The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-21
LOCAL iSREViIIES.


Hes like gosling, green and SMALL
With down upon his back"
COFFIN, the absconding bank teller, has
not yei been captured.
CONRAD HOFFMAN, the young man who
attempted suicide, is recovering.
A NEw overcoat was stolen from the resi-
dence of Mr.. w. G. Smith, 592 West Court
street, last night.
THE iron bridge over Pettis Creek, on the
Southern Road, mas been completed, ana
construction trains are now running 'hlr-
teen miles below Somerset
A vALlsE containing Catholic hreviary
and lot of clothing, is waiting ldentlhca-
ton at the office of the Chief of Police. 1t
was found near Longworth and Plum
Streets
MILL1E RosE a well-known pedestrian OF
this city, will on Wednesday next begin
the task of walking ZIP quarter miles in
ZIP consecutive quarter hours at SchlcK-
ling's Academy of Music.
AT the meeting of the Corrugated Elbow
Company held yesterday the following per-
sons were elected officers: President, Bur
nett Resor; Vice President, VIM. s. Mum
son; Secretary and Treasurer Charles Ii.
Law.
THE first annual exhibition of the Gin
cinnati Poultry and Pet Stock Society
opened at noon to-day at Hopkins Hall,
corner of Fourth and Elm streets. The
coops are nearly all filled with fine col
lection of fowls.
A SUIT for damages in the sum of $1,000
has been brought against the Cincinnati
Southern Railroad Company in Pulaski
County Kentucky, for the death OF James
H. Linn, who was killed on the road about
two months ago.
A SERMON on a subject of special import
ance will be delivered this evening at the
York-street Church, corner OF York anG
Baymiller streets, by the Rev. }. ). Hight,
DID. A cordial welcome is extended to all.
Services begin at "a o'clock.
THE Board of Directors Of the Univer-
sty of Cincinnati met yesterday evening.
Hon. Samuel F. Hunt was reelected Presl-
dent, and T. B. Disney as Clerk. The re-
eeipts for the year were $66, GIT 63; expend-
itures, $57, $40 81 Balance, $S,977 20.
J. w. THOMAS, JR., Treasurer of Syca-
more Township, is missing, as are also
about S, 200 of the Townships money. No
one knows whittier he has gone. He leaves
wife and two hand some children TO blush
over his shame. AS usual, there was
woman i'll the case.
AT regular meeting of the Academy of
Medicine last evening committee OF hve,
consisting of Drs Reamy, Orr, Palmer,
Muscroft and Conner, was appointed to
draft proper resolutions and preambles on
the recent death of Dr. l.. r. Longworth,
and will report on next Monday evening.
FANNIE WOLF brought suit before Judge
Smith to recover $40, 900 damages from DR..
+. c. Schmuck, alleged to have been sus-
tained by the physician treating her for
rheumatism, when she was suffering from a
fractured bone in the leg which has now
grown together in such way that she will
be crippled for life
JAMES MALoY, for twenty years brake
man on the Little Miami Railroad, got of
the 1885 train at Russell Station yesterday
to hand the agent sum of money, when
be slipped on the ice and fell under the car
the wheel passing over his legs. He was
taken TO Piainville, the nearest station, anc
died last evening.
Ex-SHERIFF SPRINGME1ER's deficit, caused
by the crookedness Of his Deputy, Charles
Overaker, amounts to only $4,700 and is
covered by mortgage on his house and
lot on Mt. Auburn, personally So, 800 and
four buildings along the Narrow Gauge
Railroad. The bondsmen of Mr.. Spring
meier Will therefore suHef no loSs.
CORONER CARR1cK received a letter to-day
from Mr. VIM. T. Wallace, editor of the
Huntington, W. Va, Argus. inquirine
whether the body of J. J. Rankin, drowned
at that place last month, had been found
floating in front of our city. As an answer
to the above the Coroner has written re-
ply that he has had no drowning case dur
ing his term of office.
AT the annual meeting of the First Unita
rian Church, which was held last evening
1t was reported that $4,000 had been col
lected by subscriptions, and that the Sixth
street building had been sold for $l2 600 tc
John Henry. This will still leave $4,000
of the church debt unpaid. The following
Trustees were elected President, Judge Fay
cite Smith, Treasurer, Zeph Brown; Secre
tary, John D. Caldwell NJ. E. Ingalls,, M
Tempest and Theodore StanWood.
Police CcmmiSsiOnerS.