The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-17
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MARYsvILLE, o.-The Milford Base-
ball Club defeated our Stars BY score
Of % TO 16.
The funeral of Mrs. Snodgrass, wife OF
iaent T. was o%s iarsely va attended
: Rev. DR.. James, Of Connecticut, has
been installed pastor OF the Congrega-
tional Church here. lt
Osten q Weaver's old meat market is
being removed, and anew brick building
will take its place.
osGoOD. IND. The Ripley county
Fair will commence on the 31st day Of
the present month. The Society have
spared no pains or cost in improving the
grounds with accommodations for all
kinds OF stock and other articles, and
also the track, which 1t Is believed, can
not be surpassed In the United States.
The Fair will continue four days. s
There are two fashionable resorts here
for playing croquet, and most Of the
young people spend their evenings in
this sort Of pleasure, but the boys spend
their available hours In baseball exer-
cises.
The farmers are just finishing their
hay harvest, and though some hay is
damaged by standing too long before be-
Ing harvested and by the frequent show
ers, yet there is an abundance Of good
hay In these parts; they have also COM
menced threshing their wheat and oats.
Corn, though damaged by excessive wet
weather, bids fair for the greatest yield
we have realized since 1857. Potatoes
promise q plentiful yield.
Rev. J. J. Fleming, Of Greensboro. ad-
dressed the workingmen at the M. t..
Church last evening.
LEXINGTON, KY.-Last Sunday .El-
der u. X. Pinkerton. preached in the
Second Christina Church. and. three per-
sons united with the society. !.
Mr.J. 3, Jewen, in charge of the Sig
nal Service. and teacher,of the MeteorO-
logical sclaeses at the Ashland Observa-
tory, has exchanged places with Mr..
Lloyd, Of the Signal Station at Cincin-
nati.
Next Friday evening the shortstreet
Baptist Congregation will hold social
meeting at DR.. Ryland's, on Broadway.
The following persons were fined in
LIE NAtE AtESOulUyCstcIOuy AOf ucluS uIuHh
and annoying: Ed Wheelan. Jerry Sui
livan, Coon Jones, and Walter Beard.
The following were fined for playing
cards on Sunday: VIM. Hunley, Jacob
Hughes and Ben. Mosley.
Lexington society at present is daz-
Eled, and our genteel young men are
charmed over the visit Of the fret ladies
or ladies occupying firstplaces in soci-
ETY. In Louisville, Cynthiana, George
town and Mt. Sterling. One Of the ladies'
from the latter place, 1t lis said, is ex-
ira fine and beautiful.
Rev. Brother Voolfolk, in the, Baptist
church, on Sunday morning, delivered a
lengthy discourse on the reyelries and
evils into which all young people are
drifting. The beginning of the Giscourse
elries of the old Greeks and Romans and
what caused their downfall. They cul-
tivated debased sports and'neglected the
culture of the mind and the training
of the heart. $50 In our times the young
people learn to dance, because it Is
easier acquired than mental accomplish
lnent." The concluding portion of the
sermon was devoted to- the demoralizing
tendency of witnessing the horse race.
Brother Voolfolk is decidedly q prac-
tical preacher. He breaches in Ian
guage and style that all feel and under
stand. That is one reason why his
congregation is usually attended by
many young persons who need lessons in
morality, integrity and good sense. e
The Teachers Institute, Of Fayette
county, will hold their annual meeting
in this city next Monday and Tuesday.
We have 1t from good authority that
these institutes were established In the
Interest OF book publishers, whose agents
generally attend and take lively inter
est in their exercises. II any Of them
appear at this meeting, they will get a
free ADVERTISEMENT in this column that
may not be pleasing to their employers.
The Lexington Dispatch, which lately
baptized itself Democratic, is an advo-
cafe Of metal money.
A meeting Of the Christian Ladies'
Missionary Aid Society will be held next
Thursday. morning, In the Main-street
Christian church. n,
HAMILTON.-The report Of the Com
'mittee Of Twenty on the School Board
was presented last night, and closes with
the following:
Board have violated the law In the fola
loWisg particuIars; Hts3
l. III Cue lettlH& VI tu0 UII&ludl CON.
tract, and in paying for the same in
bonds instead OF cash.
2. In disposing Of said bonds at less
than par.
8. In including in bonds issued dis
count or usuri0us interests to the amount
Of SIC, 800 81. . "
4. In procuring to be done extra work
to an amount greater than 81 ,50U without
q public letting, especially in the items
OF inside blinds, alone costing more than
1900. ss..ss..s
cost of $7,249 IS without public letting.
8. In having done the grading and gra-
yefing of the school.house premises at
cost Of more than $1,000 without public
letting.
I. In erecting fence. around said
school-house lot at cost OF more than
81, 500 without public letting.
8, In paying to the Secretary on salary
the sum Of $3.50, as shown by his own
records, more than was due him.
8. In paying TO the Secretary the sum
OF s82 % for the printing OF election tick
cts atdiferent times Tor the personal
use Of members of the Board when can
didates for re-election.r Tg ss ~
10. In paying the Secretary 800 for pa
per purchased by him from l.. Snider &
Son, but not used for the benefit of the