The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-12
LOCAL BREVITIES.

MR.. JOHN VAN and wife have returned
from California.
THE Zoo Garden will now pay $50 a
month for water.
SEVEN streets in the Twenty.fifth ward
wereAst with gas for the first time last
night.
READINGS by the Shakespeare Club will
be given on the nights of the 10Th and
23d of this month.
THE delivery of tax receipts will be
delayed until the 2Sth, on account of the
lie w of four mills asked tor the Southern
railroad.
The alumnal course of lectures, at the
Ohio Medical College, was inaugurated
this afternoon, by DR.. J. G. Reeve, Of
Dayton, D.
The Cincinnati Grange Supply House
filed its certificate of incorporation with
the Recorder yesterday. Capital stoc X
$S0,000, in shares of IS each.
MR.. CHAs. II. MILLER, the talented
young elocutionist, gives an entertain
ment at Avon Hall this evening, his pro-
gramme embracing select readings and
character re citations
DR.. VIM. CLENDENIN, Of Cincinnati +,
has been appointed by the Secretary of
the Interior one Of the Commissioners of
Sanitary Science at the Centennial EX-
position in Philadelphia.
Mr.. REUBEN r. SPRINGER has author
ized Mr.. Robert Buchanan, senior men,
Der of the Intrmary Board, to draw upon
him for $500, to be devoted to paying for
the delivery of coal to the poor.
AT recent meeting of the Directors
OF the Musical Festival Association it
rpGOlVnI that tho third hiapnio1 70
tival should be held during the month OF
May, 1877, providing.the new Music Hall
is furnished at that time.
AT meeting OF the Water-works
Trustees, a thirty days certificate was
ISSUED to II. r. Smith, of Columbus, for
$1,797 80. The bill of Joseph Bell was
ordered paid. Mt. Auburn wants more
water; the matter was referred.
VIM GRIKEN, OF Buffalo, N. Y, lately
discharged on account OF sickness from
the U. 5. Army, at Humboldt, Tenn,
was taken to the Hospital from the Cum
minsville depot yesterday. His symp-
toms indicate an attack OF smallpox.
WATER is wanted for the Geological
Garden for the balance of the year. The
Secretary was instructed to advertise
for proposals to buy the $500, 900 Water
works bonds, the ten days to begin next
Monday and end on week from next
Thursday.
THE following gentlemen were elect
ed as officers of the Chester Dancing
Association last evening: President,
Chas. F0rbriger; Vice President, Chas.
Sollinger; Chairman, Henry Droessler;
Secretary, Chas. Giese; Treasurer,
Chas. Lamping.
MR.. J.K. GLENN, a young man who
formerly resided in this city, started last
summer from New York on collecting
tour for his fathers business house
through Texas and Mexico. When with
In few miles of Dolores mines, Mexico,
two men waylaid and stabbed him in
five places, causing instant death. The
young man had many friends in this
city.
CAPT. JAS. S. WISE, Superintendent OF
the Memphis and Ohio River Packet
Company, in letter to Mayor Johnston,
Capt. g. NJ. Holloway and others, has
rendered the steamer Vint. Shinkle to
transfer the delegates from this city who
have been appointed to attend the rail-
road convention at Memphis Oh the 10th
inst.
AT meeting OF the "Fanny Fern Lit
erary Club" OF Roll Hill, held yesterday
at the residence of r. j. Skinner, Esq.
the following officers were elected TO
serve for the ensuing year: President,
Mr.. 9. G. Manning; Vice President, Mrs.
T. W. Sprague; Recording Secretary,
Mr.. L. Williams; Corresponding Secre-
tary, Miss Mollie Winiams; Treasurer,
Thos. Stephenson, Esq. Executive Com
mittee--Miss Alice Roll, Mr.. Isaac Roll
and Mrs. M. j. Skinner.
In CASE of a levy of one mill, yielding
$1SO,00O, the Fire Commissioners will re-
tire four companies: the Mines on Rose
street, the Fives ON Vine street, the
Elevens iu Fulton, and the Nineteens in
Corryville. At meeting of the Com
missioners held yesterday, mention was
made of The Mayors suggestion to dis
pense with the Captains. Chief Megrue
said this would not do, as every one of
them were working iremen and have to
stay their twenty-four hours in the
engine-house, the same as the others.
sCHNElDER s. STEGEMAN's tailor shop,
No. 107 Harrison avenue, was burglar
lied few weeks ago, and goods to The
amount of $500 ere carried Oft. Detect
ives have been at work on the case ever
since, but without success, until yester-
day, when independent officer Murray
arrested John Martin, an Eastern thief,
at his boarding place, Fourteenth street,
and locked him up. Murray traced the
property to private residence on the
south side of Twelfth street, between
jackson and Vine, and there recovered
1t.
Matrimonial.