The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-05-21
COVINGTON.


The Bee-keepers are in in session at Fal-
mouth, Ky.
The State Baptist Association convenes in
Harrodsburg tomorrow.
We regret to announce the serious illness
of Mrs. Chris. Won Gundy.
The ladies of Shinkle Chapel announce a
strawberry festival tonight.
The scholars of st. Joseph's Church will
picnic at Wallace's Woods Thursday.
Margaret Higgison paid Squire Mansen So
this morning for humping her husband.
Dispatches from Washington this morn
ing say that Collector Holden will hold his
position.
Tie schools will be dismissed this after
noon in honor of the death of Mrs, Gray,
former teacher
There will be meeting tonight at st.
Mary's Hall for the purpose OF organizing
Building Association.
Police CouRT.-John Murphy poor un-
fortunate fellow, we feel sorry for you( 1856
days for stealing keg of beer; Larry Hays
and James McGee, disorderly, So and costs
each
; George Cutler says he didn't have any
thing to do with that baby that was left on
his door-steps last night. Mike Bolan kind
ly carried the little stranger to the Hospital
this morning.
james T. Goodloe and Miss Lenne Boyd
are the latest who were bound to get mar
ried in spite of fate and the old folks. Rev.
W. W. Ramsay united them in the silken
bands yesterday.
Messrs. c. G. Wallace, A. c. Ellis and G.
w McDannold were appointed Supervisors
of the Kenton County tax books this morn
ing They will commence their labors to-
morrow morning.
The strawberry festival at Odd-felloWs
Hall this evening and tomorrow evening IS
under the auspices OF the ladies OF the FIRST
Baptist Church, WHO st thoroughly under
stand how to make such occasions enjoy
able.
The funeral of Mrs Elizabeth Gray took
place this afternoon from the Fifth-Street
Christian Church, and was attended by a
large concourse OF sorrowing friends ReYs.
Hall and Jefferson conducted the funeral
services.
The grocery of Johnson & Hooler, on
Scott street near Powell was entered by
burglars night before last and large
amount of groceries carried off Entrance
was effected by the rascals taking panel
out of the rear door of the building
Mrs. Platt Evans, Sr., the mother of Platt
Evans, ,Tr died yesterday evening" after a
long and useful life, at the residence Of her
son, No 209 West Fifth street. where she
has lived ever since the demise of her late
husband She was in the eightieth year OF
her age.
AT meeting of the School Board Com
mittee on Ways and Means Salaries and
School Organization, last night the follow,
ing schedule of salaries was adopted:
Superintendent 81 ,250; Principal of High
CaI Nircto nd Sanpn1 A n ts
in High School, $3.50 each; the two female
Assistants, 5000 each District Schools
-Four Principals, 81, ,150; four Assistant Prin
cipals. $525; four Intermediate teachers
S525 eight A District teachers, $685. eight
B District teachers, $3.50; eight G District
teachers, $425; eight + and District teach
ers, $3.50, Janitors, $3.50.
No reduction was made in the salaries O.
teachers in the colored schools. The posi-
ton of Assistant Principal in the four Dis
trct Schools was abolished, and in lier
thereof four teachers are to be employed a
salary of $500 each,
NEWPORT.
There was no session of the Chancer,
Court this morning.
Mr.. George Sugden, much-esteemet
citizen, is lying dangerously i'll at his resi-
dence on York street. Mr.. s. formerly hell
the office Of City Marshal.
The nuptials of Mr.. Martin Kaufman, o
st. Bernard, Ohio, and Miss Mary Stegeman
of this city, were solemnized at 81
Stephens Church. at $50 this morning.
A special meeting of both sections of tn
Workingmens party is called for this ever
ing at headquarters. Business of import
ance will come before the meeting.
Gasdofs saloon, corner of Columbia an
Jefferson streets, was the scene Sunda
night of disgraceful fight Too niue
Sunday whisky was the cause of it. n
arrests
The Van Voast Light Guards at NEE
ing last night declined the invitation e.
tended by Col. Hunt, of the Ohio Nation'
Guards, to participate in the decoration I
soldiers graves.
MI Levi Peters, of Dayton, while at wo1
on scatfold at Cincinnati, yesterday, 10
his footing and fell to the ground,
distance of thirty feet. He fortunately e
capped any serious injury.
Mayor Harton yesterday appointed Pa
rick Seery special policeman for the Churt
of the Immaculate Conception, much troub
from loafers and petty robberies having bee
experienced by the sexton.
We were misinformed yesterday in Il
statement that the Thornton boys attemI
ed to have L. Lally released on writ
habeas corpus. They had nothing whf
ever to do with the case and the boys mi
consider themselves vindicated.
Fifty judgment suits were yesterday fill
by the Mayor of Dayton against delinque
taxpayers for the years 1874 and 1S'
About q hundred more suits will in fe
days be instituted on tax bills for 1876 al
1877.
The little two-year-old son of Ferdinal
Beyland, of Williamson street, was severe
bitten in the arm yesterday morning BY
vicious dog owned by John Bloom. \
Beyland on returning home last nigl
proceeded to the residence OF Mr.. Bloc
took the dog out of q closet where it "
placed for safe keeping, and put the &C
tents of revolver through its gizzard
When the officer made his appearance