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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1872
Page
4
Special weather note by Henry Twitchell in SaTURDAY June 18 issue lists cloudy conditions and light winds. For SUNDAY July 14 sunrise at 4 44 and fair morning weather expected with light air. Includes calendar references and celestial notes for readers in the Sixth and Walnut area.
County Commissioners passed several bills sent to the Board of Control for final action. A Ben Franklin crewman drowned after falling from the vessel as it docked at Vine street. Notices highlight Breightenbach a fruit and veg shipper, the Women’s Tea Company sale, Lawson’s boot and shoe stock, and a Masonic MapDEIR encampment with officers installed and a July camp meeting near Madeira station with free rail transport for pastors.
George Crosby of 41 West Fourth street was seriously hurt in a Pan Handle railroad collision near Bowerstown while returning from his mother's funeral in Philadelphia. He suffered a broken left leg in two places, fractured right ribs, and facial and neck bruises. He was taken home to recover under a surgeon's care and a nurse.
The programme lists Currier's Band performing at Lincoln Park tonight with pieces such as Blue Eyes March, Drertgre Barber of Seville, Lombardi selections, Wedding Waltz, Ye Merry Birds, Overture Zauberflote, Trovatore, Frühlingslieder, and Hallo Galop among others. The erratic OCR yields several misspellings, but the event remains a band concert headlined by Currier's Band with a varied classical and operatic selection.
A woman named Mrs. Sommerhelder suffered severe burns after her lamp ignited coal oil when she struck a match to light it. She ran out screaming through yards and streets until Mr. David Graff helped extinguish the flames in a gutter. The victim, reportedly intoxicated and arguing with her husband and a boarder, may not survive. The article then promotes cheap daily notices and reports the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Hammond in Zanesville, widow of lawyer Charles Hammond, former editor of the Cincinnati Gazette.
Amusements note a lull but promise Emersons Minstrels and Barnums Great Show next week. Miss Charlotte Crampton received a complimentary benefit with an amateur singer overcoming stage fright and a performer urged to humble himself and seek a stage manager.
Hot clear weather follows a rising Pittsburg river due to recent rains with three feet reported this morning and prospects for more. In this area the river stands near eight feet in the channel while ships arrive and depart from Louisville Portsmouth and other ports. The New State collapsed a flue during boiler tests at Wheeling with no injuries. the wreck of the Champion was found near the Big Sandy wharfboat and is a dangerous obstruction.
The Tyrone steam er was sold by the United States Marshal to Captain Thadeus Davis of Nashville for 6025 dollars. The sale drew only modest bidding as the river declines press river traffic. Captain Sanders plans to run Dove to Louisville before winter layup and to outfit a new boat for fall navigation. The Blue Wing No 3 is being dismantled with its machinery to be used in the new vessel.
A dense trade summary covers beans cheese coal and grains with price ranges and demand notes. Local livestock and provisions report steady markets, with lard bacon and hams cited and fruit and vegetable prices listed alongside a marriage serenade anecdote and a note on the St Louis National Sangerfest Association solvency and assets.
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