The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-17
LOCAL BREVITIES.


WEAR a cabbage leaf in your hat.
SoL1C1ToUsLY seek the shady side of the
street.
THERE are four colored letter carriers in
this city.
OIL the wheels of your thermometer. 1t
will work better.
For nineteen successive days the mercury
has crept up into the nineies.
THE Board of Work-house Directors
failed to get quorum yesterday.
Mr.. EZRA B. TAYLOR, one of the old busi-
ness men of Cincinnati, died yesterday
afternoon.
JOHN KIzER formerly a Cincinnatian,
committed suicide last Monday night at
Madison, Ind.
LUcGEN BRADwELL has been appointed In
ternal Revenue Storekeeper for the First
District of Ohio.
JERRY DOWNING, residing at 107 East Sec
ond street, was found drowned at the foot
of Ludlow street last night
MAT. COLLINS has challenged Mike Con-
nors, the victor in the glove fight at Avon
dale to try his strength with him.
HENRY HARRICK was made to pay a fine
of $40 this morning for cruelty beating
balky horse on Spring Grove avenue yester-
day.
THE Police Relief Association paid the
widow of the late Lieutenant Bassett the
sum of $270, and expended $50 on the fu-
neral.
B. LIPpMAN, of No. 1875 Clinton street, was
placed behind the bars at the Central Sta
ton to-day, charged with stealing a coat and
vest from j. S. Daniel.
THE cause of the fire alarm from Box 147,
about o'clock this morning, was small
blaze in Sawyers fancy store, No. 1913 Cen
tral avenue Its origin is unknown. Loss
about $50.
THE broadway Social" last night elected
the following officers: President, Louis
Stockhoff Vice President, Fred. Rose;
Treasurer NJ. A. Stall, Jr. Secretary, B.
Hagmeier, Jr.
PETER ScHAFER, an old and degenerate
looking tramp, stole two gold watch chain
guards from Bobe's jewelry store yesterday,
Tor which he was given sentence OF 5000
30 this morning.
THE explosion of gasoline lamp in the
saloon at the southwest corner OF Liberty
and Baymiller streets, at 9:45 last evening,
caused considerable excitement in that
neighborhood. No damage.
OFFICER DwYER, of the Sedamsville Dis
trict, whose arm was crushed by street.
car wheel. week ago last Sunday is now
in very dangerous condition, owing to the
fact that inflammation has set IN.
VIM HARTMAN a young lad living at No
397 Main street, while riding on an L., Z. u
L. train yesterday evening, was knocked
down from the car in passing under the
Smith-street Bridge, and seriously injured
A YOUNG LAD, living on Broadway near
Abigail, had his hand mashed yesterday
while feeding press in printing office on
West Fifth street, near Walnut. 1t is feared
that his hand will remain manned for life
SIX girls, charged with street-walking,
were arrested at the Bellevue House last
night and after being locked up all night,
were brought before the Court and dis
missed on their promise to be better girls.
A PARTY of light-fngered gentry attempt
ed to rob J. p. Turner, the Fifth-street
pawnbroker, of a heavy gold watch and
chain Yesterday, while he was asleep i'll his
front door, but we're frightened off before
they succeeded.
A LEGAL question of some interest is
whether an inclined plane is abroad OF
not? The question was discussed yester'
day before Judge Burnet in the case Of the
assignees of Geo Weber against the Clifton
Inclined Plane Company.
THE body of a man was found floating in
the river near Ferry Bar, Baltimore, yester-
day. From his effects it is supposed that
the deceased is C. Rhinehart, agent for the
Wahrhetsfreund," published here by
Benziger Brothers of this city.
HARRY LEARuP, of No. 211 Linn street,
against whom there are two charges of EN-
bezzlement on the Police Court docket, was
again arrested by Inspector Wappenstein
last evening charged with personating po
lice officer at the Bellevue House.
CINCINNATI is not indulging in so hot q
climate as St. Louis. In the latter city they
are numbering their sunstroke cases by the
hundreds, while here we have had only
fourteen cases of that kind during the
month, that is up to the present time.
JOHN MORAN, an agent in the employ Of
Michael Gilligan of West Fourth street, wa!
arrested last evening on the charge of fail
ing to turn into the hands of his employer
the sum of S235 which he had collected az
an agent His case will be tried July oath
MRS FLucKErr, housekeeper for DR.
Kuhlmann at No. &C East Fifth street, at
tempted to muzzle large NewfoundlanC
dog Yesterday, which was to be sent to tn
ZOO. when the ferocious animal sprani
upon her, tore her clothes almost to shred
and severly bit her on the arm, leg ant
other portions of the body. Her cries sool
brought assistance and the dog was shot.
"a CONSTANT READER" sends a note il
curing if he has the right to sit on his ow
steps after dark :? Undoubtedly he has an
the right is one with which we can not Sc
how any one could interfere. AS the secon
question is a reflection on the night polio
on Abigail, Sycamore and Main streets, g.
Constant Reader " must be willing to bac
it up with his name to secure attention
The police, when accused, have right
know who their accusers are.
Burnet Woods Park.