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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1872
Page
4
Rail agents and responsible riders on rail lines urged to act as agents for the Daily Evening Star. Agreement sets price at one cent per copy delivered at railroad stations. Weather report notes for Saturday June 1 with barometer and temperature readings, clear sky earlier and cloudy later, sun and moon times listed.
At the annual meeting of the Cincinnati Social Union the old board of officers was re elected for the ensuing year. The June term of the Hamilton Common Pleas Court begins next Monday with the grand jury to be impaneled. Mrs. Franz Ast will visit Mr. Stichtenoth on Twelfth Street upon his arrival Monday evening. A resident at 334 Main Street was run over near his home by a wagon and seriously injured. Ladies of the Y M C A are urged to attend a meeting this afternoon at o o clock in their parlor at No 10 Broadway. A worker at Stacey's foundry on Ramsey Street named Woods, of Clark Street, suffered a crushed foot and burns yesterday. A sensational case will be heard before Squire Merchant next Friday at 2 PM, continued from today, involving a promising railroad contracting agent and a Pearl Street whisky house shipping clerk. After eleven ballots at the City Council meeting to elect two members of the Board of Equalization, Wm A Gilpin and Levi Workum resigned. eleven candidates were listed and a 12th ballot was pending with a motion to adjourn.
As warm weather nears, William Estepp an engineer killed a dog that was dangerous and rabid yesterday at half past one in front of the No 11 engine house Civil authorities report the animal posed a serious risk to bystanders and was put down to prevent harm.
Geo A Smith & Co contractors filed a suit against the Bridge Company claiming the balance due plus extra for height changes required by the 1871 act of Congress. They filed a lien in the Recorder's office. Trains run as usual. A separate item reports attempted self harm by Mrs. Conrad Miller of Liberty Street. Shoemaker and tailor strikes and police monthly arrest summary follow.
Amusement note announces Dan Bryant's minstrels with sable harmonists and comedians beginning next Monday night at Wood's Theater. A local anecdote recalls Bryant's Mexico tour and a New York fan praising his troupe, urging citizens to support them.
In Juper O Connor court Charles Worth v Dixon involves lease forfeiture for unpaid rent with McGill lien on improvements. plaintiff demurs to lien redemption. Whetstone v Blair covers revival of judgment. judge allows fifteen years to revive. Vogeler v Nulsen, slander claim about bankruptcy, verdict for defendant. Cincinnati Street Railroad case reports severe injuries to Mary Stevenson after car incident on Sept 15 1870 with $5000 damages sought. Hamilton District Court decisions underway. Probate Court HOEFFER notes minor habeas corpus case Frank E Top, various fines and sentences for disorderly conduct, house of refuge commitments, and drunkenness.
A hack driver’s wife on Front street suffered severe burns after coal oil ignited while she attempted to light a fire. Neighbors and Dr. P. F. Maley aided her as she collapsed in flames and was smothered with a blanket. Her condition at noon was described as critical with little hope of recovery.
The National Swagerfest will be held in St Louis on June 11 with a venue able to seat 15 000 and singers. The IL C L railroad will transport attendees at 8 dollars round trip with tickets valid June 10 to 22 under guidance of Mr O K Lord.
A man returning from St Bernard's Cemetery forgot to replace the horse's bit and bridle, causing the horse to bolt through a crowd. The driver was thrown, a young girl was cut, and the buggy was wrecked. In May, city police located and returned 47 lost children.
The Police Court list includes 46 names with offenses such as assault and battery, larceny, cruelty to animals, drunkenness, and vagrancy. Walter Kelly and Terrance Reiley were continued, Henry Smith and Chas Kernan faced fines, sentences ranged from days to months, with Caney and James Martin sent out for three months. Celia Nebiat discharged after drunkenness, Andrew Derrick fined twenty dollars for cruelty to animals.
River news notes a clear mild day with dull levee business and falling river levels. Arrivals include Telegraph Pomeroy Lytle Buell and others. departures list similar names plus Bodman and Kate Putnam. A Senate river and harbor improvement bill lists expenditures across multiple rivers and sites in Arkansas Louisiana and Missouri, plus a ship canal survey near Fort St Philip. A Louisiana Supreme Court decision finds a fraudulent transfer by a debtor packet company to be to the plaintiffs' injury, upholding the lower court.
Bran and shipstuff show little activity with bran at 19. B20 50 per ton and shipstuff 200 middlings 25 28 on arrival. Beans scarce with steady price ranges for fair to good and prime. Butter receipts liberal yet demand limited to strictly choice. Coffee, coal, eggs, fruit, dried fruits, feathers, flour, rye flour, corn all noted with steady or quiet markets and specific price quotes.
The report shows varied activity across commodities. Grain prices hold steady with potatoes and salt prices mixed, while poultry demand remains dull and pork products show limited buying interest. Beef, lard, sugars, and coffee also reflect subdued activity and price fluctuations.
A Boston Advertiser correspondent describes a London Royal Literary Fund dinner with portraits of guests. Dr. Stanley of Westminster leads the table alongside Sir John Pakingham, editor Reeve of the Edinburg Review, Shirley Brooks of Punch, Tom Taylor, Otto Goldschmidt, and others. The scene features artists like E. M. Ward and a procession of publishers and paper makers.
A veteran tale recalls Charlotte Cushman missing the night’s rehearsal at Troy for Meg Merrilies. Rain fell, darkness deeper by the back alley door, no chair for her, while squads laid a carpet and picnickers ventured toward Lansingburg. The poodle rode with umbrella in tow.
The Washington Star reports the new Potomac bridge at the old Long Bridge site is nearly finished and open to pedestrians riders and rail traffic. It is a substantial railroad bridge nearly a mile long over forty feet wide built with Howe truss and a new higher causeway replacing the old. Piling estimates suggest the supports would stretch about five miles if laid in a line.
A bustling market scene in Market square featured about thirty five to forty wagons loaded with strawberries and peas, crowding near the ferry wharf. A wagon collided with another causing telescoping as New York steamer ferries transfer cargo to Baltimore Philadelphia lines.
A Delaware man proposes a balloon voyage to California by riding the earth’s rotation, aiming to stay stationary as the world slides beneath. He has prepared the balloon, starting point, and map, and only needs something to tie the craft to so it can remain suspended in the air.
The annual report shows 72 life insurance companies operating in Ohio. In 1871, 17,905 policies were issued, totaling 38,925,481 dollars. In force on December 31, 1871, 37,642 policies amounted to 86,267,000 dollars. Total premiums collected were 3,986,935 dollars and losses paid 1,007,113 dollars. The exhibit is incomplete as some reports were partial. The department estimates life in force around 10,000,000 dollars.
Agnes Laing died at age 2 years and is to be buried from John B Brown's residence at 133 West Seventh Street tomorrow Saturday June 1 1872 at 2 60 o'clock P M with services to follow.
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