The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-23
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LOCAL BREVITIES. .

OLD King Coal is jolly old SOUL
And the monarch of many mines;
He holds good cheer throughout all the year.
And revels in richest OF wines.
But the miners cabin is dark and drear,
And the wolf howls loud at his door:
For old King Coal, the jolly old soul,
He taketh small heed OF the poor.
A SILVER WATCH and $13 in money were
stolen from ChaS, Mullen yesterday.
THE thermometer in the outskirts OF the
city at 80 this morning stood one degree
above zero.
JACOB JACOBS, one of the parties to lively
row at the Coliseum last night, was fined
S15 this morning.
No CHRISTMAS dinner at the County Jail
Wednesday, The County Commissioners
will not bear the expense OF the same.
A BURNING chimney, near the corner of
Front and Lawrence Streets caused the
alarm from Box "a at o'clock last night.
"PAxToN FOUNTAIN WALTZ" by John J.
Swick, and Mora Avourneen," song and
chorus, by L. J. Grace, are just issued by
John Church & Co.
BRRMKN-sTREET Station-house accommo-
dated one hundred and sixty tramps last
night, and Hammond-street Station one
hundred ard thirteen
The brewers of the city have adopted a
resolution that the "usual custom OF pre-
senting beer to customers during the holi-
days be totally dispensed WITH
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, of 240 East Pearl
street, was arrested Saturday night on the
charge of passing counterfeit money at the
grocery of Theodore Kicker, on East Six tn
street.
THE General Committee on Ways and
Means to save the Catholic Institute from
going to the auctioneers hammer failed to
effect meeting yesterday afternoon, and
nothing was done.
THE Chief of Police in Ironton has tele-
graphed here that he has i'll custody an in
sane man who said his name is H. d. Ward.
and that he is in the employ of grocer on
Race street, this city.
THE statement of the Common Carrier
Company to the Trustees of the Southern
Railroad for the month of November shows
the earnings to have been $38, ,674 68 and
the operating expenses SIG, l66 6e.
Two BOXERS of this city, jeff Dickson
and Dan. Cronan. the former colored
man, had glove fight out on the Avenue
on Saturday night, resulting in a victory
for Cronan in fourteen minutes, only two
rounds being fought
PERRY HOLMES, bad young colored man
from Buektown, threatened the life Of an
other oolored individual by cutting him
with razor last night. and then threatened
to bleed the officers, who arrested him. He
will pass the holidays at the Work-house.
JOHN RuNYAN, who was divorced from
his wife some time ago, went to her room
last night and raised such disturbance
that he was arrested. This morning the
Judge gave him sentence of 5000, but
SUSPENDED it on condition that he leave the
city.
The following officers were yesterday
elected as the Board Of Directors of the
Holy Trinity Church: Treasurer, G. II.
Greiving; Secretary, William Shoemaker
Trustees. Louis Buse, JOS. Overberg, b.
Thelen, J. B Brokamp, lily. Lobecke, b.
Windler and H. Lange.
MRS. STElNKAMP, wife OF Fred. Steinkamp,
residing at the corner of Western avenue
and Liberty street. while sitting before the
fire late yesterday afternoon, allowed her
clothes 70 take fire, and was badly burned
before the flames could be extinguished.
Size will probably recover but is quite bad
~ burned.
THE Geological Garden Lave lost theil
valuable elephant Conqueror Last Sep
tember, Conqueror was injured in one Of
his fore feet while travelling with John Rob
ipson's show in Kentucky. The wound
instead of healing, grew worse. until Fri
day last, when he died. A dispute fol
lowed for the possession of the carcass. Fl
nally it was secured by the Cincinnati Soci
sty of Natural History. The skin ant
skeleton are to be prepared and placed il
the rooms of the Society on Broadway.