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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1872
Page
4
The Evening Star lists Benny Twitchell as optician contributor. Weather shows cloudy conditions with temperatures around 83 degrees and variable wind. Calendar entries for Saturday July 2 note sunrise at 4 54 and sunset at 7 18 with other daily details.
Hermon Beppe from Germany is taken to Cincinnati Hospital with sun stroke. In a dog quarrel on Mc Allister street James Gogan cuts Dan Brooks. Gogan is arrested. Pail Herschs, a German expressman, sun-struck near Race and Sixteenth. serious per physicians. The Dayton Short Line and Atlantic & Great Western offer half fare to Urbana Camp Meeting starting August 6. Fred Wiemer, 11, nearly drowns after being thrown from a log raft at Columbia. raftmen rescue him. Aldermen adjourn to attend Derby Day races. Dooks may wear veils to protect complexions. A dispute over beer haul yields 110 kegs moved by a two-horse team. load weighs about 18 000 pounds. Where's Berg? Goldsmith Maid and Lucy trotting this afternoon. big race event details advised.
An open four-in-hand new style carriage, finished by George C. Miller & Sons, for a local citizen, attracts much attention at their salesroom at No. 19 Seventh Street.
Joseph Meste filed in probate court yesterday a deed of assignment for his upholstery and chairs stock and fixtures at 166 and 168 West Recond street with the rest of the estate in Fairmount to Louis Kramer. A young lady named Bishop was killed by lightning near the Cincinnati depot during a thunderstorm last evening.
Gro J. Leininger, Recorder, notes that net cash receipts have been transferred to the Treasurer and credited to the fee fund.
Incomplete OCR shows a court related line stating W. M. Auport as Prosecuting Attorney in Hamilton County Ohio. The legible portion references a case action and official role without full context or outcome.
A portrait of Charles Lee of Louisville Kentucky a tall musical street figure who travels by hand-cart and fills the air with songs like De gal I lef behind me Barbara Allen and Yankee Doodle. The interview covers his birth in Kentucky his Civil War service his humor and his work as a traveling musician in the city.
The jury valued fourteen full lots for Hunt street widening north of Montgomery road. Values ranged from 25 to 1737, with Koehl, Gegner, Scanlan and others named. A second group of three additional lots, including Longworth estate and Ring, raised the total to 19 621 70. A greenhouse portion was taken and possession dates set for October 15 and 20.
The Orpheus Society hosts a Sommernachtfest at Inwood Park with two tableaux, Pocahontas baptism and the Awakening of Barbarossa. The programme includes Freischutz overture, La Gazza Ladra, Lohenstein selections, Eine Weinreise, and Strauss Waltzes.
The Young Men's Home Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church has transferred their lease and interest in the property known as the Cliphet Mission on Carr Street between Fifth and Sixth to the Third Presbyterian Society of the city.
In Middletown during a mid afternoon storm a lightning bolt killed a young girl named Bishop, daughter of Peter Bishop, while she stood on the porch of the Emrick farm near half a mile from the Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton railroad depot.
The last day streetcar on Spring Grove Avenue to Brighton runs 7:35 P M with return times 8:10 P M 9 nơi 11 15 P M The night car leaves Cumminsville at 8 15 9 45 and 11 15 P M returning to Brington 9 10 30 and 12 P M. William Scoble builds a wide roadway for the Marietta railroad connecting Colerain pike to the new depot. John F Coyle wed Miss Susan Miley at St Patrick Church in an impromptu ceremony. Council likely to hold another meeting on Nicolson block pavement along Hamilton pike Knowlton’s corner to Mill Creek bridge per property owners.
A Republican meeting is planned at the United States Courtroom tomorrow evening to appoint an Executive Committee and advance a permanent city and county party organization. Omnibuses depart Planters' House at eight Saturday morning to take Greeley and Brown supporters to a basket meeting near Independence.
Market report notes broad price movement across staples. Bran, cheese, coal, citrus, and cereals show varied demand while provisions and meats hold steady. vegetables dull with scarce whisky lifting prices amid uneven receipts.
Early this morning two thieves entered William Boyer’s residence at 421 West Ninth Street through a back window. They stole an umbrella pants pocketbook thirteen silver spoons and a patent match candle safe. One suspect named William Thomas was caught by Officer Hargrave and jailed. The partner remains at large and Boyer and his wife described a man in the room. The piece ends with a second local fracas over a dirt road in Corryville and possible court action.
The Newport event at Mr. Wm. F. Wright's on Front street last Wednesday evening drew praise for its success and hints at a repeat at Colonel Taylor's next week. The piece notes Newport's many charming young ladies who enriched such gatherings. The Republican Convention misidentified the Independent Sheriff candidate as Thomas L. Jones. the endorsed man was Tom Jones of Alexandria.
A basket meeting will be held in a grove between Pendleton and Columbia about fifty to sixty rods from Tusculum station. Services begin Saturday with preaching at 11 A M by Rev. Dr Briggs of Cincinnati and 24 P M by Rev W H Black of Covington with a Sabbath social at 9 and sermons at 11 A M by Rev J W Hopkins of Cincinnati. Children’s meeting at 2 30 P M with addresses by Judge Jos Cox and others. A linen factory plans to be established in Ottawa Illinois with $200000 capital.
Heavy rains revived the river last night, surprising longtime boatmen as the channel rose beyond four and more stretches. The river swelled to over 19 feet here while Pittsburg reported six and a half feet. Arrivals include Gen. Lynie Gen. Buell and ships at Louisville St James Maysville Telegraph Huntington Anna Memphis Grey Arkansas River with departures noted for St James Maysville Buell Louisville Ohio No 4 Pome roy Kate Putnam Wheeling.
Black rey keeps control of the Wood's boards while Newcomb plans a big donation concert next week. The Grand International Combination from Enronean America will visit Middletown and Dayton during the coma week with Alf Burnett Helen Nash Jenny Wilmar and Chas McDonald among the performers. Watertown Fire Insurance Company capital is now 600. Wm Young agent at 6 West street.
Cincinnati July 1872 notice to Republican voters of Hamilton County to assemble at polling places on August 6 to select delegates under the Baber law and meet in district and county conventions for the nomination of candidates for county offices and the Lee Elector. appointment pending apportionment by the county committee.
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