The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-10-25
FROM POINTS AROUND.


colored man from the farm of Lew rat
terson, galloped down Main street ana
tumbled into the excavation dug LOT nre
cistern, which is over fourteen ieeC ueep.
Fortunately neither horse nor riaer were
injured. The horse was drawn OUT heAs
morning by gang of men with rope and
tackle.
Major Andrew Jackson Morey, the
nhilosophic editor of the News, was in
Coyington on Saturday, attending a
special meeting Of the Psyche Pnilo-
sophie Society, ot that city. At one Of
the evening sessions the Major read an
original composition on the "PrimordIal
Ovum."
GREENFIELD, GA select Literary
Society has been organized here, with
Miss Minnie Finch as President, Clay
ton Tr.bbett, Vice President, Willie
Mount, Secretary, and Horace N. Glib.
son, Treasurer.
Raging Tads are making the nights
hideous with the sounds OF oyster-cans
coming in violent contact with doors,
etc. We would suggest that tue oyster
can Brigade would be more appropriate
name. -... ,
The Town Hall is beginning to take,
some shape. The workmen are at work
onAhe second story.
This place. all faith in the Narrow
gauge railway, is fast building up. Mr..
A. M. Southwark is building two store
rooms for a drug store and dry goods
store; MIR. James Murray is building a
room for a furniture store, and several
private houses are being built.
Epizootic is showing itself here very
plainly. Gases at az the livery stables.
AvoNDALE.-There WIZ be an ad-
journed meeting of Council tonight.
Route No. 10, like the epizootic, is
upon US, and its presence is duly appre-
ciated.
The remodeling of the Presbyterian
Church will cost ten thousand dollars.
The nocturnal vocal music furnished
by the animals in the. Geological Garden
has awakened new interest in the SEN
timent OF . the song, "Home, Sweet
Home"
An Avondale gentleman, who was de-
tanned in the city very late on the night
preceding the election, hired ahack and
proceeded to his house, which he reached
at 8 O'Clock A. M, to inform his wife
that he wouldn't be home that night.
His good wife, on receiving the message
in person, blandly remarked, 81 knew
yOu Wouluu OC hOhOS ohU ohChOiOi Z
went to bed, and now you've,come and
awakened me out OF sound sleep to tell
me what knew before" This remark
caused reflection.
HAMILToN.-The County Commits
sioners held a session Saturday. Bills
to the amount of 81, ,462 46 were passed.
A little son of William Stevens was
CotI 10 " fhrnWn from hi fa hnr,l a or
and considerably bruised.
Miss Paulina SJraub and her sister,
Mrs. Weller, will give a concert and
dramatic reading in Middletown to-mor-
row evening under the auspices OF the
Quixotic Club.
There was good attendance at the
Teachers Association Saturday.
Two new cases of vsrioloid were ves-
terday reported to the Health Officer.
Both cases are in the First ward.
The excitement in regard to the spread
of the smallpox seems to be ON the in
crease, especially Oh the west side of the
river. .. .....-.
Saturday afternoon a match game OF
base- ball was played between a picked
nine and the Marine nine, which result
ed In the defeat OF the latter by score
pfone to two. a
The rumor in circulation Saturday that
Mrs. Rhea, widow Of Henry Rhea, had
died OF smallpox, is without foundation.
Her disease is varioloid IN q very mild
torn, from which she is rapidly recov-
ering.
M iss King, charming young lady OF
Pittsburg, Pa, at present whiting Miss
Lizzie Davis, is creating quite stir i'll
Methodist circles.
LEXINGTON, KY.--A call signed by
1OS persons of different parts of the State
is published, calling for Convention to
meet in this city OF the 10Th Of Novem-
ber next, to advance the educational in
terests OF the colored people of Ken
lucky.
A public meeting of the Grangers OF
Fayette county was held at the Court
house at noon on Saturday. An address
was delivered by L. u. Thompson, of
Minnesota, the Lecturer OF the National
Grange.
Judge j. W. Cochran returned on Sat
urday, alter ten days pleasure trip to
the sEaste cities.
An interesting clock case occupied IA
goodly portion Of tine lin Judge Royal
ty's little court on saturday. Squire
Drake sued w, Is. Till TO recover tue
value OF stand-still clock that the de-
fendant warranted to run 1855 days 9
hours and "a minutes. Attorneys Parker
and Gibbons, we've arrayed against each
other in the suit, whicA was still going
ON at the close OF our report.
Very few colored men viii be able to
vote at the coming city egecti0n, since
they are three or four years behind IN
paving their poll taxes. The same can
be said of a large number OF white yo-
ters. so that it viii be a costly privi-
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