The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-19
LOCAL BREVITIES.

meeting Oh Vine-street Hill last night.
The Chimpanzee and the Ourang Utan
are drawing immense crowds at the Zoo
zoo.
A NEW reserve engine and pump will soon
be in operation at the Hunt-street Water
works.
1t is expected that trains will be running
on the Miami Valley Narrow-gauge within
ninety days.
A BURNING chimney at the bakery of
Chas. H. Krum, No, 34S West Fifth street,
caused an alarm yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. C. c. OSBORN, of Milton, Cabell
County, West Virginia, has presented the
Geological Garden with two wildcats.
AN excellent water color painting of Miss
Pauline Carson, daughter of Z. I, Carson,
Esq, has just been completed by Mr..
Grafton.
THE roof of Mr.. Lambert Brinkers dairy,
Fairmount, fell in yesterday, and injured
two cows SO badly that they had to be
killed.
SERIOUS complaint is made respecting
petit thieves who steal cotton from bales
which lie on the Levee, awaiting transpor-
tatiOn.
THE term Of Mr. Munson, Director of the
Work-house, expires on the I'd of next
month. Mayor Moore has the power to fill
the place.
HAVE YOU visited your ancient but re-
spected relatives, the Orang Utan and
Chimpanzee? They hold receptions daily at
the Zoo-zoo.
THE Thirtieth Anniversary of the Italian
Constitution was observed in grand style
by our Italian citizens yesterday at the
Lookout House.
THE Directors Of the Work-house failed
to obtain quorum yesterday at their meet
ing. There are three hundred prisoners in
the Institution.
CHARLES SMITH, a colored steamboat cook,
was given sentence of $50 and sixty days
this morning for practicing trick game on
boy named E, Liverpool.
Mr.. A. NJ. Cook, for long time a bust
ness man of this city, but for the past nine
years resident of Redwood Falls, Mimi,
died at that place June 18th.
SOLOMON MARKS the Fifth-street shoe
merchant, was dismissed by Commissioner
Hooper yesterday on the charge OF buying
shoes from Government soldiers.
- YESTERDAY a school from College Hill Wis
tied the Geological Garden. Tomorrow
two schools will come from Marion, Ohio,
and on Friday one from Brookville, Ind.
A SNEAK THIEF last evening entered the
residence of J. F. Knagg No. So Melancthon
street, and snatched an iron bank contain
ing $l2 and belonging to Mr. knagg's little
boy.
ACTIVE efforts are being made to get a
respite from Governor McCullum, of Hi
nois, for the young Cincinnatian, George
Sherry, now under sentence of death at
Chicago.
TOMORROW is Corpus Christi-a day of
obligation for Catholics. High mass will
be celebrated in all of the churches, and
flowers strewn in most of them during the
festivities.
WIN. SHAFT, Young man who had been
living at the Children's Home for the last
five years was committed TO the House of
Refuge this morning on the charge of in
corrigibility
THE fire which caused the alarm from
Box IS yesterday afternoon was in a smoke
house on the premises of Mr.. Schneider,
near the corner OF Vine and Milk streets.
Damage slight
SHERIFF WALLACE has appealed to the
Courts to stop the judicial sales by Master
Commissioners as opposed to the interest OF
his Office, the receipts of which are running
behind on this account.
ALv1NA RoEsCHE, a young woman living
at Sl5 Central avenue, who recently con-
fessed to perjury, by which she had sent
three men to the Penitentiary has disap
peared from her home.
JOSEPH LEES, sentenced on the 18th inst.
by Judge Wilson, OF the Police Court to the
Work-house for street-begging, died yester-
day at that institution in an epileptiC fit.
He was forty-eight years old.
SEVERAL of the most prominent rife
teams of the State Militia have arrived in
the city to take part in the rife team tour
nament to be given by the Robinson Light
Guards at Prices Hill on Friday next.
Mr.. FRANK H, HANDY, while riding in
his buggy at the corner of Eighth and Vine
streets yesterday came into collision with
the Fire-alarm Telegraph wagon, and was
thrown to the ground, but was not badly
hurt.
MR. JOHN l. CovINGToN, of the Insurance
Adjustment Company, left for Minneapolis,
Mimi, last night TO be present at the meet
ing of the adjusters Of Gov. G. C. Wash
burne's Touring mills, which exploded on
the I'd of last month.
THE picnic for the benefit of the family of
Jacob Pittner, the paralyzed ex-policcman
did not take place last Monday, owing to
The inclement weather. 1t will be given
however Monday. July Sth, and the tickets
now held are good for the occasion.
JOSHUA CAIN, proprietor OF the Bellevue
House at Lockland, was arraigned before
Squire Block this morning on a charge Of
bastardy preferred against him by Susie
JamSon He gave bonds in the sum Of
500 for his appearance next Friday.
A MEETING was held last night in Mozart
Hal for the purpose Of making arrange
nrnts for the cornerstone laying of ST.
F:encis de Sales Church, which takes place
on the 30th inst. Sunday. Forty-two So
ci"ses were represented. Mr.. Moorman
presided, and August Klansmeyer was
elected Secretary. 1t was tcided that
zach division in the procession was to be
formed of six Societies, each eleCting their
IN Marshal. a mee.tng will be held
Inursday evening, VIXEN final rlangemen.s
will be IN. de-
Pulte Medical College.