The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-03-29
LOCAL BREVITIES.

L. Vance.
THE Common Council failed to get a
quorum at their called meeting yesterday.
PROF KARL PALLAT closed his series of
chamber concerts at College Hall last
night.
STRAWBERRIES have made their appear
ance in the city. They cost only rs cents
per pint.
THE artesian well at Moerleins brewery
last night reached depth of nineteen hun
dred and thirty-two feet.
A YOUNG LAD named Conrad Niger was
fined $40 this morning, for selling unSOund
canned corn on the streets.
The first of the two concerts at Lincoln
Park Presbyterian Church was given last
night with an excellent programme.
ABOUT two hundred persons signed the
pledge at the temperance meeting conducted
by Mr.. Dunbar at the Bible Chapel last
evening.
TIE remains of Mr.. George Pendleton
Bowler will leave Paris tomorrow and be
brought to this city for interment in Spring
Grove.
MICHAEL CLARE, a gardener formerly of
this city, fell dead from apoplexy night be-
fore last, in the streets Of Fort Wayne,
Indiana.
THE formal opening of the rooms of the
Builders Exchange of Cincinnati, No. 55
West Fourth street, took place yesterday
afternoon.
ORDERS were issued to the patrolmen yes
terday to arrest all fishmongers who blow
horns on the streets or who are found sell
ing unsound meat.
THE Gatling gun squad, under the COM
mand Of Captain Lew. Wilson, will try the
efficiency of their gun between here and
Lawrenceburg next Saturday afternoon.
SAMUEL HEHs, indicted by the Grand Jury
for embezzling 81, 200, and released on bail,
having been surrendered by his bondsmen,
was Yesterday arrested on a CapiaS and
taken back to Jail.
JOHN HILL young man living at No.
122 Clay street, was arrested yesterday at
the instance of his sister, who charges him
with having stolen $50 of her money. He
will be tried April Sd.
JUDGE NJ. H. TILDEN has notified the Re-
publican Executive Committee of his will
ingness to accept the nomination for Judge
of the Superior Court, which was offered
him upon the resignation of Judge Taft.
CHRIST. COLEMAN, who claims to be a
Newport lawyer was arrested last night on
the complaint of some of the residents Of
Pike street that he was insulting ladies and
making himself a general nuisance. This
morning he went out on 5000 sentence.
AT the meeting of the Board of Directors
of the County Intirmary, yesterday, bill Of
$32 Sc was ordered paid to DR.. W. H. Will
lett for medical services in Harrison Town
ship, and also bill of $15 for temporary
support of poor in Colerain Township.
Mr.. PALEMoN POWELL, after a short ill
ness died yesterday, at the age of seventy
one. Mr.. Powell came to this city in 1929,
and was a member of the old Volunteer
Fire Department for fourteen years. and
later represented the old Fourth Ward in
Council and the School Board.
SEVERAL weeks ago a capias was issued by
the Grand Jury for the arrest of VIM Ly-
ons, a resident of Sixth-street Hill who was
supposed to be a partner of McCabe in the
robbery of Hopple's place on Third street,
but until yesterday he escaped the vigilance
of the officers. He is now in Jail.
THE Anneke Jams heirs met yesterday at
the Grand Hotel to consult as to the best
means of pressing their claims to the estate
in New York City, amounting to one hun
dred and ninetytwo acres, worth $40, 100000
A meeting was appointed to devise the
best means of proceeding in the premises.
SEVERAL affidavits respecting the outsid,
Influence which, it is claimed was brough
to bear on the jurors in the Dickey-Tytu
breach OF promise case, were filed in tn
Clerks Office of the Butler County Court O
Common Pleas yesterday and a motion
for new trial will be argued tomorrow be
fore Judge Hume.
The application made in the Suprem
Court on behalf of Robinson, the variet
Snowman, for leave to file petition in el
ror to rnyarSa tho 6ariSiop of tho CornrDo
Pleas in the case of Bridget McGlennon
was refused yesterday. The girl will no'
remain at the Reform School at White Su
phur Springs until she becomes of age.
THE headless trunk of some unknown
man was found yesterday morning lyin
beside the l., G. & l.. Railroad track, thi
side of Devin's Station. The body present
ed the appearance Of an ordinary traml
who had probably fallen asleep on tn
track with his head ON the rail- and som
ras$ing train had severed the head froI
bis shoulders.
MIR. Tom STEvAN. Superintendent of tn
Carnivora at the Geological Garden yeste
day afternoon, i'll the presence of numbe
Of directors and employees entered the der
Of hons, leopards and hyenas, and traine
these fierce animals. Mr.. Stevan will col
l;nue to do the same thing, and will 500
begin to give daily exhibitions of his poy
ars over the animals.
AMONG the Anneke JAMS heirs the fo
towing are from this city: George J. Cop
land, s. A. Lumley P. Van Wilmer. Salon
Clemens, Julia Thorp Sarah Kneff, Miltc
G. Pritchell, Lavina Reynolds, Mrs T.
Russell, A. c. Risher d. B. Coleman, /
Kiersted, DR.. L. B. Anderson, A. B, Whit
]. w. Riker, Mrs E. H. Wallace H. Spi
man and J. II. Brewer.
AS an item of interest, some of the Jot
Martin relatives claiming that Mr.. Mart
was not married to Mrs Burgess, the follo'
ing is taken from the records of the Proba
Court: John Martin and Elizabeth Bu
CESS took out a marriage license on Februa
18th, 1857 The license was issued und
Judge j. Burgoyne, by Deputy Clerk J.
Clark The couple were married two da
afterwards, February 2Sth, by Rev. L.
Yourtee. The license, No. 432, is record
N volume IA, page 2l7, the year being 1St
Obituary.