The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-29
COVINGTON.

COvINGTON.
Internal revenue collections this week
a, Alb 35.
Miss Lille Williams leaves tonight for
pw Orleans.
Ex- Councilman J. H. Meyers is lying at
point of death.
The colored population hold festival at
d-fellows' Hall tonight.
1t Justly cost John Houk 81 for getting
ocked down by Marshal Bolan.
Mr. Ben Becker has been inaugurated
esdent of St. Johns Orphan Society.
Jity Council will meet next Wednesday
sht and elect Chief of the Fire Depart
Fnt.
The Simon Kenton Pioneer Association
hold meeting at Odd-fellows' Hall
y 4th.
Miss Rosalind Hampstead of Hanging
ok, is the guest of the family of Captain
IN. Walker.
(Iilt. Mclaughlin, Theodore Ryder and
pm Sheridan escaped from the Work
use gang yesterday.
Burglars stole $500 worth of boots and
pes from Steinborn'S shoe store on Madi-
street last night.
There are nine hundred and seventy-three
lvicls in the Pententiary, black people
king the lead by seventy-nine.
ohm W. Clark will deliver a lecture in
est Covington tomorrow night on mine
N Years in West Covington."
Mrs G. Z. Petty and her two children
We gone to Mansfield, Ohio, to spend the
miner with her mother and relatives.
The Misses Taft, who have been visiting
IS Jennie Gray and Miss Jennie Dillon,
urned to their homes in Warsaw, KY,
sterday.
The concert last night for the benefit of
vington Lodge ]. o. q. T., was well at
lded, and the programme was carried
l to the entire satisfaction of the audi
ce.
IA lady whose name we failed to learn,
who keeps house for J. Fussnger, on the
corner of Twelfth and Russell streets, burst
a blood vessel in her head this morning and
died in few minutes
Goodenough, who was the Workingman's 8
candidate for State Senator last August, is
now experimenting a shoe factory in the
Missouri Peni entiary. Anything is good
enough for him. He fought for convict
labor
A little child of Mr.. Lewis Colvin, of Fal-
mouth, met with a singular death the other
day. 1t swallowed bean, and the doctors
severed the child's windpipe and extricated
the beam when the child was seized with
fit of coughing and died in a few hours after
wards
The following are the officers of Diamond
Lodge, No. q, |. O. w. NJ. elected Thurs
Ia, aud n
Culbertson, Vice President; II. w. Culbert-
son, Recording Secretary; w. p Nc
Laughan, Finance Secretary; E. B. Lewis,
Treasurer.
NEWPORT.
City taxes are coming in lively.
The Quartermaster-Gene of the De-
partment of the Gulf arrived at the Newport
Barracks this morning.
Col w. A. Cotter, of this city, will be the
orator of the day at Richmond, Indiana, on
the National Anniversary.
All the buildings on the Licking side of
the Barracks grounds are to be torn down at
once, and handsome cottages erected in
their stead.
The MouIdcrs Union No 90, of Coving-
ton, have accepted an invitation to join the
workingmen Of this city in their parade on
the coming Fourth
The teachers of the Public Schools yes
terGay presented Prof. w. II. Jones with a
handsome French clock, surmounted by an
elegant bronze statue.
Official orders were received at the Garri-
son this morning to have the soldiers sta
toned there removed Monday between the
hours of and II a. m. Their destination
is Atlanta, Georgia.
Two laborers while at work yesterday af-
ternoon on Mr.. IEuchinson's farm, short
distance back Of Newport, were prOstratcd
from the excessive heat. One of the men
was lying this morning in preCarious con-
Ntion.
The Water-works Board has instructed
the City Engineer to prepare specifications
for changing the etlluent system of the res
ervoir by means of a tunnel through the
northwestern embankment, instead of 60
ing directly through the fill on the west.
The estimated cost is $lG,50OO.
The following is a list of officers elected
last evening by Enterprise Lodge, No g.
J. O. w. NJ: President, Prof. W. H. Jones;
Vice President, W. Hardy; Recording Sec
rctary, A. Groskordt; Financial Secretary;
James Reed; Treasurer, w. f. McLure
Trustees, Messrs. r. J. Shinkle, ]. Link, c.
IS. Thompson.
LUDLOW. Ky.
The ladies of the Presbyterian Church
giving a raspberry festival
,arly in July, of which more anon.
Now is the time for the 'solid muldoons"
to congregate on the corners and discuss
the prot1igate expenditures of "Our Wicked
Dads"
Ed. Plummer, Councilman from the First
Ward, has resigned. Mr.. P. made very
|good and careful member. Ward One"
Hoses the services of a faithful and fearless
Representative.
Council NoTEs.-The bond of the School
addition contractors, with sureties APP
eended, was received and filed, and the
following bills were ordered paid: Thomas
I. Kennedy, $95; Theo. Williams, $20 81;
William Turner $40 40; Charles Masten,
b; Colonel James H. Barr, $50; Mayors
purt, 81. The question of rectifying mis-
IS in certain tax-bils came up for an air
md after receiving the humorous atten-
Of Council was referred to the Board of
iization, with instructions to report