The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-25
OUR NEXT.DOOR NEIGHBORS.
Piekings by Star Reporters In Neigh
boring Cities and Towns.
WIDDLECOWN. d.

The new bake wagon of Chas. Grosch
is a daisy.
The funeral of Peter Lynch took place
yesterday.
A small child of Jacob Ries is lying
dangerously sick.
Mr.. Ted. Pope, of Columbus, is home
visiting his family.
Sunday was a terrible day. Drunken
ness-several fights.
Mr.. Gus. Wesbrodt, of Cincinnati,
spent Sunday in town.
Miss July Boughner, of Germantown,
is the guest OF Miss Minnie Schaffer, on
Broadway.
A crowd of young folks of this place
gave Miss Kate Quirk, of Franklin, a
very pleasant call Sunday. =
D. H. Rogers, clerk at John Shillto's
dry goods store in Cincinnati, spent Sun
day in town with Mr.. Sam. Collins and
wife.
The Amateur and Jimtown Baseball
Clubs had match game Sunday after
noon. Score, to in favor of the Am
ateurs.
Miss Clara Basore, of Germantown,
and Miss Nettie Rowe, of Franklin, is
visiting Miss Mamie Blackburn on South
Main street.
John Brown, farmer living south of
town, met with an accident Saturday
evening on his way home; his horse be-
came frightened and running of, break
ing the buggy.
Mr.. Tim. Nell, carriage manufacturer,
formally of West Upton, has secured the
building formerly occupied by James
Dwinell, and is prepared to manufacture
buggies carriages, spring wagons, &C.,
at the shortest notice.
A horse attacked to a buggy, belong
ing to P. J. Long, became frightened
Saturday evening and dashed off turning
corner ard almost throwing the occu-
pant, Mrs. Long, out, but the animal
vas stopped before other damage was
done.
The Tytus Guards met at their armory
Sunday afternoon and resolved to turn
out on next Sunday, May 3Oth, and
decorate the soldiers graves. There will
also be a meeting of the citizens at the
Mayors Office this evening in regard to
Decoration Day.
Our citizens would be under many OBJ
legations to our County Commissioners
if they would remove the old river
bridge and put up in its place nice
culvert. There is very little water run
ming under the old bridge, and what
there is is waste water from the mills.
1t is an uely old structure and should
be removed by all means. There is lum-
Der enough on the bridge il sold to pay
for putting up a nice culverJ. Down
with the old bridge and gave us a nice
culvert in its place.
BELLEVUE. Kx
Contractor Chas. Sprnks has at last
begun to improve the lower part of
Berry avenue.
Travel on the street cars between here
and Newport has increased almost double
since Captain Beams management.
Mr.. S. G. Black leaves tonight at II
p. m. for St. Louis to accept position
in a large pump house in that city.
Mr.. Gicger has broken ground on Fair
field avenue to commence to build a
store for the manufacture and sale of
cigars.
Miss Amelia Lindle left yesterday
morning for Owl Creek, this county, to
pend few weeks with friends for the
benefit of her health, which is poor.
Don't forget the ladies' ice cream and
strawberry festival for the M. E. Church
tonight on tie grounds of Mr.. Robson.
The grounds will be handsomely illum-
mated An invitation is extended to
all. The cars will land strangers within
one square of the grounds.
APK7rGFIELD. u
Court commences next Monday.
The Memorial Guards will meet this
evening.
Ripe cherries are in the market for the
first time.
The election Of teachers took place al
the meeting of the School Board last
night.
The funeral of Mrs. Joseph Brown, a
respectable colored lady, took place thi;
afternoon at o'clock.
A thief was caught in the attempt tc
90 through the vest pocket OF man al
the depot last night about o'clock.
Mrs. Mary G.. Evans, mother of Mrs
Robert d. Bruce and Mr.. J. Evans, Of
this city, died in Cincinnati Saturday
last.
Work is rapidly progressing at thu
West End malleable shop. The $50 fee
additional to the building is nearly com
pleted.
The Butter case was bound over to tht
Court of Common Pleas in $500 to an
swer to the charges Of grand larceny ant
forgery.
The celebrated Rentz-Santley Novelty
Company, under the supervision of M
B. Loyette,will give an entertainment a
Blacks Opera House this evening.