The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-03
LOCAL BISEViTLIGS.
GRouND-HoG DAY yesterday.

Coz. BOB LINN won an elegant gold watch
that was raflled at Cardinal JAKE Aug oaI-
urlay night
ASSISTANT Postmaster THORNTON has
been relieved from his position and made
Io-e's Secretary
Mr. BEyJ R. WILSON, of the firm OF b.
!. Wilson & Co., died yesterday in the ll1ty-
third year Of his age.
Mr.. GEO. Coon, a we'll known citizen,
died suddenly day before yesterday at his
home on Dayton street.
THERE were two thousand seven hundred
and thirty-tve persons in attendance at the
Bethel Sabbath, school yesterday afternoon.
A PLATE-aLAss window in the Queen City
Hotel, valued al $3.50, was smashed yester-
day by one of the boarders throwing beer
glass through IT,
Nh. FRANK BRINKMAN, a pioneer, who
came 10 this city i'll 1852, died last week at
his residence, No. 59l Race street, at the age
OF seyenty-tiVe years.
MICHAEL FINNEo.N, the we'll known stone
contractor of this city, makes an assign
ment, his assets footing up $69,OOo and his
liabilities only $50. 900.
The Police Commissioners have dis
missed j. Ii. Bentley and Frank Bachman,
of the Ninth-street Precinct, and }. &. Mar
tin, of Hammond street.
J. D1CKENHusEN, who lives on Pleasant
street near Fifteenth, was garroted about
10 O clock last night on Hunt street, near
Broadway, and ROBBED of $40
GEo. SuArER, married man, living on
Bremen street near Green, has been missing
from his home for some time. 1t is feared
that the man has committed suicide by
drowning.
CINCINNATI Lodge of Elks elected the fol-
lowing officers last night to fill vacancies:
Lev. S. Steele, Exalted Ruler; Robert Air,
Esteemed Leading Knight; Joseph Wright,
Esteemed Loyal knight.
FRANK GOULD, book-keeper of Daniel Pep
pard, a West Fiflh-street merchant, IS
charged with crookedness TO the amount OF
S., 900 with his firm and the Lafayette Bank.
He has jumped the town.
THE Socialists held meeting at Arbeiter
Hall last night, which was addressed by Mr..
John Ehmann and Mr.. Longley. Another
meeting will be held Thursday evening to
consider the advisability of entering into
the spring political campaign.
CAROLINE BAcKMAN has instituted a suit
against Samuel p. Bowles, mention OF
whose arrest was made Saturday, alleging
that she had purchased bonds amounting
TO $1O,ll9 23 from the defendant upon his
statement that the bonds were genuine.
THE fire which caused the alarm from
Box l57 at 10 o'clock Saturday night was in
the tenement house owned by John Kill
cour, at 400 Eastern avenue Mrs. Leroy
widow lady, was the principal loser. The
entire damages will amount to about $SO0
THE work on the Columbus & North
western Railroad was commenced last Fri
day, by Col Counts at the Swanden cross
ing of the Dayton & Michigan Railroad
The line will by next July be completed to
Urbana and then the track will be extend
cd to Celina
MRS. ELIZA MELANEPHy and her two
young sons arrived in the city last night
from Geneva, O., where the husband and
father had deserted them and they had
been reduced 10 want and sickness. The
two boys were sent to the Hospital and the
mother was given lodgings at the Third
street Station.
AT meeting of the Cincinnati Horticul-
tural Society, held Saturday at 18O Main
street, DR.. A. E. Highway was elected
President; Fred. P. Wolcot, Recording
Secretary; Mortimer Whitehead, Core
spending Secretary; A. E. HIGHWAY, Jr,
Treasurer. Members of the various fruit
flower and vegetable committees were also
elected.
ELLEN WALKER a colored woman, fifty
five years old, died suddenly at half-past
o'clock yesterday afternoon at her home on
Johnson alley, near Freeman street. About
an hour before her death the woman, who
was married but divorced from her hus-
band was around the house hale and hear
ty. The Coroner was notified and held all
inquest to day.
THE case of mandamus by A. J. Jones
against the County Treasurer to compel him
to pay warrant drawn on him by the
County Auditor for services rendered I'M
der an agreement with the Commissioners
in the collection of delinquent costs in the
County Clerks and Sherilf's offices, was
called in the District Court Saturday, and
submitted on briefs.
THE Adams Dramatic Club gave very
pleasant entertainment Wednesday even
ing. Miss Nettie Baldwin, Miss White,
Miss Corwin and Miss Chapman were
among those who took prominent parts
and helped make the evening an entertain
ing che. Mr.. James K. EverSon's songs also
added very much TO the interest of the oc-
eason.
LAST Saturday night Jennie, alias "Vir-
gnia" Butler, the proprietor of notorious
dive and concert hall on Longworth street,
just above Central avenue, came near losing
her life in a tusse with four men who had
entered her place and wanted some whisky
without paying for the same. One of the
men in being pushed out of the door drew
knife and tried to cut Jennie in the left
breast. The woman, however, threw up
her arm in time to save her life. AS it was
Il. 4 4. l.ft l.
The men, after the row, made their escape
CincinnatiIns Abroad.
The following Cincinnatians are registered
abroad:
Paris-Mrs, Adams E. P. Bennett. r. P