The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-01
RGEsT CIRCULATION in THE CITY.
LOCAL BREYITIES.

LOCAL BREVITIES.
Two coats were stolen IRON % West
Sixth street, yesterday. No arrests.
REV. A. G. BYERs breaches at Wesley
Chapel tomorrow morning ana evening"
THE first strawberries of the season
appeared yesterday and sold al 81 oo per
quart.
ANOTHER of Professor Spills fine
dancing exhibitions took place AT Spills
Hall last night. ....,
Mr.. BERNARD HEUCKMAN this morning
assumed The duaes OF his position as Su-
perintendent OF Markets.
Mr.. N. BROOKS has retired from his
active membership in the business hrm
OF which he was member.
BISHOP ToEBBE will attend the con-
tirmatlon OF over 100 children at st. Pat
rick's Church, Twenty-tlth ward, to-
morrow.
REV. DIR. PAYNE, who, on account OF
ill-nealth, was absent from the city, VIII
occupy his pulpit tomorrow at st. PauSs
M. Il Church.
A HEAVILY loaded stone wagon yes
terday broke through the street ON WOOD
ward, near Lebanon road, ON account OF
the bursting OF a Waterman.
A SERIES of free mission services will
be commenced at st. Paul's L. Il. Church
tomorrow afternoon, at 4 O'Clock, Rev.
Dudley w. Rhodes officiating.
The next SaLbatn-school concert of
the First Unlversalist Sabbath-school
will be held in the church, on Plum
street, tomorrow (Sabbath) evening at
2o'clock.
The night force of the police is now
fairly at work in reporting all gas-lamps
not bu ming at night. BY the neglect Of
This duty during the last few years the
city has lost considerable amount OF
money.
The Postmaster is urging the business
men to send their mail matter to the
Post-office at an earlier hour than for
merly, as it is frequently impossible to
handle all the matter sent in at the latest
moment.
The Hamilton County Agricultural So
siety VIII give public picnic at the Car
Image Grounds on May 22. Among the
features will be racing, and baby snow.
rne best baby will get $40, second best,
IS; third best, $3.
A MEETING of all the temperance la
dies OF the city will be held at the
Friends Westinghouse, corner Eighth
and Cutter streets, next Wednesday
Afternoon, at O'Clock, to organize their
League. Gentlemen are invited.
AT the Y. NJ. q. A. rooms this evening
Rev. 5. X. Leavitt will lead the union
prayer-meeting. Services begin at 7:45.
The Bible class in charge of Theo. Kem-
per cOnyenes at 4:30 p. NJ. Sunday. Cos
pei meeting Sunday evening at 7:45.
The Friends Of Inquiry, last night, in
The hall at the northwest corner oil Fifth
and Central avenue, discussed the Evo-
luiion Theory. Drs. Epstein and Garrett,
aad Messrs. Brown, Haller, Rutenbery
and Bernstein were the participants.
THEY have squirrel over the Rhine
that killed a raJtle-snake. 1t was put
into the cage with the snake with the
expectation that the snake would kill
and swallow it, but the plucky little tel-
low ia the battle bit the snake through
The neck and killed it.
THE ALTA CALIFORNIA, of April 20tn,
ills i've columns with "a "RepOrt of En-
yineer Il. X. ScOwden on The Water
Supply" This sounds quite natural to
Cincinnati newspaper readers and Will
serve to inform Engineer Scowden's
friends Of his wheI eabouts and fortunes.
CHARLES A. OGDEN, an insane patient
at the College Hill SanitarIum, the other
night in a frenzied iii broke through the
grating OF a tourth-story window and
feaped through the aperture to the
ground, distance OF forty feet. Though
he made complete somersault, he came
down upon his feet, receiving no serious
Injury.
DANIEL II. MEARs, of the firm of Mears,
Olhaber & Co., died OF congestion OF the
brain at 5 O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
at his residence in AvondaIe. His loss
will be felt by all who knew him, as he
stood high as a man OF honor and integri.
ty in his business transactions, rs well
as kind friend and associate.
THE funeral services Of George e
Stearns, Esq, will take place Tomorrow
morning at his late home in Madison
Vile. The X. w. Grand Lodge of Odd.
fellows, in which Mr.. Stearns held 9
membership, will be in attendance. A
special train will leave the Short-line
Depot, corner of Plum and Pearl streets
at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.
A NEW swindling dodge is being prac
ticed on unsuspecting housekeepers by
gentlemanIy-lookin swindIer, who
calls at the residences of prominent citi.
zens and represents that he has beer
sent by the owner Of the house to take
up the best carpets and clean them by a
new patent process. If permitted tt
take them up he is seen no more.
d. q. HOOVER, commercial traveller
who has been in the employ of Mr.. A. M
Miller, Wholesale tea and tobacco dealer
No. 81 Walnut street, is defaulter II
the amount Of about $500, which he had
collected for his employer. Mr.. Miller
is aware of Hoover's whereabouts, bu
does not wish to have him arrested, as
there is cnance OF getting some Of tht
money back, and bringing civil actor
would be useless, as the man has ne
property.
The Temperance Mass Meeting a
Wesley Chapel last evening was ad
dressed by Bishop Foster, Drs. Stanton
and Byers and others. Rev. r. L. Stan
ton, Rev. s. X. Leavitt, Hon. G. W. Row
land and CIV. Cole, were nominated an
elected four delegates to represent tn,
Ohio Temperance League in the Conven
tion of the National Temperance League
to be held in Chicago on the 1st day o
June next.
HENRY VONDERHEIDE, q box carpen
ter at 1S Genesee street, while drivin
over the Short-line railroad track in New
port, was knocked from his buggy an
received severe injuries on the back o