Albert Berry and Robert Air Ferryboat
The Daily Commonwealth, Saturday, October 18, 1879, page 1
NEWPORT
Rev Father Kramer, of the Catholic Church at Twelve-mile, has resigned his position and will go to Falmouth. The new Christian Church on Madison street will be dedicated tomorrow morning, Elder Isaac Erritt conduction the ceremonies.
The city of Newport brought suit in the Circuit Court yesterday against Henry A Schriver for back taxes to the amount of $481.62. Intelligence from Frankfort states that John Schneider, the Campbell County prisoner, who made his escape, has been captured.
It is reported that
Hon A S
Berry effected a purchase of interest in the ferryboats and will hereafter
be connected with
Captain
William N Air in their management.
Mr. Edgar will no consent to waive his right to a plea to the jurisdiction of the Police Court in his case, as he says a special judge can not be elected where there is no bona fide constitutional judge. A school teacher by the name of Mintz, who for the past three weeks has been employed as instructor at Johns Hill of St Joseph's school, Thursday, disappeared and has not since been heard of.
Mr. Louis Nagel, charged with having purchased a beef in a dying condition and selling its meat in the Columbia street market was arraigned in the Police Court yesterday morning and his trial continued until Wednesday next at 9 o'clock a.m.
The Water Works Board has decided to sell for scrap iron the portions of the pumping machinery now lying at Greenwald's Foundry, Cincinnati, taking advantage of the present high price of iron. This pump was contracted at $30.000 and a large portion of the money was paid on it. Before Mayor Harton yesterday morning Charles Waters and Martha Keer were dismissed on the charge of receiving stolen goods and Edward and Betty Harris held in the sum of $200 each for grand larceny-the stealing of goods from the house of Hon Thomas Wrightson on Jefferson street.
The somewhat famous case of Miss Alloway against Arthur McArthur for an assault upon her in of the Dayton Dummies, was dismissed in Squire Clark's Court in Dayton, yesterday afternoon, the prosecution objecting to a jury, which the defendant urged and preferring a dismissal rather than to testify before a jury.
Some years ago the late Superintendent of the Newport Public Schools was pursued with relentless fury for an imaginary offense. It has recently transpired that one of the chief prosecutors was at the time guilty of a felony; and it may yet be made public. If so the readers of the Commonwealth will be surprised to hear of villainy in high and holy places.