The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-22
LOCAL BREYITIES.

rlously Ill at the Grand H0tel-
MIR. Jos. sCHALLER has celebrated the
63d anniy ersary OF his wedding.
DIR. +. p. ANDERSON has returned from
the Mediterranean and Oriental coun-
tries.
MR.. JACOB ELsAs has, it is said, de-
clined the nomination as Water-W OrkS
Trustee.
MISS LIZZIE PEARSON, the leading lady
at Woods, arrived home from all Eas t.
ern trip yesterday.
A TWENTY-FIVE DOLLAR fire occurred
at Mr.. John Legner's ON Central avenue
near Ninth, yesterday.
A MEETINGfof the colored voters is to
be held on Wednesday evening at the
Harrison-street Church.
The Eureka Society gave it's annual
banquet at Eureka Hall on Saturday
evening. 1t was as usual complete sue
cess.
A LADY'S imitation Astrican coat that
had been stolen from Mr.. Forbes, over
the river, was returned to its owner on
Saturday.
MIR. 4. G. CAMPBELL has been appoint
ed legal advisor oil the Wood County
Investigating Committee Of the House
Of Representatives.
The alarm from No. So at halfpast two
o'clock this morning, was on account OF
all inconsiderable tire near the corner Of
Wood and Front streets.
Mr.. HUGH GEORGE, .ot Millcreek
Township, died yesterday, in his eighty
second year. He has been a farmer in
that township for nearly forty years..
A LEAK has been discovered in the di-
vision wall OF the new reservoir, and the
water will be allowed to run out and the
cracks in the wall 'jointed up" with new
cement.
REVs. WHITTLE AND BLISS, the evan
geiists, are to arrive in this city ro-mor-
row and commence work at once by SER
vices at st. Paul'S nj. n. Church in the
evening.
HON. DAVID p. LOWE, recently nomi-
mated Chief Justice OF Utah by the Pres
ldent, is all old CincinnatIan, and was
in 1859 elected Judge OF the Police Court
IN this city.
FREQUENTERs of the Police Court miss
the genial countenance of the deputy
clerk, John Bender, who has been lying
i'll at his residence, on Sycamore street,
during the last two weeks.
MR..E. o. III. HALSTED. member of the
Gift Fire Company, was badly injured
by kick in the breast by one OF the
horses which he was hltching to the hose
reel al the Engine-house.
DR.. PAYNE announced from the pulpit
last evening that he had made no state
ment as to whom he would support for
Mayor, all reports in the newspapers to
the contrary Notwithstanding.
CASPAR WEIGER, in the Police Court,
answered to a charge OF assaultlng his
son Caspar, jr., yesterday, aud giving
him black eye. The Judge sentenced
aim to u fine of 20 and costs.
A PRAYER and praise meeting was
held by members of the Y. Nj. q. A., in
a car, on Harriet street, near Sixth
street, yesterday. The audience was
quite large ana much feeling was mani
iested.
The following Citizens ticket was
manufactured in the Fifth Ward on Sat-
urday evening: For Council, &. w. Rott-
ger; for School Visitor, DR.. A. G.. kem-
per; Constable, John Nicholson; Asses
sor, Thos. Manogue.
HIS HONOR Mayor Johnston goes to
Columbus this evening to. invite Cover
nor Allen to escort Andy johnson. in
event of his coming to Cincinnati this
week, and also 10 attend to Water
works matters.
REV. S. w. DUNCAN filed the pulpit of
the Ninth Street Baptlst Churcn for the
first time yesterday morning. A large
congregation assembled to welcome the
new pastor, and listened with great in
terest to the discourse.
A sCITIZENs' TICKET was nominated
in the Twentieth Ward on Saturday
evening as follows: For Council, John b.
Won Seggern (the present incumbent); J.;
Tor School Trustee, Drausin Wulsin; for
Constable, Walter Lacy.
Mr.. FERD PRoTZMAN, late OF the Pitts
burg Iron World, is i'll the city in the in-
Jerest of the Lafayette journal, with
which paper he il now connected. He
will call on our business men and lay be-
before them the advantages of the Wa
bash trade.
THE Queen City Dramatic Association
was organized Saturday evening with
the following officers: W. e. Hart, Pres
inland, Treasurer; James b. Quinn, Sec
retary; William Mckenzie, Financial
Secretary.
CINCINNATI now has out bonds to the
amount of $12, 800. This includes
S6, 100000 of Cincinnati Southern Rail-
road bonds, of which "a, 100000 have been
issued since the first OF this year. There
remains to be issued $4,000, 900 of South
ern Railroad bonds.
A CHEss-PLAYER of this city, in reply
to letter written by him, has received
information that Mr.. faul Morphy, the
celebrated chess-player of New Orleans,
mas quit the game entirely, having 80
great an aversion for it thar he will not
even witness game or converse on the
subject.
Mr.. CHARLES DAVIS, resident of the
northern part OF the city, was conf
denced out of $1l8 by the old bogus gold
piece game on Saturday-taking some
sIwenty old $40 gold y pieces as security
tor the $40 which a steamboat acquaint-
ance borrowed to pay some express
charges with. No arrests.
CHICAGO papers contain an account of
the arrest, in that place, of Mr.. Hauel-
rit of this city, and Mrs. Ammerer, the
wife of wine merchant of Cincinnati; !;
who, the said papers claim, left here
some time since together, leaving each a
former companion behind to care for
themselves as best they may.
A RAILROAD CONTRACTOR named Kor-
NOR visited this city last week and drew
$4,000 from the Southern Railroad Com
many and faw hours 10 tar r,oo.toI to