The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-08
THE DAILY STAR
OUR NExT-DOOR NEIGHBORS.
Pickings by Star Reporters in Neigh.
boring Cities and Towns.
LEXINGTON. KY


Mary Stuart tonight.
Macbeth tomorrow night.
The wedding march has become fash
ionable again.
Harrison's sprinkling carts are doing
good work so far as they go, but there
are some streets left entirely out that
need attention badly.
Mr.. George Fishback and Miss Bell
Key, both of this county, was married
yesterday afternoon at 2:30 O'clock at
the Main-street Christian Church.
The game of football that is to come
off tomorrow afternoon between the
Danville Club and the University boys,
is all the talk now among the boys.
General Fitzhugh Lee, of Virginia,
will deliver the annual address to the
graduates of the Sayer Institute at the
close of the present session in June.
The pay of all the train laborers and
employees on construction trains on the
Cincinnati Southern, by order of the
trustees, have been increased to 81 10
per day.
The funeral of Mr.. George Jasper,
whose death we announced in yesterday
evenings paper, took place this evening
at three o'clock, with Masonic honors
from the Episcopal Church.
A Republican Convention will be held
at Ladies' Hall in this city Saturday at
s So'elock p. m. for the purpose of select
ing delegates to the State Convention to
be held at Louisville on the l4th inst.
At meeting of the Mechanics and
Loan Association the following officers
were reelected: Louis Straus, President;
Edwin Young, Vice President; z. Glib
bons, Soicitor FL. W. White, Secretary;
r. G. Bullock, Treasurer.
A good many fish are being brought to
this market from the Gulf, over the Gin
cinnati Southern, such as red snappers,
pompanos, Spanish mackerel, and other
varieties that until recently was un-
known to the epicures of this city.
There is good deal of complaint
among the farmers about the obstinate
condition of the soil caused by so much
rain and so little freezing during the
winter. The ground breaks up in large
solid clods that does not very readily
yield to the teeth of the harrow or the
edge of a hoe, and it is feared that it will
remain in this same sad condition all the
summer.
HAMILTON.
The funeral of Henry Kaup took
place at 8 o'clock this morning.
Mrs. N. A. Cockerill left yesterday
for Bloomington, ILL.,, to visit friends.
Mr.. Richie, ESQ.,, Chief of the Fire
Department, paid off every member of
his gallant band in gold last night
The remains of Mrs. Williamson, wife
OF Garret Williamson. arrived last night
from Salt Lake City, Utah, and will be
buried this afternoon.
Mrs. George Wilson of Piqua, and
Mrs. Harvey Moore, of Carthagena, re-
turned home yesterday, after very
pleasant visit with their sister, Mrs. Ira
A. Collins.
A team belonging to VIM. Shafer be-
came frightened the other day on
Eleventh street, and ran away, throwing
the old man and his son out of the wagon.
They were stopped before any serious
damage was done.
Peter Wiseman is getting up very
fine monument to be erected in short
time at the Catholic Cemetery. The
lettering is very artistic indeed, and
shows skill on tie part of Mr.. Wiseman.
Mr.. M. w. Clyne, of Front street, had
another shock of paralysis Monday even
ing, and was reported yesterday to be in
very low condition and constantly fail
ing. His daughter, Mrs. E. Brown, of
Macon, Georgia, arrived last night.
He is man of seventy years, and re-
ceived the first Shock some two years
ago.
Mr. George Kappers the florist, re-
turned from business trip to Cincin-
natl last night and expects to make large
additions to his stock of beauties in
short time. Nothing but perverseness
or folly can move our people to go abroad
for plants and flowers, now that Mr..
Kappers has fuller and better stock at
home.
William Reidenbach, the freight con-
ductor, met with quite serious accident
few days ago on the Junction Railroad,
near Woods Station. While crossing
from one car to the other on a moving
train he stumbled and fell, but managed to
hold on without falling between the cars.
His shoulder was dislocated, and he re-
ceived several wounds about the head,
which were dressed by DIR. Talbot, who
reports the patient doing well. Had he
fallen between the cars he would have
been killed instantly.
RICHMOND, IND.
The polar wave that struck us on Tues
day night blew in a few tramps.
Considerable wealth changed hands
upon the nomination for Clerkship.
A number of our principal thorough
fares are now receiving the needed re-
pairs