The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-06-10
LOCAL BRETITIES.


LOCAL BREVITIES.
Or. JOSEPH, formerly OF this city, has
permanently located at Osgood, Ind.
A LIgE-sIzE picture OF Ex-Governor
Nuyes has just been completed for the
Executive Picture Gallery at Columbus
A STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL will be given
tkfs afternoon and evening by the ladies
efWAlnut Hills Baptist Church, in Kay's
Hail.
THn COMMENCEMENT exercises Of the
Chickering Institute take place at tine
Tine-street Congregational Church to.
morrow morning.
THE Wesleyan Methodist Sabbath
school of Dayton will visit their former
Superintendent, Ezra CLARK, Esq, In
this city on Sunday.
NR. r. Il. LEWIS, lately treasurer oil
Eohinson's Opera-house, and recently
business manager of the Grand OPERA
t0use, died yesterday in Covington, after
klong and severe Alness.
TEE Popular Science Society Of Gin
VSnnau yesterday took action on the
hath Of their fellow-membet and Presi-
9apt the late John Gundry, by drawing
R resolution to attend his funeral in Q
H0dy and BY sympathizlng with his be-
noAved lamliy.
THn two bands, rivals for the prize oi
Me- Burnet Woods music contest, played
yesterday evening, each forty strong, ih
teighbOr1ng amusement places on Vine
Ntrost above the Canal. Their pro-
iramlnes, since competition has set in,
Ire wonderfully improved.
J THE ENGINEER, in the meeting OF the
Qbmmittse on Light, yesterday, stated
met there was no contract between the
tkf1 and the Gas Company for lamp
ne matter was referred to the Engineer
and Solicitor for investigation.
The First English Lutheran and Fifth
Frssby terian Sunday-schools 60 on their
aAnual excursion to Parkers Grove,
Saturday next, June II. The elegant
ktsamer Nick Longworth has been char
yef0d for the occasion ana will leave the
bot Of Main street at 1880 Am. Friends
u the schools are cordially invited.
I AT the forty-second anniversary of the
Cincinnati Orphan Asylum on Mount
Aaburn yesterday, Mr.. John r. Wright,
&Baasurer of the Board of Trustees, re-
he4ted that the total receipts for the
tsax amounted TO $9,713 05, and that the
Expenditures were 5000 55, leaving
AaR % on hand. 1881 children have
heen sheltered since the establishment
Sf the asylum. There are 95 children re-
manning.
! M the Exposition Board yesterday,
Mr. Pendleton, from the Horticultural
bah Committee, reported detailed
tfatement of improvements needed in
That department. Or these were: A rus
t6e bridge, $a51 30; drains, $50; tan bark
md labor, $l40; plants, moss, ETC., max
xrx<r hn int Il of ha aut inn fnc Thn
keport was adopted and the committee
empowered to act on it.
! THE following Is the programme for
Aha music In Burnet Woods this after
soon. Festival March, Tannhauser,
oysrture Sat ysass ssrasSea sTFssws Fo9ow
slections, La Diva, OfYenbach. Invita-
ION to the Dance, Weber. o, Thou My
koveIy Evening Star, Tannhauser, Wag-
boz. Selections, Girofle- Girofa, Lecocq.
R1naie, Polka schnell, Stasny.
= PATRICK LUBY, the President of the
Wewsboys' Union, whose face is familiar
- the freQuenters of Fourth street In
khs Vicinity Of Vine and Race, has re-
ktfed from the newspaper trade and now
HriFes handsome express team owned
~ p. Luby, ESQ.,; the result OF the saw
SRgs Of his newsboy life. Luby's friends
HM congratulate him upon his success,
1nd will be sure to patronize him. His
headquarters are on Race street, between
&hird and Fourth
F! In the special meeting OF the Council
man yesterday q resolution was adopted
SQthnsixing the Park Commissioners to
8ve musical concerts in Burnet Woods
n the first and third Sunday IN each
1sanah. A resolution authorizing the FL
ylAuce Committee and the City Auditor
- Hegotinte loan OF $100, 900 in antici-
ofess In the employ of the city, was re-
1esred to the Finance Committee.
TNE Board OF CounciImen yesterday
tne streets Of the city were in q very bad
Aepaition; that the season for making
>at Improvements was upon us, and
esS.,..s esS ~A ssnse Qf Council, in vlSw
u these facts, that the 80" ~ as. a@-
nrovements should Immediately give em-
6foJment to all the day laborers they
Mud find work for on the streets. Also
n ordinance authScsriiziue the Board Of
1gylsI6H TO employ q clerk, at salary
&Df exceeding $4,000 year.
MITCHELL AVENUE, the new avenue to
r. constructed, will commence on the
4oYth side OF Cntton avenue In Avon
dale. 100 feet west Of the Lebanon pike,
md extending in northwesterly direc-
Hon 10 Spring Grove Cemetery. The
isenue is to be sixty feet in width and
h 1ongth about two miles. 1t will in
&pgsect the canal, which is to be trn-
Ksled, and Millcreek bridged. The dis
nsnce from Hunt and Broadway streets
- Spring Grove Cemetery is estimated
g be about five and ahalf miles, render
t2s this the most direct route to Spring
roye Cemetery. When completed this
mad will be one OF the best around the
Hty, a. II will afford an unbroken stretch
q fWelvs miles driving through the most
tomantic and picturesque portions Of the
acnnty.
In the meeting of. the Committee on
uaeotions last night, in the case of Dan
lei Wolf against M. M. Marks, the votes
q two precincts of the Ninth ward were
iunnted, with the result of 265 votes for
MARKS and 189 for Wolf in the First pre-
efnet, 453 for Marks and 681 tor Wolf in
the Second, making total Of 69S for
marks and ITO for Wolf, whose majority
b q votes. Mr.. Wolf was vindicated by
&his result, showing that there had been
10 fraud. The committee therefore
suaed that Wolf was legally entitled to
~ seat in Council. A resolution was
80 passed declaring Bernhard and
a ..t- <~f .s.k