The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-18
VIEWS FHom POINTS AaOusn

on the omnibuses.
The Temperance League has again
placed itself squarely on record against
a license law. This time it is show
license.
1t is now in order for the League to de-
fine its position on the marriage license
law.
The defeat of the ssIicence clause" at
the August election was not understood,
at the time, as repeating any OF the city
ordinances.
The Dilligent Fee Collector, clad in reg
ulalion blue, and wearing upon the lett
lapel the badge of office, encOunt red
upon the threshold OF the temple the stur-
dy form and indomitable will of the sem
ior member of The Board of Trustees, and
was assured that in any event 1t was "ali
right"
The Board Of Public improvements is
advertising for proposals for improving
Chappeli, Vine and Kirby streets.
During the present cold weather, the
amount of endurance, which, II properly
directed, would discover the North
Pole.
Because "Necessitv knows no law"
well known attorney on the Hill Is
spoken of as ''0ld Necessity"
The Inclined Plane Railway project
was started to scare the Gilbert Avenue
Company into action. Tnereupon that
Company purchased few hundred dol.
lars worth OF timber for the purpose Of
silencing the agitation, which it did ef-
fectually. That is the last OF the enter
prise Tor the present.
The Seventh District Police Station
entertains but few free lodgers. 1t is
too far removed from the great business
centers, free lunches and Kindred accom-
mouatiOns.
Three omnibuses were provided TO
convey indignant Hillites from Pixies
| Opera-house meeting on Saturday night,
when one very small one would have
answered the purpose.
LEXINGTON, KY. - Judge Mulligan,
| who presides over little Piepoudre
Court In this city for the trial vi petty
onenses, is bringing justice into disre-
pute by initiating Judge McManama's
petty acts of ofseverity. Recently he fined
a stranger and publicly reprimanded him
| for spittlng on the dirty floor Of the court
| room. l..
| The bakers Of tn is city are literally
robblng the poor by charging famine
prices Tor their bread. They are selling
this necessary article of life at profit
OF over one hundred per cent. This is a
proper subject for municipal considera-
tion and regulation. -x..
/ The right of way through Fayette
county for the Cincinnati Southern Rail-
road will cost from $4,000 to $4,000.
This will be paid by the Citizens Sub
scrlption Fund.
1 Major Mulligan, the moving spirit in
the city government, should look after
the extortionate bakers and compel them
to furnish the staff of life at less than
a hundred per cent. profit. ,...s.....a
The City of Lexington subscribed $780,
600 to the Big Sandy Railroad, with the
understanding that the road would be
built to the coal regions. The line was
finished to Mount Sterling and stopped
there. The subject is now before the
Common Pleas Court in this city.
The proposed bridge on the Kentucky
River, near Shaker Landing, for the
l'Southern Railroad, will be the highest in
! the world. 1t will be 275 feet high and
1,242 teet long.
Elder J. b. McGinn, of this city, has
accepted the cali TO take charge of the
Christian Church at Winchester.
The Mt. Sterling Sentinel says that the
railroad to the coal regions will be fin
ished during the present year, This
will be cheering news to the citizens of
Lexington.
HaMuToN-If any our citizens would
like to see piano which was manufac-
tured in the year 1895 can have the plea
sure OF so dong by calling on Mr.. Thomas
Runyon. The instrument was manulac-
tured in London, England, and is still in
good state OF preservation.
esquire Mechley's friends want him to
run for Mayor. What will Squire Bach
man do if the former consents?
A railroad to the coal regions Of Ohio
and coal at twelve gents r.s rar hnshsl
dumped at your doors--wouldn't be a
bad subject for the late Board of Trade
TO- discuss. Awake, ye sleepers!
There were 800 tramps entertained at
the Hotel de Ferrie during the month Of
December.
The health Of the Hon. l.. d. Campbell
is at present better than it has been for
the past several years.
A third new stone-front building is
about to be erected on High street. This
time it is the First National Bank that
will build. The site intended is the lot
owned by Mr.. Campbell, lately occupied
by Hartman.
The old adage that 'sone fool makes
moren does not hold good, or at least
should be reversed, and read thusiy:
l"One wise man makes more" Less
than year ago the Second Ma
tional Bank built fine stone
front building between Second
ard Third, and scarce had the first stone
been laid before Weidenboner, the
l WHOLESALE suOe man, tnouSHb st0Ho
front would not be out OF place on his lot,
and forthwith erected a building, Of
/ (which our citizens may we'll be proud.
i We hope the march Of Improvement
will go on until all the old buildings be-
tween Second and Third streets will be
4 swept away and new ones erected. Who
will be the next?
4 Complaints are now made that the
stone of which the new, Chicago Custom
House is built, contains numerous iron
, and petroleum veins. These veins, it is
. reported, do not always appear until six
: months after the stone is cut. Some Of
these stones in the inner corridors of
: the custom house building are reported
to have as many as six patches, whero
the petroleum and iron blotches have
been dug out and patched.
Il The Mammoth Cave Of Mexico.
III It is said that the Cave OF Cacanuamil-
pa is the largest cave which is yet known
, | tn the world. Several persons have
, visited the Mammoth Cave OF kentucky
, and that of Cacanuamilpa in Mexico,
pronunce the latter the larger. A vol