The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-12
local BRETITIES.


by tonight or tomorrow.
TOCAL BRETITIES.
THE Assessors will commence work in
hiew days.
THE Caledonia Society meets at the
Gibson House tonight.
THERE are now 240 men employed in
the street-cleaning department..
THE Ludlow Baseball Club holds q
meeting at the Gibson House tomorrow
evening.
THE Lytle Greys and Light Guards left
for Dayton to-day to participate IN the
prize drill.
The mass rehearsal of the Festival
Chorus takes place tonight at Exposi-
tion Building.
DIR. Tom EDWARDS intends leaving
the city for Wheeling, Va, where he will
continue his practice OF the healing art.
MR.. JACOB KNAPP is to attempt to
walk on Elm street from Front to Liber-
ty and back in twenty minutes, this
evening, on a wager.
THE election of Gymnasium Directors
takes place this evening. The nomina-
tions ON the regular ticket are Mr.. j. H..
Walker aud Geo. Kinney, Esq.
THE Tennesseeans conducted prayer
and St. Paui's NJ. E. Church yesterday.
Donations amounting to about 500 were
made them.
u, G. KELLOGG, the one-armed conf
dence man, who plucked $3.50 from Alex.
Denton, some time last week, waived an
examination in the Police Court, this
morning, and was bound over to the
giand jury, TO answer a charge of OBJ
tain.ng money under false pretenses.
The Police Court this morning was in
session two and half hours, and sixty
six cases disposed Of -Four OF these
were tor assault and battery, 20 for
drunkenness and uisorderly conduct,
and 80 OF miscellaneous charges; sixteen
Work-louse sentences were passed.
CHAs. WOOD, who was charged with
having stolen $l65 in currency and
checks to the amount of $S6, from one
Myers, last week, was dismissed by
Judge Marchant this morning, no evil
Gence appearing that could convict him
OF the crime.
VIM. HARRIS was arrested by Officer
Passauer on The charge OF drunkenness
and disorderly conduct and arraigned in
the Police Court this morning. William
denied the charge, but said that he was
morely under the influence of a dose OF
"hydrate OF CHORAL" The Judge had
compassion Oh Harris and let him 60.
THE sacred concert at the Grand
Opei a-house last evening, for the bene-
fit of the St. Louis' Catholic Church, at
Batesyi!le, Ind, was success, both
financially and otherwise. The music,
the drama and the farce presented We're
all excellent IN character and rendering,
and We're well received by the large and
intelligent audience.
GOVERNOR ALLEN arrived in the city
yesterday morning, and is now at the
Gibson House. He is on the way TO- his
home IN Chillicothe, where he will take
a short rest after the labors of the Will
ter. He remains at the Gibson House
during the day, and is receiving many
calls from his friends in the city.
SETH EVANS, lad residing on Pearl
and Kilgour streets, was arrested yes
terday morning at 4 O'Clock for stealing
keg of beer worth about IA 30, from a
wagon belonging TO Geo. Weber's brew
cry. This morning in the Police Court
he was convicted OF the charge, and SEN
fenced TO thirty days in the Work-house
and fined $25.
THE Grantview Mining Company has
elected the following Directors: r. b.
Hopple, j. Ii. CIemmer, Ludlow Apjones,
William Russell, James Hopple, E. 5.
Bates, w. f. Powell, E. s. Wayne, }. N.
Poage. The directors completed the Or
ganization by electing President, ). ii.
Clemmer; Treasurer, r. B. Hopple; Sec
retary, Ii. X. Hobbs.
nJoHN SKINNER, j. S. Shrewsbury,
Oliver Hunt, Jas. Harps, "Goaey" Mar
tin. "Sturmy" Truss, Wm. Leaf, Frank
Westjohn and Fred. Krebs, who were
arrested on Saturday night for lettering
around Vine street, were arraigned in
the Police Court this morning, and dis
missed with warning to desert their
haunts around those places.
THE Committee on Police and Prisons
awarded the contracts tor the work on
the new Police Station on Saturday even
ing to the lowest bidders, whose names
and bids we gave Saturday. 1t Is, how
ever, claimed that the Committee mad no
power to act, as the Boards from which
the Committee is composed are out of
existence by reason ofexpiration OF term
Of office.
KANE ROBINSON, formerly the keeper
of the house OF IIl-fame at No. LOG Elm
street, was arraigned in the Police Court
this morning on the charge of stealing "a
piano cover worth 81 and music book
valued at 81, the property of one Harriet
Cohen. Kate had SAP in her possession,
and it did not seem evident that she
wanted to steal the articles mentioned
above, the charge was changed to disor-
derly conduct, and Kate was fined $40
and costs.
A TWELVE thousand dollar fire occur
red at Coultry Il Maloney's pottery, at
the corner OF Dayton and Whiteman
streets, yesterday morning at O'Clock.
The fire was discovered by Mr.. Maloney
and the alarm turned in, and the engines
Were on the ground before the alarm had
ceased striking, but in spite OF every
effort five of the six buildings burned.
The cause of the fire is unknown. The
loss is estimated at from twelve to ff-
teen thousand dollars. There is an in
surance of $1,000 on the property, but for
private reasons Mr.. MaloneY does not
wish to give the names of the companies.
The establishment employed 40 hands.
A committee appointed by the classes
in the academic department of Yale
College to consider the advisability OF
establishing branch of the Y. N. G. A.
II the college, has reported against the
DIT ject. They favored, however, the ap-
DO ntment of a large committee who