The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-17
OVER THE BRIDGE.
COvINGTON.


Wonder if that banquet was an election
eering scheme?
The Gazette very truly says that Ed.
Moore will write the invitations to the
Firemen's banquet next year.
Collector Freer is 81, 1874 81 short in his
accounts with the city. So says the Com
mittee appointed to investigate his books
Mr.. Ed. Schlebbe has been furnished with
bran new horse and wagon in considera-
ton of the valuable service he renders the
city.
The City Council attended wine supper
rendered it by the members of the Fire De-
partment and Superintendent Glore, at
Engine House No. last night.
The defeated parties, not including the
City OF Covington. in the Craig street
graveyard case, filed a petition for a re-
hearing in the Court Of Appeals yesterday.
Rev. J. M. Bent, Mr.. J. W. Walker and
wife and Miss Mary Virgins go to Burling-
ton tomorrow as delegates from the Madi-
son-street Baptist Church to the Baptist
Convention.
Mr.. George Hughes, son of the late Jos
{. Hughes, ESQ.,, and Miss Lulie Winston.
daughter of Albert G. Winston, ESQ.,, all Of
Boone County, were married at Burlington
day before yesterday.
REAL ESTATE TRANsFERs.-John Henry
Bueter to Joseph Pohlmann, both of Cow
lngton, Lot 221 by SO feet west side Hol-
man street, 1881 feet north of Twelfth
street. Covington; $500.
Talk about lunch fends but you lust
ought to have seen the pensioners gobbling
bivalves last night. We never could ascer.
tain what the Fire Department of the Sixth
street House were good for until last night.
A suit in Chancery was filed yesterday by
W. G. Allen, assignee of F. G. Reiss, against
Reiss' creditors, enjoining creditors from
proceeding in other suits, and asking set
tlement of the estate. The debts are stated
at about s., 900. Simmons & Schmidt, at
torneys.
w. G. Allen, assignee of Edward C. Reiss,
filed suit in the Chancery Court yesterday
against the cereditors of the said bankrupt
for the sale OF the drug store and settle
ment OF the debts, and to enjoin the credit
ors from bringing suit Messrs Simmons
g. Schmidt.
A coal-oil lamp in the grocery of Mr.
Harry Bramlage, on Sixth street, exploded
last night, and caused considerable excite
ment, until Harry Mock, of the Fire De-
partment, arrived with fire-extinguisher
and quenched what threatened to be con.
aagration.
Mr.. Dewitt G. Collins was sworn into the
City Council last night. He was appointed
Chairman of the Committee on Ways and
Means, and second on the Committee on
Parks, on Manufactures and Commerce
and on Rules. At the same time Mr.
Coffin was appointed to the Committee on
Wards.
Mr. M. J. Richmond and Mrs. Annie
Mahon were welded at the Cathedral yes-
terday afternoon. Father Jones officiated
in his own dignified and gracious style, and
Mr.. Andrew Boex, of the Immaculate Con.
ception Church Choir, Newport, presided
at the organ. The newly welded pair have
gone to Niagara.
Miss Anna Belle Marshall was rendered a
complimentary musicale by her teacher.
Miss Patti Thorndick, at the residence of
the latter, last night. The guests were
many, notwithstanding the threatening
weather, and the music, in selection and
execution, rendered the evening one OF
pleasure and profit.
Police CoURT.-Pat Cohill got his fill and
was requested to pay SIS bill. Stone-pile.
Patrick Soolivan paid 81 for drunk.
Francis Morgan, drunk and disorderly, 81.
Jack Donivan, breach of the peace $13
Alice Fowlett, disorderly, 81. The arrest
ing officers were Casey, Conners, Brues-
man, Bolan, Linneman, Burgess, OHaro,
Wenger and Momper.
Some time since Patsy O'Brien, of this
city, was matched to walk against one Will
son, of Aurora, Indiana. At the appointed
time Mr.. o. Brien was suffering with an at
tack of malarial fever and was unable to
leave his bed. The friends of Wilson now
refuse to give o. Brien his money back and
even refuse to allow Wilson to walk with
him. This is what we should call bare
faced crookedness.
MArRrMoNIAL.-Elegant cards of invita-
ton are out announcing the marriage of
Mr.. ]. H. Haggemeyer and Miss Mile
Kasper. The ceremony takes place on the
oath inst.
A letter to the STAR reporter announces
the marriage of Mr.. Geo. W. Davidson and
Miss May Keating.
MT. Eu. OCnIeUDe, Cne lively ana faithful
collector of water rents is to be married
next month to Sixth street belle.
Covington Commandery. No. 7, met last
night and conferred the Red Cross Degree
upon four postulates in most worthy
manner. There were present quite num-
ber of Sir Knights from various Command
cries, among whom were Sir Knight E..
Whitaker, P. e. c. of Cincinnati Com
mandery; Rev. G. Taylor, Ryan Command
cry of Danville; together with Sir Knights
from Cincinnati, Newport and Lexington
Commauderies. Sir William Ryan, r. e.
G. G. of the Grand Commandery of Ken
lucky, was met by committee at the depot
and escorted to the Asylum, where he was
received tin due form. After work the Sir
Knights were treated to an elegant supper.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Toebbe has declared
against marriages by Squire Beasly, at
Aberdeen. The following is an extract of
his sermon preached at Fleminesburg last
week: Some few weeks ago this congre-
cation had scandal. One of the members
ran off to Aberdeen. and was married BY a
dirty Squire, and the couple are living to-
gether will not refrain from giving his
name. tits McManus, and he lives short
distance from this place. How manv nm