The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-13
LATEST LOCAL.
FIFTY men are employed on the nev
Walnut Hills railway.

FIFTY men are employed on the new
W alnut Hills railway.
| THE receipts at the Recorders office
for the recording of deeds, mortgages
and interpretations daily average about
$45.
COL. A. W. HOWE, Insurance King Of
st. Louis, is again in our midst. He is
stopping at the Grand, where he will be
pleased to see his friends.
THE Trustees of the Cincinnati South
ern Railroad meet to-day to award the
contract for the construction of the iron
bridge over the Kentucky river.
VIM. RIDGEwAY, alias Frank Murray,
charged with the larceny of sleeve
button, a pistol and some silver coin,
valued at 800, had his case continued in
the Police Court this morning to the 18th
of April.
THE voting for sewing-machine,
which was conducted by the members Of
the Church of the Atonement, was closed
last night, giving Miss NJ. OConner
8, 15O and Miss M. Doyle 2,167 votes, leav-
ing Miss O'Conner handsome majority
of 9S3 votes.
THE Directors of the In1irmary held o
meeting this morning and elected the
following officers for the ensuing year:
Superintendent, Captain II. Whitney; |;
Matron, Mrs. Nancy j. Whitney; Physi-
| clan, Dr.. g. w. Highlands; Store-keepef,
Alex. Jacopi; School Teacher, Miss Kate
Whitney, Secretary Of the Board, A.
Ii. Address:
The jury in the case of Sylvester Hand,
assignee of Henry Hunterman. agains t
Moses Goldsmith and others, has bee
charged by Judge VConner, of. the Su-
perinr Court. The action in the suit IS
| to- recover $2,SO0 on contract for the
erection of u building ON Elder street,
between Race and Elm. The case was
| tried once before in the same Court.
CAMP DENNIsON has enjoyed an excit-
ing election Tor School Director. The
| contestants were A. j. Keyser and q.
Longley. Longley was elected by a ma
jority of eleven votes. The issue was
not party one, but related to the expen.
diture OF $65 by Keyser during the past
year on school exhibition. Longley
voted for Keyser, and Keyser voted for
himself.
GEORGE TAAFFE, young lad aged ID
years, disappeared from his home in
Bellevue, Ky. He was dressed in a
blac TX jeans pants, black coat, high soft
hat, and has dark-brown hair. Any in.
formation Of his Whereabouts may be LETT
l
are much alarmed about his disappear.
ance, as he has always been a good boy
and they can not account for his alb
| sence.
| THE Murdoch Club, on Thursday even.
| ing, Will give their last reading of the
| season, but one, at the residence of w.
j. Durham, where they will read "The
Irish Tiger" and to conclude with ''To
| Oblige Benson" The cast is a good one,
and we know that it will be we'll rem.
| dered. We understand that on Friday
| Of next week the Club propose to go to
Smiths Landing, some thirty or forty
miles up the river, and give their final
entertainment, at the residence one OF
its members, when they will disband fol
the season. We know that they will
have good time. .
MR.. Il. A, NEsMITH has been adjudged
| wholly insane by Judge Matson, of the
Probate Court. and ordered to be taken
to Longview Asylum. He was brought
to the Courthouse in his carriage, ac-
companied by his wife, where ne re-
NAMED for examination without being
taken to the Court-room. His mind
seems altogether unsettled and is con-
tinually wandering from one thing to an
other. Judge Matson stated that his
was as clear case Of insanity as was
ever brought into Court. 1t is hoped,
however, by his many friends that he
will recover, although his convalescence
now seems to be very doubtful.