The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-04
OCTOBER 4
FRIDAY.
LOCAL BREVITIES.

THE Hawthorne Dramatic Club organized
last evening at SIP West Ninth street.
THE fifty-eighth animal course of the
Ohio Medical College began last night.
THE Davenport Club had big house last
night at their performance at Pixies Opera
house.
HENRY PLATE, the boy who has been
missing for some time, was found yesterday
i'll Bromley KY.
Mr.. JOHN PERKINS, formerly City Milk
Inspector, died at his residence yesterday
of congestion of the brain.
NIR. ARTHUR FoRBRIGER, Superintendent
of Drawing of the Public Schools is recoV-
ering from his late sickness.
THERE is a project on foot for a new mar
row-gauge line to Avondale by Deercreek
Valley, through Walnut Hills.
THE Baltimore gaugers who have been in
the city examining the work of the Cincin-
natl gaugers, have been ordered home.
DIR. ]. T. WHITAKER opened the popular
lecture course at the Ohio Medical College
last night. His subject was Conservation
of Force"
THE Volksblatt has decided to bring suit
against Reisnegger the runaway reporter
on the charge of swindlng the Company
out of 800.
CINCINNATI tomorrow evening may claim
Theodore Thomas as her own. That emf
nent musical leader will arrive then from
New York.
THE |. C. & L. Road gives an excursion
to St. Louis on October 7th and Sth. Gin
cinnatians can thus attend the Exposition
and return for S6
THE body of Charles H. Dunholter, who
died in Europe, arrived yesterday and was
buried to-day from the residence OF his
father on Sixth street.
Picnic and excursion to the Geological
Garden by the pupils of the District Schools
The boa constructors will prove an interest
ing item to the visitors.
JUDGMENT DAY tomorrow in Judge Long
worth's Court. James Gilmore, the faith
less clerk of the U. S. Express Company,
will be among those sentenced.
A TRAMP named John Daugherty fell
upon and captured ham on wharfboat
Yesterday, which was the cause of sentence
Of thirty days being placed against him
this morning.
POSTMASTER LoGB has been directed by
the Post-otfice Department to pay one
months pay to the families of the postal
clerks killed recently at the Mingo juno
lion railroad accident
THE Harmonic Society will attend in
body this afternoon the funeral Of the late
Mr. J. G. Foster whose death took place
at his residence, No. 800 Longworth street,
last Wednesday night.
Mrs. LUCINDA HoLENsHADE seventy-seven
wears of age, died yesterday of cancer at
ihe residence of her son-in-law, G. R. Cra-
mer Mrs Holenshade was about fifty
years a resident of this city.
JuDGE WILSON started for Philadelphia
last evening to visit the death-bed Of his
father, who is failing fast. Hon. James W.
Fitzgerald will occupy the bench in the
Police Court during his absence.
MARY AuTrEN, of No. 100 East Sixth
street was given quarters out in the Work
house for month this morning for stealing
braid of hair and bed comfort from Mrs.
Brandt, of No. 126 Walnut street.
JOHN CONWAY, a laborer at the new st.
Francis of Sales Church, on Walnut Hills,
was seriously injured night before last by
The breaking of chain attached to crane.
Two other employees we're also slightly in
jured.
JAMES WINBUsCH, a young colored man,
who was at the Work house on a nine
months sentence, was brought into Court
this morning and given an additional sem
tence of nine months for stealing clothes
trom Mack Bondurant.
SETH EVANS, of 800 Pearl street, stole a
whip from Moorman's undertaking wagon
Yesterday, while the driver was in house
laying out a corpse. This morning Seth
was shown to be an old offender, and re-
eeved a sentence of 5000.
ANOTHER of those aggravating sewing
machine cases was tried at Squire Har-
meyers office yesterday, and the jury
after hearing the facts, gave their verdict
to the woman, Mrs Mary Connolly, who
had paid all but IS for her machine.
LEWIS WAGNER, a young man without
money forged the name of Joseph Bohr to
MI order a few days ago, with which he OBJ
taine1 hat from the store of Geo. Thll q
Bro This was his second olfense, and he
consequently received a sentence OF 5000.
SAMUEL BAXTER, one of the best known
commercial travellers in the country, died
Yesterday at the Gibson House from hem
orrhage of the lungs, He leaves young
widow and two children. The remains of
the deceased were to-day sent to Brooklyn.
A MEETING in regard to the proposed con-
eert for the benefit Of the Exposition Fund
was held yesterday between the School
Board Committee on Music and Colonel
Robinson and other Exposition Commits
Sioners 1t was agreed to give two concerts,
and Messrs. Arthur Mueller and J. G. Wilt
see of the School Board, were appointed a
subcommittee to make the necessary ar
rangements.
JOHN THOMPSON, an employe of the Globe
Rolling Mills who was struck on the head
by Michael Fay, saloon-keeper near the
Gas-works last week, died at the Hospia
this morning. Fay was arrested at the time
Of the occurrence and let out on $500 bail
Yesterday, when it was learned that Thomp
pon was dying, he was rearrested and let on
On 81 800 bail, and this morning he wa
again arrested, on the charge of murder.
THE following is the programme of th
entertainment this evening, given by tn
Morris Lyceum of st. Paul NJ. +. Church
Song, 81 Estasi d'Amore," by Miss Kati
Hardway; lecture, George III and Hi
Times" by Charles W. Baker; chorus, b,
the ST. Paul Musical Society, March of tn
Men of Harlech;" reading ''The Youn
Gray Head" by Mrs. Charles Crapsey; sc
iectinns from Shakspeare "Brutus an