The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-10
NEWS FROM POINTS AROUND


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Col. James Berry is reported dangerously i'll.
What's become of General s. B. Browns Gas
Company.
The school teachers were paid in full yesterday
by Treasurer Lock.
Newrort is well represented by the sporting fra
ternity at the Louisville races.
Mrs. Brismeyer was fined 81 and costs by Squire
Buchanan this morning for disorderly conducI
The new c~mpany of Light Guards lack eight
men before til can reorganze OF be recoShlZed'
In the County Court this morning Mr. A. ].
Heath was appointed guardian OF Wm. u. Heatn,
4 minor.
The peach crop in Campbell County this year
will be a ia lure. There will be an abundance OF
other fruit
Mr. John Habbel is paying ilyin, visit to his
hosts OF friends here. lie returns to Washington,
D. c., tonight
Milton Spohn, the Greenback advocate, will be
among the speakers at the Workngmens meeting
Saturday night
John Bethany, the druggist, is u pap for the first
lime. John seys the little chap kicks the beam at
tuurIeen pounds.
Wheat in this county averaged thirty bushels to
lhe acre and the quality OF the grain is considera
bic above the average.
W. c. Haynes will shortly leave, under the aus
pices of the Norkingmens party, on speech
making tour through Indiana.
MIS-. hHlSnPT, OF HERMAN SUbct, VINO tllpttu
tuicide several days ago by cutting her throat, is
reported to be mentally deranged.
The Brard Of School Examines needed the coat
Df whitewash they received from the School board
Monday night, but II doesn't seem to stick. There
wasn't enough glue in the ingredients.
Bill Prather was before Mayor IIarton again this
morning 10 answer the old charge, drunk and dis.
orderly This is the second time this week Bill
has been up on the same charge. he got IS and
costs this morning.
Mrs, Page. a widow residing at No. Y South
gate street died suddenly shortly after 8 O'Clock
his morning The lady retired apparently in
good health OF her usual hour last evening and
about half past O'Clock complained OF pain
lbOut the region OF the heat. Dr.. X. A. Dameron
was summoned, but before his arrival she was
corpse. The physician pronounced it heart dis
ease sister of the deceased died suddenly
about year ago from the same cause.
The funeral Of George Black took place yester-
iay from tue family residence on Front street
rhe remains were encascd in a handsome casket,
heavily silver mounted. Rev. Mr.. Sklllman. Of
!he Dayton Baptist Church, read the burial sery
ces and preached an appropriate discourse.
olemn ana the most touching feature a the oc.
tasion was the singing of the Sweet BY and By
Lyoung gentleman rendering the solo parts joined
by the friends in the chorus. The remains were
aken to Spring Grow Cemetery
COvINGTON.
Another West End scandal is a-brewing.
Hamilton Tweedy Dead dorg back of
teinborn's saloon.
Picnic at Rudde's Garden tonight for the
benefit OF Frank Fuller.
Mr.. H. Arlnghans has invented patent
glass ball shooting trap.
Judge Lucius Desha, of Cynthana, is Wis
lting the city on business.
John Odenthal has been elected Treas
arer of st. George Benevolent Society.
o.. S. Clerk Bostwick will remove into
lhe new Government building next week.
Large numbers of people are rusticating
1t the Blue Lick Springs on the X. c. r. r.
Colonel Frank Mead is in danger about
Sne of George Hoden's big white half-dol-
lars.
Wheat is arriving in large quantities over
lhe X. c. Railroad. Seven car loads ar
rived to-day.
During the past year ending July 1st
here were seventy-six new houses erected
n Covington.
Councilman Woods will offer resolution
IN Council tonight to compel dog owners
10 muzzle their CANNES.
Hon. George G. Perkins acted as Judge
pro tenn. in the Chancery Court, in the alb
,ence of Judge Menzies.
1t is remarkable fact that the circula-
hon of the STAR in the city of Covington is
Ver one thousand copies daily.
This is the last week for cholera morbus.
1t comes in with the raspberry season and
Eoes out with the blackberry season.
Whisky has increased 10 cents on the
gallon in Owenton, KY, since q certain
newspaper reporter has arrived there.
A ,no, pnp,a1 I,n,nu AInrr;no,, mn, e,,n
stroke yesterday at a stone quarry on For
lest Hill. He was a resident Of Cincinnati.
The Seventeenth street property con.
nemned by the city for street purposes was
transferred to the city to-day by Joseph
Havlin.
Mrs. Harvey Meyers of Louisville, the
tood mother of Mr.. Harvey Meyers, OF This
fity, is spending the Summer at Lake
Bluffs, Ills
The next annual conference of the NJ. L.
Church meets at Richmond, Ky., on the
18th of September Bishop Doggett, of
Virginia, is TO preside.
1t is now settled fact, that the Short
Line Railroad will come back TO Covington.
A connecting track with the X. c. will be
laid at South Covngton in a few weeks.
Lewis Lilly, colored one at that, too,
found several counterfeit half dollars in the
Market-house yesterday. Deputy Marshal
Healy quietly relieved him OF his supposed
wealth.
A LITTLE OFF.-An old, gray haired lady
was arrested at the Newport bridge last
evening for being very drunk. She raised
uuite a row with the Bridge Collector be-
fore sire was pulled
Rev. Father Jones, that good man, is un-
tiriug in his efforts to provide the young
men OF his congregation with social enjoy
ment The rooms fitted up for them in St.
Mary's Hall are the finest in the city.
The Directors Of the German Mutual
Fire Insurance Company met last night
and admitted Gl new members, 10 from
Campbell and 81 from Kenton County.
The report of the Secretary was presented
with the following showing: Cash, bonds
md notes on hand, $ll0,7O 81; bills paid,
B279 81.
Neighborhood gossips are finding a fruit
ful subject just now in gate-liftng COWS,
ttraying hogs and milk thieves. The great
est complaint of the first comes from East
Ninth street, of the second from the delec-
table shades of Austinburg, and the last
named from residents of East Lynn street.
James Strowbridge has lost the contents of
his milk bucket as regularly as the day
cometh for two weeks past, and he threat
ems vengeance.
The Water-works Committee of the City
Council met yesterday afternoon to con
slider the question of whether or not New
port should supply Covington with
water. The Newport letter, which asked
what the Covington pipes and mains could
be purchased for, was read, and it was re-
solved that it should be answered by asking