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Newspaper

The Evening Star

Location

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1872

Page

4

Local BREVITIES. May arrivals and city notes of interest

Baron Von ScuLoezer and Count Von Arnim will visit on May 1st. Prospective buyers urged to consult advertising for suburban properties. Major Augustus Ward buried today at Spring Grove. The St Bernard store on West Fourth Street opens tonight for a sale of fine goods. New England Mutual Life Insurance Company filed authority to do business in Cincinnati. Wm Lang is local agent. A robbery error corrected: robbery occurred at the entrance to Nos. 24 and 26 West Fifth Street. Exposition fireproof Art Hall approved for Washington Park. Eden Park refreshment house to cost about $10,000 funded by park authorities. L. H. Sargent & Co. long established salt and commission firm advertises. Benedict Frank pawnbroker case postponed due to his condition. Odd Fellows fair progresses with Yankee kitchen popular. subscription meeting set for tomorrow. Sanitary Board re elected Dr Clendenin as Health Officer after ballots. Waterworks bids opened for two million pounds of pipe. multiple bidders listed with prices. no award yet.

New England Mutual Life Insurance Company Boston Recorder Wm. Lang Cincinnati West Fifth Street Tax Park Commissioners Washington Park Eden Park Park Commissioners L. H. Sargent & Co Benedict Frank Straub Frank Odd Fellows’ Fair Fourth Street Tuee Sanitary Board Clendenin Messrs. Davis Simpkinson Thomas Messrs.Johnson and Taxis J. J. Quinn Messrs Baum and Shultz Pittsburg Louisville Gen Lytle Buell James Maysville Wild Matenat Chile Fleetwood Pomeroy Arkansas Kate Putnam Marietta United States Telegraph Wildwood Juniata Kitty Hegler Kanawha R. R. Hudson Wheeling Alice Dean New Orleans Maliie Ragon Arkansas River Rock Island St. Louis Middleport G. W. Murdock Hartford City George McTwi Ohio River Salt Company Hortons Colonel Shepard Syracuse Lawrence Nashville John F. Tolle Vicksburg Pargoud Edinburgh B. C. Levi John McMillan Indiana James Howard Leslie Coombs L.J. Shepherd Dog Creek Kentucky Frankfort Henry Lockhart Cook Portsmouth Ohio Red River Iron Company Clay’s Ferry Lexington Capt. Shepherd and Father Ironton

County Commissioners Fix Bond for Treasurer Elect John Gerke

The County Commissioners fixed the bond of Treasurer elect John Gerke at 500000 dollars this morning. Several bills ranging from 18 to 400 dollars were passed and referred to the Board of Control for approval.

Weronesday John Gerke Board of Control

Joint County Session Reviews Jail Improvements

A morning joint session of county officers heard Sheriff Heart discuss General Ammen's plans to improve and strengthen the county jail. Present were Commissioners Sater and Holmes, Clerk Tinker. absent were Commissioner Martin and Probate Judge Hoeffer.

Sater Holmes Sheriff Heart Tinker Martin Hoeffer Heart

Horrible Accident Involving Seema and S Naanths Sect

Fragmented report describes a morning incident with Seema and S Naanths Sect contact. Details are unclear due to garbled text but indicate a collision or injury and reference to a backache or spinal issue. Further information is not readable in the excerpt.

Docket at Local Court Delivers Fines and Discharges

The docket lists Charles Nelson's trial on trunk theft continued to Saturday with bail set at $400. Henry Jeffs fined $3 for drunkenness. Andrew Welsh ten days for same offense. Henry Fuchs discharged for whisky sale to a minor. B Frank's case continued. Carrie Thee jailed thirty days for keeping a bawdy house. four other women discharged. Various assaults ended in discharges or fines. John Nichols fined $10 and ten days suspended. sentence to Mary Brion.

Henry Jeffs Andrew Welsh Henry Fuchs B. Frank Carrie Thee Thomas Wilson John Lamb Thomas Westerman Broadway Fourth Fifth Streets Portsmouth Ohio Tenny Scott Mary Moore Ann Buckley Ann Bucktown Robert Harvey Thos. Jefferson John Nichols Mary Brion John Mary

Court appoints guardian for drunken husband in Common Pleas

In Common Pleas Judge MurpDock grants Elizabeth Kramer petition to appoint guardian of her husband estate due to drunkenness and incompetence. Probate Court hears cases. Geo Shillito Jr named administrator de bonis non of John Haggarty with personal assets totaling 10 945 dollars and realty 10 000 dollars.

