The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-01

hawthorne, Cadet Engineer at the NaFai
Academy at Annapolis, is making short
stay here with his parents. He is making
his annual cruise of Uncle Sans ship and
navy yards throughout the States.
Further Improvements, in addition to
the new quarters about to be erected at the
Barracks, will be made to the old buildings
within the inclosure. The old quarters are
to be thoroughly repaired and renovated,
special appropriation having been made
for that purpose
Thomas Bradley concluded to while away
the lonely hours of the early dawn this
morning by taking few whitfs from his
meerschaum. He sent in a fire alarm about
o'clock, but before the engines arrived
Toms clothing and bed were consumed. A
spark from the pipe is what did it.
The alarm of FIRE at o'clock this morn
ing was caused by the burning of feather
bed in Tom Bradley's house, on Dayton
street. Bradley had been taken home some
time before in an intoxicated condition.
The fire was discovered by two policemen,
who saved the house by throwing the bed
out of doors.
| Officer Flynn arrested jesse Moore last
night on a charge of disorderly conduct,
and when brought to the station-house
huge revolver was found on his person,
when an additional charge of carrying con-
cealed weapons was placed against him. He
was held over to the Criminal Court by the
Mayor this morning in the sum of $50, and
dismissed on the former.
Deputy County Clerk Gallagher was
hunted up late Saturday night by young
couple who were exceedingly anxious to be
| Tho abli,r;nn md oant Ion, n "
Clerk was found about o'clock, and re-
paired at once to the office, and after pro-
pounding the usual questions, which the
young man answered in rather nervous
tone of voice, issued the necessary docu-
ment Mr. H. D. Armstrong, Of this city,
and Miss Ella c. Wirthlin, Of Cincinnati,
then proceeded to the parlor of Rev. Father
Ennis, who united them in the holy bonis
Mr.. Waller Overton, Cashier at Taylor's
Bank, received dispatch Saturday from
Colorado announcing the sudden death OF
his brother, Dr. Dabney Overton, at that
place from the effects of an overdose o.
morphine. Mr. Overton was a sufferer
from neuralgia, and had taken the drug tc
alleviate his sufferings. He was in the
prime OF life, but twenty-seven years OF age
and was physician of much promise. He
I administered to the suffering at Leota
Springs during the fever last summer, anc
never for a moment fiinched from his post
; His brother, Mr.. Waller Overton, anC
family have the sympathy of the entire
community.
!. The Jubilee proclaimed by Leo XIII il
| commemoration of his elevation to the Pa
pacy, and which was general Throughout
the Catholic world closed yesterday. Man.
millions of Catholics in this and othe
countries have availed themselves of tn
, spiritual graces of the Jubilee, which
g never given except on extraordinary oc
- casions and to commemorate some grea
event in the history of the Church. In tn
Diocese of Covington, of which Newpor
forms part, the exercises of the Jubile
+ have awakened great many hitherto In
different Catholics to a sense of their rt
q lgious duties.
The examination of candidates for az
If pointment as Second Lieutenant in the I
s. Army closed at the Barracks Saturda
afternoon. The candidates were examine
4 very thoroughly by a board of officers COZ
nected with the Barracks. Three were de
ID ignated for examination here, but onl
two put in an appearance. One OF then
ID Mr.. NJ. w. Hughes, is at present Postma
v. ter at Columbia, Tennessee. In all thel
- are thirty lieutenants to be appointed fro
r. civil life, that number having been selecte
:. 20 by the Secretary of War under recent a
" of Congress- 1t is said that there were OF
thousand four hundred applications file
OF for these thirty positions.