The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-20
THE DAILY STAR
DUB NExT.DOOR NEIGHBORS.
Pickings by Star Reporters in Neigh.
boring Cities and Towns.
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Republican delegates to next Mon
days Convention elected to-day.
Motion for bail in the Payne murder
case will be heard on Wednesday of the
ensuing week.
A man named Buckingham was fined
IS yesterday for buying old iron from
boys who had stolen it.
Miss Mary Barton, the distinguished
lady journalist of the London Democrat,
is visiting friends in this city.
The work of fitting up the new Tele-
phone Exchange has been begun and will
be promptly completed for business.
The death is announced of a we'll
known citizen of New Carlisle, this
County, named johnson from telescop-
ing of the bowels.
Judge Hume held court yesterday.
The arguments in the case of the Smith
Bridge Company VS.. S., q. & P. Railroad
Company were heard.
The Misses Smith, of South Race
street, were agreeably surprised on
Thursday evening by visit from their
friends, and pleasant evening was the
result.
The following firms will close their
business houses at ocluck from this
date Saturday nights, the last two weeks
during December only excepted: Kin
name & Wren, Miller, Jones & Co., H.
Baldwin & Co., Wren & OBrien, Black
Bro. g. Co., Murphy & Bro.
The four-year-old son of Mr.. Uhl, the
artist, of this city boarded train day
or two since on the G., c., G. 1. Road
and brought up at Mechanicsburg. The
conductor telegraphed back his find and
by good luck the mother was at the de-
pot in search of the youngster. The
traveller was brought back by the next
train safe and much improved by his
glimpse of the world.
The ladies of the Colony Church gave
delightful entertainment at the resi-
dence of General Deardorff, on Plum
street, Thursday evening, for the benefit
of the Furnishing Fund, and large
company was present. The exercises
consisted in recitations by Mr. Hora,io
Bradley and Miss Ida Pugh and music
by Misses Ella Miller, Minnie Deardorff
Anna Linn, Minnie Gessinger and Miss
Cora Harnish.
If those having chair or chairs, pic
lures, money, &C., to donate will drop
postal to the rooms of the Young Mems
Christian Association, No. 134 West
Main Street, or will indicate the same to
either Mrs. Frankenberg, Mrs. A. J.
Martin, Mrs. James Anderson, Mrs.
James Kinney, Mrs. Isaac Coblentz, Miss
Sallie Cavileer or Miss E. w. Bushnell,
they will confer great favor.
The Executive Committee of the Muir
phy Club met last evening and elected
the following officers and committeeman;
Chaplain, Mr.. Waggoner; Chorister, Mr..
Worthington; Committee on Speakers
and Meetings-Happy Tom, Mrs. James
Kinney and Mrs. Bugbey; Auditing Com
mittee-Isaac Kinde, Benjamin F.
Funk and William Pretzman; Committee
on Printing-Happy Tom, A. J. Shannon
and J. Atherton.
We had the pleasure to look through
the foundry on Friday of Messrs. Robin
son & Myers, of Springfield, O., that, con-
sidering its extent, Is one Of the best ap-
pointed in the State. The building is
$50 by so feet, has two cupolas, two fur
naces with latest improved towers, capa-
ble of melting from eight to ten tons of
metal per day. The building is light, airy,
we'll planned, and manufactures every
description of casting. They run stead;
lily all the year, and employ fifty-six men
at good wages in the foundry, and ten in
the finishing room. Mr.. Geo. Wendt is
engineer and VIM. Hickey foreman of
the foundry. The foreman of the cast
ing room is Solon Lugg. We find STAR
readers among the workmen: William
Toehey, J. A. ANYWAY, Moses Ward,
Dorus Lumley, William Shay, D. W.
Murphy and Chas Cavanaugh.
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NoTIcE.-Items and subscriptions for
the STAR should be left at b. Aldens'
jewelry store, on third street.
Fl. LEDMAN, Agent.
The cheap store building is securing a
new and beautiful coat of paint.
There will be preaching in all the
Churches tomorrow, the regular minis
ters officiating.
Jos. Slime, an employer of Titus pa
per mill, had two fingers caught in the
calenders Thursday.
The fifty-horse-power steam engine, of
Wilson & McCally, has arrived, and is
being placed in position by Sam. McFall.
Miss Annie Welch has returned to
her home at Dayton, after a pleasant
visit with Mrs. E. J. Pope, on Reynolds
street.
J. H. Jones, merchant tailoring, will
occupy the room adjoining the cheap
store next week, and will be glad to see
all of his old customers.
There will be confirmation services
held in the German Lutheran Church on
South Broadway tomorrow morning.
Eighteen boys and girls are to be con-
6rmed, Rev. Hebner, of the same church,
officiating.