Railroad Agents to receive Daily Evening Star copies
Railroad agents or responsible parties along rail lines receiving ores will be charged one cent per copy. Copies to be delivered at railroad stations.
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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1872
Page
4
Railroad agents or responsible parties along rail lines receiving ores will be charged one cent per copy. Copies to be delivered at railroad stations.
A fragmentary readable section recounts a domestic drama involving a married man and a woman named Mary, with gossip about editors and secrecy. The speaker narrates a tale of marriage, family pride, and social events, mentioning an upcoming masked ball and tensions in relationships.
A husband recalls a planned night out turning into a confrontation as his wife Mary unmasks him. He admits infidelity, vows reform, and reflects on how his wife learned the truth from a gossiping cash boy and a widow. The drama unfolds with tears, accusations, and a vow to change.
During a Police Court trial led by Judge Carter, Judge Whitman argued for dismissal, an exchange with attorney Campbell escalated, and Brenneman defended himself against slander charges. The jury found Minor guilty. he received one day in the Workhouse plus costs.
Judge Carter presided over a crowded docket with twenty four new cases and nine old. Maggie Williams jailed thirty days for drunken disorderly conduct. Louisa Mitchell and several others received thirty day terms or workhouse custody. John Harter and John Hord faced lengthy terms amid tales of travel and poverty with limited work prospects. Michael Bywater denied theft claim. Verity and others faced combined sentences as police court operated under strict authority.
A local court list records assorted cases including Frederick accused of assault with intent to rob and Andrew McGiven charged in the same docket. Other defendants face vagrancy rulings, burglary charges, and petty theft. Community notices cover a week of prayer at multiple churches with sermons by Moore Collins and others across Vine Street Walnut Hills Fourth Street and First Universalist.
River reports show falling water with 13 feet in the Cincinnati channel and 89 feet under the Coyington bridge. Incoming packets include the Viola from Ironton and Argosy from New Orleans while departures list Telegraph to Pomeroy and St James to Maysville. Capt. Kirker says the Cincinnati and Ironton Red Barge Line will be in full blast by mid March. The New packet Gary was launched for the Mississippi Valley Transportation Company and the Missouri Star Line plans ten boats to Omaha. Personal notices include a river clerk’s loss of a child and another wife’s death among McCoy’s and Matthews families. The Thompson Dean arrived at Memphis and may return if water allows.
The following licenses were issued this past week: William B Pollock and Anna Asheeraft. Jacob Pflang and Catherine Baum. James Richey and Catherine Norton. Emile F Werk and Kate Ray Brice. William Patton and Fanny Carter. F H Pauly and Mary Bornkamp. G W Gaugh and Hattie Legarr. Frank G Tullidge and Andalusia Dudley. Ferdinand Fender and Emma Heil. John Goodman and Catherine Raub. Dennis Lynch and Elizabeth Ann Devine. W M King and Sarah A Levi. Thomas Garvey and Nannie Crouch. Theodore Stout and Laura Sheldon. Calvin Wilson and Emma Roberts. Charles D Viele and Apt Minor. Mathew D Smith and Kate . Edward Eckert and Josephine.
A string of paired names appears, including Peter Bickenhauser and Catherine Kert, John McArdie and Margaret, Michael Heffner and Anna Eisendorf, and others such as Conrad Doehler with Bertha Trefzger, Solomon Wurmly with Anna Monaghan, Wai with Bartelsmann, Albert Harris with Kimma Tompkins, and Jonas Bevington with Eliza Lofton.
Markets and Finance report from the Evening New York Hany Isinao covers New York exchanges and railroad stocks. Mentions Erie Reading Cleveland and Pittsburg Rock Island Northwestern Wabash and Ohio with Mississippi as listed shares.
The report notes lower CaDa and Westmark prices with limited demand, flour remaining high but sales possible with concessions. Whisky weak, cotton strong on Liverpool demand, and various fruits, flour, and meat items listed with mixed prices. Also includes York and Liverpool market notes and futures quotations for cotton.
Billiard experts Charlie Davis and John Williamson are scheduled for a private 1000 point caroni match for 50 a side at Dave Kendall's club room located at 181 Race Street next week. The note also asks about the status of champion Choate since the return of Chas Davis.
W. G. Stone elected Clerk of the School Board with a $600 annual salary. Jos M. Ransom chosen School tax Collector without opposition. The Hiawatha Tribe No. 13 posts six month officers led by W T Shill and Henry Sullivan. Several indictments and civic notes follow including church sermons and local appointments.
Rev. S. X. Hail of Newport and Rev. M. Bristow of Covington hold a pro tracted meeting at Warsaw Ky. Newport Odd Fellows hall hosts a reunion with over two hundred brethren and wives. Rebekah degree given to about thirty. grand banquet ends the event. Roger Literary and Sporting Club elects C. Thies president and F. Clemmans secretary. Rev. J R Baumes named editor of The Journal and Messenger and will begin duties soon.
Dayton churches plan sermons tomorrow after a successful Institute session ended yesterday. Rev M Felix of Coyington delivered the best lecture and Sabbath school supporters met in the evening with church members and Institute attendees.
On January 11 Rev Joseph Emery united Charles ae and Sarah A Dearwater at 10 Pine Street in this city. On January 10 Rev Thos B Yocum joined Captain Charles D Viele U S A to Miss Nannie D Minor in Cincinnati. On January 4 C W Dummich wed Julietta Little in St Louis.
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