The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-27
mas night. The boys say that there was
nothing mean about that spread either.

mas night The boys say that there was
nothing mean about that spread either.
Billy Walters was doing Officer Temp.
Wilson's beat on Wednesday night Temp.
reported at headquarters that something
was abont to break into his house on Cen
ter street, and that he intended TO lay for
it. 1t came. 1t looks like its father-so of
course it couldn stand poetry.
Daniel kohler, proprietor Of saloon on
High street, was knocked down at an early
hour on Thursday morning by an unknown
party, with the intention, it Is thought, of
returning home after closing up his place
Of business. Perhaps this is another OF
Kohler's gags
Elnathan G. Smith. convicted OF embez-
element aRd sentenced to one year in the
Penitentiary, was taken to that place on
Friday in charge of Deputy Sheriff Coffin.
Smith was also accompanied by his counsel,
K. S. Wsllace, who carried with him petit
ton for pardon signed by some three hun
dred residents of the county. The Governor
at this time is besieged with people on like
errands, so 1t is not likely that his will
receive attention at present
The STAR OF Friday chronicled the shoot
ing of A. G. Bazey. engineer of the Spring
field Accommodation, G., c., @. & l., on
Christmas Day, in that city. He is now
confined to his home. No. 113 Mound
street, suffering from the effects of the
same. Bazey, after his arrival at the depot
on Thursday morning. started uptown,
and when near the corner of Fourth and
Mill he. received stray bullet in the left
arm, shot from the revolver of an intoxi-
Gated citizen of the offcolor. No words
passed between the parties, as stated.
Mrs Israel Parsons. the venerable mother
of County Treasurer Parsons. died on Fri
day morning after but an illness of a few
moments She ate hearty breakfast in
the morning. and just afterwards, while
| strolling in the yard with her little grand
daughter, she experienced a sudden and
acute pain over her eye. Upon entering
the house she expired Immediately. De-
ceased was born at Harper's Ferry, Va,
March 10th, 1910, and took up her resi-
dence in this city in 1881. The funeral ser
vices have not yet been announced.
The ladies Of the Home, South Mechanic
street. rendered to the newsboys and boot
blacks of our city yesterday afternoon q
turkey dinner. to which there sat down
sixteen of the shine-em-ups and venders,
who made the table shrink in capital style,
as only hungry human can. Upon de-
parting the charitable ladies in charge
asked remuneration by requesting them to
accept of neatly packed sack containing
| a numerous amount of goodies, which the
boys took in as calmly as clam, while ex-
hibiting their gratefulness not by words
but by looks
After the departure of Edwin Olds from
our Office recently the Chief Mogul in
| charge became impressed that riot had
been INDUCED in during his presence, and
| the effects Of which to drive away necessi
tated the filing of three af1idavits in the
Mayors Court. These affldavits have beer
enjoying snooze for some days, but on
Friday they awoke and reached for Edwin
| In their grasp he bowed to them as con
siderate man should. His Honor, thu
Mayor, will warble to him to-day our mora
laws and the curtain will fall on Quill vs.
Cowhide.
A noble act was that Of Mrs. a. G. Will
lis, the wife of the proprietor of the New
York Lunch Rooms, who, upon hearing o
the terrible condition of the home of Mrs
Anderson Curtis, of IS West North street
where starvation had lnrked for severa
days, and children in city of plenty were
crying for bread, hastened, after first Civ
ing her mite on Christmas evening, to tn,
main houses of business and asked for help
which was in many cases responded to, anC
fbefore the clock in our tower told of ,
Christmas morn happiness had Ousted mis-
cry, and the household were sending uI
their praises for their great benefactor.
AvONDALE.
To the Editor Of the Star: -
AvoNDALE CoLoRkp ScHooL-In youl
Avondale news of the 18th inst. there ap
peared an article which misrepresents tn,
colored people of Avondale. We ask. there
fore. that we may be permitted to place be
fore your readers the truth concerning ou
school troubles. There are about ninety
one colored children of school age in th'
village, OF that number about fifty pc
cent. are at present In school. The school
building is all old shanty about forty years
old. located in the rear of the aristocrati,
school-honse for the white children, ant
surrounded on all sides by mud and yellow
CLAW. 1t is furnished with few old ant
room of the other school. No provision
are made by the Boar1 for either cumfor
or decency.
l III tHiS ulTty httitppCHs OuI ClIiuTeu, VI III
ages, and of every degree OF advancement
from beginners, through the first, second
third. fourth and fifth readers, are al
crowded into one little room under tn
C arge of one teacher. The teacher, n
Il doubt, does the best he can; but no on
teacher can do justice under such circum
stances. His time Is wasted, the childreI
make no progress and the money expend
ell might as we'll be thrown into the river
We have respectfully asked the Board Il
remedy this by giving US decent, com
Portable building and another teacher il
order that ere might be some systemati
grading of the children and some progres
made. Being poor people we desire tina
our children shall make the most of tn
short time we are able to keep them i
school. Is there anything unreasonabl
about that?
When petitioned by us to this effect, tn
Board informed us that it could not b
done as they had only 5000 to expend TO
our school, We then asked them to pei
nit US to send our children to the Walnu
Hills Colored School, where they would b
comfortably situated, properly graded an
have the benefit of experienced and abb
teachers and the cost would not exceed th