The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-10-08
FROM POINTS AROUND.
TREpoRrED SPECIALLY FOR THE STAR

GREENTIELD, O.-Mr. j. r. wash
burn has purchased the Elliot House.
where he intends to keep irst-class
hotel and take the STAR, as the iormer
proprietor did.
new Town Hail, (which Will be completed
before Chris mas.
M, r.. j. Price Intends to take the first
premium on oil paintings at our fair this
fall. ts.,
meeting at Chillicothe on Wednesday
evening last. large delegation went
from this place.
This place seems to be the rendezvous
for tramps--Ihirteen in one day. t
81 There Is to be grand Kepuphcan
meeting tomorrow (Saturday) after
noon In front OF the reading room Of the
Greenfield Christian Association. The
meeting will be addressed by Hon. II.
s. Bundy, OF Wellesville, Ohio, and Gen.
d, IL. Hurst, of Chillieothe. A grand
display of fireworks In the evening Is
one fthe features of attraction.
LUDLOW, KY.-The City Council met
in regular session Thursday evening,
President Savage in the chair, and with
the Utmost exertions of the Marshal, a
quorum present. The usual call of COM
mittees producing no business, our
wearied GSoIons proceeded to examine
the petition of John Curtis, asking to be
relieved from his contract OF lighting
the city lamps, prayer that was very
reluctantly granted, OH account OF the
loss of johns brilliant light. During
the consid GRAFTON Of. the above weighty
nd daf afut nj n a hla Marchal mi
Assessor stepped to the Jfont and
smodestly informed tn eaugusE body OF his
wish to assume the onerUus duties OF
lamplighter, and MIR. Curtis went home
rejoicing. MIR. Nixon moved to dlscon4
tinue lighting private lamps. This, o.!
course, was prod at the Bently lamps
on Elm street. During Mr.. Nixon's re-
marks on the above motion, he charac.
terzed the lighting Of the bently lamps
, in strong language as aNtraud on the
taxpayers, 10 SUIT parties having nice
houses.
Councilman Bently was not present,
but if--oh Ill Well, look outfor the next
meeting of Oouacil.
Col. Grace's protege, Brooke, the ice
man, made a short speech, defining bis
proper name TO the modest young City
Clerk, who blusled away up to his bran
new side-whiskers, while making the de-
sired correction.
All bills presented for payment were
laid over to next meeting. The Clerk
was ordered to advertise for proposals
to complete the Riyer-road sidewalk.
LEXINGTON, KY.-The Apostolic
Times and the Daily Press are charging
one another with gambling and othel
naughty things. The Press accuses the
publishers OF the Times with aiding
gambling by printing at their job office
.'race programmes and pool cards, and
glad to get the work to do" The Apos
tolic Times folks are guilty of worse
than that in printing the Daily Press al
their office.
Prominent Democrats are preparing
steps to have the obnoxious amendment,
ing of the General Assembly, and there
by turn out to grass the present office
holders.
What becomes OF the money receives
for the hay grown On the CITY Parl
grounds? 1t should be paid into thu
City Treasury.
The citizens of Lexington contributed
100000 to the University because theI
expected to.get their money back from thu
students and strangers attending the In
stitution, but they didn't. One hundred
establish branch of the Young Men'i
Christian Ass0cIati0n, which would dt
us more good than the great University
The morality of the city must be estab
lisned before parents will venture II
send their children where they will leari
more vice than virtue.
With the heavy taxes, store rates ant
other sources OF revenue our old-timi
city is unable to adopt the modern i'm
provement of the fire alarm telegraph
The want Of it is telt at every alarm
The city of Newport, with less than hal
the wealth OF her sister, the city Q
Lexington, is provided with the essen
1iaI improvements. Newport does no
spend her money piling cracked rocl
upon her streets, and her government ii
not aris tocratic in form.
Something Is going 10 happen? Th
Daily Press has begun at last TO secon'
our motion for a change in our unpopu
lar city government. ,-,sss
The irrepressible Bob has quit the re
portorial profession, but still haunts tn
sanctum OF editor ROthacker. A certai
Colonel was uncharitabie enough to sa
yesterday that Bob always tells tn
truth where lie won't fit. But with al
this, we love him still.
One of the great troubles with this cit,
is that the native Kentuckians are to
eager to shout scarpe t-bagger" ut ever!
stranger who comes into their midst
1t is a fact which Lexington can no
overlook, that many of her best busine s
men were not born here. They hav
settled in the city and done very much
by their energy, toward preventing
from falling TO decay. We live in time
when people do not ask what a man
father was or is, but what he is himself
and when Lexington falls into this habi
she will find herself improving.
Kentucky has more schools and les
education than any other State in th
Union, and the reason is patent. Kel
tuckians think more OF horses and shor
horns than they do of intelligence an
energy, and consequently do not improv
their advantages. There are two thing
which the people Of this State have ye
to learn. One is that the more fast horse
there are the more slow business ther
VIII be, and the other is that an homes
workingman in jeans is vastly the 9,
perior OF loafer in. broadcloth.
Seventy-five years ago Lexington use
to manufacture for Cincinnati. Now sll
does not even manufacture for hersel
Reason-fast horses, intemperance an
The Chinese policy.
The Mayor was last night authorize
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