The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-05-24
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Powell was admitted to record in the Pro
bate Court yesterday
The pupils of the Thirteenth and Twen
tieth District Schools will visit the Zoologi
cal Garden tomorrow.
CURRIER's BAND gave several open-air
concerts at Chillicothe during the meetings
OF the Knights of Pythias.
FRED ELGAss, homeless boy, was com.
mitted to the House of Refuge this morn
ing on the charge of vagrancy.
CHARLES McCARTY suffered broken leg
yesterday by being run over by a cart loaded
with stone on Walnut Hills
MEMBERS Of the Chamber of Commerce
desiring tickets to the Loan Exhibition can
obtain them by applying to Superintendent
Maxwell.
A MAN named VIM. Carroll passed a corin-
terfet $5 bill upon Mr.. Potts, of 63 George
street yesterday, and soon after was arrested
on suspicion.
THE Loan Exhibition will close next
week, thus leaving only few days more
for examining this large collection OF inter-
esting curiosities.
A PAIR of pantaloons with $3.50 cash in
the pocket was stolen from the stable of
W. g. Parker, corner of John and Everett
streets, yesterday.
WOMAN eighty years of age named Mrs.
B. Renwick, and living at No. 80 York
street, was run over by a two-horse wagon
yesterday and slightly injured.
A NUMBER of the Assessors met in SQUIRE
Sehwabs office last evening and organized
for the purpose of resisting the reduction of
their pay from 50 80 to ~ per day.
THE Richmond-street Christian and the
Trinity M. h. Churches, accompanied by
the Germania Band, will go on picnic ex-
cursion to Parlor Grove tomorrow.
A Roy thirteen years of age, named John
Mckinley, living at No. 21l East Front
street fell from coal barge, near Browns
elevator, last evening, and was drowned.
ANDY FULLY, who was sent to the Work
house week ago for thirty days, and fined
$500 for abusing his family, escaped from
the front yard yesterday, where he was at
work.
The grounds of Augustus Vessel, ESQ.,,
and residence of Mr. George Proctor, Wal
nut Hills were the scene of brilliant re-
cepion last evening, to Mrs Homer A.
Vessel
Mr.. FRANZ STRAssER, No. 1876 Everett
street, was bound over to the grand Jury by
Squire Schwab yesterday in the sum Of
500 on the charge of threatening personal
violence to his sister.
THERESA MEYERS, the fve-year-old girl
who strayed away from home, No 545 West
Fifth street last Wednesday has not vet
been found, although the most diligent
search has been made
TRAVIS, Daugherty and Weaver, the par
ties arrested last winter on suspicion of be-
ing Officer Kunkels murderers, were cleared
from jail in indianapolis day before yester-
day and returned to this city last evening.
THE electrical light, which was applied at
the Highland House last night for lighting
the hall, was an entire success. The brush
machine from Cleveland, with power
equal to four thousand candles, was used.
THE Committee on Flowers to decorate
the soldiers graves in st. Peters and st.
Joseph's Cemeteries have arranged to have
thirty-eight little girls, one to represent
each State in the Union scatter the flowers.
VIM JONES, colored resident of Buck
town, succeeded in stealing box of cigars
from the store of R. Secore, corner of Sixth
street and Broadway, but was soon after
ward caught and sent to the work house for
ten months this morning.
A SUBSCRIPTION BOOK will soon be circu-
lated among our bankers and merchants
for the purpose of raising money to Or
ganize a two-gun battery, which will be
Kept at the city stables in charge of the
police at Oliver-street Station.
ROBERT SPILLING, the handsome business
manager OF Robinson's Opera-house, says
that the apotheosis of Little Eva' is to be
produced in a new and magnificent way,
and that the whole play is to be produced
with new stage and scenic effects.
A HEAVILY charged blast exploded yester-
day on Street Railroad Route No. Is, at the
west side of Eden Park, and sent piece of
rock against the cottage of H. W. Wahn,
where several children had but a moment
before been standing. No one was hurt.
TEMPERANCE MEETINGS are still being held
at Bible Chapel, under the auspices of Mr.
Grah, the auctioneer The choir is com
posed OF those attractive sisters, the Misses
Ella and Eta Miller, of the Clio Club the
Misses Trum and Holman, Mr.. Cotton and
Mr.. Tetedoux.
The funeral of the late Alexander Hen
derson, Sr., took place at o'clock yester-
day afternoon from the family residence,
corner of Langland and Knowlton streets.
1t was attended, by large concourse of his
friends and relatives Rev. . ohm Haight, of
Venice, delivered the sermon, after which
Ills nlortal remains were conveyed to their
last resting place, Spring Grove.
SAD accident occurred last evening at
the trestle over Olive Branch Creek, on the
Cincinnati d Portsmouth Marrow gauge
Railroad. While workmen were raising
one of the bents into position the supports
gave way, the mass striking four of the
laborers. John Short and Portly Racid had
their legs broken and were internally in
jured. William Bricket and Ira Shut were
severely but not dangerously injured.
A PROFESSIONAL thief named Thomas
Brown, alias Wood by representing him
Self to be detective succeeded in obtaining
Q satchel and IS cents in money
from couple of colored woman at
No. SO George street The women soon
began to inquire concerning the matter,
and Thomas was thus found out, caught
and sent to the Work-house this morning
ON sentence that will keep him there for
seventeen months
The Mitchell Troupe.
A week of fun and good humor will be
inaugurated at the Grand Opera-house next
Monday night by the well-known Mitchell