was
resolved to repair the bridge over the White,
water River at Harrison, Ind. The cost OF
the repairs will amount probably to 81, 00C
or $1,000.
The Ohio Colored Conference of the NJ
E. Church was in session yesterday and last
evening at Union Chapel on Seventh
street Aaron Green, Daniel Tucker, JESSE
HaIgrave and Vincent Smith were elected
Elders, and nine others admitted as cand
dates for Elders and Deacon's orders.
FRED. HERMAN, who lives at the corner o.
Fourteenth and Bremen streets, and who is
employed at Muller & Cosgreve's malt
house, corner of Pike and Pearl streets, wa.
taken to the Hospital last night in an in
sensible condition from the effects of some
blows on the head, alleged to have beer
dealt to him by the boss malster.
THE Prosecuting Attorney of Knox Coun
ty appeared in the United States Court yes
terday and made application for the release
Of John w. Scott, who is now prisoner il
our Jail, in order that he might be taken tt
Mt. Vernon and there tried for murder il
the first degree The request will probabl,
be granted, since the case is an aggravated
Dne
JAS FoGARrY, JR, member of the com
mittec appointed by the butter men few
weeks ago, yesterday caused the arrest o
John Steeter, huckster who lives at No
3Saebler street, and has stand on Sixtl
street, between Elm and Plum, on th
charge of selling the substance called oleo
margarine in packages which were no
marked according to law. The trial will
lake place the 23d inst.
AN octogenarian citizen passed away yes
terday, in the person of Mr.. Joseph Sites
who died at the residence of his sister, Mrs
Sarah Petit, No. IL Sargent street. last eve
ming. He was born here just eighty-fou
years ago. The father of the deceased bull
The first Jail in Cincinnati on Fifth street
stone structure. Mrs. Petit his sister, j
n her eighty-eighth year. The deceased j
m uncle of Mr. Lee Petit, of the Wheelin
packet Hudson. The funeral will tax
place at 2 p. m. tomorrow.
AN unsuccessful attempt to wreck q trai
was made last evening on the Little Mian
Railroad near Xenia Just before the tim
tor the evening train to pass, which arrive
here at p. m., the wou1d-be wreckers an
wholesale murderers fastened a rail an
Across-tie on the track, but fortunately th