The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-04

OUR NEXT.DOOR NEIGHBORS.
Pickings BY Star Reporters in Neigh.
boring Cities and Towns.
AVON DALE.

AV0NDALE.
The Village Council meets in regular
session tonight.
George Myers was yesterday fined Sc
by Mayor Dickson for violating the or
linance prohibiting the use of narrow
tires.
Hi. Davis has ordered two new omni-
buses for the Avondale line. They are
to be made light so as to compete with
pe street-car line.
Herman Helms, a driver in the employ
Of H. Altemier, was kicked by one. of the
horses he was driving yesterday, and sus-
tained broken leg.
The sale of the Miami Valley Narrow
Gauge Railroad takes place on the Goth
instant. The road, which is fifty-two
miles long, is completed with the excep-
ton of about five miles, and the work is
Of the best quality. The entire road has
been appraised at 100000. We are in
formed that there are no less than four
lifferent parties in this city alone who
Ire negotiating for the purchase of this
road
NsDDLETOWN. o.
John d. Guild, of Boston, Mass, paid
our city fving visit last evening.
Robert Wilson, of the firm of Wilson
& McCally, went to Dayton yesterday
On business.
Miss Sallie McGee, Of Oxford, Ohio, is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. F. Guncle,
pa South Main street.
Abe Paine is again at his place of bus
fness, at John Sutphins bakery, after an
illness Of about one week.
Dan'l Vantyle starts for Leavenworth,
Kansas, next Monday morning intending
making that his future home.
Miss Ada Forbes has returned home
from Hamilton, Ohio, where she has been
visiting her mother, Mrs. Rothwell.
Chas. Lewis, of this place, has accepted
Aposition as fireman on the Terre Haute
4 St. Louis Railroad, and will move his
household goods to Terre Haute next
week.
Charley Bates, hardware dealer on
Main street, is closing his entire stock at
cost. Parties wanting anything in that
line will do we'll to call, for Charley will
DO just what he says.
Some sneak thieves broke large pane
of glass in Charley Bapst's show window
Tuesday night with stone, and ab-
stractcd about SO worth of fancy can
dies. The parties have been spotted and
will be pulled in unless they manage to
make their escape.
Mr.. Dan Vail and family starts next
week for Buffalo, intending to make that
his future home. Dan, we are sorry to
see you leave, and would that it was 50
thst you could remain with us awhile
longer. But the best of friends must
part, although We believe it would be
tor the interest of Middletown if you
could be induced to remain. Farewell
and may success attend you in your new
home.
vINCENNES. IND.
Miss Ida Rasico, daughter of Mrs. J.
r. Rasico, is very sick with pneumonia.
Mrs. Emma Cox, mother of the Cox
boys of the Grand, is in town. John d.
Cox's child is improving.
B. Kuhn returned home Tuesday morn
ing from the East, on account of the Sc
we're illness of his daughter Birdie. She
is now improving.
Francis Murphy, who ate oysters and
drank seltzer-water into which arsenic
poison had been placed, is in fair way
to recover from the effects. The parties
who did the deed have not been appre-
hended
LEBANON. o.
Professor Mosse lectures here Saturday
on Japan"
Mr.. Lingo is erecting force pump in
front of his handsome store.
Dr. Goodhue goes to Helena, Montana,
shortly, on visit to his brother.
Joe Gilcbrist is having a telephone
connection put from his store to the gas
house.
Mrs. Kent Mason lectured in the
Opera-house Sunday afternoon and night
on the National Curse" She left town
with poor opinion of our temperance
folks, who she said treated her-well, in
fact, didn't treat her at all.
10 the Editor of the Star:
Mr.. Steve Law says the Office of Con-
stable is not desirable position, and if
it were his business would not permit of
his accepting the office.
A. J. MORGAN.
FRANKLIN. O.
The Franklin Pottery is still pro-
crossing slowly but surely.
d. M. Carpenter is suffering very
much with the rheumatism.
Little Jessie, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Burtner, we are very sorry
to say, Is lying very low. The cause we
did not learn.
Miss Lille Barnhart, of Springboro,