The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-05
LOCAL BhEVL1lES.

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FREE musical and literary entertain
ment at Y. M. g. A. Hall tonight.
Two cases Of death from smallpox
were reported at the Health Office this
morning
MEETING OF the Alumne Of the Cincin-
natl Wesleyan College tomorrow at 4
p. M. at the College.
BETWEEN three and four thousand peo-
pie visited the Odd-telloWs' masked ball
at turner Hail last evening.
A COMPLIMENTARY PARTY is to be
given Nj. Rotnschild b Co.'s lady en-
Iloyes this evening at kice's.
Mr.. II. j. WRTHERELL, who has been
visiting his old trends In the city, leaves
for his home in Uxbridge, Mass, TO-
night.
The masked bali Of the jolly Brothers,
at Greenwood Hall last nigh, was COM
plele success and highly enjoyed by all
present.
A SMALL fire in the Medical College on
George street was extinguished by the
Fourteens late yesterday afternoon with
out an alarm.
GLENDALE held special election for
Town Hall) Yesterday; Lightweight
votes were cast for Arbor Place, and
sixty-seven votes tor Floral Park.
MARY DALTON, for carrying away four
pair of boots, valued at "a, IRON the store
of Abe Jacobs yesterday, was sent 10 the
Work-house tor thirty days and tined 500.
The Committee on New City Build
ings Jailed to get quorum last night,
Messrs. Mullaney, cassidy and Hol-
.lingshead beng the only members pres
ent.
A GASOLINE lamp exploded at saloon
on Sixth street, east of Broadway, last
night, burning a colored man named
VIM. Williams seriously but not danger
ousiy.
THE marriage of MIR. W. W. Poore, of
the Gazette, to Miss Anna b. Ulam, took
place in the West End Mst evening in the
presence OF a number OF invited friends,
by Rev. w. p. Stratton.
The alarm OF fire from Box 81, about
1880 O'Clock this morning, was occa-
stoned by the burning of the roof of the
Ohio j. Mississippi Railroad Company's
freight office, on Front street, near Mill.
Loss trihlDg.
AUSTIN SCOTT was convicted in the
Police Court THIS morning OF stealing "a
bolt OF mixed Cashmere valued at S12,
yesterday, from III. Blackwell IL Co., and
sentenced TO the Work-house 1or thirty
days and fined 500.
A SACRED concert is announced for
Sunday evening ut Woods, for the bene-
tit OF the members OF the German Opera
Chorus, whose season having been an un-
profitable one ends this week under
some financial embarrassments.
Mr.. GEORGE SMITH, the son of our
well-known superintendent OF Sanitary
Police, w. A. Smith, was married last
night to Miss Augusta Zimmerman, of
Chiliicothe, O., at the residence of the
bridegroom, No. 131 Mound street.
A YOUNG man giving his name as John
Gosset was found last night on John
street, near Clinton, badly frozen, his
hands especially being In such condi-
ton that he will probably lose them. He
was taken to the Station-house, thence
to his clearinghouse.
THE laboring class of builders in the
city are urging forward system OF
making building contracts by which the
workmen themselves shall contract with
proprietors, and thus prevent the swal-
lowing up OF the profits on the labor OF
the contractor or the middle man.
THE German ladies' Centennial Com
mittee met in the hall of the Cincinnati
Maennerchor, corner Vine and Mercer
streets, last evening. Committees of
twenty ladies and twenty gentlemen
were appointed to arrange Tor an enter
tainment for raising funds.
JAMES A. ROOSEVELT and VIM. r. Fos-
dick were appointed Receivers OF the
Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central
Railroad Company by Judge Swing yes
terday. The Receivers are required to
give joint bond in the sum OF 100000
to the satisfaction OF the Clerk Of the
United States Circuit Court.
THE mass rehearsais OF the Festival
chorus will begin on Monday night, Feb
ruary 8, at Melodeon Hall, and will con-
tlnue each Monday night until further
notice. In order to facilitate the study
OF the works to be sung at the Festival,
each member of the chorus can obtain
the books of music at the cost price from
Mr.. G. Il. LaMotte at the rehearsal.
THE Committee on Light yesterday
resolved upon purchasing one hundred
metal plates for designating the names OF
streets on lamp-posts. The plates to.
gether with the lamps, will cost $500
The purchase was made merely for an
experiment. By the use OF these plates
the naIae of the street is marked on al!
four sides of the lamp, and thus a decided
advantage over the old style of marking
is attained. Specimens may be seen al
Fourth and Vine and Eighth and Gen.
tral avenue.
AT the meeting yesterday of the Com.
mittee on Light, a report was received
from the subcommittee ON gasoline
lamps for the suburbs, that they could
not ax upon the lowest and best biader
The matter, on account Of this and the
accusation made that in the past tests
the bidders have used better than the
average quality OF gasoline, and have
frequently renewed the burner in the
lamps, was accordingly referred back tt
the subcommittee to test the lamps for 6
week from Ninth-street window Of the
City Engineers Office, the window to bt
locked, and report the result to the Ligh
Committee at the next meeting. Tht
lamps, it is claimed, involve cost only
OF 500 per year per lamp.
kmusements.
Woop's THEATER.-The cold weathe
did not prevent another oyerilo wlnl
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