The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-15
OVER THE BRIDGE.
COVINGTOM.

COvINGTOA.
The Sunday Committee has an ale-ment
P. B. Orr and wife, of Augusta, are visit
ing in the city.
Robertson County is solid for Judge
West for Chancellor.
The remains of Mr.. Samuel Brown will
arrive to-day from Pittsburg.
Rev. 8. H. Burgess who had tyrigium
cut from over his eye, is improving.
Honesty and fairness wins and H. q. Hal
lum has no opposition for the Democratic
nomination.
The loss of Mr.. Bleyer at the fire was
$177, which was paid by Hardin & Dulaney
this morning.
The Sababtarian Committee proposes to
stop the sale of liquor-ice at the drug
stores on Sunday.
The Gedge Homestead on Front street
was sold to-day and was purchased by w.
A. Crawford for $4,000.
J. W. Pomfrey writes card to the STAR
in which he says he is a candidate for the
Office of Circuit Court Clerk.
Rev. B. F. Bristow will arrive in this
ClLy JulS WICK lTOu hlrkWOOu, MO-, anu
will reside in the city until fall.
Mr.. d. B. safferons. of Lexington, and
Miss Sallie Taylor, of Covington, were
married yesterday by Rev. W. Dobbins.
E. H. Maxwell and wife have entered
suit against the Trustees of the Southern
Railroad for the recovery of three lots and
81, 900 damages
The Court Of Appeals has affirmed the
decision in the case of Percival vs. The
Commonwealth. This is Percival, the man
who was arrested for incest.
Col. Frank Mead, assisted BY Rev. Geo.
Summery and Others collected a neat sum
last evening for the truly destitute family
of the late Mr.. Alex. Wilson.
w. P. Tucker, of this city, has been
chosen as one of the lay deleRtes to the
annual Conference of the N! e. Church
South, which meets in Lexington in Sep
| tember.
The Committee on Salaries of the School
Board met last night, and decided to re.
port recommending that the salaries re.
main at the present standard for the next
school year.
Coroner DeGruyder to-day held an in
quest on the body of Pierce Carey who was
found in the Ohio River yesterday. The
verdict of the jury was that he came to his
death from some unknown cause.
We understand that the prosecutors of
the Sunday Law violators propose to have
a prominent citizen arrested on the charge
of furnishing milk last Sunday to his Malt
ese cat Jerry Reed will swear out the
warrant as usual.
Ben. Foss who was arrested last night on
the charge of obtaining money under false
pretense from Geo. A.. Simack, on Wash
ington street, was to-day bound over to the
Grand Jury in the sum OF $500. in default
of which he was committed.
This morning about 8 o'clock newborn
dead baby was found in the Licking River
at the foot of Second street. The baby was
neatly tied up in piece of linen and was
apparently only dead few hours Coro.
ner DeGruyder held am inquest.
The Court of Appeals yesterday affirmed
the decision Of the Kentucky Criminal
Court in the case of Henry Percival, o
Covington. Percival was convicted of the
crime Of incest. committed with his daugh
ter Alice last October, and sentenced to the
Penitentiary for two years.
The body of man apparently about &c
years OF age was found yesterday after
noon floating in the Ohio, just below the
residence of James Hester. 1t was SO badly
decomposed as to preclude all hope of rec
ognition, but notification from Rev. j
F. Callahan, addressed to Pierce Carey, wa,
found in one of his pockets.
The Knights of Pythlas will give grand
banquet and party. tonight at.Odd Fellows
Hail. in honor Of the Peabody Lodge O
Paris and the Limestone Lodge of Mays
vile. The delegates from the respectiv,
lodges arrived to-day, and are a fne-look
inz set of men. The banquet will be {
boomer, and the supper will be set by tn,
Weaver boys.
MARRIAGE LICENSES. B. Saffarous
farmer, of Fayette County, aged thirty
eight and Sarah T. Taylor, of Covington
aged twenty-five; Frank G. Schmees, stone
cutter, Of Newport aged twenty-five, ant
Mary A. Gerwe, oil Covington, aged twenty
one; McClelland Mccain, farmer, age,
twenty-five, and Anna McDyer, aget
twenty-one, both of Campbell County.
The Grand Lodge of Knights of Homo
have elected John B. Evan Assistant Gran,
Dictator, and N. F. Moss Supreme Repre-
sentative.
There is one thing certain, but for th,
timelylarrival of the Cincinnati Fire Depart
ment Tuesday night, large portion OF th
town would now be in ruins o give us
sensible chief.
Mr.. John G. Metcalf has not made an,
friends by his conduct in announcing him
self as an independent candidate for tn
Office of Circuit Court Clerk. He has up t
! yesterday, through the press and by cards
announced himself as candidate subjec
the action OF the Dem ocratic party, an,
! teeing that he stood no show withdrew. /
man deserts the party The party shoul,
ertainly desert him.
DR.. John Kerr, who was recently pa,
doned out of the Penitentiary on tn
charge of bigamy, was brought in by Oh
Ger Senour, on the charge of disorderl,
conduct and was this morning fined $40 b,
the Mayor. The disorderly conduct wa
towards number Of ladies and was of tn
most disgusting and outrageous character
He is brute Of the first water and th
sentence is light one.
Mrs. James II omIson Of Springfield, O.