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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1872
Page
4
Weather forecast notes cloudy conditions with barometric and thermometer readings. Sunrise and sunset times are listed, moonrise and moonset expected in the evening. Overall weather described as fair for the day with accompanying meteorological details.
Our Common Council meets this afternoon in special session. City deaths last week total 111 with one from smallpox. Holy Cross Church Mount Adams plans a grand picnic at East End Garden next Thursday. Pigeon shooting match at Exposition Park tomorrow afternoon.Body of unknown man found in the Ohio River near Brown's coal barges. coroner’s jury cites drowning. Guman sues Busch for 25000 over alleged insolvency slander. Board of Public Improvements sued for 20000 by Thomas Sherlock and Erwin over Miami Canal power. Harvest Home in Green Township set for next Thursday. Rev Briggs and Hon Allen Hunt attend. Speculation on a boxing bout between Mace and O Baldwin prompts talk of west end battleground to avoid police interference. Tapus Gross, Greeley speaker, says life threatened. seeks refuge in Covington. Colored voters urged to tolerate internal disagreements. Wiswell Kelly’s coffin warehouse railing collapses injuring none seriously. Ira D Dresser leaves for Put in Bay with family.
Freight trains near the O. and M. elevator slight collision toppled a watermelon car. Melons broke and scattered, creating an impromptu feast for nearby residents.
The Newport and Cincinnati bridge nearing completion will allow vehicles to cross tomorrow. It will be operated so no teams share the bridge while trains cross to prevent accidents from frightened horses.
A man named John Riley was kicked in the abdomen by a steer while livestock was being loaded at the Little Miami depot on Saturday evening. He died last evening after lingering in agony at home and leaves a wife and five children.
The council committee of investigation into the Work-house will likely submit both majority and minority reports this afternoon. The majority sees conditions in a favorable light while the minority level serious charges of mismanagement supported by facts and figures. Court docket shows seventy two new cases including fines for theater row, assaults, drunkenness, cruelty to animals, and a claimed injury to Mrs. Alexander.
Chicago Inter-Ocean reports a proposed line linking Chicago, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati via Indianapolis, Lafayette, St Ann's, and Kankakee. Illinois Central provides main through route to Chicago with limited new track, aiming to cut time and freight between Chicago, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati.
Weather is clear and warm with little rain. The Pittsburg river stands at five feet but is not expected to rise enough to empty the goal eet here the river declines to 41g feet. Arrivals include Kate Putnam Marietta Anna Maysville United States and Ben Franklin Louisville Ohio No 5 Pome roy and local packets. Departures list Anna Maysville and Ben Franklin. The packet trade between here and Maysville Portsmouth grows hotter with rivals R C Gray Wildwood Mountain Belle and others contesting routes and prices along the shore.
A new postal regulation effective since July 1 allows small items not exceeding twelve ounces to be mailed nationwide at two cents per two ounces or fraction thereof. The change benefits the public who previously faced high Express company rates for small packages.
The week ending Saturday shows license receipts from Hucksters Exhibitions and balls Furniture Cars Express-wagons and other listed items. Entries include various sales and exhibition fees collected during the period.
A new coupling invention by J Hollis of this city is demonstrated this morning. It uses a tongued hook on a half eccentric operated by a rod to a lever outside the car. The worker signals the engineer while freely raising or lowering the coupling link from the outside, promising simplicity safety and cheapness.
The Cincinnati Teachers Institute opens next Monday the 26th for a full week. Prof. W. Dickinson from Westfield Normal School and Prof. Orton of Antioch College will lecture on teaching methods and natural sciences. W. N. Hailman will cover object lessons and the kindergarten, and Mrs. Mary Howe Smith speaks on geography.
The Pape Boat Club invites supporters to a row-boat regatta next Thursday night at the Oberly House to plan details. The piece cautions that Ohio waters may be too swift and the Licking lacks a good viewing point, but expresses hope for an active effort to test the idea.
Mr. James Goodin, aged about 105, a veteran Dayton citizen born in Philadelphia in 1800, died at his Delhi summer home at five this morning. He was a leading pork dealer in Cincinnati and once shipped large loads to New Orleans. A longtime advocate of internal improvements, he led the Dayton Short Line railroad as president and supervised the Deercreek tunnel project. Funeral arrangements will be announced for services at 448 West Ninth Street.
Various parcels are exchanged through quitclaim deeds and partitions. Names include Hannah Jones Joseph Tiffenbach M R Taylor T Dickson Niehaus J B Niehaus and others with plots along Elm Harriet Front St St James Ave and Green township noting lot sizes and dollar values.
Next Wednesday evening T J Melish of Milford and Wm Alexander of Columbia will speak to the colored residents at the Grant Club meeting in the colored Methodist church. Next Thursday Colonel Tom Moore and the Elector of the Third District will address locals at Kugler's Hall. Esquire Wm Highlands of Camden died Saturday noon. he was a longtime Justice of the Peace, a veteran Mason, music student, and Milford Methodist member.
The Fourth Quarterly Miami Circuit meeting began Saturday with a morning sermon by Rev. J. F. Chalfant. Rev. J. M. K. Shultz and Rev. Hagaman led afternoon conferences and evening sermons as large crowds gathered amid open house hospitality, a basket Christian church meeting and an open air Primitive service near the station.
Rev. Mr. Nunn and E. P. Bradstreet addressed a large audience at the Presbyterian Church on Sabbath evening in support of the Bible cause. The event organized a Bible Society auxiliary to the Young Men's Bible Society of Cincinnati and elected officers.
Jailer Horsfall announces a $15 reward for the return of Thomas Carroll who escaped to his castle last Saturday morning. Tabbs Gross the Arkansas colored orator addressed the Greeley Campaign Club Saturday night and was warmly applauded. The County Court sits in the city today with Judge Berry presiding.
John Benn pays a ten dollar fine and costs after a morning incident. A large crowd surrounded Esquire Duvernick’s office for the Harmon Schneider adultery case, still in progress when the report closed. The Covington public schools 1871 72 summary shows 3,027 enrolled, 2,134 attending, with attendance at a fraction omitted. General Burbridge testifies in Louisville at a court martial for Gen. Ren. P. Runkle. State Liberal Republican headquarters fixed at their office.
John Marshall streets, Madison. Grant and Wilson Club adds 98 members to reach 193 total. The St. Johns Orphan Society marks its 22nd anniversary with about two thousand attendees in a grove near the Orphan Asylum on Lexington Pike. Tensions rise as Tabbs Gross faces threats after arrival in Cincinnati amid a pending speech at Seventh Street market space. City officials plan police restraint to prevent clashes. No Liberal Democratic congressional nomination in this district. contest pits Judge Arthur against Harvey Myers.
Daily market notes a dull session with weak demand for lower grades and steady or falling quotes on staples. Coffee and sugar markets hold firm while flour, rice, and oats show soft demand. green apples plentiful and lemons in fair demand. lard and linseed steady amid ample supply. hogs and beef firm with mixed regional prices.
Market report notes gold prices steady as governments shift policies and financial firms adjust positions after decisive events. Traders watch central actions and currency moves amid unsettled global markets.
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