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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1872
Page
4
The City Democratic Executive Committee met at Aug's Club House with twelve wards. Primary meetings are planned for Wednesday evening March 20 between 6 and 8 PM, under the Baker law, and the City Convention will be held Thursday March 21. Treasurer reports $60 in treasury and all bills paid.
Mrs Anna Marvie widow of the late noted Dan Marble the great Yankee comedian died after a long sickness. She was once among the country’s best actresses and was widely known. Dan Marble died in Louisville in 1849 before a performance. Her son John Marble is a leading comedian at Wood's Theater. Remains to be sent to Chicago tonight for burial.
The National theater drew a full house last night with the Necromancer of Egypt showcasing elaborate scenery costumes and a ten minute final transformation scene praised as worth the admission. Performances of Octoroon with Mayo Macauley and Mrs Macauley were strong and the show will repeat tonight. Annie Hindle’s engagement at Davis's Varieties ends this week and her songs are highly recommended.
In Covington last night a massive Republican mass meeting at Odd Fellows Hall saw anti Grant delegates seize control, denounce supporters, and nominate Col. W. S. Rankin for chairman while Grant backers named Col. M. M. Benton. Speakers included Harry Myers and Charles Egleton as the anti administration camp claimed victory amid chaos. The Kenton County delegation is expected to lean anti Grant at the state convention in Leavenworth.
Dayton KY hosts a Folks concert by the choir of the Sixth Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati at Concert Hall on Friday. Singers wear costumes of ye olden times and perform selections from a traditional repertoire. The event mirrors local election results and carries a tone of civic entertainment.
Witnesses recount the Germantown Pike massacre of seven, including parents Leonard and Jenna Marquardt and five children. The coroner’s jury finds Mary and Leah strangled or smothered, Samuel drowned or strangled, Madelina struck with a blunt instrument, all by Leonard with an insane motive. Neighbors note Leonard’s quick temper. a bulldog guarded the children at the straw stack until neighbors arrived. the case outlines a suspected insane agreement to destroy the family.
J R Chadwick faced Justice Warwick yesterday for an assault on Alfred Brown in a First ward stable. Brown suffered a severe eye wound and may lose sight in the remaining eye. Chadwick was bound in $500 to appear before the Grand Jury next sitting.
Humboldt Lodge No. 8 of the Dutch Order of Har ugari celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of its institution yesterday. Afternoon events included several members and evening festivities closed with a grand in Strang's Hall. All proceedings passed pleasantly.
Clear pleasant conditions with a thaw expected and water rising in the channel. Telegrams report 5 feet inches water at Pittsburg and 11 feet in the channel. Arrivals include Emma Floyd, Nashville. Louisville, New Orleans. Boston, Portsmouth. Gen. Lytle and Ben. Franklin, Louisville. Charmer, Evansville. Lawrence, dock. Departures: no special, 7 boats leaving. Kitty Hegler heads Kanawha routes. Tom Rees sails with three barges. Mary Davidge carries iron ore to Pittsburg. Wrecks being removed. Andes to replace Mayor Anderson in Wheeling trade. Great Republic aground near St. Louis. Katie sold to Miles Owen for 125,000. Chesapeake prospect and Ironton funding noted. withdrawal creates trade hiatus.
A wide array of prices for beans, bran, butter, cheese, coal, eggs, feathers, fruits, flour, grain, hay, molasses, oil, poultry, potatoes, seeds, and related goods listed with per bushel, per ton, or per pound rates. Also includes a long prose segment on social guidance and a travel note on Chinese cormorant fishing alongside brief anecdotes about historical figures and manners.
A mixture of household health advice and quirky local tidbits. Notes on storing potatoes out of light, a Davenport ghost prank leading to a swoon, home remedies for children's stomach upset and croup, and a Providence oyster opening contest where forty one gallons were shelled in under ten hours.
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