The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-09
LOCAL BREVITIES.


CINCINNATI parks last year cost the city
$14,725 q.
THE Board of Public Works paid $S2 last
year for daily papers.
A MGLK-cAN thief named James Miller
was fined $25 this morning.
LAST Minstrel matinee at the Grand to-
morrow Saturday afternoon.
ALBERT De CAMP FITCH, formerly we'll
known printer of this city, was buried yes
terday afternoon at Dayton.
DUpREz e BENEDIcT's Minstrels at the
Grand tonight Saturday matinee and Sat
urday night Go and see them and you
will be pleased.
FRANK FISHER, a colored boy fireman on
the propeller II. b. Card, either jumped or
fell overheard at the Landing last evening
and was drowned.
THE Cincinnati, Jacksonville & Ohio
River Railroad is the name of proposed
narrow-gauge railroad from Cincinnati to
Jetfersonville, Ind.
THE Chamber of Commerce officials have
decided to ask propositions for the sale of
property suitable for location for Mer
chants Exchange building
THE First PRESBYTERIAN Church Trustees
have refused to take action looking towards
a modification of their demands upon Mr..
Smith, owner of the Merchants Exchange
building.
NEW industry has sprung up among the
children. They extract the kernels from
peach stones and sell them to druggists for
medical purposes. Thus is their supply of
chewing gum kept up.
RUTH IRWIN, vag from Bucktown, was
given sentence of $2O0-30 this morning
for stealing a coat, and Martha Stone was
sent out for thirty days for receiving and
pawning it for 20 cents
CORONER STITCH held an inquest thismorn-
ing on the body of man found in the
river at the foot of Mill street yesterday.
Death from drowning, causes unknown, was
the verdict rendered.
AN old German living with his wife at the
southwest corner OF Front and Ludlow
streets was found dead on the stairway this
morning. A Coronial investigation as to
the cause of death will be made.
AN East End man is making preparations
for the fall campaign. He has a false hand
and arm constructed which he attaches to
his shoulder, and permits the candidate to
wag, while his genuine arm is deity con-
Cealed.
AT $50 o'clock this morning fire alarm
was turned in from Bremen-sreet Station
house, Box 14S, caused by a small blaze in
the baking shop of Mat. Mannether on
Bremen street between Fourteenth and
Fifteenth streets. Loss trihing.
GEORGE ALFERHUDER, fourteen-year-old
bov, who has been spending his vacation in
tie grocery store Of his brother-in-law at
,he southeast corner of George and Linn
streets, was kicked by horse on the left
cheek last evening, making bad wound.
FRED. HE1NER, of 66S Vine street, who is
charged with striking the bartender at the
Olympic Saloon on Central avenue on the
head with a mallet, was before Court this
morning on the charge of assault with in
tent to kill, and had his case continued un-
til August 10Th.
A MIDDLE-AGED man named Gustave
Schmidt was arrested while drunk at a
saloon in Paramount, but when the officer
tried to move him he drew a revolver and
tried to shoot himself The weapon was
taken from him, and lie was placed in the
Station-hOuse, where he made two other at
tempts to take his life. This morning he
was given thirty days.
A COMPLAINT has been entered before the
mayor respecting the manufacturing III the
city of an internal machine" which the par
ties fear will be used by the Communists
The machine is hollow iron ball, the
size of ones fist, which is filled with
powder, and contains tubes for percussion
caps to the number of twelve or fifteen, ar
ranged in such manner that it would be
impossible to strike the ball without ex-
ploding it. Since there is no law to pro-
hibit its manufacture the complaint was of
no avail.
SHORTLY after midnight last night cut
ting atfray occurred at the southeast en-
trance of the City Park among a party of
young roughs who were retiring to Sc
cluded spot to partake of bucket of beer
which they had in their possession.
The assaulted man was John McCOr-
mick, a printer, residing at No, 235
West Sixth street, who received painful
cut under the right shoulder from which
the blood flowed 50 freely that 1t was neces-
sary to take him to the Hospital The par
ties arrested were Harry Tibballs of No. 70
Mcfarland street, and Thomas Shannon,
of No. 305 Elm street, who will be tried next
Friday on the charge of cutting with intent
to kill