The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-09
LOCAL BREVITIES.


day afternoon.
CALLED MEETING of the School Board
next Monday evening.
Mr.. CHAs. P. TAFT has become stock
holder of the Volksblatt
THE Chaffee whisky case will prob
ably 20 to the jury this afternoon or to-
morrow.
Mr.. THOMAS SCANLAN was elected
President OF the Catholic Executive
Committee last evening.
THE weekly payment bill, amounting
to $3,oS1.39, was approved by the Board
OF improvements yesterday.
A CRAZY man, about fifty years old,
disappeared on the night of the 7th OF
March IRON the Little Sisters Of the
Poor"
TIE only son OF Mr.. Fred. Hermann
was buried to-day at Spring Grove, III
the presence Of II large number Of sympa-
thiZing friends.
THE Shaks peare Club gives the comedy
of "a Glass OF Water, or Great Events
from Trifing Causes" this evening at
Melodeon Hall.
MIR. WYLIE played sixteen games of
checkers yesterday, winning, with his
usual success, all but one, which was a
draw. lie leaves Oh Thursday.
AUDITOR HUMPHREYS reports that the
members OF the County Examining Com
mittee draw from $3OU to 1920 each, but
that the present committee has not yet
presented its claims Tor pay.
THE Mccullough Dramatic Club elect
ed the following officers yesterday: Joe
Il. Tomiin, President; Harry Is. Grove,
Secretary; j. Il. Weglin, Treasurer; !;
VIM. A. Ross, Stage Manager; +. Arrico,
Prompter.
The seating arrangements of EXposi-
hon Hail Tor the May Musical Festival
are comp. .eted. The plans, as drawn by
the architects, HanDatord and Proctor,
provide for just live thousand seats,
classified.
The funeral of Mrs. Sarah NJ. Steav-
ems, one OF the pioneers OF the Ohio Val
ley, and the oldest Methodist in Cincin-
mali ut the time of her death, takes place
at st. PauPs Nj. +. Church al 2:3O
this afternoon.
The resolution authorizing Gottlieb
Scnocke to construct railway on Irwin
and Pine streets, and another 10 place
steps at the east end OF Kemper Lane
bridge, were adopted by the Board OF
improvements.
FRANCIS MURPHY, plumber, was
sent 10 the Work-hOuse for thirty days,
having been conyicted this morning, in
the Police Court, of having stolen u
brass faucet worth 81 from his employer,
Thomas Newman, on Sixth street.
THE Evangelical Ministerial Assoca-
tiOn met at Y. NJ. c. A. Hall yesterday
and adopted resolutions of respect to
the memory of Rev. Thomas l.. Thomas,
ID. d., and Rev. Cornelius Ii. Taylor ID.
D., both members Of the Association.
THE establishment of grades for the
following streets was presented by the
Civil Engineer in the Board Of Improve
ments yesterday: Van Horne and Lew
ellyn streets, IRON Hoflner to Elmer.
and Powers street from Van Horne TO
Border streets.
CHAs. BRYAN tried to dispose of a fine
pair of morocco boots, last evening,
worth $12, Offering them at So. Private
policeman McCatfery accordingly took
him in on suspicion. This morning his
case was continued in the Police Court
to the 10th of March.
AGAINST Thomas Uagerty and John
Carpenter charge Oh horse stealing
was placed, but changed to taking a
horse from stable without consent. In
the Police Court this morning they were
fined $50 each and sentenced to 30 days
in the Work-house.
THE firm of Hof & Hassaurek is to be
dissolved within thirty days, and the
VoIksblatt will lose the firm hand Of Mr..
Hof which has been so long at the wheel.
His place will. however. be filled by Mr..
Leopold Markbreit, who will be one Of
the principal stockholders.
MR.. MCAULIEF yesterday filed his af.
6davit with the United States Commits
sioner, stating that his colored boy had
been denied admission to certain parts
of the Grand Opera-house and Woods
Theater, but owing to the iact that no
certified copy OF the bill has yet reached
the Commissioner, no action has yet been
taken i'll the matter.
DEMOCRATIC voters of the Nineteenth
Ward held a special meeting last even
ing in anticipation Of the coming election
and nominated Mr.. Anton Pullman of
A6S West Front street for Alderman, SUBJ
ject to the action OF the Convention. Mr.
James Gurren was also nominated for
Council under similar circumstances.
Much enthusiasm prevailed.
A YOUNG woman brought her husband
to Third-street Station last night for cor
rection. She stated that he was abus-
i've when he was drunk, and that she
couldn't talk to him as he could under
stand nothing but German, and she could
only speak "United States." just how
the courtship was carried on between
these two does not appear. The husband
was reprimanded by the officers and let
60.
THE closing exercises of the Nine
teenth Session of the Ohio Mechanics
Institute School of Design will take
place this evening, at ~ O'Clock, in
Greenwood Hall. The specimen draw
ings will be on exhibition and the med
ais and certificates awarded. The an
nual address will be delivered by Rev.
James Z. Gilbert. The public gener-
ally are particularly invited to be pres
,ent.
DISPATCHER KNOTT, of the NJ. & c.
railroad, yesterday afternoon, at three
O'Clock, saw two men employed in break
. ing open Car and extracting lot oil
dry goods. They Immediately started to
run when they were discovered. but Pc.
ter Dennigan, one of them, was captured
and charge of petit larceny placed
against him. This morning he was con-
svioted in the Police Court and sent to
TO the Work-house for thirty days and
mulcted 5000.
OFFICERs BUsKER and Ramsay. two of
our most efficient police, yesterday got