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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1872
Page
4
Weather notes from EvEnine Stan report Saturday conditions with rain possible and moonrise at 11 08. Local items include the death of ex-city official and police actions at Linux's Bank. Fire at Vine below Fitcher Street put out. bids for city building supply discussed. various arrests and incidents in the city.
Judge Alphonso Taft spoke at College Hall on the McMicken estate endowment for Cincinnati University. He outlined two colleges for men and women and praised the donor for providing learning access without money and without price. The talk described the donor’s aims, the university’s future structure, and the value of expanding intellectual culture in Cincinnati.
Fire department responded to box 08 alarm at quarter to 1 in the morning for a small fire on the roof of 94 Jelen Street. The incident was ruled accidental and caused only minor damage with no injuries reported.
Berons Juvor Myxpoen and Joseph Abraham Mille? v. Giennan & Co. and NuMarchant. two suits filed before Justice of the Peace to recover 4740 and 20888, claimed improper consolidation. Judge Murdock held accounts indivisible, injunction discussed. probate notes Daniel Harper will admitted to probate with Garah Harper named executrix and personal estate listed at 4900.
The docket lists 3 burglary continuances and multiple minor offenses including 6 vagrancy, 4 obstructing streets, and several drunkenness cases. Notable items include William Sullivan et al awaiting trial for burglary until Saturday, and Forrester discharged with warning. Kate Kelly and others fined or sent out for terms tied to drunkenness and disorder.
Warm dry weather continues with no rain. The river at Pittsburg is falling to 4 feet 4 inches in the channel while the Waterworks marks show 9 feet inches. Wrecking crews operate on levee wrecks at $150 daily. several steamboats and barges depart or arrive from Louisville St James Maysville and New Orleans. A submarine diver examined the Oceanus wreck and recovered a dead body and personal items near Whites Mill.
Legislative text notes repeal of certain steamship safety rules and boiler inspection provisions with new standards to be set by Supervising Inspectors. It outlines testing and approval prerequisites for safety appliances and mentions resumed gang-boat operations at Mound City. Freight details include tobacco, a few enslaved people, and preserved chow-chow in Paducah.
W J Brecknell is named agent for Andes Insurance Coat in Cumminsville. Charles E Miller opens a new livery stable in Staebler’s building. Henry Smith named night watchman by the Mayor over Council opposition. J C Baseball Club met for a game tomorrow at Kirby’s field. report to follow.
The Evening Star notes beans, bran, butter, eggs, lemons, dried fruits, and several staples with quoted ranges. It records receipts, stock on hand, and general demand while listing prices for coffee, pork, beef, pork products, oats, rye, and other commodities with local market guidance.
Gold sits at 114 as flour shows no advance. Wheat remains active with no sales yet while corn holds firm. No. 2 Western pork remains nominal and prices are unsettled amid thin trading.
Ancient ad promises a known and sure remedy to cure catarrh and diseases of the nose lungs. Provides bold claim with speedily cured noted in the text.
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