The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-19

OUR NEXT.DOOR NEIGHBORS.
Pickings by Star Reporters in Neigh
boring Cities and Towns.
PIQU 4. q.


parents in Clarke County.
Mr.. Hummel has returned from Craw.
fordsville, Ind, where he has been en-
gagged in erecting two fine monuments.
The Encampment of Piqua received
visit from a large number of the same
order at Covington, O.. on Monday even
ing.
The 10-cent supper at the Baptist
Church on Monday evening was re
peated on Tuesday and proved to be Q
success. .
Mr.. Friedlander got home from his triI
to Illinois the last of the week.
Messrs. Derer & Ward, the black
smiths, have plenty to do and arr
happy.
james F. Webb, of Pittsburg, Pa, il
in the city the guest of his friend, M. A
STEINER.
NC. STEINER and sister, Ada, re-
turned home on Saturday from Pitts
burg, Pa.
Mr.. John, the baker, has been quite
busy the last week, even if it has been
storming.
DIR. Campbell, homeopathic physician
from Tiffin, has moved to Kenton and
has all the patients he can take care OF.
Mr.. Dugan, proprietor of the Dugan
House, has had his Office refurnished
pain ted, and row has one Of the incest
hotels in the city.
Mr.. A.. w. Miller, editor of the Ken.
ton Republican, died at II o'clock Tues
day night His remains will be taken tc
Tiffin, Ohio, for burial. Peace to his
ashes.
SIDNEY. q.
G. F. Rinehart and wife, of Troy, O.,
spent Tuesday last with the family of
W. d. Hughes.
The statement that the Burnet House
was about to change hands seems to be
without foundation. Mr.. G. j. Lewis,
the present efficient proprietor, has no
idea of leaving. This will he good news
to his numerous patrons.
The February session of the Court of
Common Pleas for the County of Shelby
opened on Monday afternoon last with a
full docket of c,ses for adjudication,
Judge james Fl. Day, of Mercer County,
on the bench in the place of Judge Chas.
M. Hughes, who is holding Court in Ce-
lima. An unusual large amount of busi-
ness was disposed of on Monday and
Tuesday.
RICHMOND. IND.
Roberts & Son. of Winchester, have
,,urchasel the business interests of JOS.
W. Starr.
T. Dewitt Talmage, the famous pull
pit orator, at the Grand Opera-house to-
night. GO early and avoid the jam.
Sheriff Trindel is forced, through
crowded cells at the Jail, to use the
women's department for the reception of
males.
The pay cars of the Little Miami and
c., H. & d. Roads have put in here
within the past few days and paid out
tuC SuolCHdlCC lOl lllCs
The trial OF George Huntington,
charged with grand larceny, set for yes
terday (W, dnesday), was carried over un-
til the next term of court. Well, this do
settle it.
The streets, alleys, woods, Jail, station
house and back sheds of dwellings are
on the boom with tramps; at least we
are led to be ieve 80 after a perusal OF
our own papers
VIM. Bush, a ten-year old colored
youngster who was to have been tried at
this term of Court for larceny. has bcen
discharged, after spending several
months in Jail, which was thought suffi-
cient for the theft committed.
DR.. Joel Hit, the lightning liniment
man, turned up here on Wednesday to
be in attendance at the Huntington
trial in which he is a prominent witness.
He attributes the death of Paul Dresser,
the motto singer, WHO accompanied him
on his travels, and whose singing was
well received here, to heart disease.
IdtTICk WtiCH WAS uHeu oil oU In
Squire Lyle's Court on Wednesday for
abuse to his wife Ellen. He asked, at
the close of his trial, the privilege of ac-
companying friend in a search for the
requirement with which to pay his fine,
which was granted. He hastened home,
demolished some household effects and
then skipped the burg.
The acme of stiffness which has pre-
vailed for several days past upon our
principal thorouehfares has only upon
occasions been disturbed by the legal
war engaged in by Fred. Mag, of the
Independent, and Peter Themes, Jr., who
until few days ago was also identified
in the grinding out Of that wonderful
sheet. These parties, accompanied by
their counsel, have for the past three
days engaged in square heel-and-toe
walk from the corner of Marion and
Main streets to the Courthouse. The
stake being played for is the DOS
session Of the material of the Free
Press Office, a concern that
faded some months since. The Free
Press Office, shortly before its demise, was
controlled by Themes & Froschauer, but
unfortunately for the Young and enter