The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-07
NEWS FROM POINTS AROUND.

LEXINGTON, KY.--The city Of Lexing-
ton contributes one thousand dollars an-
nualiy toward supporting the Catholic
schools of the city. No other city in the
Union does anything like this.
The Lexington correspondent OF Gin
cinnati paper has stirred up the officials
for taxing up illegal costs In the CITY
Court. The Lexington Press gets after
the correspondent for q bill OF particu-
lars.
1t would be well for life insurance
companies to increase their rates upon
the lives of all persons who are Obliged
to remain any considerable length OF
time in the old Courthouse. No one
questions that Judge Thomas death was
caused by attending Court there last
A Martha washington tea party for
the benefit of the poor Of Lexington 10
announced to take place Thursday even
ing, January 14th.
Hon. William Parsons, Of Ireland, viii
deliver the third Of course Of seven lee
lures before the Lexington Lecture AS
sociation on the evening of January lothe
The examining trial OF Robert Halo
way for the killing of Joseph M. shaw
last Saturday night, was held yesterday
in the City Court-rOom, in which q large
crowd of people were present. Many oI
Lue bUtCbhbOIS WCIO otohoAh6 W. S~~~
benches and railing in the Courtroom.
The Common Pleas Court, Hon. W. r.
C. Breckenridge, Special Judge, has been
occupied the past four days In trying
mistaken identity case Of 9 marc
valued by the plaintiff at $700. The ani-
NAL was alleged to have been missing
eight years by the claimant.
Col. M. l.. Hawkins, General Agent Of
the CINCINNATI STAR, Is spending 9 few
days with US. Tne Colonel is much
pleased with the Lexingtonians. He
takes well with the ladies.
A property owner in Fayette county,
whose name we will give in due time,
asks the modest sum of $4,000 a mile
damages from the Commissioners OF the
Cincinnati Southern railroad. His farm
is over mile long.
Not long since, two men came to town,
and when night came on were found
asleep ON the streets. Tney were taken
in charge by the police. The next MORN
the payment of $8 75 each. This is piling
it on with vengeance.
Orders for the delivery Of The DAILY
STAR in Lexington, and items Of news
for this column, il lett at the bookstore
of Mr.. j. j. Danahy, % Short street,
will receive careful attention.
The people of Versailles, Woodtord
county, are about to open public
school. 1t is high time.
Ice three inches thick was formed on
the ponds in this vicinity. on Tuesday
night. Those persons having ice houses
were busy yesterday laying in supplies.
TIE festival of the Epiphany was cell
ebrated yesterday in the EpiscopM
church with due solemnity.
| HAMILToN.-Alf. Burnett, assisted By
Miss Helen Nash, will give an entertatn-
ment tonight at the Opera Hall.
The ice cut on the Basin yesterday
was four and a half inches thick.
i Tuesday night young man named
Miller was found frozen to death near
Campbelps ice pond, some distance south
of the city. Whisky caused it.
Yesterday the remains Of the Rev. DR..
Freshman, the Christianized Jewish
Rabbi, late of London, Canada, were
brought to the city and inferred in
Greenwood yesterday morning. Rev.
DIR. Mast, OF Cincinnati, assisted by the
Revs. d. II. Moore and T. j. Harris, con-
duct the services, which were OF unusual
solemnity. DR.. Mast depicted in most
touching and eloquent Language the life
and Christian character OF the deceased.
The body was taken to the residence OF n.
K. Peck, where the services were held.
The Board of County Commissioners
utlu d oCo5lOu yOobOAoays Wv WhASA vktS
l following business was transacted: Bills
to the amount of $125.75 were passed and
ordered paid. 1t was agreed to give Ev-
erts' Historical Map Company $165 il they
would publish a page view of Fort Ham,
! ilton, and one page to be devoted to the
suspension bridge, the old Courthouse
and tile present Courthouse and square.
Adolph Schmidt as yet has failed to
accept the proposition made by the
Board to compromise by paying costs OF
suit and $1,000.
Vanderyeer and Symmes, attorneys,
are bound to have that $3.50 allowed them
by the county for assisting the State In
the case OF John Smoyer, indicted for
murder in the first degree, and which
Auditor Wallace has refused to draw
the warrant for. Yesterday Mr.. Wallace
was notified that an application would
be made ON Saturday morning next, to
the Supreme Court, by said attorneys, to
have peremptory manddinas issued to
compel the Auditor to draw the required
warrant.
Petition for divorce was filed in the
Clerks office yesterday by Henry Patter-
son against Harriet Patterson.
i Rev. David Greenbaum, formerly Of
i Hamilton, has been elected Rabbi of the
Jewish congregation at Springfield, o.
ii Great Bfltaln pays anDuaHy $l,VW ,0VV
for dried bodies of the insect known a.
the cochineal, while another, peculiar to
IDdia-gum, chellal, or rather its pro-
duction-rs scarcely less valuable. More
than 100000 human beings derive theif
sole support from the culture and man.
ufactlire of the fbres spun by the silk
worm, of which the annual circulating
. medium is about 500, ,O00, 600. In Eng.
land alone, to say nothing OF the other
|, parts OF Europe, $500,0O0 are spent
every year for the purchase Of foreign
honey, while the value OF that which ID
native is not mentioned; and this does
, not include the 10000 pounds OF wax i'm
ported annually. Besides, there are nut
| gals, used in making ink; the cantha-
rides or Spanish fly, used in medicine.
In fact, nearly every insect known con-
tributes, in some way, to swell cemmer-
cial profits. s.-s....
. On the 9th of December Mr.. Wash
ri burne, United States Minister to France,
| rendered to M. Oscar de Lafayette, Dep
/ Iuty in the National Assembly from the
: Seine-et-Marne, and grandson of tho
, Marquis de Lafayette, tie watch Wash
: ington presented TO the latter as souy.
enir of the capitulation of Lord Cornwall.
: lis. The watch was stolen from tha
: Marquis de Lafayette While he vas trav'