The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-22
LOCAL BREVITIES.

crushed Dy street car wheel last night.
MICHAEL MERKEL, a lad living in Lick
Rum fell off horse Saturday and broke a
leg.
We have five thousand seven hundred
and twenty-one gas lamps lighted at this
time,
THE camp-meeting on the Loveland
Grounds will begin August 7th, and con-
tinue eight days.
Mrs. PILKINGToN, living at 1867 West
Ninth street, fell from a chair last Saturday
and broke her arm.
CINCINNATI received eighty-two thousand,
one hundred and twenty-seven bushels of
grain day before yesterday.
Mr.. WIN. H. LEWIS, brother of Mr.. Eu-
gene Lewis, of this city, died yesterday
morning at Waukesha Springs.
evening at No. 70 Flint street from the eff
fects of fall from a step ladder.
THE funeral of Mrs. Levina Davis, an old
pioneer lady, took place yesterday from her
late home on John street, near Fifth.
Mr.. JOHN HOLLAND has again been award
ed the contract for supplying the Treasury
Department at Washington with gold pens.
FIVE more young men, for imnodestly eX-
posing their persons by going in bathing i'll
the canal, were fined $40 each this morning.
THE Cincinnati Clearinghouse has adopt
ed appropriate resolutions on the death OF
Mr.. H. r. Bissell, whose demise We recorded
Saturday.
THERE was an immense attendance at the
Geological Garden yesterday. The attrac-
tionS were the two babeS-the monkey and
the sea lion.
A HORSE belonging to the Gambrinus
Stock Company, and also one belonging to
G. M. Herancourt, fell on Egg eston avenue
yesterday from the effects OF the heat.
Mr. BERNARD KIPPENBRUCK, a painter re-
siding on Mount Adams received broken
leg while returning from the excursion
over the Southern Railway yesterday
The Cincinnati Suburban Narrow-gaugc,
which is to run from the foot of the Belle
vue House to Burnct Woods, passes the
Geological Garden and terminates in Avon
dale, is being pushed forward rapidly.
POSTMASTER LoGE it is said is about to
bring suit against certain parties who have
charged him with fraudulent transactions
in his dealings with one of our dry goods
firms while he was in business at Lawrence
:" burg, Ind.
Mr.. w. H. ANDREWS, our popular Fourth
street dry goods merchant, who was re-
Gently shot at Warren, Pa, by a burglar,
will be in the city within day or two. He
has recovered 50 rapidly that it is consid-
cred safe to bring him home.
ABOUT 1870 O'Clock yesterday the resi-
dence OF w. w. BaCkman, on Spring Grove
avenue, near Sassafras street, caught fire
from q defective tiue, and before it could be
extinguished the house was nearly a total
wreck. Loss about S2 900; fully insured.
CORONER STITCH Yesterday swore out a
warrant for the arrest of Herman Tepe, on
charge of numbering Barney Macke last
week, near the Four-mile House, on Read
ing Road Tepe is under guard and will be
brought TO the city on recovering from his
illness.
CHARLES e. EvERsoN, of No. 167 Cutter
street, was seen last evening to stop an old
man named PEPPER near the corner
of Court and Plum streets, and take
from him pocket-book filled with silver.
He dropped the money when caught, but
afterwards owned up to his guilt and was
fined $25.
THE Trustees of the Southern Railway
on Saturday considered the bids for the
completion of the road, and decided that
the bid of r. G. Huston & Co., was the
lowest If Huston 4 Co.'S securities are
found to be good, the Trustees will report
to the Mayor, and he will call all election OF
the people i'll twenty days to vote on it.
G. F. ADAE < Co., bankers, are to-day in
their new and elegant quarters northwest
corner of Fifth and Vine streets. The Ger.
man Savings Institution has long been
known as one of the solid banking houses
of the city, and its new location will be
found much more convenient to its patrons
and the public generally who have busi-
ness at the bank
HENRY LANE and Jacob Ruebbel, who
live near each other on Wade street neal
John, were drawn into quarrel last even
ing by dispute which arose among the
children of the two families When the
conflict ended Ruebbel was lying almost
senseless from a blow on the head, anC
Lane was lying in the Station-house. The
case will be tried July 26th.
AT meeting of the c. c. C. of N. P. the
following named gentlemen were elected
delegates to represent Hamilton County al
the National State Convention held at Co
lumbus, O., Tuesday, July 23d, 1873: 7. 7
MARYLAND, NJ. Spohn, Vim. Multner D. c
Mahoney F. Multner, 6. II. Hilton, Robt
Shannon, C. H. Tothacen, VIM. Wellman,
James Murley, S. +. Cary, f. Wilberding
Geo. Platt, NJ. Burns, j. L. Langlis, II. T.
Ogden
Two young ladies' Mrs John Craw fore
and Miss Emma Jessup, who lives with her
stepfather and mother on Vine street, mex
to Heuck's Variety show, were arrested yes
terday in Hamilton, o., on a telegram from
Detectives Mead and Murray. lis allegec
that the girl Jessup was induced to leave
her home on the promises Of being rendered
a situation on the stage by the lady who ac
companied her and by well known vari
ETY. actor. They will be brought back home
at once.
A GALLIPoLIs merchant named Robt. Ken
nedy reported last Saturday that he haC
been robbed of nearly $i00 while at thu
house of Matte Hopkins, on LongwortI
street near Plum. Two of The inmates 0
the house were soon arrested on suspicion
and one of them (Rose Ewell) soon after
ward "squealed' and made known th
whole affair. Her story is that Geo. Far
the porter of the house. and Charles Redo
had taken the money during the night anC
divided it with her The men were arrested
$27U were recovered, and all of the partie
will be given trial tomorrow