The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-27

MINOR LOCAL MENTIONS.

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Robert PEBBLES, fell and broke q leg yester-
day.
A new fire-escape on the Carlisle Build
ing, Fourth and Walnut streets, will be
tested this evening between 8 and o clock.
Jack Erhmantraut fell through a
hatchway at Snider Il Holmes cracker
factory yesterday and dislocated several
homes.
George Rheinhardts place on West
Hxth street was entered by burglars night
hsfors last and gold watch and $12b were
stolen.
The alarm from Box "a at 1915 last
night was occasioned by small fire in ID.
!. Busch's smoke-house on Vine street.
No damage.
Mr.. Henry Evans will give humor-
Gus reading at Melodeon Hall this evening.
The Fat Contributor" and Mr.. H. J.
Wetherell will assist.
Mr.. Joseph J. Vanden Wyngaert, Pres
Ment Of the Millers' Association, and resi-
dence Berlin. arrived in the city yesterday
and registered at the st. Nicholas.
Emma H., the fourteen year-old daugh-
tar Of the late Robert Wilkinson, died yes
tsrday of consumption. The funeral took
place this afternoon from McKendree
Chapel.
Before Squire Schwab, yesterday,
Thomas Shay, the attorney, got judgment
asainst Joseph Metz for $500, the amount
et . bill for his services as attorney for Metz
In an assault case.
Johnny Corcoran, lad ten years old,
who escaped from the Cumminsville Or
phan Asylum, was arrested last night and
lscked up at Hammond-street Station to
await the Asylum authorities.
Annie Buening, girl about five years
ed, living at % Green, who was burned
some days ago by the explosion of coal
Oh lamp, died this morning from the ef-
facts of the injuries she sustained.
A man whose name could not be as
ssrtained, fell from the second story of a
building he was tearing down at he south
west corner of Green and Race streets in
jaring himself badly about his limbs
Associate Justice Swayne has submit
I'D his decision on the demurrer to the
Ambrose indictment for making false
claims, and sustains the same as to all but
one, the sixth count, as he intimated he
would.
City Comptroller Eshelby yesterday
afternoon refused to honor the warrant
presented to him by the Board of Health,
and has applied to the City Solicitor for
legal advice in the matter. The Solicitor
has not yet replied.
City Solicitor Kumler will to-day COM
nence proceedings in the District Court OF
(no warranto against the alleged Board o1
Health. In the meantime he advises the
City Comptroller not to honor the warrant ts
drawn upon him by the Board.
Walter Rankin, the colored man who
sut a white woman in Turner's ranch
some time ago, was arrested last night and
locked up in Covington to await the proper
papers for his return to this city. The
whereabouts of the woman whom he cut
h not known.
The Woodward and Hughes High
Schools yesterday evening played very
Interesting game of foot ball After two
hours of hard work for both schools the
Woodward boys came in ahead by score
ef to 81. Next Monday afternoon the
return game will be played on the same
grounds
Henry Bitter, the lunatic who was
found wandering in the neighborhood O.
Longview Asylum about three weeks az,
and placed in the st. Bernard Jail, is a
large again, the mandamus proceedings
sgainst the Infrmary Superintendent tt
receive him having failed.
In answer to letter written to Henry
W. Longfellow by a Cincinnatian descrb
ing the musical rendering of the "Golder
Legend" he said "Please accept my very
cordial thanks. certainly wish had beer
present; even more than those friends O
mine who said If he were only herer"
As car No. 18 of the Newport an,
Cincinnati line was descending the grad
On Broadway just south of Fourth til
break broke, rendering the driver powerles
to check the car. At Third street
Jumped the track, breaking the tongue an
skinning the hind legs of the mules tina
were drawing 1t, but doing no other seriou
damage.
The German Pioneers celebrated thei
twelfth annual festival at the Hghlan
House last night. An address was deli,
cred by Hon. Fred. Hassaurek, and som
thirty letters were read from German p
sneers who could not be present. The Ge
mans arrived about in the afternoon, an
from that time till midnight dancing VIZ
uninterrupted.
John Gaugnagle recently made love
. servant girl at Reading, named Loui,
6chermer, and under promise of marriag
borrowed $35. After he got the money h
afSsctionate visits ceased, and the girl lear
ing he was married, brought suit again
him for the money. The case was to
heard before Squire Anthony, but Gau