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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1872
Page
4
Special weather report for the Evening Star by Geary Twitchell, Optician. Weather shows clear and cloudy periods with times for moons, thermometers, barometer readings, and a pleasant day calendar noting sunrise at 6 16 and sunset at 6 22.
Police made 17 arrests yesterday. Fifty-two people have died from violence in the city since January. J B Gorpon returns home to tend a dying father. Only 30 station-house lodgers last night. proprietors feel slighted. Father Bourke to lecture Sunday evening April 21 at the Cathedral. Charles Hoffman, a Cincinnati brewer, reportedly robbed of 7500 in New York. Dr Wise lectures tonight on the History of the Jews at Plum Street Temple. Mrs Sallie M Stewart, wife of W R Stewart of Delhi and sister of Mr Cockerill, died yesterday. A novelty umbrella theft at the Police Court prompts jokes. The Cincinnati & Springfield Short Line Railroad expects completion by late June. Josgin M Kelpy named administrator of Thomas Sands. estate worth 2500. The Ohio & Mississippi Railroad will run a sleeping coach between Cincinnati and Louisville at 11:15 pm starting tomorrow night. New York Life Insurance Company filed authority to do business in the state. E G Leonard & Co are Cincinnati agents. Dr J C Hyp and John Johnson alias John Winder sentenced to eight years for post office and store robberies at Mount Sterling. New hotel incorporators held a meeting. stock books opened for 90 days. seven directors to be elected in May. Higas and Writohell reported securing property for the site. The Recorder arranged deed books on the first floor and index on the second. assessing titles requires climbing stairs. Orincent Mittenhauer found a stray cart at Vine and May. taken to pound at Main and Hamilton road to be sold. First cart ever pounded by a policeman.
The Trustees of Miami University met in Oxford yesterday and reshaped the faculty. A D Hepburn moves from Greek chair to President of the college. A L Coleman of Virginia was elected to Greek and Latin chairs. The study plan mirrors the Virginia system, offering full courses for liberal and scientific tracks, flexibility for department choices, and year by year or multi year study options.
A laborer at Swift's Rolling Mill in Newport suffered severe injuries yesterday afternoon when an iron rope broke while hoisting coke, causing him to fall about thirty feet and be struck on the head and body. No further details on his condition are provided.
Eighteen new and as many continued docket entries featured Edward Connelly a paper mill foreman charged with assaulting John Pogle but discharged after testimony. Mary Mair and others faced similar charges and were discharged or fined. A separate council update covered bids for $150,000 sewer improvement bonds and a dispute over moving funds from the general to Gilbert avenue.
Yesterday afternoon in Hamilton a fashionable wedding united Miss Jossy Campbell daughter of Hon L D Campbell and Dr Murray Millikin of New York son of Thomas Millikin The ceremony at the bride’s father residence was performed by Rev Mr Anderson in the presence of distinguished guests Ex President Andrew Johnson attended in spirit President Grant sent regrets due to political duties
The Board of Improvements issued permits for multiple projects including J B Puthoff to build a three story brick at Race and Second, Mackler to erect a two and a half story brick at Bank and Riddle, Dornbush to raise a two story brick on Richmond between Harriet and McLean, Merrienthal to alter a two story brick on Seventh between Plums Central, William R X to construct an eight story brick on Seventh between Cutter and Linn, A Davis to alter a three story brick on Fifth between Sycamore and Broadway, Jenkins Ludwig to add a story to a two story brick on Seventh between Race and Em, F and D Kallendorf to alter Arbeiter Hall on Walnut between Thirteenth and Mercer, H Honing to build a one story frame at 14 Orchard, and John Vogelsang to build a two story brick on Peet between Locust and Poplar.
Last night crowds filled the city to see Mr. Sothern in Dundreary with plans to attend again this week before he departs. Joe Murphy performs at Wood's in Help, praised as a standout low Irish comedian. Buffalo Bill is highlighted, the National company lauded for its strength, and Cool Burgess Bryant and Howard receive praise. matinees tomorrow. Superior and District Courts are hearing arguments.
Shortly after seven in the morning Barry Myers and Joseph Enghart of M Greenwood & Co. brass foundry descended to the cellar to procure copper when a lamp ignited benzene vapor, exploding a barrel and gutting the interior. Firemen halted the blaze after the building burned, with losses estimated between 15000 and 20000. The malt house adjoining suffered water damage of about 1200. Both injured workers were hospitalized.
Minutes from the April meeting note all members present. W S Bacon wins after second ballot, sworn in. Bills under 100 dollars go to City Solicitor and Auditor. bills over 100 wait a week. County to invite jail alteration bids and coal suppliers for 3400 bushels. Strikers persist. gas company hires. Marmet seen barge shoveling amid wage tension.
James J. Slevin of J. & J. Slevin & Sons died in New York after a Brooklyn visit for a grandchild’s funeral. A cold he contracted there worsened into pneumonia, leading to his death on Thursday.
Transfers of real estate include Henry Rune purchasing lots in Mington’s area and Peter Van Deerson selling to Hamilton Baer. The Ninth Street lot between Baymiller and Freeman measures 16 by 100 feet and sells for 4500 dollars.
A Carthage meeting at the school house addressed health and sanitation in Mill Creek Valley. Dr Joseph Webb and other officials urged removal of putrid factory refuse and chemical discharges from starch and paper mills, forming a committee to report to proprietors at the next gathering.
Rev B W Chidlaw will lecture before the Christian Association at the Town Hall Sunday afternoon next at 3 PM. D W Gibson was elected Superintendent of the Union Sunday School Sabbath last, succeeding Mr Bullard who resigns and moves to Columbus Ohio.
River news notes mild spring conditions and levee business, with few boats in the river. The river at Pittsburg is falling, with seven foot depths in the channel, as recent rains swell small streams and lift water levels elsewhere.
The column reports coal towboat traffic along with port concerns at Sand Island Portland and river conditions on the Ohio. It notes a proposed English Channel steamer, river editor Mr Lallance aboard Ohio No 4, cargo and freight issues in Pittsburg and Memphis, a Louisville trade secretary election, and updates on ships James Howard Tom Rees and the Madison Free Press river conditions with high winds and bank erosion.
Market briefs show firm beans with New York medium and navy prices at 260 to 275 per bushel. Diverse goods across staples such as bran, coffee, flour, grain, oats, sugar and cotton quoted with varied demand, prices steady to firm, and some items like bran dull while others like flour active. government bonds and currency news also noted.
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