The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-25
LOCAL BREPITIES.

son, is celebrating his tiftieth birthday.
SUPERINTENDENT THOMPSON, OF the
Columbus Metropolitan POLICE, is In the
city.
DIR. LEUE delivers another lecture on
Botany, at 1875 West Fifth street, to-
night.
THE U. s. Assistant Treasurer has
commenced the payment Of the March
interest.
REHEARSAL for tenors and bassos Of
the Festival Chorus next Thursday eve
ming, at Melodeon Hall.
FIFTEEN cases were disposed of in
the Police Court this morning and four
Work-house sentences passed.
BURGLARS stole a $40 counterfeit note
from Wieshers grocery, at the corner OF
Barr and Freeman streets, yesterday.
The Exposition Commissioners adopt
ed resolution yesterday, disappearing
OF a Centennial Exposition in this. place.
HoRsTENsMEYER does not go to Col
umbus at present, as 1T Is hoped by his
friends that his pardon may be granted.
THE ladies' Hebrew Benevolent Asso-
citation, X. X. Adath of Israel, gave u
grand social entertainment and ball at
Eureka Hall last night.
Mr., PUGH goes to Columbus in few
days to argue the points for new trial
Tor Rufer. Mr.. Gerard and the Attorney
General will appear for the state.
A CoLoRED tramp yesterday carried
off about $50 worth of clothing and money
from coachman in the employ of Mr..
White, on Mt. Auburn. No arrests.
THE meetings of the Board of Exposi-
ton Commissioners Will hereafter be
held in the Mechanics Institute, and
the Secretary's office established there.
A MEETING OF representatives of the
Catholic societies in the city Is TO be
held at Hibernia Hall tonight to arrange
for the celebration OF st. Patricks day.
TIE Chafiee whisky case will proba-
bly, be commenced in the United States
Court tomorrow. Over one hundred
witnesses in the case are on the way to
the city,
The attention of the Board of Health
ia called TO the filthy condition of the LOT
between Vine and Race and Fourth and
Fifth street, occupied last fall by the
Jackley Circus.
THE Exposition Commissioners have
decided to open the Exposition one week
later than usual this year. The opening
will occur on the stu of September and
close October 8.
REV. G. H.PAYNE. Rev. G. o. King and
Rev. A. B. Morey left for Louisville to-
aay to take notes OF the revival in pro-
sress there and prepare for the inaugura-
ton OF a similar work here.
Col. BROWN, of Dayton, was in the
city Yesterday. He still clinSs TO the
hone that his son, who was lost on the
plains, will be found, though he has
beard nothing new from him.
WYLIE, the checker player, is to be in
the city about the first of next week, and
will give Cincinnatians another chance
ut him. 1t is to be hoped they will at
least secure one game this time.
HARRY WILSON, arrested last night by
Officer Quinn, at 1873 Race, for exhibiting
gaming devices, had his case continued
to next Tuesday, March I'd, under bonds
of $500, in the Police Court this morning.
MR.. MoRrrZ 10TH has sent a letter of
thanks to Sir Moses Montehore, OF Lon
don. for the copy of the Mikraoth Gedo-
10th. or Jewish Bible, with valuable
notes, donated to the Hebrew College by
him.
RrrER's wife obtained lodging at Bre-
men-street Station-house last night. say
ing that she had no means of support,
und that her sister on Central avenue,
with whom she had been living, had
turned her and her child away.
The expense for the Art Department
of the last Exposition amounted to 81
297 Al; the item Of largest cost, viz: Si,-
SO Al being for insurance. The insur-
ance had to be placed at this high figure,
as otherwise works OF great value could
not have been obtained.
THE Scottish Rite Masons, at their
session last night, finished up their work
in the eighteenth grade, or Rose Croix
degree. There are about thirty candi-
% dates who are being advanced to the
tbirty-second degree to-day, which will
close up the work of the present annual
convocation.
PETER MEIsER, an employe at the mills
of the Haldeman Paper Company, in
Lockland, received injuries by falling
into a rapidly revolving pulley and shalt,
on Tuesday last, which will probably
prove fatal. He was attempting to run
q belt onto the pulley, when he slipped
and fell, and, being caught by the pulley
and belt, was terribly mangled.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON two conf
dence men bought some twelve or fifteen
dollars worth OF clothing at ZIG Main
street, and rendered a $40 bill. The clerk
told them he could not make change. and
thew. taking the clothes, left the bill, say.
ing they would come back for the change.
The bill proved to be counterfeit. and
the clerk is not expecting them back.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has noti-
fed the public that they will not in the
future honor through checks or tickets
issued by the Baltimore & Ohio Road.
This is an old game with the company to
prevent Western people patronizing the
B. IL o., and the same plan was tried in
the last railroad war, but without dam
aging the Baltimore Il Ohio or inc0nveni-
encing their patrons. The latter counter
ed the stroke by placing on the Phil
adelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad train an Official who, just be-
fore their arrival in Philadelphia. met
Baltimore and Ohio passengers for New
York and exchanged the Objectionable
tickets and checks for others which the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad folks dared not
refuse. No doubt the company will
adopt the same plan in the present emer.
gency.
THE Board of Councilmen, after our
time OF going to press yesterday, trans.
acted the following business: An ordi'
nance to assess special tax on the south
west corner of Dudley and Liberty
streets sidewalks was passed. The fol
lowing ordinances to assess special tax
were engrossed: Eggleston avenue, from