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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1872
Page
4
Notice appeals railroad agents and residents along tracks to act as agents for daily delivery with a one cent rate. Mentions Star Co. Garner Firth Vine Streets entrance on Vine and references weather reports and evening forecasts.
District Court terms set for April 17. The first Louisville & Cincinnati Short Line passenger train will cross the new bridge this Sunday. Extra freight trains ran on the Hamilton & Dayton railroad due to the bridge work. The Merry Hiere hosted a successful dancing party at Rice's Hall ending at 1 a.m. A young lady wearing a Dolly Varden overskirt drew attention on Vine Street. Squrrx Row Ekami announces candidacy for Justice of the Peace. A Seventh Street schoolhouse meeting discusses sending delegates to the National Colored Convention in New Orleans April 10. An inquest into brakeman James R Walters’s fatal injury on the C & M railroad reported accidental cause. A public scuffle occurred on Oshler Street, ending at the station. The Indictural Exposition committee seeks to raise $200,000, with $100,000 already secured. Bank forgers Commexs and J. H. Ludwig faced trial in Pittsburgh and were acquitted on related charges. The Odd Fellows membership drive begins April 6 with location to be announced. A boarder at 48 Main Street slept with a cigar, igniting bed-clothes and narrowly avoiding a fire. A High Mass will be held at Sycamore Street next Sunday with full choir under a guest director.
fragmented OCR notes describe local street activity and an adjacent tank remaining idle amid pressure and jeering, mentioning Freemaay Street and Mere Am issues with a persistent artiste at work and ongoing supply concerns.
The readable text hints at a schedule shift with Edwin Adams and a national act to be shelved to make room for the Cheag Company. It mentions Louisville and upcoming performances over the next four nights and later another month, indicating a moving program or venue change.
The Abend entertains with a comedy of errors and Mazeppa in the lead. Miss Fisher replays Casimer with spirit and Miss Davenport charms as Olinska. Mr Macauley earns praise for management as the performance closes with applause.
A Covington concert drew strong praise for Misses Hattie and Clara Evans and Miss Maria Van on. The Laurie sisters Mollie Lizzie and Covington performers, along with Messrs L Parker Benjamin Morris and others, received unbounded applause. Mrs. Luther Parker supervised the event and earned congratulations for its smooth management.
Mdlle Nilsson leaves for four nights in the Capital and will return April 6 to New York for a farewell matinee. She debuted at Steinway Hall on September 17, 1870, and has sung widely since. She plans opera at Drury Lane and Imperia House before likely changing name after marriage in the fall, with a major musical tour noted as highly successful.
Ithar Hughes sues Jim Lytle claiming loss of a water and diamond pin put up in a losing faro game. The narrative blames luck and gambling woes, alleging Lytle attempted to manipulate the bank to avoid liability and secure a win from the jewelry stake.
In common pleas court Judge Avery presides over Mellouk Farmer v Jacob Facobs and related cases. The defense notes exemption claims while the plaintiff asserts entitlement through family ownership. Jurors and attorneys Harmon Durrell Cornell and others present.
Jupex P. K. Swing presiding, a morning hearing set for March 3 at 7 80 P.M. The court schedules a motion session and requests attendance from all concerned parties.
The Po junction docket lists sixteen new cases with eight involving Gretaces gases, including Mary Hanley and Jas M Ley. Disputes in a shared home lead to a quarrel and a collision. Mary Cofield is discharged from workhouse, and Daniel Broswer and Ebates face army service. Stella Brooks and Charles described as prostitutes. a 17 year old boy, Thomas Hayden, steals from Fox's meat shop with a judge delaying sentence. Leander Jackson pleads to theft. John Crawford discharged for lack of evidence. Patrick Hickey arraigned for assault in the workhouse. sentence deferred. Anna Wagner’s harboring lewd women case continued.
Death of Thomas J Strait Esq announced after illness at his sons residence near Canton Mississippi on the 28th of the month aged seventy two a veteran Hamilton bar member with over forty five years of practice. It is not known where his remains will be interred. The third telegraphic chess game between Cincinnati and Cleveland was won by Cincinnati last night.
The report notes continued pleasant weather with chances of rain soon. Water depth is around 9 feet in the channel as the river declines. Arrivals include United States Gen. Buell and several ships. a few boats arrive with tows and repairs underway on new boilers. Wrecks from a fire are fading from the wharf and river conditions vary by location with several river towns reporting small water level changes.
The court holds the defendant liable for damages to the consignee when several carriers form a line and a single act caused the loss. It rules the party responsible for the act bears liability, even if damage occurred on a different ship or wharf. The manifest lists cargoes and goods discharged at Louisville including slaves and sundries.
Market receipts larger and prices weaker with light stocks and steady demand in some items. Grain futures show no strong gains as No 1 red winter stands at 171 172, corn mixed and weaker, oats quiet, barley very quiet with limited demand and best grades favored. Meat, lard, and canned goods market activity remains subdued with mixed offerings and steady to firm prices on select lines.
A narration of hunger and poverty in a rough shop scene. A pale, thin woman and a grocer’s customer trade small purchases like half a peck of meal and a French roll while luxury items beguile but remain unattainable to the poor. The speaker recalls deprivation and urges relief as a barber shoots a person named McGarry.
Reports describe droughtlike shortages of aA affecting energy in the West and New England. Water powers stagnate as snow and ice melt slowly, ponds and lakes drop, and rivers stock with ice. frost depth and rapid freezing hinder water flow. Officials cite a harsh winter and early thaw delays as causes, with spring runoff expected to be limited.
Sioux party led by Sappeee attacked a rancho about twenty five miles from Fort Laramie on Thursday and burned it. General Smith dispatched troops from Fort Russell toward the scene for details. Helena reports say Piegan Chief Fountaun and three others were killed at a Piegans camp near the Blackfoot Agency in Montana about two weeks earlier. Jack Wade, once attached to the Helena Gazette, was killed in a separate area of the territory. In Jefferson City two railroad workers, Charles Carby and John Kyle, fought at Bauer's Hotel and Carby was stabbed to death after Kyle struck him.
Special notices advertise Dr Becks remedy for catarrh and related diseases. No charge for treatment. Call at 112 John Street Cincinnati. Also a promotion for T M Shaines flexible silk hats by Wood hat maker at 256 Fifth Street.
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