The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-06
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The Board OF Educatl0n lalleQ TO
obtain quorum last evening.
THE watering carts are out to-day for
the first time this season.
The Society of Natural History will
hold its annual meeting tonight at Col
lege Building.
In the Probate Court yesterday, one
hundred foreigners received their final
citizen papers.
THE Ludlow Baseball Club and the
Boston Red Stockings are to play here
on the 9th and 9th of May.
Mr.. VIM. MATHERs' horse ran away on
Vine street yesterday wrecking the bug
gy to which he was attached.
A BABY, about two weeks old, was
found on the doorsteps, in the basement Of
premises, Ill Broadway, about 8 O'Clock
last evening. 1t was this morning sent
to Sister Anthony's Home.
THE Cincinnati Pioneer Association
meets tomorrow morning, at 10 O'Clock,
at the City Council Chamber, to observe
the celebration of the anniversary OF the
settlement Of Ohio, April 7, 17SS.
THE First Congregational Society Uni
tarian) held their annual meeting last
night, and elected Trustees, viz: AL
phonso Taft, VIM. Wiswell, John +. Dair,
Thomas Vickers, and John D. Caldwell.
The Board organized with Judge TAFT,
President; William Wiswell, Treasurer;
john D. Caldwell, Secretary.
THE Temperance Fair last evening and
to-day appears to be proving itself even
more successful than could have been
expected at the outset. The attendance
is large, the order and arrangement ex-
cellent, the lunch fine and at reasonable
rates, and the ladies agreeable and at
tractive. What more could be asked?
AT the regular annual meeting of the
Cincinnati clearinghouse Association
held yesterday the following named gen.
tlemen were elected officers for the en-
suing year: President, d. J. Falls; Vice
President, Jas. Espy; Committee OF
Management, l.. B. Harrison, II. b. Bis
sell, Hugh Colville; Manager, Geo. p.
Bassett. The business for the year end
ing March 81, 1875, aggregated six hun
ared and eighty-two million dollars.
THE official libretto of the May Musical
Festival has appeared. 1t is very neat
pamphlet of over fifty pages, containing
the programme, names of the sololsts,
societies and orchestral performers who
will participate, plat of the hall. and
Bcriptive of the music to be performed.
1t has also the text Of the various COM
positions. 1t is very handsomely gotten
up and well arranged, and will be indis-
pensable to the attendants upon the FeS-
tiyal and very useful to every body.
The sale of seats for the May Musical
Festival began this morning, and the
rush fer seats was unprecedented. Be-
fore midnight last night persons began
taking their places at the door of College
Hail, in order to procure seats, and re-
mained there all night. By 10 O'Clock
this morning the crowd was immense,
and when the doors were thrown open
the rush for the ticket-seller was somer
thing wonderful, and at this time the
sales are still going on as rapidly as the
sellers can attend upon the waiting
throng. This opening sale seems Of it.
self to place the success of the May Fes-
tival beyond doubt. The sale of seats
will be continued tomorrow at MI. John
Church's music store.
THE Methodist ministers OF the city
yesterday adopted the following: "Rev.
Jas. E. Gilbert, late pastor of Asbury,
an active and efficient member of this
Preachers Meeting, and an eminently
successful worker, having been trans
ferred to the Kentucky Conference, and
stationed at Lexington, we desire to as
sure him that he bears to his new field
of labor our warm, fraternal regard and
earnest prayers for his personal and
ministerial well-being. We would also
extend to his successor In Asbury, Rev.
ID. Stevenson, late of Trinity, Louisville,
and to Rev. d. III. Muller, D. D., the new
pastor OF Union, Covington, hearty
welcome to our Preachers Meeting, and
assurances of our cordial cooperation
with them in whatever advances the
cause of Christ"