Various local tidbits and notices from the market and city
Gkorita melons appear in market. Tax Rev. B. Hengehold dies at home in Reading. Dry Goons salesmen push for night closures. L. C. Ford, former city council member, dies at Walnut Hills. Barnum's cage of serpents arrives for exhibition. French Republican Band may visit on Western tour. Rev Mr Browne sent $100 for funeral expenses. Mrs Schick refused and returned it. A two month old baby found on No 99 West Seventh Street steps, taken to Ninth Street Station. German painter John Dietrich injured falling from scaffold on Vine Street. Liberal Republican Convention proceedings pamphlet printed by Golden Age. Theodore Tilton favors Philosopher of Chappaqua. Watchman appointed for east end of West Street bridge due to unsafe driving. Yale College prizes listed: Math first prize J F Doughty Cincinnati. third prize B P Morris Cincinnati. P Barnes Covington takes third in English composition.
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B. Hengehold
Reading
L. C. Ford
Walnut Hills
John Dietrich
Vine Street
Fifteenth
Liberty
Theodore Tilton
Chappaqua
Yale College
J. F. Doughty
Cincinnati
B. P. Morris
P. Barnes
Covington
Emerson Widely Applauded by Pike's Opera House Crowd
Empeoreson's Minstrels at Pike's Opera House drew an eager audience last night for Billy Emerson and his party. Despite a severe cold Emerson delivered a strong original act with song and dance, while Ben Cotton Murphy Heywood and Holdsworth shared applause. Sheridan and Mack were also praised and encored.
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Empeoreson
Pike
Billy Emerson
Billy
Ben
Cotton
Murphy
Heywood
Holdsworth
Harry Stanwood
Cremona
Emerson
Jinks
Peter Richings
Sheridan
Mack
Excelsior
Barnum's Show Delayed Parade Promised Tomorrow
Heavy rain spoiled the promised parade of Mr. Barnum's Great Show this morning. He announced a grand cavalcade tomorrow from Union Grounds at 3 o clock, touring the route published in yesterday's Kevanina Star. The note adds praise for Barnum's youth and cites $3,240 in local advertising costs for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Barnum
America
Board of Education Ballot Delays Seventeenth Ward Vacancy
Thirty two members attended led by President Goss. Resignations from Clementina Barnard Julia Barger and Gustave Tafel were received and accepted. An election for the Seventeenth Ward vacancy after Rev A D Mayo was postponed for one week after ballots Totem 4 Vonderheide 11 blank 1. Mil vacancy in Sixth Ward also postponed two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Totem
Vonderheide
Strunk
O'Donnell
Sheeting Affair Tragedy Ends in Gunfire at Tenement
Daniel Sparks, a laborer, returned drunk to a Front Street tenement owned by Thomas Drum and began tearing shutters and doors. Drum warned him, then fired a horse pistol from a window, wounding Sparks in the breast with bird shot. Sparks remained standing despite the hits, his bravado faltering as the danger became real.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Sparks
Thomas Drum
Front Street
Freeman
Mr. D
Daniel
Drum
Fire Destroys Miller & Co Building. Looming Losses Reported
Fire at No 11 West Pearl Street between Main and Walnut caused a dense smoke cloud and spread from Miller & Co boot and shoe shop to nearby premises. Millers loss estimated at 20000 with 25000 insured in Washington Globe Imperial and Royal. Mans Aul loss around 1900 insured. building owned by Shoenberger and daughter of Chief Justice Chase. Firemen fought the blaze from six engines, damaging upper stories but containing the spread with moderate repairs needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yestery
Pearl Street
Main
Walnut
Tobacco House
J. H. Miller & Co
Mans, Aul & Co
Miller & Co
George K. Shoenberger
Washington
Globe
Imperial
Royal
Chase
Sprague
Rhode Island
Woman Identifies River Victim as Husband Wunsch
The coroner confirms a woman identified the body found in the Ohio River yesterday as her husband William Wunsch of 432 Vine Street. Wunsch was a Waterworks Company laborer. At Ludlow's Grove a shooting match yielded eighteen birds with four prizes. top scores included John Koehler 18 and H Onions 17.
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Ohio River
Wm. Wunsch
Vine Street
Wunsch
Waterworks Company
Ludlow’s Grove
Taylor Thornton
John Koehler
George Fearts
H. Koehler
Robert Woods
Kelley
H. Onions
J. Birnbaum
George Fisher
H. Choate
Real Estate Transfers Highlight Cincinnati Listings
Transfers recorded in Cincinnati on July 15 show Abraham Langnecker and Peter Zinn selling lot 9014 on Homeplat to Mine Schillinger for 55 dollars. Other deeds include Alex Aang and wife to Louisa E. Bellinghaw partial lots in Peters & Nt’s subdivision, and Charles Latscha transferring a property on Abigail street. Several sheriff executions move leaseholds and lots on Richmond street Western Avenue Wade Street and Second Street with prices noted, including a 20 600 sale and a 2 750 sale.
