The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-06-11
THE DAILY STAR
MINOR LOCAL MENTIONS.

,uneTb IitbograpR of the Music Hall and
Exposition Building.
Gotlieb Strempe, cooper, broke his
leg by falling from window at No. o49 NC
Micken avenue yesterday.
The funeral of Mr.. James E. Bell, late
Superintendent of the Waterworks, took
place at $3.50 O clock this morning from his
home, No 277 East Third street.
A petition asking that the charges
brought by Miss Sophia Euphrat against
Mr. John Akels, of the Lower Eighth
street School, has been signed by sixty citi-
Zens.
The President yesterday signed bill
authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish
ordnance tomake a proper inclosure around
the X. S. McCook monument in Washing
ton Park.
A butcher named John Schaefer was
struck by locomotive yesterday on the
M. & c. Railroad, and received severe in
jures about the head. He was taken to
the Hospital.
The State Board of Public Works was
in the city yesterday and left for Dayton to
inspect the condition of the Erie canal.
They had their own boat and will be in
Dayton about midnight
Patrick Kelly, one of the workmen of
the Westwood Narrow-gauge Road, while
dumping a cart in the bottoms west of
Brighton Station, was seriously injured yes
tcrday by being knocked down the fill.
The Commencement Exercises of the
Chickering Institute will take place at the
Vine-street Church Thursday evening at
o'clock. All friends are invited. Hon. J.
D. Cox will present the diplomas to the
graduating class.
The diamond-pin which Mr.. F. B.
Ollendlck had loaned to Manuel Prendes,
the Fourth-street cgarmaker, and which
The latter carried Oft with him when he
Rbsconded, was yesterday returned to its
owner by Prendes, who is in New Orleans
A greasy tramp, with his wallet under
his arm, was observed slowly moving up
Walnut street this morning, perusing a
well-thumbed Testament. The immense
decorations perhaps suggested to him that
he was passing through the temptations of
Vanity Fair
A suit was yesterday instituted against
John b. and Edward Purcell, and John b..
Mannix, their assignee, by Eliza S. Coma
han to require Mr. ManniX to deliver to her
sixty.nine and a half shares of the Ohio
Candle Company's stock, of the value of
b69, 800 deposited by her, as the admins
traitor of her husband, Charles Conahan,
deceased
The Executive Committee of the Phil
harmonic Musical Society will give grand
excursion to the high bridge, Kentucky
River, Saturday, June 2lst. They propose
TO make this the trip of the season. Music
and dancing will be part of the programme.
This Society has been successful in giving
excursions and parties in the past and we
predict for them a very enjoyable time on
this trip.
Joseph Decamp, who was one of the
most respected citizens of Cincinnati, died
yesterday, after a lingering illness. He
was born August ID, 1909, in Westtield, N.
]. In 1911 his parents removed to Ohio
md settled in Butler County. When Mr..
Decamp became of age he came to Cincin.
natl and learned the trade of a carpenter
and householder. The funeral OF the de
ueased will take place from the Ninth-strce
Baptist Church tomorrow morning at l0:3(
o'clock.
The citizens of the Twenty-ffth Ware
held mass-meeting last night, the occasion
being the opening OF the branch Public Ii
brary. The meeting was opened by th
Rev. Henry Miller with prayer. Genera
Banning was elected chairman, and mad
n short address. The music was furnishe,
by the school children and the Turne
Choir. Letters were read from Judg
Force and Mr.. Henry Probasco, and wer
followed by short addresses from Judg
Cox, Mr.. Vickers, DR.. MIssey and Alexan
der Long, Esq.
An elegant wedding took place a
Grace Church. Avondale, at o'clock las
evening, the parties being Mr.. Geo. Lea, o
Philadelphia, and Miss Alice Van Antwerp
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Van Antwerp, 0
Avondalc The ceremony was performe
by Bishop Jaggar, assisted by the residen
rector, Rev. Mr.. Blake. The bridesmaid
were Miss Lea of Philadelphia; Miss Ad
Phipps, OF East Fourth street, Cincinnati
Miss Andrews, of Clifton; Miss Keye'
Miss Sherlock and Miss Davis of Avor
dale. The ushers were Mr.. Charlie Lea {
PHILADELPHIA; Mr. Tom Van Antwerp, tn
brother of the bride; and Messrs. keye
Taylor, Huntington, Andrews and Jut
kins. At the close of the ceremonies
brilliant reception was given at the HON
Of the brides parents.