The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-14
LOCAL RREHITIES.

LOCAL BREVITIES.
SENATOR o. p. MORTON, Of Indiana, is
NJ the Grand Hotel.
THE Board Of Education organizes on
Monday afternoon next.
THE fences around the Burnet Work.
house lot are TO be removed.
THE first block of granite on the new
Custom-house Building was laid to-day
at five minutes to II O'Clock.
Mr.. JOHN WAGNER, the recently.
elected Wharf-master, has rendered his
resignation as Market-master.
Mr.. Nj. BISHOP, formerly resident Of
Cincinnati, but more recently Of Atlanta
Ca, is visiting friends here.
The Board OF Aldermen organize this
Afternoon. Messrs. Sutton, Jacobs and
Refs and Candidates Tor President.
TREAsURER-ELECT Ligowsky is to as
sumo the duties Of his office tomorrow.
Mr.. Philip Dunn will probably be his
assistant.
The marriage OF Mr.. VIM. Dodds and
Miss Jennie Chamberlain, of Rochester,
N. Y, is announced for one week from
tomorrow.
NUMBER of births in the city during
the month of March, 1850, ol which 1S0
were males and 10 females, and but five
OF them col0red.
A NEW feature of the match mania is
developed by the announcement Of a
"pronouncng match" at Trinity NJ. d..
Church on Friday night.
THERE were 42l deaths in the city
during the month of March, seven OF
which were IRON violence and twelve
from old age, and 103 under one year.
4 MARTHA WASHINGTON SOCIAL is to
be given at the LuVeianu SchUoi-h0use
Tomorrow evening, the ladies' aud gen
tlemen appeal ing in Colonial costume.
THE Park Board has authorized the
erection OF muslc-stanu IN Burnet
Woous; also, the planting OF about $500
worth OF evergreens AT the park entrance
of Eden Park.
j. M. HANSON, ESQ, recently appointed
Assistant Secretary of the Water-works
Board, declines to accept the position.
de is very comfortably situated as Chief
Clerk IN the Mayors Office.
THOMAS GILRoY was lodged in the
Third-street station last night on a
charge of stealing pis from an |. u G..
freight Car. This morning IN The Police
Court he had his case continued.
Mr.. JOHN SIMPKINsON, having been Or
dered by his physicians TO go abroad for
his health. has resigned his positions on
the different Boards of which he was a
member, and will leave Iii a few days.
In the Board of Health yesterday drug
bills TO the amount OF $3, Az ~ were
read for the first time, whicn included ali
those contracted during the last three
months, aud two for the last six moAths.
JAMES JONES was accused by his wife
OF continually abusing her. james was
brought before the presence OF the "BIg
Terror this morning and sent to the
Work-house tor 81 days term, and i'll
addition to pay nne OF $25.
The Ludlow Baseball Club organ.
lied last evening by the election of the
folio wing Directors: Z. IL. Blackburn,
smith N. Hawes, W. j. Sandford, &. W.
Mccoy, A. 5. Ludlow, e. Bentley, JAS.
Barr, Geo. b. Ellard, b. f. DeButts.
A VERY meager docker in the Police
Court this morning, and nothing OF in
terest coming up. IL cases OF drunken
ness and disorderly conduct were tried;
3 of assault and battery, and II Of mis-
cellaneous character. The Court was
in session two hours.
JOHN BURKE was finally arraigned in
the Police Court this morning charged
with the grand larceny OF gold watch
worth about 500, the property of one
Berger. Burke had pawned the watch
lOE IZU. I1C W to uOuuu oNCi w biC Soui
of Common Pleas under bonds OF 5000.
JAMES OCoNNoR, VIM. Kelly and Eu.
gene Reynolds were arrested by Officers
Conway anu Gleason about O'Clock III S
morning for highway robbery. AT the
corner OF Arch street and Broadway they
went through Chas. Morris, apprOprl-
aling his money, hat and other valua-
b4es.
IT is proposed to sell the narrow strip
of Eden Park, running from the Shelter.
house to Mt. Adams, and thus obtain
means to buy strip Of Rufus King
which naturally belongs to the Park, and
which is necessary in order to make d
place for Court street to run without
undermining the avenue south OF the
Park.
RICHARD PAROLL, of Montgomery, o..
sent dispatch to Colonel Sne baker
this morning that a party of burglars cu
open his safe last night at that place anC
obtained 5000. A description OF them has
been given to Officer Quinn, who thinks
he will capture his game to-day. The
party started for this city on the Ma
rietta Road last night.
THE Board of Park Commissioners re
celved the annual report of the receipts
and expenditures. The total receipts
amount to $77,S71 80. The expenditures
III lull amount 10 iO,oOO Ol, Ol WHICH sum
$32, ,626 i6S were given out for Eden ParK
W, 1868 81 tor Burnet Woods, and $1,000 Il
for the Davidson Fountain. There is q
balance of $l,0 ,0o4 Is on hand.
THE eleventh annual reunion of the
Yale Club was held at the Crane
Hotel last evening. Professor Tha
cher was present and made an in
teresting and appropriate address or
Yale as it used to be and is now. Re
marks were also made by Judge Taft
Or. Morris. DR.. Richards and others, ant
interesting letters read from severa
Professors of the College and others O
the graduates.
ONE OF the foremen at the Kings M Moun
tain tunnel, on the Southern Railway
was robbed OF $3.50 recently, and th,
workmen last Thursday seizing the sus
pected party, suspended him by the necl
TO limb until he was ready to confess
He was then taken down, his confession
received by proper witnesses, and h.
was taken to the County Jail and deliv
cred to the authorities.
JANE FISHER, Sarah Saunders anl
Henrietta Lewis, three colored women
were arraigned in the Police Court thil
morning on the charge of stealing two
pair OF ladies' hose from Ii. Lazarus