The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-12


Washington avenue. The Assembly has
among its members the elite of the three
cities. and the programme prepared for the
occasion includes number of choice selec-
tons.
A special meeting of the Newport & Gov
ington Bridge Directors was held yesterday
afternoon to award the contract for laying
new flooring on the bridge. The contract
was awarded to l. w. Livezey at his bid of
500. The timber is to be of well seasoned
oak, and will be laid next spring.
Residents on Saratoga street, between JEFF
ferson and Taylor streets. are loudly talking
OF holding an indignation meeting because
OF the outrageous conduct of the Railroad
Company in allowing engines and cattle
cars to stand on the track for fully an hour
before being moved. Let the railroad mag
mates take notice.
Mrs. Knost. residing on German street,
had her neighbours r square around ar
rested this morning on charge of disturb
ing the peace. The parties, eighteen to
twenty in number, were arranged before
the Mayor this morning. but Mrs. Knost
was unable to sustain the charge. and the
parties were dismissed. Mrs Knost testi-
ned that she was unable to sleep at nights
from some cause, but the Court could not
see that the neighbors had anything to do
with it.
A middle-aged woman of rather neat ap-
pearance, and carrying pretty little girl
ABOUT year old. came in on a Short.line
train from Louisville this morning. Shortly
after her arrival the police were obliged to
take her to the Station, as she is undOubt-
ed!y of unsound mind, judging
from her actions on the street.
She gave her name as Gleason and said her
father James Gleason is a blacksmith at
Columbus o. She appears willing that
some responsible party should adopt her
child, as she is unable to care for it. She is
in search of the father of the child and says
she will kill him on sight.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. G. Niles
and wife to Elizabeth " Pritchard, Lot No.
9S in TAYLOR and Davis Subdivision in Day
ton, fronting q feet on Mckinney street;
A. M. Johnston to F. M. Gosney, by l..
}. Blakely, assignee, lot on the southwest
corner of Brighton and Liberty streets, in
Trustees Addition, IS feet front on Liberty
street; $500.
H. H. Rickert and wife to E. A. Martin,
parts of Lots 65 and 66.in A. S. Berry's Ad-
dition to Bellevue, 20 feet front on Retreat
street; $780,
James H. Smith to VIM. H. Bryan, Lot
No. SO, Bellevue Addition, 20 feet on the
east side of Roberts street, 800 feet deep;
5000
Edward NJ. DAVIS and wife to Cephus
Knight parts of Lo S 1877 and 1873, situated
on the northwest corner of Saratoga and
Southgate streets, As feet front on Saratoga
street. by l22 feet deep; 81 and other con-
sideratinns.
Cephus Knight and wife to Henrietta
Davis, same property; 81 and other consid-
erations.
The following address of welcome to Gen.
eral Grant at Portland. Oregon. read by
Miss Tenah Mcmahon, will be read with in.
terest by number of our readers here
from the fact that the young lads and her
parents were formerly we'll known residents
of this city. Miss McConpell. who is also a
resident of this city, was for many years
Principal of the Bellevue-street School. this
city.
The following is the address, taken from
the Daily Oregonian. Miss Tenah McMa
hon stepped forward and read in most ex.
cellent style the following address and
handed her manuscript to General Grant:
GENERAL GRANr-Among the many well
comes home which have greeted you in
this city, and which have been rendered
In foreign lands. none can be more cordial,
and, We trust, more acceptable to you than
ours.
To the fathers of some of US you have
been comrade; to others friend. and to
all national benefactor, but to us you are
part of the great past-many volumes in
our nations history. And as we read OF
great deeds done. and of glorious victories
won by Washington, Lincoln and Grant,
we feel that
I'VE can make our lives sublime;
And departing leave behind US
Footprints on the sands of time"
We do therefore resolve that our native
land shall be made better, nobler and
greater for our having lived in it, and there.
fore shall prove true to the trust commit
ted to us, and keep pure and unsullied the
priceless gift received from beloved land
in peace, from beloved land united, and
from beloved land free.
Through me accept the students wei.
come to Portland.