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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1872
Page
4
Special weather note from Optician at Bacon's Building Merry Twitchell reports a clear forecast for Monday with calm winds and high temperature around 29 degrees. Sun rise at 4 57 and set at 7 18 with moon phases showing moon rise at 1 23 and moon set later.
A brisk Mt Lookout basket meeting ends with short sermons from nearby clergy. Reports note a sleeping car Empress bound for Cleveland via Dayton tonight at 9 30, and the first new Dayton Short Line sleeping car departing Plum Street depot. A bronze goblet valued at $1 000 arrives from Ferdinand Von Mueller for the German Battalion. Open air sermons echo through Lincoln Park areas and markets. An accident injures a boy named John Beatty near O M transfer track. his leg may be amputated. A Volksblatt project is damaged by a brick. Omnibus service expands between Springboro and Franklin with local agents. A shoplifting incident at Pettenger’s Central Avenue is briefly noted. Councilman Billy Guiass lies ill at Latonta Springs. a charity picnic is planned. Educational prospects are urged for Pennsylvania Military Academy. A Sons of Temperance festival in Lockland impresses with Band and choir. The Republican primary needs supervisor nominations by August 5. Social gossip and travel tales follow, with tales of marriage rumors denied.
A child of Mr. Rice on Wesley avenue crawled under a marble table while the mother was away. The child toppled the table onto itself and died in the afternoon. Burial followed. Death from accidental causes. A separate drowning case involves Christian Bracanioger’s eight year old son who fell from a skiff into the Ohio River near St Rosa Church and drowned. The body was recovered and Coroner’s jury ruled death accidental. George Miller, about twelve, drowned at the foot of Torrence street on Exposition Park grounds. A crowd heard of two trotting races to be held on the Exposition track with horses Joe Tom Butcher Boy California Dolly Varden Frank Davie and Dick. A special train will depart from the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton depot at 3 o’clock for the park. Later, on Third Street, James Boyle drove a cart along the new paved street at Walnut and Third. An ensuing dispute led to a stone-throwing fracas with police involvement and several named men. arrests and bail followed.
The week opens with 66 new docket cases in Brrows Jubior Cannon police court. Defendants include Philip Pohlman for habitual drunkenness and 30 days. Fred Homelanger for drunkenness and striking his mother with 5 dollars and 15 days. Chas Bersel for disorderly conduct with 10 dollars and costs.
Weather reports clear and hot with a rain cue noted by pilots. The river's fall at Pittsburg records 4 feet 6 inches in the channel, while here it swells to over 18 feet. Arrivals include United States and General Buell from Louisville and several other vessels. Miscellany covers chimneys falling on Groesbeck, Mountain Belle joining the Cincinnati and Manchester trade, the Dumont’s dismantling, and the Whale's steam pipe break. News notes mention Future City under construction at Cincinnati for the Mississippi Valley petition company and Captain Boardman’s recent Cincinnati visit and potential new steamer plans.
The article reviews debates over Red River trade routes and transport, noting Capt Jas Goo of the M T Co and a fatal incident on a tow, plus shifts in shipping between Cincinnati and Shreveport and plans to subsidize rail connections to Shreveport. It contrasts Cincinnati bid aims with New Orleans efforts to regain Red River traffic and considers railroad versus river navigation prospects.
Market news shows no improvement in trade with scarce movement and generally steady prices. Grains and produce reflect mixed demand, with choice meats and central Ohio produce in steady or firm ranges, while some items like corn and oats show slight price softness amid ample supplies.
Markets by telegraph show gold at varied levels around 114 to 117 percent with a general note of 180 and 18646 figures. Sterling exchange remains steady near 109 percent while gold carrying charges sit at about 3 percent annually. Government securities are described as steady in the report.
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