The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-23
LOCAL BREVITIES.


city.
THE Shakespeare Club will act Robert
sons play of "Caste," in cos tune, this
evening.
THE net receipts of the spelling match
at Pixies Opera-house on Saturday night
were 5000.
THE fare from Cincinnati to st. Louis
has been fixed at $S by the ticket agents
now in convention.
MAYOR JOHNSTON has been invited to
deliver an address before the A. .. wv.
OF Dayton on the 10th OF April.
REV. j. G. WHITE lectured last even
ing at College Hail to small audience
relative to auricular confession.
In the Board of Education last night.
the monthly salaries and bills, amount
ing to $46 900, were ordered paid.
ANOTHER spelling match is proposed
to come of at Pixies, either on Saturday
next OF on the following Tuesday.
DIR. }. G. HARDY, for many years a
prominent dentist of this city, died in
Philadelphia on Sunday evening.
MR.. CHARLES DRURY, who was bitten
recently by the decapitated head OF
rattlesnake, in Florida, is reported much
better.
The Board of Education last night re-
solved TO condemn thirty-lWo feet Tor
additional ground to the Court-street
colored school.
THE spring course of the Ohio College
of Dental Surgery in this CITY will COM
mence on the 9th OF April and continue
till the 1st Of June.
A SNEAK thief entered the house of
Mrs. Il. z. MARYLAND, No. 95 Richmond
street, yesterday and stole SILK dress
worth $125. No arrests.
QUEEN CITY LODGE l. o. o. F. cele-
brated its tNenty-irst anniversary at
Queen City Hail last night. There was
"a very large audience present.
COL, SNELBAKER has receipt from Mrs.
Belle Farrell lor 1913, collected by the
members of the Police force, and paid
to her as part of the Farrell fund.-"
VIM. SULLIVAN, for abusing his wife,
was bound under $500 to keep the peace,
and for assaulting her was fined $40 and
costs, in the Police Court this morning.
The Sinton Cadets hold a meeting this
evening to take action on the purchase
OF arms. Several specimens have ar
rived and are on exhibition at Petit
bones.
The fire alarm last night was caused
by some coal igniting near the furnace Of
the steamer Eureka, lying at the foot
of Walnut street.. IL was soon eX-
tinguished.
The Directors of the City Infrmary
issued 9,l2S loads of coal, of 12H bushels
each, to the poor OF Cincinnati during the
four months from November 10, 1874, to
March 10, 1875.
MR.. HENRY FREIBERG's horse ran
away on hamilton road, Yesterday after
noon, smashing his buggy and knocking
lv nj itIrinp JnhD Rriu.
die in his course.
IN the Board OF improvements yester-
day the weekly pay roll, amounting to
SS,042 ID, was ordered paid; $5,7l7 "a for
the repairing and 81, ,324 70 tor the Street.
cleaning Department.
VIM. GARRETT and Lafayette Green,
two walters AZ the Gait House, engaged
in an encounter yesterday aaternoon, in
which Green was very badly cut up
about the head. No arrests.
PATRICK BRENNAN yesterday, alter
having imbibed too much spirits, broke
in window of Endress' saloon, was SEN
fenced by Judge Marchant to line o.
$40 and costs and 81 20 damages.
In the Board of Education last nigh
the bills for books and binding from the
managers of the Public Library OF 1904 :;
were ordered paid. Also, the bills pre-
6enteu db tut ldSI uCCIlhSI buOthplh5 "
$1,127 OF.
THE docket of the Police Court il
lengthening as the warm weather ap
prOaches. Fifty-seven cases were dis
posed of by Judge Marchant this morn
ing. OF these fifteen alone were of petl
Iarcenies and burglaries.
THE case of VIM. McFaddin, charged
with cutting George Johnston in the lac
on Sixth and Broadway streets, last Sun
day night, was continued to the oOJh Q
March. In default OF 5000 he was com
mitted.
THE proposed plan for new school
house at Columbia was discussed las
night in the Board of Education, and
was determined to build house {
twelve rooms to cost $4,000. Also, t
make an addition to the Pendleto
school-house at cost OF $lO,5 900.
THE three men, Hackman, Bontin an
Murray, who were arrested by Willial
Sunderman for stealing seven half-can
of oysters from his grocery on Sycamor
and Abigail streets yesterday, were dis
missed in the Police Court to-day, a
no evidence appeared against them.
MR.. Il, j. KEITH, of Rhode Island, re
norts to Colonel Snelbaker that he wa
robbed on Wednesday evening in an Eas
End mansion of $50 in money and a raj
way ticket. The great difficulty is tina
he can't tell where the house is in whic
he lost his property, and as cons
uuence NO arrests have been made.
BIDS for supplying $4,000 bushels {
coal were opened in the Board of Educi
ton meeting last night and referred
the committee on tuel and law. LII
lowest bid, II S0-100 cents per bushel, wa
presented by the Brighton Coal Elevate
Company, and the highest, IA cents pt
bushel, by John Cochnower.
RUFER has, it is said, resigned hir
self to his fate, and expressad desil
to receive the ordinances of the churc
at the hands of Catholic minister. i
is busily engaged in the study of b
catechIsm. Egner is reticent and sti
asserts his innocence. He is careful
watched lest he should commit suicid
FLORENCE HoLCoMB yesterday a
peared in the Police Court on cor
plaint OF having been assaulted by on
Mallory. To-day she appeared agai
and entered a charge of assault and ba
terry against her father, Samuel Davi
who yesterday afternoon broke cha
over her mothers head and attacked he
with pitcher. Davis, who fed to Ke