The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-13
OVER THE BRIDGE
COvINGTON.

COvINGTON.
7 Council meets tonight and Mr.. Mead
will resume his monologue on style.
Sparks from the chimney set fire to the
roof of Pat. Fallon's house this morning.
causing about $40 damages
If the people of the Second District want
an honest, hard-working, efficient Consta-
BILE, let them elect Tom Sandford.
Ike Bleyer has written a challenge to
John Kingsley to walk him 26 hours go.as-
you-please, at Odd Fellows Hall, for the
benefit of the poor.
| MARRIAGE LrcENsEs John Dulweber,
salesman, aged %, and Anna Lindemann,
aged 20; Peter Gartlaw, hostler, aged %,
and Anna Taft aged q; John Henry Grot-
haus, tailor, aged 81. and Mary Catherine
Dickhaus, aged %. all Of Covington.
The Model Saving and Loan Association,
is to be the appellation of new society
| to be organized tomorrow night at Joe
KnolPs corner of Fourth and Main streets.
The capital stock is to be divided into six
teen hundred shares, at $3.50 each, payable
at 30 cents per week each, and running out
in seven years.
| MONDAY SINNERs.-Jim Harris and Louis
Schneider were both dismissed by Squire
Mclaughlin this morning. The following
jury was sitting on F. H. Siemer, who
keeps at Moller's old place on Greenup
street, when we left: Homer Hudson, Rich
ard Woods, G. w. Kummerle, John Shall,
A. Kavanaugh and Ben Schoeberg.
The cases of Jacob Wasmuth, accused of
having violated the Sunday law, occupied
the attention of Squire Mclaughlin and a
jury yesterday, and the jury split right
in two on the point OF necessity. They
we're o. P. Fairchild, John Ten Eyck, M.
Mccarthy, M. Blyer, NJ. Leonard, II. FL.
Middendorf, who voted to acquit-so it is
said-and s. I. Messick, James Wren. d.
Noonan, B. M. J. Piatt, A. 8. Fort and P.
Brophy for conviction.
aEWPOKE
Mr.. James Meehan is home from Kansas.
Captain Bill Air appears to have the
boom for Sheriff.
Miss Ella v. Abbey, Of Water Valley,
Miss, is visiting friends here.
II The congregation of the Christian Church
will hereafter worship minus an organ.
Lieutenant Rosseau, U. s. Army, has ar
rived from the South, and is the guest O
; Col. FearonA
The Youngest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
VIM. Band died this morning of pneu
monia after short illness.
The long pending case of the City o
Dayton against the Newport Water-works
has finally been submitted to the Court o
, Appeals
County Clerk Thomas Jones filed suit II
in the Chancery Court yesterday for tn
foreclosure of mortgage against Esthe
Birchfield.
Captain Bill Air, Chief D. R. Lock ant
, Taylor Thornton, Jr., left this Afternoon
: for Louisville to attend the Convention
/ They merely 60 as peace makers.
The nuptials Of Mr.. John DAWN, Of Gin
cinnati, and Miss Lizzie brady. an accom-
plished young lady Of Monmouth street
this city. is announced to take plac
shortly.
The congregation of Grace M. e. Church
, this city, will entertain eighteen of tn
! delegates to the General Conference of tn
NJ. Z. Church that meets in Cincinnati
May 1st.
. Mr.. Ben. Fry was not little surprise
s yesterday while cutting wood in Taylor
3 Flats to find imbedded in hollow log
! nest OF snakes, one of which measured owe
} seven feet in length.
James Linet and Scott Smith will b
tried in the Quarterly Court this afternoon
the former on a charge of cutting with in
+ tent to wound, and the latter on charg
of carrying concealed weapons.
The bill to allow the City Physicians So
! each for holding post mortems has passet
A both Houses and received the signature O
i the Governor. This takes the matter Who'll
ly out of the Coroner's hands, The latter
bill for post mortems for the past eighteel
months amounted to but $68.
The turn-table at the Newport end of tn
Railroad Bridge is being repaired and pu
| in working order. The work. 1t Is said, /
n being done by the Consolidated Street Raj
Q road Company, which, it is rumored,
about to run an opposition line Of car
Q over the bridge. -,
While Mr.. John Reel and wife, residin
near Alexandria, were driving to Newpor
this morning their horse became nnmar
ageable, while coming down the hill at th
u head of Monmouth street, and ran of
!. throwing the occupants violently to tn
g ground. Mrs. Reel was very severely ir
jured, but her husband escaped with fe,
: ! slight bruises. The vehicle is total wreck
h A natural curiosity, and one that is a
!. tracing considerable attention in the ur
per end OF the county, may be seen on th
farm OF Henry Wellingeter, near Alexar
dria. 1t is a calf recently horn with bu
one eye, three legs and entirely minus
n tail There is not the slightest defect /
d any of the parts where the members mer
It toned should be, the flesh and hide ha1
g. ing grown over and supplied the vacancy
d Where is Barnum2
The Bridge Investigation Committees n
:. :. sumed their labors yesterday Afternoon
Mr.. John Gray was the first witness called
:; and concluded his testimony in referenc
to Mr.. Gideon. Robert Venables was callet
and testified that he was one of the col
: tractors In relaying the floor. He was