The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-16
LARGEST CIRCULATION In THE CITY.
WEATHER PREDICTIONS.
CINCINNATI, Tuesday, March l6-Noon.
Probably clear or fair, with westerly winds |
and cool weather the next "a hours.
LOCAL BREVITIES.


amounts tO $l55, 900.
THERE are u feet of water in the res
ervOir and no leak.
WORK has been resumed on the st.
Xavier's church steeple.
HoRsTENMEYER received his pardon
last evening and went home.
'SQUIRE BEcKMAN married Kentucky
couple at the PROBATE Court yesterday.
THE University Board yesterday ap-
propriated ~, 900 for the legacy due Mr..
Chas. CLARK.
THE ordinance TO erect new City
Hall was lost in the Board of Council
men yesterday.
The German advertising has finally
been awarded to the Volkslreund at W
cents per square.
DIR. PIrTsFIELD, of 139 West Fourth
street, has been called to PlttsburS by
the death Of his father.
TwENTY-sEvEN cases were disposed
of by Judge Marchant this morning, and
ten WorK-house sentences passed.
THE Board Of Education last evening
, accepted the resignation of Miss Ella
Smith and Mrs. X. Il. Easton, teachers.
Mr.. JULIUS DEXTER's donation of ST.
021, TO the Cincinnati University, has
been invested in Southern Railroad
bonds.
The University Board in buying Gin
cinnati Southern Railroad bonds with
Mr.. DeXter's gift was Obliged to pay
$l.02a.
BURGLARS carried off lot Of clothing
and $40 in money from James J0hnson's
residence on Mount Auburn Sunday
night.
THE libel case of Hood v. Keck is con-
tinued again to the 9th of March, when
it will come up for hearing i'll the Police
Court.
BURGLARS stole three caddies Of to-
bacco from Nos. TO and " West Second
street, ON Sunday night. The tobacco
Las been recovered.
DEMOCRATS in the Fourth ward held a
meeting last night, and nominated Mr.
Il. j. Stephens 1or Council ana Henry
Erkel for Constable.
THE wheat crop in this vicinity is said
to be badly injured by the cold winter,
and much of it will be plowed up and The
ground planted in corn.
EDWARD EDWARDS was fined $40 and
costs Ill the Police Court this morning
for selling liquors to an habitual drink
er named Michael Roach.
The Water-works Trustees have de-
cided to advertise for bids for excavat-
ing, and furnishing Water-plpes, for the
lower Eden Park reservoir.
THE wall surrounding the yard Of the
Fourth District School building is de-
cided unsafe, and an appropriation oil
81, li5 has been made to rebuild IT.. =
SIX hundred and twenty new buildings
We're erected in Cincinnati last year, at
~ total cost of $3, lS0, 156. Four hundred
and thirty-three OF the buildings were OF
brick.
REV. ID. Ii. MOoRE's lecture on
t'Sparks from the Old Flint" before the
Y. NJ. 9. A. last evening was well at
Tended and proved very entertaining
and instructive.
AN ordinance was recommended to
Council yesterday in the Board of M
provements that the b. u o. Il. Il. be al
lowed to cross Evans and High streets,
rwenty-frst Ward.
WEEKLY bills were audited and Or
dered paid as follows, by the Board of
Improvements, yesterday: Street-clean-
ing department, S1,S51; repairing streets,
Sl,271 70; total, ~, liz 30.
JOHN WHALEN in the Police Court this
morning was bound over in the sum OF
$500 to keep the peace. He was charged
with threatening personal violence to a
man named JAS. O'Mahoney.
The School Board last evening
changed the rules governing the schools
SO that clerks and apprentices attending
schools in the District where their en-
ployers live shall pay tuition.
DOCTORS DICKEY, Van Eman and
Watson nave entered upon their prac-
tice as resident physicians in the Good
Samaritan Hospital i'll succession to
Drs. Voolfolk, Laird and Mock.
A "GRAMMAR MATCH" afforded in
structive amusement to the pupils of
Grade A, Second intermediate School,
yesterday afternoon. The children say
it ''beats spelling all to pieces"
ADAM berry was arraigned in the Po-
lice court this morning, on charge of
cutting with intent to kill one Frederick
Werner. lie was held TO answer to the
charge before the Court of Common
Pleas.
THE Board of Education last evening
decided to send a committee to Column
permit the sale of the Preble county
land. Mr.. O'Neil was made the commit
tee.
A BRANCH of the Public Library is
shortly to be located in knowltOn's build
ing, Twenty-tiith Ward, tor the benefit OF
the people of that end OF the city. About
six thousand volumes will be placed on
the shelves.
CINCINNATI is, with one exception, the
most densely populated city in the United
States. New York averages 14.T2 per-
sons to each dwelling-houss, Cincinnati
s.s1, Boston S.46, Jersey City o.37, and
Chicago 6.70.
CHRIS DoRF, who was arrested for
stealing last N November lot of dry-goods
from one Miles, valued. at.$7, was ar
raigned before Judge Marchant this
morning and had his case continued
TO the 17th OF March.
MRS. MORGAN, residing on Central av-
enue, yesterday swore out warrant for
the arrest OF Mary johnson, who, under
the influence of liquor, smashed three
windows. This morning she was con-
yicted in the Police Court and sentenced
to ten days in the Work-house.
THE Building Committee of the School
Board last evening asked leave to report
plans Tor new $40, 900 school building in
the Eighth District, but the matter was
strongly opposed OH account of the linn
ated means Of the Board, and the subject