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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1872
Page
4
Evening forecast by Henry Twitehell, Optician, notes pleasant weather. Includes street corner listings for Fifth and Vine, Fourth Street area with timing hints and local clock references.
Local brief reports eight arrests for crime last night led by a ballot box caper nicknamed Charley Earning It. The Board of Education accepted Edgar M Johnsons resignation while fifty four Irish and Germans received final citizenship papers.
A morning blaze was found at Rosenfelder's wine house on Vine Street above Twelfth. Fire Company No. 5 responded quickly, extinguishing the flames with no alarm, preventing total loss though the proprietor faced about 900 dollars in damage.
The board issued permits for a frame one story house on the east side of Carr Street between Front and Sixth, and a two story brick dwelling on the west side of Fillmore Street between Gest and Clark. Also noted are attendees at a preachers meeting and an invitation from the Methodist Book Concern to the general conference to meet in this city.
The Board of Improvements awarded yesterday to Lewis the contract for street railroad route ten. The line runs from Fifth and Walnut to Walnut Street, Baden Park, with a center entrance on E Avenue. Work covers a segment from First to Eighth, progressing toward vacant lots and interim connections.
Court records show 18 new cases. Theodore Fea faced a homicide intent charge continued at 500 dollars bail. Thomas Lawler fined for disorderly conduct. Thomas Perry sent to the House of Refuge. Dan Kyser fined for wife abuse. Leopold Hildich, 12, cited for malicious mischief. Pat Hickey, Work House inmate, and Simeon Taylor, 12, reported abuse at Children’s Home. Join Moore and Andrew Jefferson tied to a burglary at Kennedy’s saloon. case continued to Saturday.
The Necromancer continues its third week at the National Theater after a prior run at Varieties in St. Louis. The cast includes Ella Wesner and Mazzeri with a multi‑scene spectacle featuring a grotto ballet and a grand transformation. praise for the Bat Dancer and pageantry, with crowds enjoying the elaborate scenery and performances.
A gathering of Kentucky merchants and manufacturers convened to action seed to address restrictions on out of state travelers selling by sample. Regulations impose a two hundred dollar annual license for itinerant salesmen offering goods not produced in the state, seen as burdensome by outsiders.
Detectives Mitchell and Ashman arrested four men Thomas Welsh George Wilson Thomas Hamilton and Thomas Sturges on a no common thieves charge. They were brought to the Police Court for trial but the case was continued. Two forged checks were found among their possessions used to obtain money and likely aided sharpers in thefts across Pittsburgh banks.
Amusement notes report a crowded Wood's Theater last night with a lively Maeche performance and an attractive stage display. The article mentions strong audience response and anticipates good business in the final Necroman week. Dundreary titled My Lad was sidelined in Louisville due to a health issue.
The document outlines cases in the common pleas and superior court including a two year and six month sentence for Errore Juper Cox and a robbery conviction placing the defendant in the penitentiary for years. It notes a pork shipment dispute and various mortgage and interest questions, with probate and circuit court docket activity.
Coroner Underhill concludes inquest into Millie Rosa death by gunshot. Davis claims accidental pistol discharge caused the fatal wound. Jury finds Catherine Whitton died from the gunshot while husband Jackson Whitton denounces Jackson as a liar and notes a stolen note.
Friends of Thomas J. Strait, Esq., mourn as he lies at death's door from heart disease at his sons' home near Canton Mississippi. Strait served on the Hamilton county bar for about forty five years and was eminent in his profession for integrity and skill.
In Covington Cincinnati bread and spice wagon drivers were tried for peddling without license. case adjourned to Thursday morning. Probate admitted for the wills of John Dunn Mathew Bubler Bernard Rump and Ludwig G Rapp. A constable resigned from the Second Drecepts county and a successor is pending. Talks of purchasing Covington Indian bridge footways for city travel.
Samuel Geisler resigns as president of the German American Mutual Protection Association. Andrew Dittrie elected to fill the vacancy. City assessors are engaged in assessing property for the year.
The Dayton Ohio council met last evening with Clark and Speith of the First Ward sworn in. The committee reported a settlement with the clerk and notified the council. Bonds filed and accepted for the Treasurer and Assessor. Ferry plan discussed with Hambleton undecided. A child suffered a severe ankle injury after an accident involving a wheel.
Pittsburgh dispatches report evening updates on river shipping, hull sales, and vessel transfers. The Lorena hull sold for 650 to be used as a coaster. the Tom Farrow voyage up river with a load of empty barges. the Kanawha Belle sold for 4405 to a group including Piles Thompson Williams and Boughner, Captain Boughner to command in the pending Gallipolis run. Congress authorized Ohio River bridges at Mt Vernon and Evansville with bridge clearance rules.
Active demand for beans in New York and ar markets with prices quoted for prime and inferior grades. Butter eggs flour grain hay and provisions show firm to steady levels with various per ton and per pound quotes across staples like wheat corn rye oats barley and lard.
Fragments indicate a saloon shooting near St Louis with references to an official action or legal proceeding. Names such as Christopher and Cooper appear in garbled form, suggesting a crime report or legal notice amid damaged text.
The text notes ongoing confusion at Omaha's bridge, snowblockages on New Brunswick railways, and various political moves including the Supreme Court adjournment from May to October. It mentions deaths and resignations, fraud convictions, and multiple scattered incidents across North America.
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