The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-06-17
LOCAL BREVITIES.


Mr.. EDWARD GREENWOOD will, it i
announced, remove to Cleveland VIII
his family, in a few weeks.
at the corner OF Sixth and Central Ave
nue. left for Europe, yesterday.
SATURDAY, the 10th OF June, is the
last day OH (which taxes can be paid
without the penalty OF five per cent.
MR.. w. GEORGE ALDEN, formerly OF
the Boston Globe, is in the city, and
will remain, as he has established him.
self as an attorney.
ular meeting at the First Baptist Church
on Court street near Mound at three
O'Clock this afternoon.
THE removed Minor stable of running
horses, "Falmouth," "Sweet Boy"
"Captain Jack" and two others, arrived
yesterday on the Charles Morgan, en-
route for Dayton.
DIR. WIN. B. DAVIS, of this city, read
an interesting paper before the State
Medical Society, at Put-in-Bay yester-
day, on the "Influence of Consumption
on Life Insurance."
The Exposition Commissioners yes
terday afternoon elected Mr.. Norton,
formerly the engineer OF the department,
Superintendent of Power Hall at a sal.
airy of SIS 80 a day.
THEBoard of Trustees of Miami Uni
yersity yesterday elected the following
officers: President, Fergus Anderson;
Treasurer. S. Q. Bishop; Secretary, II. H.
Bishop; Collector, p. Matson.
GEORGE TENNENAN, a lad.of eighteen
years, has been missing from his home,
No. 500 Main street, since eight O'Clock
yesterday. He was dressed in black
clothes at the time of his leaving home.
MRS. SUSAN MILLER died yesterday at
the residence oil her daughter, No. 6l5
West Front street. Mrs. Miller was
born December 10, 1903, near the present
Red Bank Station on the Little Miami
Railroad.
PROFESSOR MITCHELL's telescope, at
the Cincinnati Observatory, has been
completed and is giving satisfaction.
Professor Ormund Stone made some
observations of the heavens on Tuesday
night, as also last night.
A STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL will be given
this evening by the Ladies' Committee,
Esq, Grandview avenue, Walnut Hills.
The proceeds are for the benefit of the
First Presbyterian Church.
A LIVELY game. of ball was played
yesterday between the Ludlows and the
hilfords on The grounds OF the latter.
The score. at the end OF the game stood
IN favor of the Ludlows, with five for the
lat g. to a whiteWash on the part OF the
Millords.
COL. SNELBAKER has been requested
by Mr.. John Brown, of Denver, Colo
RADIO, to find the whereabouts OF his
brother Charles Gottlob Brown, who
left St. Louis for this city about five
months ago. He is supposed to be enl-
ployed in some bakery in the city.
PASSENGERS intending to make trip
to New York this summer should pur-
chase their tickets at once, IL they de-
sire to secure the reduction in rates.
Judging from the kilograms in relation
to the railroad war, there is no doubt
that rates will be advanced soon.
A LAD named Hughey, while unload
Ing hay in the stable Off. G. and b. w. |
Thompson, on East Fifth, last evening,
fell from the lott to the ground, a dis !
tance OF twenty feet. He was removed |
to the hospital, where his Injuries were |
found to be Of a. serious nature, if not IA
tai.
THE Trustees of the Miami University |
held their meeting at Oxford yesterday. |
The Trustees at their former meeting |
decided to reopen the University this |
year, provided the citizens of Oxford |
donate S25, 900 TO the Institution, and, as
this has not been done, it is likely that
there will be no reopening this tall.
AN autograph note of Gen. Joseph
Warren,s who fell at Bunker Hill one
hundred years ago to-day, is in the pos
session OF Mr.. l.: j. Cist, of this city.
This gentleman also has copy of San
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Request of the Inhabitants OF the Town
OF Boston to Commemorate the Bloody
Tragedy Of March, ITO, by DR.. Joseph |
Warren, Boston,"
MIR. SAMUEL SCHWARTZ yesterday |
afternoon exhibited to number of city |
officials, in the Council Chamber, a |
model of his patent lift bTid e., to be |
used for carals and small streams. The |
bridge is so constructed, that by. counter |
weights, the whole floor can be raised to |
any desired height. An effort will be
made to introduce it for use on the canal
crossings.
AT the meeting of the Exposition
Commissioners yesterday afternoon,
the report of the Committee ON Music |
was adopted in favor of contracting with |
the Germania and Newport Barracks
Bands to furnish music during the EX-
pOSltlOu, LuC lOl mCl w pay AL -GH6
afternoon and the latter in the
evening. The contract price is 81 a |
man for each band.
STATE AUDITOR Hon. Jas. Williams |
yesterday gave his opinion in regard to |
The practice Of insurance companies de-
Quoting from their credits in making
their returns tor taxation. He holds |
that reinsurance fund is not BONA tide |
debt, and only the latter can be deducted |
from credits. This decision will place |
upon the tax duplicate $3,172,000 addi-
lional as taxables. This applies also to |
The year 1874, as the returns for last year |
have not been closed.
JOHN c. Cook and M. D. Johnson were
arrested by Officers Curran and Kane,
and brought to the Hammond-street Sta
tion-house last night, charged with grand
larceny. They were accused OF having
robbed compositor in the Enquirer OF
ice, named G.. w. Hale, OF $54 while to-
gether in saloon on Sycamore street.
The two were arraigned in the Police
court this morning to answer the above |
eharge. Nothing was proved against |
Them, and they were therefore honorably |
dismissed.
! HENRY GRAHAM and Frank Davis |
we're arrested yesterday by Oficer