The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-13
LOCAL BREVITIES.

A GRAY horse and spring wagon were
stolen last evening in Cumminsville.
EDEPUrY SHERIFF JoR MOSES took another
incorrigible boy to the Reform Farm this
morning.
N1YErY-N1NE dollars in one dollar SUBJ
scriptions were added yesterday to the Ex-
position Fund.
CARRIE Ross challenges Lulu Rose to
walk twenty-five miles with her for purse
of from $25 to $780,
YESTERDAY an elderly colored lady named
Mrs. Caroline keyes was thrown from the
railroad track by an approaching train, but
fortunately with not much injury to her
self
THE fair given by the Young Girls Sew
ing Society of the Second Presbyterian
Church, in the lecture room of the church
yesterday afternoon and evening, was q
success.
THE members of the First Unitarian
Church held meeting last night for the
purpose of opening a subscription paper to
pay off the church debt. Over $1,000 were
subscribed.
CHAs. RoLLwAGEN, an attache of Aims q
Doepke's store, did not elope as intimated
Yesterday He is in New York, too much
dime-novel reading having caused him to
make the trip.
SOME conscious stricken person, who in
1869 kept some of the proceeds Of sales
made at the fair for the Bethel in Pixies
Opera-house, has sent So to the Superin-
tendent of the Bethel.
THE case of John B. Tytus, indicted for
perjury, was called in the Butler County
Common Pleas Court yesterday, and ver-
dict of not guilty rendered by the jury, un-
der instructions of the Court
THE Committee on Street Railroads has
decided to recommend to the Board of AL
dermen this afternoon that the Consolidated
Street Railroad Company be not allowed a
lease of longer than twenty years.
THE Clinton Charade Circle, a society
consisting of a number of young people
of the West End, gave an interesting enter
tainment at the residence of H. S. Bledler,
ESQ, No. ia Dayton street, last evening
THE Hamilton County Democratic Club
held meeting last evening, and after re-
.ceiving several new members, proceeded to
perfect the arrangements for the grand
ovation to be given on the 9Th of January.
MAGGIE RILEY, six-months' old daugh-
ter of Patrick Riley, laborer, who resides
at No. 145 West Front street, died suddenly
little after 5 clock this morning. Coro-
ner Stitch was notified. 1t is supposed that
the child died from whooping- cough.
AN address to sugar dealers and disribu-
tors and also to members of Congress has
been issued from this city for the purpose
of bringing about reformation of the sys-
tenn under which the present unhealthy
state of the sugar trade has grown up.
On January 1st next the Adams, Ameri
can and United States Express Companies
will reduce rates from Cincinnati to New
York to So and to Boston to So %, with
corresponding reductions to all other
points.
EDWIN A. FINK, of the Soldiers Home.
at Dayton, was arraigned before Commits
sioner Hooper yesterday for presenting a
false affidavit in support of claim for pen
sion He was bound over to the Grand
Jury in the sum of $1,000, and is now in
Jail.
ANDREW MILLER, sixty-five years of age,
and hailing from Indiana, was victimized
last night out of $50. He got acquainted
with sharper on the Little Miami hail
road and gave the latter the money to pay
for box OF gold dust, which, it was al
legged, was in the express car.
WoRrHs MUSEUM is worth seeing when
ever you are OUT anu Gail spare VIC Iillc
There is always something new to be founC
there. The photographs of burglars, muir
derers and desperadoes of the country arr
both curious and interesting. An old Ger
man execution sword is among the late ad
ditions.
BILL THOMPSON, alias Ponto, a coloret
man, was arres ed yesterday evening, il
Reading, on a charge of having some TIM
ago stabbed Mat. Singer. He was arraignet
before Squire Vorhees and bound over t,
the Grand Jury in the sum of $500. In de
fault of bond he is now in the Hamilton
County Jail.
A SOCIAL and literary society," to be know
as the Linn Institute, was organized by tn
young people of the Ninth-street Baptis
Church last evening, under the direction O
the pastor, Rev. DR.. Duncan. Prof. Bene
dict, of McMicken University, was electe,
President, constitution and bylaws wer
adopted, and committee appointed to pre-
pare a programme for the next meeting
which will take place the first of mex
month.
TIE young people of the Ninth-stree
Baptist Church organized literary societ
last evening, to be known as the Linn Inst
tute, in honor of the Rev. DR.. Linn, tn
first pastor of the church. The followin
officers were elected: President Prof W
r. Benedict; Vice President, Robert
Kirtley; Secretary, Emma DeCamp; Treas
urer, Mr.. Gassaway; Executive Committee
F. A. Barnard, Miss Flora Sage, Miss Louis
Horsley and Miss Emma Harris. Meeting
are held twice month.
ST. Pami UycpMlm