The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-06
LOCAL BREVITIES.

RESERVED SEATS for the Cincinnati Musica
Festival are to be sold at auction to th
highest bidder.
MEssRs. MORRIS and Peck have been re
appointed Trustees of the Longview Asylum
by the Governor.
THE Railroad Depot at Batavia, O., wa
broken into last night and $40 in chang,
taken. No clue to the party.
THE contract for the superstructure of
bridge over the Little Miami at Remington
has been awarded to Lomas q Co.
Mr. CHAs P. TAFT delivered his lectur,
on South Kensington Museum" to a larg,
audience, at Pixies Opera-house last night.
ONE of the largest funerals which ha.
taken place in the city for some time was
that of Frederick Asset yesterday, from No
4S Fndlay street
THE one-year-old son of Mrs. Johanna
Stevens, living on Reading Road, near Oak
street, died suddenly last night. An i'll
quest was ordered.
The German American Bank, of New
York, began suit yesterday against Jacob
Elsas to recover on note made by ElSas in
favor of Meter & Co.
SINCE the establishment of the Probate
Court in 1852, there have been sixty-four
thousand five hundred and ninety-three
marriage licenses issued.
WADE HARRIS, the deaf and dumb man
who was found in the Walnut-street Bank
one morning, short time ago, waived his
examination this morning.
A. o. HELLMAN, an unknown pedestrian,
living on Broadway, states that he has ac-
complished the remarkable feat of walking
eleven miles i'll one and half hours.
A YOUNG negro lad, named Joseph Mere
dith, was sent to the House of Refuge this
morning for stealing some clothes and jew
elry from the steamboat Robert Mitchell.
Mr.. HElLMAN lectured last evening at
Evans Hall. Mt. Auburn, on the subject of
"Kindergartens, His remarks were very
Snteresting, and listened to by large audi
ance.
WIN. MILLER, negro boy who was
charged with cutting another lad of about
his own age with intent to kill, in Buck
town last week, was held to answer this
morning
JOHN DoRscH, of the firm of Dorsch &
Torner, and residing on York street, has
been appointed Police Commissioner by
Governor Bishop, in place of Chas Browne,
resigned.
THE funeral of the late Frank Millward
will take place tomorrow afternoon at l :3O
o'clock from the Seventh Presbyterian
Church, on Broadway, between Fourth and
Fifth streets.
A CASE OF mechanical instruments valued
at $40 was stolen from the office of Phillips
q Chadwick civil and mechanical engin.
eers, at No. II West Eighth street. night
before last.
TIE artesian we'll at Moerlein's brewery
last evening reached a depth of 1850 feet
when all Of a sudden a stream of water
burst forth and shot up to height of
twenty or thirty feet.
OFFICERS from West Chester Penn, will
be in the city this morning to take charge
OF Thomas Divine and John Beniamin, the
sWinders who were arrested yesterday as
fugitives from justice.
The larceny of a gold watch and chain,
valued at $75, and belonging to- J. NJ
Shackelford, was charged to the account of
n negro named William Wilson this morn
ing, to which he will answer April 18th.
R. E. STEVENS, Manager of the Boucicault
"Shaughraun" Combination, passed through
the city this morning, en- route for New
York, with the remains of his late wife,
who died at New Orleans last Wednesday.
JAMES MURPHY, painter living on Elm
on the charge of stealing some carpenter
tools from John Nichols of 1899 West ThirC
street, and pawning them on Central ave
nue..
Tucu's clothing store, on Main near FIFTH
street was burglarized of $500 worth O
clothing. Yesterday q lot of new clothing
supposed to be that stolen, was found OF
Sixth street near the iron bridge over Mill
creek.
THE District Court yesterday appointed
the following gentlemen Committee OF
the examination of applicants for admission
to the Bar: Messrs. c. w. Gerard, S. +
Hunt, j. B. Foraker, VIM. Worthingtol
and G. H. Bates.
A LITTLE girl named Casuer vas crossin
the street from the Thirteenth Dstric
School-house to her fathers residence yes
terday when she was struck by the wheel
of milk wagon and received broker
nose, besides several other INJURIES.
In the following ballot-boxes no election
tickets were found First Aldermanic Dis
triCt, city; Eighth Ward, District B, county
Ninth Ward, District B, both township am
city. Moreover, number of the boxe
were returned without their keys
MEssRs. WILLIAMS & MANss, music pub
fishers, Fourth street, Cincinnati, have JUS
issued Chimes of Normandy Potpourri,
arranged by Jas. C. Macy, from Planquette
beautiful opera; also Chimes of Norm md,
Waltzes," as performed by Curriers' Land
Cincinnati Music Hall Grand March,
dedicated to Mr.. Reuben r. Springer.
The German Catholic Homestead Associ
alton has of late experienced considerabl,
trouble with its late President. The latte
had C1,np ilnpartapt documents bio poc