The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-26
NEVIS FROM POINTS AROUND.

| held last evening and candidates select
ed for Council and members of the School
Board to be voted for at the approaching
election. From the names selected last
night two members OF CounciI ana TWO
members of the School Board from each
ward are to be elected. The one receiy-
ing the highest vote will serve for the
long term and the one receiving the next
highest for the short.
l FIRST Ward-For Council-Lawrence
Deigenhart, Adam Hegg, Henry Rack
ers and Jos. Niemier. School Board
John Trapp. Sylvester Worth, Samuel
Carr and Joseph Bowman.
Second Ward-For Uouncil-Wm. B.
Pollock, John Shatiield, Herman Ru-
doiph and George Sha1ield. School
Board-Martin Betsch, Samuel Emerson,
John Vissi and George Maxey.
Third Ward-For Council-Robert
Lusk, VIM. Tieman, Jr., Andrew sherer,
and Ed Heidrich. School Board-Dr. A.
S. Dameron, Q. Hahn, Charles Clarke,
(bricklayer)an Charles RoErer.
Fourth W ard-There seems to have
been something Of tangle in this ward.
| A number of citizens assembled early at
1.-the place designed, but thinking it too
cold to hold u meeting where there was
no fire, adjourned to another place. La
ter in the evening others came, organ
ized, and proceeded with business. Both
meetings presented tickets, but as they
| in the main selected the same names we
give the two results together.
For Council, John Gillard, John Reed,
Geo. Smith, ST., and John Burns. For
school Board, Ii. G. Havlin, Andrew Out
ter, T. S. n NobIe, II. Tibbitts, W. ID. Dar-
nell and John Ramsey.
Mr.. Thomas Abbott Is announced as an
independent candidate for Counciiin the
Third Ward.
SHARON, O.-Chicken roosts In this
locality are suffering.
The Union protracted meeting closed
Tuesday night last. a.s
MIR. Joseph Paris and Miss Emma
Cunningham were married Wednesday
night.
The examiners are now looking after
the schools in this township.
The spring election is already creating
some excitement, ard we understand
there will be about eight candidates Tor
the offices of clerk and treasurer.
Dr. III. r. Fetter, Veterinary Surgeon,
will deliver IL lecture here this evening.
DIR. Sweiger is suffering from an at
tack OF erysipelas.
In. jenkins has closed out his store
and intends going into the calf business.
Several OF our young men have con-
cluded to 60 west and grow up Win the
country. They will leave for California
in few days.
LEXINGTON, KY.-Henry Wilson, COL
ored, was held for trial in Judge Multi
gan's Court Thursday, on the charge OF
outraging a colored child I years ola
named Annie Clay.
The Eikhorn Association, of the Bap-
tist Church, met in this city yesterday,
for the purpose of recognizing the Pil-
grim Baptist Church, lately organized in
, the eastern part of Lexington.
Messrs. Bartlett and Christie, the two
! Presbyterian clergymen of this city, have
gone to Louisville to induce the revival
lists, Bliss and Whittle, to visit this city.
We hope they will come.
On Wednesday evening we attended
an interesting meeting of the Psycho-
Phlosophic Society, held at theres1dence
of one OF the members on Main street.
Col. i. B. Sandusky, is prominent MEM
ber of the Society.
Paymaster General Howe was in the
city yesterday, and distributed 81, 1000 to
bounty claimants. The recipients were
all colored men.
Master Robert Wo0lum, twelve years
old, has recently been appointed agent
of the Adams Express Company at Mid
way, Woodford county, Ky.
A debate ON the justice of the Civil
Rights Bill will be held this evening at
Bells school-house six miles from this
city.
At the election on Tuesday evening,
II. T. Duncan, jr., was elected city
printer in place of Mr.. III. Gratz. The
next mornings Kentucky Gazette con-
tanned a criticism on the expensive sal
airy paid to the City Judge, whose father
is an influential member Of the City
' Council, and who did not vote for the re-
election of Col. Gratz.
. HAMILTON, O.-There was good at
tendance at the United Presbyterian SO
, cial last night.
f Thomas Ratlif, pioneer citizen Of
Oxford, died in that place yesterday.
Judge Meeker, while holding Court
Yesterday was taken sick suddenly and
Court adjourned in consequence. He
was taken to the Phillip House and last
night was reported much better.
I Yesterday Miss Phena Epps, of the
First Ward, in the absence of the family
took French leave, and in a note ad-
dressed to her mother said "not to wor-
ry about her." as she had gone to Eaton
and would be married at o'clock that
evening.
John II. Morrison, head clerk in the
steam cracker factory of Carr &c Son,
l. Yesterday, while looking at the large
dough rollers and feeling of them had his
right hand caught and badly crushed.
J The condition of Rev. DR.. Dayidson's
health is such as to give serious alarm to
} his friends.
The weather was raw and cold again
last night and to-day.
State School Commissioner Chas. 8.
Smart will be in the city to-day.
The County Teachers Association
meets in the High School building to-
morrow morning. There will certainly
by "feast of reason and flow of soul"
judging from the lengthy programme pre-
pared for the occasion, and to keep pace
with the times spelling match win be
INDUCED in by way of variety.
The lecture delivered by Hon. VIM.
Cumback was the first and last Of the
season. This is certainly poor show
ing for a city which boasts of so many
literary clubs. Awake, ye sleepers.
Quite number of cases Of scarlet fever
are reported in the city.
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A brave deed was done on January %,
at Sheerness, in England, by poor wo-
man, who saved child from drowning
at the imminent risk of her own life. AT
a lonely part of the seashore, about two
miles from the town. some children from