The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-03-29
COVINGTON.

The tableaux at Odd-fellows' Hall last
night were largely attended.
Dan Walters, $4 for a drunk, was the
amount of the Police Court this morning.
One thousand and one prisoners in the
Penitentiary. Twenty-four received last
week.
John Hunter for breach of the peace,
was fined S17 so this morning. by Squire
Evan.
The miser millionaire Tullis, who recently
died i'll Cincinnati, owned 292, 100 acres of
land in Kentucky.
Mrs VIM. Carton, who has been visiting
the family of Mr.. B. Purcell, returned to
Falmouth yesterday.
w. S. Neely was admitted to the bar in
the Chancery Court this morning; he was
also appointed Examiner.
The nuptials of Mr.. John Hempseed and
Miss Mary Boullier, the pretty little mil
liner OF Sixth street. are announced
There are 5,70S,665 gallons of whisky in
bond in Kentucky warehouses, which
speaks for the success of the Murphy move
mont.
Maurice Morris caned Bill Brent yester-
day-it was a gold-headed bamboo The
presentation speeches were very solemn and
affecting
Pernard Weiker, a resident of Covington
was severely injured yesterday by falling
from lumber pile in Cincinnati where he
is employed.
James Crockett, who escaped from the
Work-house yesterday, was captured by
Officer Lawrence last night, and now Ian
cuisines in durance vile.
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Building Associations will be held at the
Cottage Building Association office next
Wednesday to consider the Back Tax ques-
ton.
We thought it was band of cats at the
Musical Fund Hall last night, but on in.
quiring learned that it was the Oriole Glee
Club. In regard to singing we wasn't very
much out of the road.
John Egermeyer had one of his arms
broken and Frank Lindsay received severe
injuries in the back at an accident at the
Licking Iron Works yesterday. An unsafe
trestlework was the cause.
Mr.. Charles Lang, the engineer at the
brewery of Messrs. Lang & Knoll, Lewis
burg while splitting wood yesterday with
an ak, made misliclt and split his foot in
stead, inaicting an ugly and most painful
wound.
T funeral of Daniel Anderson will take
place Sunday afternoon from his late resi-
dence, Oh Garrard street, between Seventh
and Eighth streets, at l o'clock. Funeral
services will be held. A meeting of the Fire
Department was held this afternoon, and
appropriate resolutions were adopted on
the death of-their late comrade. They also
extended an invitation to the various CITY
iicials to attend the funeral.
A little dispute arose yesterday between
Henry Backen and John Goble in regard to |
the ownership of a horsetail, when Gob,e
became irritated to such an extent as to Sc
cure shot gun and point it at Backen, but |
fortunately the weapon missed fire. Not to |
be cheated out of his prize though he took
the butt-end of the gun and in regular
Buffalo Bill manner struck Backen over the
head it, inflicting painful, if not dan
gerous wound.
A suit was filed in the United States Court
this morning by L. J. Blakely, assignee of
Henry Kidwell, bankrupt, against r. J. and
j. Ellis, to declare sale made by Kidwell
a mortgage Some time since Kidwell bor-
rowed $1,000 from the Ellises and executed
a deed on the land for security, and agreed
to pay them the enormous price of twenty
five per cent. for the use of the money for +
note when due, and the Ellis faction
brought suit for the land.
CrrY CoUNcIL.-Mr Senour was declared
elected as Councilman fromthe Third Ward.
Auditor Orr was also sworn in.
The Committee on Gas, to whom was re-
ferred the communication from the Gas
Company asking the repeal of the gas or
dinance, made their report, which was filed
The same Committee also offered report
recommending the appointment of Messrs
Herman Schill, Bernard Falke, Frank
Berte, Pat. Kavanaugh and Peter Brophy
as special policemen and lamplighters. in
accordance with the provisions of the gas
ordinance. Adopted
An ordinance to repeal that part of the
Railroad Ordinance which gives the X. G. r.
K. the right Of way over Russell street, after
lengthy debate, was voted down.
y NEWPORT.
Rev. Father Then, of Corpus Christi
Church, will accompany His Grace Bishop {
foebbe, to Rome, in May.
-an election for Directors of the Newport
Cemetery will be held at the conEpany's i
office on Monmouth street Saturday,
April 9Th.
The State Medical Society will meet in
Frankfort next Tuesday. A number of l.,
physicians from this city and Covington
will attend.
!, Mike Farrell, the "boss'' brakeman on the
Short Line Road, has made final arrange
nents to wed blooming young lassie from {
raylors Station. /
Marshal Lock turned over a number of
delinquent tax lists to the City Attorney
his morning, who will at once enter suit q
or their collection.
Diamond Lodge No. 21, l. O. w. NJ, of q
Joyington, were entertained by Enterprise
lodge No 81, of. this city, last night at their
,all in the Van Voast Building 4
Miss Ida Baldack, the young daughter of d
dr. Milton Baldack, who resides at No. 295
York street, has been missing since she left /
,er home last Thursday evening t
Thomas Costigan, who was arrested yes s
erday for selling liquors without the nee