The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-04
MINOR LOCAL MENTIONS.

Mr.. John McDevitt, well known in this
city, died yesterday.
Standings Official Baseball Guide
for 1879 is for sale at our stationers SHOPS
The Police Commissioners have directed
the Superintendent of Police TO enforce the
bread stamping ordinance.
The Ones extinguished a small fire in
the foundry of Jas. l.. Haven 4 Co., on Sec
ond street, at midnight last night
The late Sinton Cadets and the
Washington Light Guards will organize new
military Company tomorrow night
The receipts of the o. & NJ. Railroad
for January were $440,0l3 p; dlsourse-
ments, $3.50 27; balance on hand, SSo'-
0O7.
The probabilities are that the Lafayette
Bank and the National Bank ot Commerce
will come to terms OF consolidation at an
early day.
Judge Johnston yesterday reduced
the time OF Cordelia WILLIS convicted
OF grand larceny, from three years to one
and ahalf years.
The conference yesterday evening be-
tween the Sinking Fund Commissioners
and the Southern Railway Commissioners
was in reference 10 the proposed license.
The case of Alice Oats against NJ. Hal
stead & Co.. damages for alleged libel, was
dismissed al plaintiffs cost, by her consent,
in the United States Circuit Court yester-
day.
Burglars entered the stable of Hon.
W. S. Groesbeck, situated near the junction
of the Grandn and Terrence Roads, last
night, and carried of two coats, three pair
of pants three vests and and half dozen
shrts.
A meeting Of forty or fifty Republi-
cans, representing the different wards OF the
city, was held AT Washington Platform last
evening and steps takeC towards the organ
ization Of a Republican Central Club for
Hamilton County.
The stable of William Cary, on the
Mt Pleasant Turnpike about half mile north OF
College Hin. was entered sunday night by burg,
lar and a valuable maze stolen, The horSethici
was seon riding the animal on the r'ad leading 10
this city II is supposed tha,th" thci has Nendcd
his way to the blue grass ho'ds o. kenn"ky,
Willie Roby, fifteen years Of age, liy-
ing at No. 223 W. Fourth street, was Sc
riously cut in the breast last Sunday even
ing, byn boy named Martin Leonard. II
gecms that the cutting was tic result of
careless fooling with a knife by Young
Leonard, and no arrests were made.
James Trainer, young man twenty
one years of age, living al Is GanO street,
and until recently employed at waiter at
the Florentine, was arrested to-day al the
instance OF his father-in-law, Mr.. Hill, fire
man OF Fire Company No. IS, on the charge
Of adultery. When found by Officer Dale
hanty, this morning, he was in company
with woman named Dorl, at ~ West
Sixth street.
A trunk which had been shipped by
Mrs Catherine Middleton 10 her husband
In Iowa, was received by Colonel Wappen-
stein yesterday and found to contain an
endless variety of clothing slverware,
books, &c. The books were identified by
Robert Clarke d Co., as having been stolen
from them, and a portion OF The clothing
were identified by John Shillito & Co., and
portion of G. ]. lie Boutiller Il Brother.
Urs Middleton is in the County Jail await
ing trial.
AT the annual election Gf The Building
Exchange, held yesterday, the regular
ticket was elected as follows: President,
James Dale; Vice Presidents, S. l.. Snod-
grass J. b. II. Nolte; Directors Henry
Behrens, VIM. II. Stewart George H. Tay-
lor, \. L. Livezey, WIN. A, Mcgrue John
Parker, Edward P. Ransom, Isaac Graveson,
Leonard Schreiber, WIN. Ricketts,; Com
mIttee On .Anneals, James Hunter ]. B.
Schroeder, Alex. ". williamson Thomas
Gibson, James Rush, Joseph Foster Rich.
ard B. Moore, ]. Z. steinkamp; Committee
of Arbitration, J. B. II. Nolte, Chairman
ex-ofiicio; A. w. Williamson, Samuel Tap
pin, H. McCullom, ]. Armstrong