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Cincinnati
Abraham Langnecker
Peter Zinn
Schillinger
Alex Aang
Louisa E. Bellinghaw
Peters & N T’s
Ad Terry Estate
Twenty-first
Charles Latscha
John Reneke
Abigail Street
Sycamore Street
J.J. Rickey
N. G. Nettleton
Richmond Street
Mound Street
John Bates
Stephen Bishop
Western Avenue
Harrison Avenue
Edward Leahy
Robert Hutton
Wade
Jacob Elias
Lebanonee
Spring Street
Avondale
Barnum's Great Show Arrives With Morning Performances
The Barnum show lands today and offers a matinée for ladies and children to avoid crowds. R T Barnum himself tours the troupe and extends free morning admission to orphans in asylums, highlighting his generosity and commitment to public access.
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R. T. Barnum
Mr. Barnum
River Weather Delays Wharf Business and Arrivals
Wet misty conditions cripple river commerce with four feet of water at Pittsburg and a falling river here. Arrivals include Gen. Lytle Ben Franklin and others from Louisville Evansville and Columbus. A bawdy river tale from Wheeling Register adds a humorous note to life on the waters.
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Pittsburg
Gen. Lytle
Ben Franklin
Louisville
Charmer
Evansville
Telegraph
Big Ae
Bostona
Portsmouth
Wildwood
Igginsport
Mountain Bay
Chile
United States
Ben
Franklin
Ohio
Pomeroy
Fifth Street
Bowlder
Ludlow Street
Wheeling Register
Parkersburg
Marietta
Adonis
Maritime Collision and Canal Talks Beset 19th Century News
Reports detail a river collision near Fleetwood with hull damage and lives at risk as crews recount the accident. Louisville Ledger notes General Weitzel's Wisconsin rail talks and canal completion outlook, plus contractor costs and potential breaches of contract. Lookout describes a ferry boat's testing woes in St. Louis with boilers failing and possible rebuilds. The Pink Warble and several steamship arrivals from Liverpool to New York fill out the latest Marine News.
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Neptune
Qupid
Swain
Power
Louisville Ledger
Weitzel
Unite States Civil Daenert
Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Newa
Capt. Walker
Memphis Marine Ways
Louisville
Ohio & Mississippi Railroad
St. Louis
Madison
Eeere
Pink Warble
Memphis
Dry goods and markets in active July 16 1872 Evening Star
The daily market review notes active dry goods trade and general merchandise while provisions, pork, corn, flour, and other staples show firm or steady prices. Bulk meats rise modestly with clear rib and sides advancing. sugar cured hams scarce. butter and cheese mixed at low to mid ranges. oats, rye, and barley vary with dull to steady demand. cattle and eggs show steady to quiet activity. overall receipts moderate and prices influenced by heat and demand.
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THE
Evening Star
Tranquist
Scone
Aentral Ohio
Sas
Ava
Ohio
Kentucky
Ee Joose
Market summary of seed flax wool prices and demand
Seed flax remains quiet at 80 per bush with limited activity at best. Prices for common varieties rise to 130 for finest grades with regional references including Hyson Santon and im peril. Wool markets show large oil offerings and uncertain conditions as manufacturers refrain from orders. Tub washed and fleece washed products vary while unwashed and combing grades rest near 40 to 450.
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Domentic
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the Evening Star
Evzaine Star
Henry Twitchell
Optician
Bacon’s
N. W. Corner
the ‘Barom
Therts
Sean
Gkorita Melons
Barnum
Express
J. Gray
River News
Marine News
London
Liverpool
Manhattan
New York
Baltimore
Canada
Daily Market Review
the Woman's Tea CO
Caroline Wunder
Sycamore St
jyllim.Tas&To
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Fifth Beet Pees Square
G. B. Wood
West Fifth Street
Bro’s
Fourth Street
Madison Street
Chicago
Korte
BROS
Ty, S
Greeley and
Grant
James Gates & CO
Iim
Main St
Charles W
Museum and Menagerie
Barnum’s
Polytechnic Institute
International Zoological Garden
Dan Castello
Will Wea
Fiji
Alexis
Hitory
Ieee
P. T. Barnum
Lima
Piqua
Hamilton
Richmond
Remelin
Kennedy
Shayne
F. E. Suire & CO
Drageists
ICS
Wood
F. M. Rae
Orance
Duhme & Co
Pike’s Opera House
California Minstrels
T. MaGuire
Billy Eme
Ben Cotton
John B. Kemble
Fayette Welch
Chas. Haywood
To Onsbrough
Elm Street
Jein
West Third Street
J.P
Voltz's
Xth Street
Marvitt, Cor
Ludlow and Tiver
Bowpeets Ky
Jefferson, Cork
Betevn
Monmouth
Front Streets
Robert Pye, Jr
Odd-tellows Hall Building
Jefferson Street
Cincinnati Young Ladies’ Seminary
Seventh and Mound
Geo. M. Maxwell
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