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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1872
Page
4
Railroads and responsible line residents are asked to act as agents for the Daily In Star. Agents will be paid one cent per copy delivered at railroad stations and on Fridays. Weather and sea conditions noted with cloud cover and rain likelihood.
A Pleasant entertainment by Avondale schoolchildren at Avon Hall. Tax Merchants' Loan Association meets at 158 West Fifth Street. Lane Seminary receives its charter in five months. tableaux for Woman's Christian Association at Pike's Hall. Mrs Susan B Saxton, longtime resident, dies at 76. Mr James Tamble lectures at Wesley Chapel on Ohio Prison Church. Rev Pratt to preach at Mt Auburn and later church. Furniture staffers hold adjourned meeting at Mitchell Rammelsburg. Morse funeral tolls four bells in New York. Lane Seminary Chapel hosts lecture on knowledge. President Carroll Cutler to speak at Western Reserve College. Mr L Brown injured by mad bus at Brighton Stock Yards. Cord wood Eagle offers savings on shavings as kindling. Len dramatizes Sleepy Hollow with Ed Locke. Excavation for Linten block reveals cellar depths and old house on stilts. Dr Anrane O Leary to lecture on health at Mozart Hall. Modern Spiritualism marks 24th anniversary at Melodeon Hall with music and tableaux. Fire at No 374 West Fifth Street destroys stock valued at 700. Insurance 500. Fire loss in building under 100. Milestone expressman Peters drowns after attempting ford on Millcreek. coroner to inquest. age about 45.
Enoch Arden draws full fashionable crowds to Wood’s Theatre with strong local praise. The Great Eastern Circus at the National reports mounting success and Miss Emma Lake’s hurdle riding earns high marks. Next week vaudeville returns with added strength. Uncle Tom Robinson’s show opens at the Rink Monday. Alf Burnett’s Combination heads to Terre Haute next week after a Kentucky tour. A cathedral choir visit at Adam B Wilson’s home yields a moving scene as a stranger thanks them before departing.
The city leases 2210 feet of its wharf at Mill Creek for nineteen years to investors for 1400 dollars yearly first eleven years and 2800 dollars later. Plans include 1000 feet adjacent rail access and a Kentucky river stretch to create a harbor, three steam elevators, and facilities to move coal ore and freight between river and rail to boost shipping and protect steamboats from ice. A separate note chronicles a man named Englebert Chuyvetter in town, who spent freely and was detained by police after displaying large sums. investigators found about 445.45 dollars on him and suspect prior fortune.
The Maonian Society at Maxwell's Female Seminary presented an entertainment for friends last night in the institutional hall. Essays vocalisms recitations and instru mentations by Moonians were highly praised with standout performances by Miss Jamieson Miss Emme Thomas Miss N Anderson and the Misses Mary and Hempstead of Hanging Rock.
Around 10 am in Old Grant county Kentucky William Williams stood on Front Street near Walnut when a pistol exploded injuring his thigh. Williams had brought the pistol to the city for repair for a friend and the cause of the discharge is unclear. Dr. Henderson of Covington extracted the ball and Williams began recovering.
Cynthia and Excelsior Lodges F and A M meet at the Masonite Temple. Douglas Lodge Knights of Pythias meet at 442 Sycamore St at 7 PM. Carthagena Citadel Knights of Carthage assemble at Eagle Hall. Pioneery Encampment Odd Fellows meet at Queen City Hall to consider By-Laws report. Lodge No 7 Ancient Order of Hibernians meet at St Patrick's School for officer election. A temperance meeting led by Rev A B Morey at the YMCA rooms tomorrow at 8 PM with talks by speakers who know the subject.
Madison street pav ing lawsuits head to Court of Appeals as 1872 assessments and paving plans move forward. James Shields wins $250 against Michael Dolan for an assault. Council honors Sisters at St Elizabeth Hospital and approves $150. A Board of Equalization is named. gas lighting contract discussed. Burnett street grading referred. beer keg disputes filed. committees formed on legal aid, rail service, and bridge footways. Covington population 25,860 with real and personal property valued at 11,461,825 and personal property 961,650.
Newport officials reported on street work contracts and sidewalk repaving timelines. A petition urged a Tibbatts and John streets market-house. fencing for the reservoir was authorized. Sundry claims totaling 2580.92 were settled as the council reviewed Ann street progress and the Second ward street cleaning bond. Joseph Selman died after a horse-kick injury. a longtime Newport resident, he had lived here over forty years.
In Newport and Dayton the turnpike board failed to produce books after meetings last evening. The Upper Enders School Board also failed to obtain books, leaving little business done. March attendance reached a record high, and a telegram from Frankfort says the Court of Appeals reinstates the injunction stopping further Upper Enders action, affecting the Council and all polling officers named by Clerk pro tem Stone.
Divorce actions include Joseph P. Gesser vs Susan P. Gesser and Mary C. Difley vs James DiMley with decrees granted. Rent case Driskell vs Greaves ruled for plaintiff. Metz wins in Stattkamp & Boening v Heilman & Metz. Young vs Herrick rent dispute in progress. Probate Habeas Corpus case Ih Henrietta Jemima Riley custody decided for guardian and Shakers receive boarding and clothing. E M Evans appointed administratrix of H C Evans.
Judge P B Swing presided as the case of J F Green and others versus Pleasant and others was concluded this morning and the judge took it under advisement. The scene included river traffic updates, arrivals and departures, and notes on the Steamboat era. The report also mentions a verdict about damages in a separate suit and various maritime happenings along with weather and police activity.
Market notes show mixed activity across staples. Grains and provisions edge mixed with milled flour steady while lard and oils hold modest demand. hay and oats firm to quiet. beef, pork, and poultry demand varies by item and location.
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