The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-11
THE DAILY STAR
NEWS FROM POINTS AROUND
COVINGTON.
Covington Council Proceedings-0ficial Re-
mort

lnurSuny evening, hpIll ~ iofo. Aioo'Npht
Trapter In the chair and all the members present
except McssIs. Falls and Senour
Tie minutes of the last meeting were read an d
adopted.
Appropriations were made TO pay all claims al
lowed mt last meeting of Council.
The Committee on Ways and Means repo fte&
that the President OF Council had, as per in t'se
tons executed note on behalf OF the City q the
First National Bank for $1,000.
Report concurrcd IN,
Mr. Blakely rendered his resignation as tC,rsfr-
man ol Committee on Law, and asked Co hnon TO
accept same Request nOn-c incurred IN.
Mr. Ashbrook offered his resignation As Chair
man of Committee on Incmil lmnr ovcasGnts,
and asked t0 hayeth same reserrcd sthe tresi-
dent of COunci and 10 be BY him SJce Eted ~ the
first meeting Of Council in May, Re ferrea'us re-
qlcstcd. ....., a.
aud assessing ataX nj 80 % eJs ~ oot oa,eI iile
each side, OF llIe alley south ID Eleventh street.
and exteuting from ADDISON ssr!et TO tleltirst al
ley west 6f Madison s.eet, to, ray for Improving
said alley between Nh points, ~ Bernard feddcrs,
and said Fedders wnS appointed special collector
An orCinarce was pressed Revying tsw Of 81 81
per front foes upon all the lots and peFts Of lots
frensing sbuttn;: each side of the first alley
north Of Martin street, and extending from point
$50 feeteas OF SDtt street To Grccnup street. 10
pay for improving said alley under contract with
.Thomns C. Woods. and aid Woous was appointed
SpGcialf fcUlleetorof said TAX.
bill amounting to $500 from J. p. Patton and
others Tor the legal services of f. P Bradstreet i'll
the injunetionsuit against the s. N. Hawcs extra
,diti0n proceedings. Referred to Committee on
Law and City Attorney.
communication from the City Engineer rec
'0mmendng that the contractor for improving
Fifteenth street. between Halman and Bankl elk
Streets he allowed the privilege of taking the
earth for the filling said street, from Ilalman
street, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets.
Referred 10 Committee on Internal improve
Dlents, with power TO act.
An ordinance was presented and passed, order
ing the improvement OF the alley first east oi Main
street, and extending from Riddle TO Pike street.
The Committee on Law reported in favor Of al
Rowing the claim Of A.. Willenbrink, Amounting to
16o, for dieting county prisoners for the month
OF May 1878
port cnncurred in
The same COMMITTEES reported in favor oil re-
lectng the proposition OF Andrew Duryer to
take 500 in full for damage to his property.
Report cOncurred in.
Same Committee reported thatithe City OF Gov
ington, and not Mrs Il. L. Greer, was liable to the
Contractor, Peter Smith, for improving Riddle
street, and recommended that So 81 be allowed
said Smith for making said improvement Report
c1nCurrcd in.
An ordinance creating the office Of Supern.
tendent Of Public Works was presented, and upon
motion it was postponed, and made special or
der OF next meeting.
The Committee on Internal Improvements rec
commended that the { ity Engineer be instructed
TO ie-advertse for bids for improving the first
alley south Oflfourlh street, and extending west
wardly from Russell street; also, the first alley
west of Madison street, extending from Sixth
street northWaIdly.
Recommendation concurTed in.
The Committee on Public Buildings and Relief
rep rted A. Montgomery Il Co. bids for furnish
ing c2al to the poor OF the city and Public Build
ings Tor one year the lowest, and ask to have the
contract awarded them.
Report cUnCurred in.
Upon motion, Council adjourned TO next Thurs
day evening.
CHAs. j. TRANTER,
President.
Attest GEO. II. DAvIsoH City Clerk.
John Freer has u young daughter at his
house.
Good Friday was properly observed in
all the Catholic Churches this morning.
Poor old Johnny Murphy, who is con-
fined in Jail, has terrible case of jim-jams.
The nuptials of Mr.. Billy Schmitz to Miss
Mary Reselman arc announced at an early
date.
II. c. Norman was arrested this morning
for breach OF the peace on Adam Gross
man.
POLICE COURT. - Ed. Clarkson, Heary
Cream and George Holden, breach Of the
peace, S. each.
Another wind spilling match in Council
last night but small amount of business
transacted.
Constable Gillighan can tell the people
all about a preachers conversation through
q telephone. Ask him about it.
The Running Glides take possession of
Oddfellows' Hall on the evening of the 23d
of this month with red-hot hop.
Building in Covington this season prom
ises to be lively. There are over twenty
houses in the course of construction.
Cora Jackson was arrested this morning
and lodged in Jail. There is an Indictment
pending against her for grand larceny.
Herman Haskins, the man who fell from
the house on Third street, died last night
from his injuries. An inquest will be held.
Aa overloaded wagon belonging to Rub
& Meyers caused blockade of the street.
cars on Pike street yesterday. Where is
the s. P. c. A.?
The attractions at Mr.. Winters floral
store on Fifth street is considerably in
creased by the presence OF the attractive
Miss Anna Paul.
Miss Judith Stevenson, of this city, will
leave Monday next for New York, and the
following Thursday sail for Europe, to be
absent at least year Or more.
Some rascal broke open the tool-box of
Joe Collins few evenings since, and car
ried off a lot of tools. BY the way, Joe is
rushing up the Mainstreet sewer in lively
manner
last night about the Committee on Public
Buildings awarding contrac s. Win Coun-
Gilman Mcdonald explain about the Job lie
awarded John Kennedy?
There is war at the Lookout House, be-
ha of nd hic lolf
which will result in a separation. The
groom is sixty-seven years of age and the
bride forty-seyen. They have been married
only about six months.
Mr.. Jules b. Kampe and Miss Fannie d.
Pierce were married last night at the resi-
dence of the brides mother No. 12S East
Third street, by Rev. George Summey, the
pastor Of the Ninth-street Presby yterian
Church.
The furniture auction at the Cox resi-
dence yesterday drew big crowd, brought
good prices and netted a handsome sum- II
was announced at the sale that Mr.. Thos
Emery, Of Cincinnati, had taken tue house
at the $1,000 bid.
There will be meeting of the Simon
Kenton Pioneer Association on Saturday
next, in the City Council Chamber at 2
O'Clock in the afternoon. DR.. b. f. Steven
son, of Verona, is announced to read pa
per OF an interesting character on the occa-
sion.
The marriage of Mr.. Ferdinand Boemer
to Miss Mary Frerker takes place on Tues
day, May 9th, at the Mother of God Church.
The following will act as attendants: Ben.
Bloemer and Kate Frerker, Geo. Whischer
and Dina Bloemer, Glen. Bloemer and Kate
Wolking.