The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-18
LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE CITY.
LOCAL BLiEYlTIES.

hE NdbuulC lyAtCutlFO SoAh"AoeSS
holds u regular meeting this evening.
THE Gospel meeting at Y. M g. A.
Hail was largely attended last evening.
MIR. CHRIS. AHRENs has received or
ders for 1--WE fire engines for Rio Janeira.
THE railroad war has reduced tickets
to st. Louis TO five dollars by the o. u NJ.
road.
CAPT. CHURCHILL says the gamblers
have offered him 500 q month to- let
them alone.
MASS MEETING at Allen Temple to-
night for the benefit Of the Colored Or
phan Asylum.
The Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Sunday
school celebrated its sixth anniversary
yesterday afternoon.
Il. II. MooREHEAD, Esq, has bought a
new four year old trotter from the Harp
er estate, near Lexington.
Mr.. VIM. LUBLEY, of 119 Carr street,
fell on the pavement Saturday night,
breaking his leg in two places.
THE protracted meetings which have
been in progress at Finley Chapel for
the past week will be continued during
next week.
EIGHT Of the sixty-four prisoners in
the County Jail are awaiting sentence,
either having pleaded guilty or been con-
victed by trial.
REV. G. III. PAYNE, of st. Paul M. E.
Church, has been holding prOtracted
meeting for the past two weeks, with
marked success.
PICKETT, the Rat Row dance-house
man, lost o few OF his front teeth at the
hands of Dave Whitfield on Saturday
night. Brass knuckles.
messages over one wire at the same time
was tested in this city ON Saturday,
with satisfactory results.
THE Board of Trade adopted resolu-
ton on Saturday asking that Congress
make an appropriation for the improve
ment OF Charleston harbor.
MRS. KUNIGUNDA KAHNY, German
pioneer lady, aled in this city last Sat-
urday at the advanced age of eighty
three years, having lived here nearly six
ty years.
THOMAS MENKIN, who lives at 249 Clark
street, lell through the l., q. d l.. rail
way bridge over Millt reek yesterday and
was seriously injured. He was taken to
the City Hospital.
Mr.. CHAs. BoECKH, who superintend-
ed the construction of the Garden OF
Eden Reservoir, has secured a posi-
ton as Engineer for the Geological
Garden Company.
Mr.. G. r. FRANKLIN's silver watch and
chain were stolen from him by pickpock~
cts as he was leaving the Seventh street
Congregational Church last evening.
The case Is marked IN. j. L. to G. r..
F." No arrests.
CHAPLAIN j. A. LozIER, who is now
stationed ut Fort Dodge, Iowa, presented
the cause Of the grasshopper sufferers in
Lows, Nebraska and Dekota at Trinity NJ.
Il. Church yesterday morning, and sue
ceeded in raising $l5S.
AUDITOR WILLIAMS has notified Coun-
ty Auditor HLmphreys that the ap-
praisement Of real estate does not occur.
until 1880, and the section OF law speak
ing OF the fifth year" is clerical error,
and should be "tenth year."
Mr.. T. s. Ireland's barn, on Harrison
Pike, near the toll gate, was burned
down yesterday morning, and two COWS
burned in II. Several horses which were
in the barn were saved. Loss, $500.
The fire is supposed to be the work OF an
incendiary.
THE jury In the case of Henry Horste-,
never, on trial for shooting ana killing
man named Williams, In his orchard near
Lockland, some months since, returned
a verdict on Saturday afternoon oil
s'guilty OF manslaughter," and recon-
mending him to the mercy of the Court.
The Widows and Orphans Beneficial
Association, 4. o. II. NJ, has INSTALL
ed the following officers: President, &.
S. Belts Vice Presiuelt,J JACOB Pressler;
Secretary. Alex. III. Hart; Treasurer,
W. III. Brickel; Trustees, w. j. Littell,
Jackson A. Armstrong and Samuel Sny-
der.
The Free-nasons Mutual Benefit Soci-
ETY. have elected the following officers:
President, James A Bishop; Vice Pres
ident, DR.. B. D. Wheeler; Treasurer,
George Heather; Secretary, Ans. l..
Burke; Directors, Cornelius Moore, Z.
F.Bigler, u. Troy, G.. b. Aspinwall, Jas.
Finn and Silas Wood.
JULIA VALENTINE, a domestic, for
merly employed at 245 Broadway, died
while being led to room in the Cincin-
matt Hospital Saturday evening, having
just been admitted tor treatment. Coro-
ner Maley WAS notified anu held an in
quest, the jury returning verdict of
''death from acute peritonitis, from
natural causes.
THE examination in music of the Third
Intermediate School is taking place to-
day, that fof the Second Intermediate oc-
ours Tomorrow, the Fourth on Wednes-
day, Firston Thursday, those Of the Six.
teenth District and intermediate and
the Colored High School and 1ntermedi.
ate one week from to-day, and the Twen-
ty-fifth District and intermediate one
week from TOMORROW. The public are in.
yited.
The Secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce, Mr.. Q. B. Murray, has received a
communication from Director-General A.
#. Gosl1orn, ,of the Centennial Exposition,
expressing pleasure concerning the az
tion of the disapproval by the Chamber
of Commerce regarding the proposed
Centennial Exposition at Cincinnati, and
SAYING tuat such an Exposition would
place the city in q false position toward
the National Exposition.
THOSE sixteen buffalo hunters who left
for Western Nebraska some days since,
have returned. They reached the hunt
ing ground at about the moment the
mercury reached 40 below zero, and i'm
mediately exhibited. their limiting pro-
.clivities by deyeting their concentrated
energy to solution of the problem
which should give the quickest method
of hunting warmer climate, and finally
beat retreat without firing gun.
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