Common Pleas MuRpDock Elizabeth Kramer Japar Hoefrer Geo. Shillito, Jr de Bonis John Haggarty

Coal Heavers Strike for Higher Wages and Rights

Reported near Plum street a large police presence prevented a potential riot as coal heavers demand at least 250 dollars per day. Johnson and Levi's drivers are already earning 2 50, workers organize a union, citing extreme hard labor, long hours, seasonal work, and opposition to white slavery in America.

Plum Street Johnson Levi Levy America

Yale Alumni Hold Annual Reunion in City at St Nicholas

The Yale College alumni reunion at St Nicholas drew many grads. Officers elected for the year include President Judge J C Collins and Vice Presidents James Gilman A R Dutton P H Burt W Alpin M C Shoemaker. Secretary P R Taft. A memorial resolutions were read for classmate 1810 Professor Samuel F B Morse.

Yale College St. Nicholas J. C. Collins James Gilman A. R. Dutton P. H. Burt W. Alpin Jugs Taft Scarborough M. Hinkle

Transfers of Real Estate April 1 1872

Property transfers listed including fat et al to H B Bannin and Catherine, plus a lot on Ninth Street 90 by 130 feet. Details mention real estate conveyances and involved parties such as Evech Wil, C Hapselman, and others in an 1872 record.

Fat H.B. Bannin Galaane Cusine Elglish Catherine Ari C. Hapselman Evech Wilve Hanes Ninth Street

River News and Legal Notices From Cincinnati and Pittsburg

Probate Court allows sale of a judgment from James P. Galbraith trustee to J B Broadwell Joseph Fay and John Kennedy for 55440 at 8 percent. US Circuit Court verdicts in Ohio Lord and Sperm Oil case favor plaintiffs for 5725.85. Eden Park plan hires brass band for May Day. Steamboat news and river depth updates with arrivals and departures. Ship collisions, labor strikes, and a steamer wreck with one drowned. Leslie Coombs sinks on Dog Creek Kentucky River.

Ohio Hire Insurance and Trust Company James P. Galbraith Apolis Cincinnati Taos J. Broadwell Joseph 8 Fay John 8 Civie First Bank of Ohio Ohio Lord and Sperm Oil Company The United States O. M. Turner

Daily Market Review from the Evening Star April 17 1872

Market notes show beans butter cheese flour and wheat active pricing with mixed demand. Prices: beans 2 25 for prime white 1 00 inferior. butter western reserve 28 3 4 c per lb. cheese new factory 13 1 5 6 c. flour firm at 48 50 per barrel. wheat No 2 around 1 70. rye steady. barley firm. apples and peaches dull. oranges lemons and coca prices listed.

the Evening Star New York Western Reserve Ohio Indiana Laguayre Coe

Winter meat and grain markets show mixed steady tones

The report notes steady prices for pork and ham cuts with moderate demand, duck and other meats quiet, and bulk beef sides holding firm. Hogs and ribs show limited movement while cured products stay steady. prices for clover and timothy seed remain near previous levels and grain markets stay largely unchanged in New Orleans and port markets.

Ena Per Doz Porx—City ACON County Timothy New Orleans Liverpool Louisiana

Government Bond Quotations and Market Notes

The report lists government bonds with steady and active trading, notes sterling exchange at 93, and gold carrying at 4 percent. It mentions midland uplands prices and regional figures including Orleans and New York while city time stamps show April 17 and 10:00 A M.

New York Sterling Exchange

A City of Women in Siam Excerpt From Governess Tales

Mrs Lenowens recounts Siam's Bangkok center as a female ruled realm with 9000 residents in the royal harem and armed women enforcing laws, while slave women till fields and artisans work outside the walls. Boys banished at six. girls stay.

Lenowens Bangkok Ofoh

Wonderful Store Opens at 160 West Fourth with One Dollar Goods

SPECIAL NOTICE describes a new shop at 160 West Fourth Street offering ten thousand dollars of first class goods for a uniform price of one dollar. It highlights chromes, oil paintings, jewelry, watches, albums, wallets, and more, with eager claims of quality, no waste, and mass appeal opening tonight.

St. Bernard

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