The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-29
OVER THE BRIDGE.
COVUNGTsDN.

COVINGTON.
Soiree at Drexelius Hall tonight
Rev. o. A. Bartholomew left yesterday
for Cynthiana.
Miss Lou. E. Brent of West Ninth street.
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Roberts, at Wills
burg, Ky.
Rev. James 8. Kirtley, of Boone County.
will conduct the services at the Dry Creek
Baptist Church tomorrow.
Geo. Wimsey. the youth that was stabbed
by Fred. Jones, Is rapidly recovering and
will be able to out again in few days.
Jones case has been continued.
Mr.. O. P. Sanford and his estimable wife
celebrated their silver wedding at their
home, on the Lexington Pike last night.
There was large crowd of city folks in at
tendance.
Col. Ed. Crout is the latest announce
ment for Wood-measurer. The enormous
salary of this Office will, no doubt, cause
several contestants. 1t pays 40 cents a year,
that Is il the man is wideawake.
The Madison-stree Baptist Church ladies
realized $3.50 clear of expenses from their
THANKSGIVING dinner. They return thanks
to all helpers, especially to the unknown
6CHttCludu WIN pd1u VIC uoAA iOhps
A little daughter of Mrs Forsythe, who
resides at 143 East Thirteenth street, was
bitten by dog this morning through the
hand. The purp belonged to Nellison
Bethel and it has been condemned to die by
the police.
Mr.. Thomas OConnell, aged twenty-sev-
en-, and Miss Emma Leuthholt. aged eigh-
teen, both of Ludlow, were granted q mar.
riage license this morning. They will be
united in marriage tonight at st. AIMS
Church, in West Covington.
Mr.. Edward White, aged sixty-seven.
widower. laborer, and Mrs Catherine
Smith, aged fifty, widow, both of Coving-
ton, we're married last evening by Squire
Mclaughlin at his sanctum of justice. The
solitary witness was the solitary George
Hamilton, Esq. bachelor.
CRANKY CoUpLEs.-Marriage licenses were
issued this morning as follows Edward
, White, aged CT. and Catherine Smith, aged
, so; Herman Gehring. aged 38, and Phil0-
mena Guthrie, aged 2S; Patrick White, aged
. 80, and Elizabeth Simmons, aged 66; all Of
Covington. Jim Wren says that they mar
ried for pure love. ~
Mrs. Samuel Gardiner, who resides a
, short distance below Bromley, on the River
Road, suicided Yesterday by cutting her
, throat with razor. The deceased has for
> the past several years been suffering from
severe illness, and has made several unslc-
cessful attempts to end her life previous to
this. The Coroner had not been notified
al late hour last night.
Thomas Rich VIM. Rich, George Rich
and G. w. Bradstreet four bright youths,
we're out on little drunk yesterday, and
raised war along the line OF Banklick street.
Blonde O'Haro came along and took them
down after considerable wrangling. This
morning they were all fined So and costs
ca ch by the Mayor, except George Rich,
who was taxed $4 extra for resisting the
officers.
The vital necessity of signing articles Of
incorporation and the strict responsibility
that rests on County Clerk was illustrated
in Newport Yesterday where an ex-County
Clerk had failed to sign articles of incorpo
ration of several different companies, and
actually left them without any legal exis
; tence. whereby they lost thousands and
: thousand of dollars. The reporter thi.
7 morning examined the record books o
Mr.. julius Brstow, our pleasant and eff
l. cient County Clerk, and found the books
h had oil been properly signed and certified
Q to, and not one case was observed where
1 there could be any reasonable grounds to
n doubt the official genuineness of any paper
l. that has been filed during Mr.. Bfistow's Of
i fetal career.
The preliminary hearing of the case oil
. Colonel Frank Mead, on the preposterou,
charge of hogstealing, took place yester
day evening before Esq. Mclaughlin and
brother Magistrate. 1t was proved thai
r the hog IN controversy was a stray hog ol
9 uncertain ownership, taken up by Champ
e Hunter; that Henry Berry, the prose
v cutting witness, b .ught Hunters chance fol-
: the reward, and that all that Mead did
= = was tn direct the hog turned into his lot
: and promise 81 reward for taking it up il
10 it should turn out to be his hog OF course
Colonel Mead was acquitted and discharged
at once. He thereupon swore out war
rant against Berry for false swearing, in
. making oath to the affidavit for his arrest
!, Berry was arrested. and. being unable t.
8 get bail, was committed to Jail.
a Berry was arraigned before 'Squire
[ Evan and Duvenick this morning, and wa
4 honorably discharged. He was defended
y by the celebrated Lawyer Hagerty. wht
nearly knocked the house down by hi
fowery eloquence.
Rev. Dr. Peoples left yesterday to visi
his old home in Tennessee.
For little smoke in the County Clerk
office, see our local columnG
VIM. Hays, formerly on the police force
a. is the latest candidate for Chief of Police
All Rev. Mr. Wright will officate t0-morroy
"a morning and evening at Taylor-street M. T
4 Church.
l. There Is probability Of the Court bein
= extended another week at Alexandria
:, owing to the amount of business to be done
~ Mr. George Maxield, foreman of tn
y blast furnace at Swift's Rolling Mill, an
Is Miss Annie Beyland, Of Central avenue
q, will be welded Tuesday evening.
A sneak thief entered the residence G
Mrs. Milford. in the rear Of 81 Madiso
III street, at some hour last night, and stol
y, several articles of wearing apparel.
'e 1--WE have no reason to be ashamed {
s. the Gospel" will be the subject of Rev. d.
ut Mullenix at Grace NJ. E. Church, and in tn
1 De-.