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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1872
Page
4
A crowded evening bus service to the Exposition departs Avondale daily at 6 80 o'clock. Reports include a police checkpoint pickpocket caution, a man acquitted on a battery charge, and various local civic items. Also noted are bankrupt petitions, club reunions, and park and charity events around Latonia Springs and Burnet Woods.
Horace Greeley lands in the city this afternoon at 9:45. The Reception Committee of the Common Council and Industrial Exposition, with press members and Currier’s band, meet him at the depot and escort him to the Burnet House in a six horse coupe. A parade and band procession proceed along Front Street to Broadway and Weeton Fourth, then to the hotel for rest and an official reception.
The Fifth Street landing is opened to boats for public service at the Exposition amid huge crowds. Attendance estimates reach nearly thirty thousand with receipts at gates of 4.7 dollars in twenty five and fifteen cent tickets. The St. Louis Times reports Cincinnati’s wealth and industry praised after a visit by officials from the St. Louis Fair.
Members of the Pork Packers Convention toured Spring Grove and Clifton visiting the Necropolis and Wm. Clifford Neff’s residence with Currier's Band and a hearty reception. They then gathered at Phoenix Hall for a banquet, toasts, and singing Auld Lang Syne before returning cityward. The day ended with council business on steamboat wharfage and exemptions, including a suit to collect due payments from the R. W. Skillinger and a grant for the St Marys to lay at Fifth Street landing for Exposition visitors.
Between four and five yesterday afternoon Dan Cunningham tested gas piping at Gerard Basse’s saddlery, No. 884 Vine Street. Gas leaked under the floor and ignited from a lamp, blasting the floor away and burning Cunningham’s face. A milk-wagon horse bolted through the crowd until Jake Leininger of the Five checked it at risk to his own life. Shayne Co. at No. 158 West Fifth is advertising a brisk sale of children’s hats and turbans amid strong prices.
County commissioners report a semi annual cash balance of 282 908 13 with minor discrepancies. Hugh Campbell will extend the sewer along Emuent Pipe street. A schoolgirl was knocked down by a horse drawn carriage near Ninth and Cutter streets and bruised, narrowly avoiding a collision with a streetcar. Universalist General Convention notes show votes on Ohio assessments and Bethel College aid failing. Woman's Centenary Association raises funds for Murray act aid, with Mrs Soule reelected president and new members joining at a 100 dollar initiation. Communion service led by Rev Gr. John and Rev Knickerbocker with prayers by Rev Miss Le Clerc and sermon by Rev Miss Chapin. convention adjourns after communion.
Court report from Common Pleas before Judge Avery notes Pierson Becames E Browne and George J Browne appointed executors of H Browne with estate values cited at 100000 and 300000. In State v George Smith a not guilty verdict is recorded. State v Denny A Bauser for assault on John Walker at Mount Pleasant on August 10 remains in progress with self defense claim.
Amusements note Rip Van Winkle with Mr McWade in the title role and a full company at Pike's Opera House. Hon Horace Greeley is invited to attend with a pee box for his disposal. Also mentions Black Crook at Wood's Theater and Rice's Minstrels benefiting Matt Folger from the police, plus Georgia Minstrels at Mozart Hall with a refreshed program.
A pigeon shooting contest is planned for tomorrow afternoon at Dayton Fair Grounds involving Dayton and Galion sportsmen. A Junior Order lodge was organized Wednesday. Park Chamberlain robbed his grandmother of a watch, jewelry and $50. tracked to Cincinnati, special officer Snowden nabbed him and returned him for trial. A boy named Kerne fell into the canal but was saved by a bystander. Old Signor Blitz of Philadelphia opens Friday night at his Meret entertainment. Col Wm. M. Grosvenor speaks to Greeley Democrats next Tuesday. signs point to a large upcoming event.
A meeting of the Board of Education is set for this evening at the Clerk's office at 7 o'clock. Building Association No. 2 convenes at Templar's Hall, while progress on the Sixth Street contract continues under Mr Fred Hollam with new hotel construction and brick yards preparing for the Benton Street sewer. Officials plan to appear before the Engineer and Street Committee next week amid broad new building activity.
Ba St Bernard proprietor of a prize photograph institution at 136 Fourth Street appeared before Judge Straub on a charge of practicing in manty. The case was continued as Angela Borman ness A woman named Anna Doran was arrested yesterday.
Detective Frank Mitchell and Exposition Officer Uriah identify suspects as a German lady Louser and another woman stealing around three dollars from pockets. A separate case reports a man at 18 Water Street abusing his wife with sugar, hot tea, and shattered crockery. Jud Straub sends him to the Workhouse for 60 days.
The Ohio River Improvement Commission discussed a proposed three hundred dollar improvement between Paducah and Cairo, urged light buoys though no authority exists, and noted a bill in Congress to extend the board’s authority. They plan printing proceedings, impose a five dollar assessment, and schedule a November meeting. The report also mentions Hats sold by Shayne and Co. and shopping at C C Shayne & Co for silk hats and dress hats.
The Evening Star reports steady demand and prices in bran, grain, and provisions with mixed grades: choice items scarce, inferior goods dull. grain shows full prices for best lots and steady demand, while alcohol and sugar trade remains cautious. Meat and lard markets hold firm with steady to modest gains. regional shipments and local demand balance supplies.
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