The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-12
LOCAL BREVITIES.

E1eHTY-FIvE prisoners in the County
Jail.
FRANK, the son of Detective Mitchell, Of
the O., H. Il D. Railroad Company, died
yesterday, his first birthday.
THE Grand Jury found bill of adultery
against Lou Robinson yesterday
The testimony in regard to the Clermont
Treasury robbery is not yet at an end
MARY DIETRICH was adjudged insane by
the Probate Court and ordered taken to
Longview.
ANY ONE finding Officer Conway's badge,
No. %, will confer a favor upon him by
leaving it at Ninth-street Station.
THE funeral of the late George Frank
Hoeffer takes place at 80 tomorrow morn
ing, from his late residence No. % Elder
street.
LORENZO Dow McDANIELs is in the Coun-
ty Jail on a charge of having been caught
with twenty counterfeit half-dollars in his
possession.
In the Kirby will case the contestants
have closed their evidence. No testimony
was offered for the defense, and the case
was given to the jury.
SECRETARY THOMPSON, of the Work house.
was assaulted yesterday by foot-pads on
Richmond street, but he frightened them
off by pulling his pistol.
CHARLES DoNTIL, a fast-drvihg milk cart
man, was brought to grief this morning by
having to pay three-dollar fine. Officer
Clark made the arrest
JOHN EKELHoFF took Mary Settlers mas
querade costume from 81 Elm street the
other night to go to the ball Mary called
it larceny, and John was fined $25.
DURING one weeks time committee ap-
pointed by the Third Presbyterian Church
raised by subscription over SIS, 000 which
more than paid off their Indebtedness.
THE Wolfe Tone Circle of the F. B., at
their late meeting, adopted resolutions of
respect and regret at the untimely death of
Color Sergeant Mccarthy, at Dublin, OH
January 18th
BEN. SHorT, Ex-Coroner's Clerk, was yes
terday arrested and taken before Squire
Harmeyer on charge of threatening vio-
lence on the person of John Howe. Ben.
was put under bonds.
JOSEPH HEINsMAN who was committed to
Jail a few days ago on the charge of grand
larceny was released yesterday by order of
the Prosecuting Attorney, because no trans
cript had been filed i'll the case.
A sNEAK-THIEF last evening entered the
private room of John Herman, who keeps
saloon at the corner OF Eighth and Main
streets, and stole two gold rings and lot of
wearing apparel.
PATRICK FoGARTY and Barney Butler, the
two men who were arrested on the the oc-
casion of the shooting of Edward Norton,
were sentenced to three months in the
Work-house this morning.
THE Kunkel benefit takes place at Pixies
Opera-house this evening, So many tickets
have been sold that it was deemed expedi-
ent to give matinee Wednesday, to which
the tickets sold whl be good.
TIE case of Ellen McGlennon was again
called up before Judge Avery in the Court
of Common Pleas this morning and contin-
ned until tomorrow morning at 8 80 o'clock,
when the writ of habeas corpus will be dis
posed Of
]. R. MORRIS tapped the till at the sa-
loon Oh the corner of George street and
Central avenue while the bar-keeper's
back was turned, a few nights ago. The
chief will now pay wo-hundred-dollars'
fine, and go to the Work-house for thirty
days.
JAMES FITZGERALD, the man now in the
County Jail pending an examination on
the charge of assault is the same fellow at
whom Officer Mullen shot the other night,
and who is also alleged to have been impli-
Gated in the robbery of a saloon on Court
street, near Main.
Mp Rrynrp claims that tho conetitntion
MAINLY states that the term Of sorvice Of
he Clark of tho Police Court shall ha tbrea
years, the same as that of the Clerk of the
Common Pleas Court. If this be true the
many applicants for the nomination as his
successor must wait another year.
T TT DrrrrNn,u, cbaroed with illicit
whisky distilling at Fosters Crossing, has
Eve, Ioi1 in the suno Of e. ooo Iohn Grof io Ga
fdbn Tnbnson and g ~ Fivors arrostod ~ sto,
in The same case were oant to al IN do
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