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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1872
Page
4
Railroad agents and responsible parties along the lines are asked to act as agents for free copies. Agents will be charged one cent per copy delivered at railroad stations.
Lodgers in station houses and small thefts appear among daily happenings. Grants and contracts are awarded for canal grading projects. A drowning case renews public concern as a masquerade at Turner Hall draws crowds and a lecture series begins at Lane Seminary.
Real estate transactions include transfer of 0.5 acre in Section 17 Columbia township for 1425, Craen to Sharkey lot 16 by 90 on Seventh Street value 3300, 0.75 acre in Survey 608 Anderson to Snyder 3500, W Wilder to Henry Klinkhamer lot 333 by 90 on Planktown north of Millerech 2500, and leasehold on East Seventh Avenue 72 by 153 for 5000.
Mild yesterday, break up of the ice embargo expected. Richard Jones recovering from a thigh injury after an accident at Bodmann. The Indiana still patrolling the Columbus gorge. Ships Nick Longworth Bodmann and Great Republic considered not in danger unless river rise. Clarke steam gauge indicator condemned as a fraud after three months use costing seventy dollars each. Questions arise who will refund money to steamboats robbed by authority. Kanawha River reports and town notices mixed with local events and building association plans.
A police court session lists sentences for drunken and disorderly conduct and theft including William Trotman thirty days, Noah Burns four months, Maggie Howard thirty days, and other minor offenses. The case against Shyrock for selling liquor to minors was discharged for lack of evidence after a boy testified he was served in a market-house.
The Covington City Council appointed a committee to seek legislation on nuisance abatement. The Gas Committee reported 1871 gas use averaging 88 448 cubic feet daily, with no rate reduction until 40 000 cu ft is reached. An attempt to raise district physicians’ pay failed. A warrantless arrest authority was adopted. A demand to compel monthly gas consumption reports and gas quality checks was approved. The wife of General S G Burbridge died at home. Gas bills to hotels and a private eight to nine room house drew high charges. City Charter revision begins, with five commissioners named. An Assistant County Attorney bill passed both legislative branches.
The Newport City Council awarded the contract for constructing the avenue to the reservoir of the Water Works to James M. McArthur after bids from 23 firms ranged from 15000 to 28000 dollars and satisfactory security. Sundry claims totaling 900 dollars were allowed, and a resolution authorized printing 200000 dollars of additional Waterworks bonds. The old Belle Vue and Monmouth corner bank building will be removed for new development by Albert S Berry. The Citizens Mass Meeting tomorrow night is highly anticipated, and Capt Peter Lacy remains gravely ill with an abscess in the thigh. The National drew a large, pleased crowd with a strong show. Next week Poo will be performed at Star Hall Freeman Street as part of the program.
A Presbyterian social charms attendees while legal matters loom. Indictments include Jack Garver case, insanity verdict for J Farrell, and Lindley embezzlement trial expected. A lecture by Charles Reemelin, a Basin movement recap, and a Riverside Church fundraiser concert with conjuror Buzz promise entertainment and gifts.
The tenth anniversary of the Battle of Roanoke was celebrated yesterday in Worcester Massachusetts. Ex Senator Grimes of Iowa died at Burlington Wednesday evening of heart disease. His father died of the same disease. Michael Lake a breakman on the Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad was crushed and killed between two cars at Chicago. Eight persons were frozen to death within fifteen miles of Sioux City during the late storm with stock losses estimated at 500 to 600 head of horses and cattle. The United States v Montello case, libeled for non compliance with navigation laws, was decided for the defendant in Milwaukee. Fox River on which the steamer Montello operated was declared not a public navigable water.
Prices for butter cheese and eggs listed with firm or dull demand. Grain and flour show firm values though navigation suspensions limit trade. fruit and dried goods varied with region. Poultry hogs and provisions present modest activity, with limited movement and steady or unchanged quotes across typical items.
Market notes show prices for dried peaches, lemons, corn, oats, and other staples with assorted grades. Reports include cotton sacks, timothy, barley, oil, and meat provisions, alongside wholesale shifts and exchange rates in early morning trading.
The readable lines list a residence event involving a Mrs Prank Desbler and Miss Annie H Buckman daughter of Caleb Buckman of Somerville, with references to Rev M Cepeda and Brook 4. Details are fragmentary and uncertain.
Death notices from February list multiple obituaries including Grace Yant in Dayton Kentucky from pneumonia, Rebecca Bryant age 1, Clara Overshield infant, Harry Elvin 8 years, Ennie May Mulineaux 4 months, Katie Baldwin Brown, Col Bouvard de St Amans in Natchitoches Louisiana, infant John Quealy in New Orleans, Theodore H Shute in New Orleans, and Anna Edson Worden in Albany New York, with brief biographical notes where available.
Matinees Wednesdays and Saturdays feature the Royal Conjuror and a lineup of trained canaries Java sparrows Pat White Mice and a Russian cat. Admission 85 cents front seats 60 cents child 25 cents with presents for all four presents for families of two adults and two children.
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