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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1872
Page
4
Special weather note reported for the Evening Star by Henry Twitchell. The fragment lists temperatures and wind in brief form, noting clear conditions and a pleasant outlook for the day. The text references an address and a calendar entry for Tuesday, with scattered garbled phrases.
Democratic Executive Committee meets at Jake Augs club tonight. Union and YMCA gatherings announced. Public sale of Union base ball grounds noted, with local teams struggling. Tax fire at Joe Kite’s residence causes $200 damage. M A Packand, former city official, dies. Republican delegates election tonight in wards. District Attorney Bateman vindicated in misconduct case. Contempt hearing for redistricting officials postponed to Friday. Boy rescued from river, horse accident injures a horse, child injured in buggy crash. Pillsbury lectures on Buddhist and Christian missions. Inquest into Willie Dunkel’s chimney accident finds contractor at fault. Old gas meter to Memphis for use, eight locomotives to test Ohio River Bridge. Henry Metz funeral held at Cathedral with bilingual sermon.
Police court records detail 64 new cases including 10 for larceny. Sentences include jail for intoxication and fines for fast riding and disorderly conduct. Several cases for theft and cross references to a house of refuge, plus a long court report on suits and rent disputes.
The Cincinnati Commercial Review launches as a four page weekly focusing on manufacturing and commercial interests. Edited by William L. Melat and published by Murray, Davis & Co. at 58 West Fourth Street.
Friends of Miss B Joseph hosted a surprise party at 152 Richmond street, at the home of Mr and Mrs Joseph. Guests included Misses T R B Do and TM, who enjoyed the evening and left well pleased with the night’s entertainment.
Joseph Serrano J Gamara and Joachim Poss faced Commissioner Halliday on charges of selling un stamped cigars without a license. They were held over to answer before the United States Court. Mayor’s office revenue reports list assorted license receipts. A Fifth street beer saloon fight occurred with no injuries or arrests. Mayor Davis refused bail despite a ten million dollar offer. Rev Callaghan lectured at the Cathedral. A street scene notes widespread handshakes among a certain city group. Dr Prime discusses Japan travels and shopkeeper tolls for beggars.
The fragment recalls Thackeray drafting on quire paper with comic doodles and torn scraps, while praising a good mother as a strong moral center. It contrasts imitation with action and cites Bacon on precepts. A Wisconsin suitor rescues his sleigh and lady seven miles after his horse bolted.
Rivers rise and fall with current reports from Pittsburg and local channels. Arrivals include Ohio No. 4 Exchange Wr gosy Alice Dean Kittie Hegler Ada Heilman Wildwood St. James General Lytle General Buell and C T Dumont. Departures list Bermuda E C Elliott Louisville for New Orleans Andes for Wheeling and local packets. Several boats in port with C T Dumont General Lytle General Buell St James Wildwood Kittie Hegler Argosy Ada Heilman Alice Dean Ohio No 4 Emma Floyd Robi Mitchell Silver Moon Exchange Alaska. News of the day notes Ohio No 4 leaving for Pomeroy at 5 pm and links via Huntington to the railroad. The Kitty Hegler leaves for Kanawha river tomorrow. the Hegler cut Kanawha freight 25 percent. The Messenger and Parke Painter collided at Glasshouse Ripple with guards torn and freight lost. The Thompson Dean arouses curiosity at St Louis. John Kyle grounded at Devil's Island. John Howard on a big upstream trip. Pickett's Landing named the levee between Broadway and Ludlow. Locally, hull of steamer purchased by Meek Davis Newman to tow barges Ironton to St Louis. New steamers Willard Finn Burleigh Marshal contracted for Champlain towing iron ore. Warner and barges to return to New Orleans from Cairo. Toes of coal left Pittsburg: For Louisville 8 6h 6 barges 50 000 bushels. For Cincinnati Charley McDonald 38 000 bushels etc. The Tigress left to convey tow now on the way waiting water.
Reports include Captain Thomas W. Rea planning a 200 by 45 by 6 foot sternwheeler for the Carter Line, a R. P. Walt shaft break at White River with repairs in Memphis, and a Fifth District Court ruling holding defendants not liable where mare stall placement near a hatch led to her death. The St. Louis Democrat notes Judge Theard’s order curbing writs after 3 PM to protect owners from delayed seizures and bond issues.
Navy and New York beans scarce and in demand at 2.60 a bushel. bran at 19.20 shipstaff 21 22, middlings 24 27 per ton on arrival, 2 3 more from store. Butter scarce with high prices. eggs 18 cents per dozen. Cotton firm at 22 for middlings, 21 for low middlings. Flour varied with higher buyers’ view. grain prices largely steady. Onions and poultry in fair demand. pork at 11 37 to 12 per barrel. lard and sugar cured hams varied. Whisky quiet at 4 cents per gallon.
The Lachine Rapids froze for the first time in 17 years with an ice bridge forming from Isle Diable to the northern shore. The bridge extends a quarter mile farther upriver than the previous one and outlasted the 1855 bridge by three days. Also in Chicago, Gustavus Farley arrives at Tremont House en route to Gotham, meeting his partner Chas Parker who is traveling to Japan.
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