The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-31
MINOR LOCAL MENTIONS,

The Common Council meets tomorrow
afternoon at O'Clock.
The Board of Control will hold its reg
alar monthly meeting tomorrow morn
Ing.
VIM. Miller 4 Co. yesterday afternoon
made an assignment for the benefit of cred
itors to A. B. Champion.
The fifteenth anniversary of the Thir-
ty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry Associa-
tion will be held in this city September
n5th.
A little nine-year-old daughter of Mrs.
II. F. Busch, of Vine street, was thrown
from buggy yesterday afternoon and Sc
Verely injured.
The citizens of Lnwood and Mount
Lookout have formed a shotgun club for
the better protection of themselves against
tramps and burglars.
A fire at P. J. Marqua & Sons toy
factory, corner of Smith aud Augusta
streets, about IL o'clock last night, did
about $500 worth of damage.
A box containing $40 and several peri
odlcals was stolen from George Beckner,
,
u, H. & d. Depot, night before last.
One of J. Esperg's heavy transfer
wagons, while coming down Freeman street
Yesterday, ran into DR.. w. T. Browns
barouche and completely demoraizcd it.
The body of young Hildebraodt,
drowned Saturday in the Ohio River, at
Four-mile was taken to California last
evening for interment by the father of the
deceased.
Admiral Ammen has presented the
Spring Grove Cemetery with three wild
ducks, which are beautiful specimens.
They arrived yesterday from Bettsyille,
Maryland.
Capt. Stein has commenced a suit to
recover 1925 from Henry Grotenkemper,
which he claims he paid Grotenkemper up
On six drafts drawn by him upon different
banks when he had no funds in the banks
Mrs. Lucy Fussnecker, the wife of Mr.
John Fussnecker, the veterinary surgeon at
No. 19 Green street, died yesterday of heart
disease at the age of fty-eght years Her
funeral will take place tomorrow morning
The lady and gentlemen members of
St. Edwards Church choir went fishing last
evening and will return this evening
Dancing, singing and fishing is the pro-
gramme. The party was gotten up by Mr.
c. c. Jonas.
B. J. Murphy, editor of the Working
mans Advocate, will deliver the opening
address at the Workingmen's meeting to-
night at Fifth-street Garden. Subject: "a
Review of the New Constitution Of Cali
fernia."
Wallace Allen, while working on a
new building on Washington avenue, yes
terday, fell from a second-story window,
astone weighing eight hundred pounds
falling with him. Fortunately they landed
in different spots.
The Pittsburg coal men held a meet
ing at the Gibson House yesterday and
agreed to charge cents per bushel for the
eight million bushels of coal now coming
down the river. This will make the price
IL cents per bushel delivered.
The Archbishop has appointed DR..
Hecht to take charge OF the Seminary, and
all the property belonging to it. lie will
remain at the Seminary to receive the an
nual collections and other donations sent
to relieve the Seminary of its Indebtedness.
Mr.. Kerper, of the Mount Adams In
clined Plane and Eden Park Railroad pro-
poses in a short time to take ordinary street
cars up and down the plane, enabling pas
Bengers to travel from the intersection Of
Western and Harrison avenues to the end
Of the Walnut Hills Railroad without
changing cars.
Clara Smith yesterday afternoon
brought suit to recover over $4,000 from
Charles J. Steinau, OF Joseph Steinau &
Co., jewelers. for services rendered as his
housekeeper, for lodgings furnished him,
for services in and about his washing, and
for money which she alleges he collected
for her as her agent.
Candidates for admission to the Pre-
paratory Department of the Hebrew Union
College are required to report for examina-
ton on the first Monday of September.
Those asking admission to the Collegiate
Department Of the Hebrew Union College
are required 10 register in Cincinnati Sep
tember 1st at 4 p. N. at the office of the
College.
A meeting of the Joint Committee on
Finance and Light was held last night for
the purpose of taking into consideration
the price OF gas to private consumers. A
resolution was adopted that the Gas Com,
pany be requested to furnish to the mem
bers of the Committee all statistics in ref.
erence or information upon the subject un.
der consideration.
Mr.. Charles Barnes, Of this city, has
Invented simple method OF putting out a
fire without the use OF any human agency,
and yesterday afternoon lie experimental
with his invention at small building
erected for the purpose on the Hunt-street
Pumpng-works lot. 1t worked well, and
was highly spoken Of by the large number
of invited guests.
B. F. Helman, the nincteen-ycar-old
son of the druggist, corner of Sixth and
Broadway, while ncarcerated in the Ham,
mond-street Station-house last night fol
,llisorderly conduct, made two Intellectual
attempts at suicide by hanging Lieut.
Burke cut him down in time to save his
life. and then bad him stripped stark
naked to prevent a third attempt.
The case of Henry Worthington, ex
ecutor of the estate of Willie Black de
reased, against Barbour e. Stout and H
H. Hoffman and A. L. Symmes, came NJ