The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-13
LOCAL BREVITIIGS.

ANNA FoRp, the woman who shot herself
at Pickett's yesterday, is at the Hospital
and will recover.
THE Queen City Club gave brilliant re.
ception last night, at which about two hun
dred persons were present.
Rosa, alias Mollie Meyer, the woman who
had her throat cut by her husband, is said
by the Hospital physician to be recovering.
Mr.. L. EMERY's buggy collided with a
street-car on Elm street last evening. The
buggy was wrecked, but no one was injured.
The County Commissioners have decided
to pay no money upon the Mitchell avenue
tunnel until the work under the contract is
completed.
TIE iron fence about the new Exposition
grounds is being removed to Lincoln Park
and work upon the new building will soon
commence in earnest.
THE funeral of Judge James Satin took
place from the family residence on Harri-
son Pike yesterday afternoon, and was
largely attended by friends from the city.
BURGLARS night before last attempted to
effect an entrance into the store of H. H.
Stuckenborg, No. 443 Central avenue, but
were foiled in their purpose by passers-by.
n 1OlN3 Iluulet bIulil, WHO Has
been rOoming at 13 Hathaway street, bcr-
rowed $5 from his roommate and stole
suit of clothes from him, which lie pawned
for So 75 and then left The city.
GEO. HoADLY, of this city, and Henry
Hitchcock OF st. Louis, have been selected
among others to read papers before the
American Bar Association in Philadelphia
at its annual meeting in August.
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on Tuesday last at the family residence in
Loveland of consumption. Mr.. Alexander
Robb, Jr., was well known in the business
circles of this city. The funeral took place
this morning.
A COMPANY of business men of this city
Is being formed for the purpose of erecting
elevators at Palestine, o., fifteen miles
above the city for the handling of the freight
of the New Richmond branch of the Gin
cinnati q Eastern Road.
A AsRvEN-wEEKs-oLD child of John Num-,
living at No. 694 Race street, was found
dead in bed at o clock this morning. The
child had not been sick, and was still alive
and breathing regularly all hour before.
The Coroner was notified.
TICKETS for the Living Chess Tournament
have been placed on sale at Geo. Newhal1 &
Co.'S music store, Arcade book store Robert
Clarke Il Co.'S, and elsewhere. The sale of
reserved seat tickets will be opened at New
hall e. Co.'S Saturday morning
A MEETING of ladies is called at the Chill
dren's Home this afternoon to consider the
plan Of organization for the coming Fair in
April. The Committee of Managers are
Theo. Cook, A. T. Goshorn, N. L. Anderson,
A. Hickenlooper and Hermann Cooper.
THE st. Aloysius Orphan Society will cell
ebrate Washingtons birthday this month
in the usual manner On Sunday, Febrll-
ary 25d, a grand concert and dramatic EN-
tertainment will be given at the Grand
Opera-house. The festival Grafton will be
delivered by Bishop Dwenger, of Fort
Wayne.
Miss JENNIE EDWARDS, of this city, and
Allen Wolf, left Dayton, Ohio, evening be-
fore last in a tWo-hOrSe coach for the pur-
pose Of going out on the Wolf Creek Turn
pike some three miles tC get married
While on the way, however, one of the
horses stumbled and the carriage was hurled
down an embankment, but the parties were
rescued before any one was seriously in
jured The marriage, nevertheless, took
place as appointed.
CHARLES A. MENGE, who is confined in
Jail on the charge of bastardy, preferred by
Louisa Schaffer, stated to-day that he is
going to hold out and not marry the girl
under any circumstances. His mother Wis
tied him yesterday and told him that
Louisa had taken the child to her house
and threw it down on the floor, and that it
had been afterwards taken to a charitable
institution. This act of Louisa's is what
changed Menge's mind on the subject of
matrimony.