The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-02

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GoOTgo WOlklng seemingly ID eleCIeu.
1t is thought that Adams and Dawson
will be elected.
Don't forget Anton Willenbrink tor
jailer tomorrow.
The special police for the election were
sworn in this morning.
Tom Kennedy has made good Engineer
and deserves o second term.
Frank Rabe, of Philadelphia street, is
suffering with broken arm.
Miss Rebecca Lautenschlager drew the
$25 in gold at Taylor q Riggs.
The Internal Revenue collections for the
month of December were $293, ,904 IA.
The election returns at IL o'clock will
be on the STAR bulletin Board at 636 Madi-
son street.
School Board meets tonight. An cleo
tion will take place to fill the vacancy in
the Seventh Ward.
Give Alex. Mcleod lift for Council in
the Ninth Ward tomorrow. He is a good
man for the peoples interest.
1t was nearly matter of impossibility
for candidate 10 get through the row of
''bleeders' that lined the streets to-day.
People who have the city's interests at
heart should be careful tomorrow and see
that Jimmie Virgins name is on the bal
lots they cast.
A marriage license was granted
to-day to Aaron Stinger, aged fifty-eight,
and Martha De Hogan, aged thirty-three,
both of this county.
The successful candidates will have to
spend their first months salary for to buy
new clothes. The bleeders have pulled
what few they have, all to pieces
There were three hundred and forty
three marriage licenses issued last year in
Covington to white persons and thirty-sev-
en- to colored persons. How the popula-
ton Of Covington ought to increased
Mr.. Frank Gouvion invites the thieves
who broke into his stable last Mondsy
morning. No. 32 Austin street, and receive
the chisel which they left behind them, as
they may have use for it at some future
time.
POLICE CoURr.-Jske Sponsors case for a
breach of the peace was continued: VIM.
Milet same, 81; julius Ellis, same, $53: Ed.
Moore (not the livery stable man, was sent
tn the WOrk-house for twenty days on the
charge of vagrancy; Thomas and Ed. Boyle,
breach OF the peace, continued.
City Attorney Roberts entertained his
friends in large numbers and very hand
somely, at his home Yesterday. Visitors
were coming and going all day, and we're
treated to bill-of-fare embracing all that
any reasonable man could wish in the way
of food and drink.
Miss Edith Lowry entertains tonight at
her home. No. 1874 East Second street. 1t
is q Leap Year party of the T. c., and
promises to be a very elegant affair in
junior society. Miss Emma Gedge is Presi-
dent of the Club; Miss Anna Howell, Sec
retary; Misses Emma Gedge, Lille Will
liams and Lottie Taylor, Reception Com
mittee.
The funeral of Miss Maggie Boyd was
largely attended. Rev. Benz. Stubbns
preached the funeral sermon, and during
his remarks paid, high tribute to the char
acter and amiable disposition of the de-
ceased. Her coffin was strewn with appro-
pirate floral offerings, and more sorrow
ing crowd never followed coffin to a
cemetery. Her remains were placed in the
vault at Highland Cemetery.
Mr.. B. B. Vandegrift, the we'll known
old gentleman living at the northeast
corner of Twelfth and Madison streets, died
yesterday evening at the ripe age of eighty
two years. He has been ailing more or less
for year or two, but was confined to his
bed only for the last few da,s He was a
Pennsylvanian by birth, we hear, and came
to Coyington from Cincinnati about seven
years ago. He had a life interest in the
large property left, by his wife at her death
recently, and that estate now goes to her
relatives named in her will.
PoLrrIcAL Tomorrow Is the election,
and the various candidates seeking public
favor have nearly had their cnats pulled off
by the "bleeders," who have seemingly got
their spurs on, and have good stiff bits
and are hard 10 throw.
For Council in the First Ward, Ellis will
probably 60 in BY a neat majority.
In the Second Ward Reuben will not
have a walk-over by any means. Mr..
Frazier. his opponent, has canvassed the
ward pretty thoroughly, and Is confident
of success +a
The Third Ward will send Billy Brent
back, while in the Fourth the race will be
more interesting, but the footings at night
will show that Allinghanl will be elected.
In the Fifth Ward the opposition to Mr..
Davezac is not sufficient to defeat him,
and he will be elected handsomely.
In the Sixth Ward the race is red-hot,
but the intelligent politicians of the ward
seem to think that JEFF. Smith Is ahead,
and we hope it Is true, as he is man Of in
telligence, and the people would do well to
elect him. 47
Din the Seventh Ward Ben. Klare. very
popular, intelligent. and clever gentleman,