The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-04
LOCAL BREVITIES.

toria, British Columbia, is i'll the city.
MR.. JOHN SIMPKINsoN will probably
leave tor Europe soon i'll search OF
health.
WORK on the College Hill Dummy
Railroad will commance Us soon as the
weather will permit.
MIR. HERMAN GoEPPER has been ap-
pointed Exposition Commissioner, vice
Mr.. Olhaber, resigned.
AN old lady named Martin fell at the
corner OF Fifth and Main streets and
broke her leg last evening.
FRANK JORDAN, of No. 10 Bank street,
is not the Frank Jordan VINO was sent to
the Work-house ON Tuesday.
MULTIPLICATION OF PLANTS" is DR..
Leue's subject Tor the lecture or this
evening at l95 West Fifth street.
THE Government has rested its case
in the Cnatlee whisky suit. The testi'
mony for the defense began to-day.
The semi-centennial anniversary of
Fox's Starch Works at Lockland Is TO
appropriately celebrated Tonight.
A BANNER presentation is to take
place THIS evening at Turner Hall. The
first Battalion X. OF 7. are the fortunate
parties.
TwENTY-FoUR cases in the Police
Court this mornings of drunkenness, l
Of assault and battery, and ID OF miscel-
laneous charges.
REV. A. b. MoREY, of the Fifth Pres
byterlan Churcn, led the noon prayer
meeting to-day. The attendance was
very large and much interest mani
tested.
The festival and concert by the Choral
Society last evening was n grand sue
r.Nll llnJ flaI m
flowing, and the excellent programme
was most exceIlently rendered.
A RUNAWAY horse with a wagon at
tached colllded with a car at the corner
OF Sixth and Central avenue last evening,
smashing the wagon and frightening the
passengers badly. No serious damage.
The pill claimants are still trying to
dose the Exposition Board with petit
tions for awards. The petitions are
unanimously rejected, as the new Board
properly thinks ii has nothing TO do with
Ghe quarrel.
The petition for law to make teach
. Grs' certificates in cities good Tor terms
OF 2, 5 and 10 years, and to make ten
years certificates renewable without
REORGANIZATION was presented in The
Legislature yesterday by MIR. Pattison.
TWO sisterly females, one white and
the other colored-named respectively
Emma Williams and Nlollie Cook--were
sentenced i'll the Police Court this morn
lng to thirty days in the w ork-house and
line OF $50 for raising a lively row i'll
The precincts of Bucktown.
WYLIE played eleven games of check
ers yesterday, losing none, as matter
of course. Another consultation game"
should now be played and the old man
bullied into allowing the players to take
back as many moves as they choose, and
Cincinnati may yet be happy.
Jos. WIEGMAN was charged in the
Police Court this morning with purloln-
ing, q week ago, $40 from Fred Cooks
saioOn, under the Nolksblatt office. The
charge seemed to be without foundation,
as his character is undisputed, and this
morning he was consequently dismissed.
OFFICERS WAPPENsTEIN and Kush-
man yesterday arrested "A young man i'll
an alley near Jonn ana Fourth streets,
on suspicion of stealing two fine bed
spreads found in his possession, worth
about $40. Tomorrow he will have "A
hearing in the Police Court. AT present
ne is incarcerated at the Nlnth-street
Station.
JAMES FARRELL aud Henry Morris,
two street railroad employees, ana MI.
Harris, were arraigned this morning i'll
The Police Court ON a charge of cruelty
10 animals, by throwing salt on the tracks
and injurlng the hOoi5 Of the horses.
They were dismissed on payment Of
costs, as the salt had been III small
quantities.
The Supreme Court of Ohio has re-
yersed the decision of Judge Storer, OF
the Superior Court, this city, in the case
OF Thomas Sherlock and others against
underwriters on the steamer United
States, destroyed by fire on the night OF
December 4th, 1868, caused by collision
with the steamer America, owned by the
same company.
MR. A. ID. BULLOCK, President of the
Consolidated Street railroad Company,
informed one OF our reporters this MORN
ing that no action would be taken i'll re-
gard TO the proposed increase OF fare on
The PendletOn Street Railroad line until
alter o meeting of the Directors was
held, which would probably take place
IN d short time.
MIR. CUMMINGS, of Bellefontaine, Ohio,
applied at the ColoDePs office for a de-
lectiye to investigate the death of his
brother, who went TO New Orleans with
about $1S, 900 and was said to have COM
mitted suicide there. Of his $4,000 only
$500 were found. Mr.. Cummings will
employ detectives from that locality, as
it was not deemed necessary to send one
with him from this place.
THE nuptials of Miss r. Hamburger
and Mr.. G.. Rothenberg, of this city, were
celebrated last night at Eureka. Hall.
The beautiful and impressive ceremony
of the Jewish Church was performed in
the parlors of the Eureka Building at
O'Clock by DR.. Lilienthal, after which the
newly married couple and about one
hundred invited guests sat down to an
elegant and bOuntiful dinner.
The Plating Commission has survey
ed twenty square miles, OF which ten
and three-tourths square miles, as
plated, have been adopted; and there
remains nine and one-foufth square
miles, or four divisions, to be adopted.
1t will take to the 1st OF July to finish
up that work. In addition 10 that the
Commission has in preparation map OF
The entire city, to complete which will
Lake to the 1st of January next.
THE meeting of the Mississippi Valley
Dental Association to-day was more
largely attended than that of yesterday.
"A great deal Of interest seems TO be taken
in The proceedings by members present.
and the profession throughout the West