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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1872
Page
4
The Beta Theta Pi Society meets at Dr. B. B. Stevyens's residence on Elm Street. Various staff changes in rail and legal matters are reported, including an administrator appointment for the Vogt estate and a railroad contracting agent appointment.
A boy about thirteen fell into an empty well on the lot of John Robinson at the northeast corner of Ninth and Plum streets this morning. He was retrieved bruised but unharmed.
Dispatch reports Mike Zeigier's horse Tom Young won the trotting purse in three straight heats with times 2 00, 2 27, and 2 00. Zeigier likely prouder than the owner of Longfellow.
A sequence of court notes reports William Lapelle jailed a month for intoxication. Others include Conrad John fined on unsound meat charges, George Mackey jailed post disorderly conduct, John McCune fined for Barnum show trouble, Lewis Heggemeier jailed thirty days for drunkenness, Nic Simon thirty days, James Redington given suspension-bridge time, Henry Rice sent thirty days, Pat Higgins sent to Workhouse for thirty days, Bridget Dougherty sixty days plus fifty dollar fine, Adolph Rettinger discharged after cutting a boy in play, John Gardner thirty days, Bell Lewis Emma Pisher discharged after a dogery brawl, James Robinson ten days for assault.
At yesterday's Cincinnati Exposition meeting the transfer company rate was set at five dollars per seven thousand pounds with an extra dollar per thousand for weights under five thousand. L N R B discussed reduced southern rates. Bills for Horticultural Hall work total 2620 86 and gas piping for four buildings 2717 81 were approved. J W Wilder secures cider privileges for 800 and J L Baker ice cream at 800. Powerhall space requests total 14 000 of 0 000 feet. Appleton & Co Frames bid accepted for thirty to forty engravings. Paintings shipped from New York and Boston for exhibition. Horticulture committee reports progress. exhibitors urged to apply promptly. Payroll of 196 for laborers and watchmen audited and paid. Exhibitors in ladies department warned of spoilage and loss.
George Moore, a Harrison Indiana butcher, entered a Race street menagerie to thrash a royal tiger and was defeated. He carried a revolver and was charged with carrying concealed weapons at the Second District Station. Police report promises more detail on George's tiger episode.
City committee tours Mill Creek improvements across Gest and Evans streets. Bridges near completion, creek straightening underway, and embankments by rail lines bolster flood protection and progress. McLean avenue expands, Eighth street gravel work, and West End Company filling via wire ropes signal bold urban growth.
The Board of City Improvements awarded E. M. Smith the contract to grade Liberty street from McLean avenue to the Cincinnati and Baltimore Railroad. Dirt will be moved by an aerial wire rope system with buckets, a novelty in this region but in use in Europe and mining districts. If successful, the plan could revolutionize quarrying and hill leveling.
A woman on Seventh Street between John and Mound Sunday attempted to drown her child by holding its head under water for minutes. A servant intervened and a physician revived the child after about twenty minutes. The mother then tried to slit the child's throat with a carving knife, inflicting a three inch gash. A brother eventually took the child home. Authorities cite intemperance as a possible cause.
Transfers of real estate listed in Cincinnati on July 17 include E L Davin to Asa Robbins for one half acre at Colerain and College avenues College Hill for 1066.7 dollars. Edward Hermann and wife sell Lot 30 by 100 feet on Vine street in Reading for 190 dollars. Scereek and wife transfer property to BE Hermann on the same blocks. Rachel P Halley sells 80 by 80 feet on Clesk corner and Wasent streets plus Lot 25 by 96 feet on Eaton Avenue for 10 dollars. Additional notes reference a cinema business and local properties with varied amounts and locations.
The Enquirer reports a bid of $3.50 per week for hospital attendance on marines, under Cincinnati Hospital, beating Good Samaritan’s $4.00. City taxpayers pay $475 weekly per patient at the facility, funded by local taxes, while naval funds cover the military care, prompting questions about the difference in funding.
Amusement notes say ten thousand six hundred forty tickets sold for Barnum’s pavilion at Union Grounds amid rain. Emerson’s Minstrels also drew large houses with Ben Cotton Fayette Welch and Stanwood’s banjo solo praised. The piece urges residents to see the remaining three nights of performances.
Rainy season intensifies with nine feet in a river channel and over 14 feet elsewhere, signaling a big rise. Arrivals include General Lytle and Ben Franklin. departures list several vessels. Weather hinders loading on the levee while coal fleets depart from Pittsburg. A report on steam boiler pressure details supports equal bottom top pressure. The Potense arrives with a Chinese shipment for Beaver.
The Java arrived from Liverpool to New York as heat waves grip the region. The Maine from California, City of Antwerp, and North America have arrived out, while the Syria from Glasgow arrived in New York after July 11.
The Evening Star reports a mixed market with light activity in grains and fruit while supply tightness supports firmness in some commodities. Fruit and produce show scarcity with lemons and apples at high but variable prices. oils and canned goods hold steady as bulk meats and sugars see steady or slightly firm demand.
The Owensboro Monitor notes species distribution across the river with fox squirrels and cranes common on the Indiana side but scarce on this side of the river. It also mentions grey squirrels being rare on Indiana shore and prune squirrels abundant in nearby counties though scarce in Daviess. The report cites rock scarcity as a reason.
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