The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-04
LOCAL BkEHxILES.


THE Jolly Brothers give masquerade
Mt Greenwood Hall tonight.
THE students of Lane Seminary have
adopted resolutions of regret regarding
the death OfProf. Il. Il. Thomas and Of
respect to his memory.
ABOUT twenty vagrants were award
ed, the most OF them, with sentences OF
30 days and a $25 fine by Judge Marchant
in the Police Court this morning.
MR.. GEORGE W. GOULD, who was hurt
last TUESDAY week by falling from a
street car, died last evening at 6N
O'Clock from injuries received at that
lime. Mr.. Gould was one Of the oldest
residents Of our city, having arrived
here in 1923. and has resided here ever
since.
FERDINAND RETHMANN, a drayman
residing at No. So Race street, was
crushed to death by beer hogshead
yesterday afternoon at the foot of Law
rence street. He was unloading the
hogshead from dray, when it rolled enc
tlrely over him, crushing him so badly
That lie died before he could reach home.
He leaves wife and three children in a
comparatively destitute condition. The
Coroner was notified.
Mr.. A. M. MoRRIssoN, OF Harrods
Creek, Jefferson county, KY, is Offering
SI00 reward for information that will
lead 10 the recovery of his brother, DR..
Goodloe Morrison, who has been miss
ing some weeks, and is supposed to be
suffering from mental arrangement. The
missing man is described as being twen-
ty.six years OF age with black hair and
dark brown eyes, prominent cheeks and
large rose, with dark whiskers and a
moustache.
THE alarm from box 1926 at 2 O'Clock
this morning, was caused by fire in
Herlambert q Hallerts turning and
veneering shop and the buildings and
machinery of Lambe & Sneeman's stone-
yard. The former fronted on North Ca
nal, above Fifteenth ST., and the latter
was in the middle of the block bounded
by the canal on the west and Fifteenth
on the south. The buildings and con-
tents were nearly destroyed, with a loss
of probably between five and six thou
sand dollars. The fire Is supposed to |
have originated in KIeln's rag ware
room, over the Mutual Ice Consumers |
building, 449 Plum street. The buildings |
were partially insured, but the loss ON |
the contents will be quite heavy.
AT the meeting of the Trustees of the |
Cincinnati Hospital last night, the fol- |
lowing business was transacted: Bills |
and expenditures amounting to $7,543 81 |
were ordered paid; twenty-nlne cases of |
smallpox were reported to be treated at |
Roh's Hill Branch; 1T volumes of peri
Odicals were reported being bound. The
Superintendent was instructed to repair
the gas-works of the institution. The
following ara few statistics taken from
the Saperintandent's report for January:
379 patients in hospital Jan. 1st, $40 ad-
pitted during the month, 27Q discharged,
AZ died, t67 treated, and 1S births, re-
manning Feb. 1st, Ala. Average time Of
treatment of patients, 80 days. 900 cubic |
feet OF gas were consumed during theI
month, made at 62 1-10 cents per cubic |
foot.
TIE old Volunteer Firemen's Associa-
tions held meeting last night at the
Gift Engine-house, to further arrange
ments for the banquet on the I'D. Messrs.
VIM. Lynn, j. w. Hargy, r. b. Moore,
pointed Executive Committee, and q
meeting appointed for the 17th inst, to
complete arrangements. Mr.. Thomas
stated that the old drum which in 1923
and 1880 used to be stationed on the cor
ner of Fifth and Walnut streets was
lately found to be In the possession of
Oliver Lowell, OF Glendale, and that Chief
Megrue and d Committee went out to |
Glendale and brought it to the city to be |
added to the 1sarchieves" ofthe company, |
but it was too big to be gotten into the |
building. 1t is now deposited in the |
basement of the Corryville Station En- |
gine-house. A motion that new heads be |
put in and all expenses Of putting it into
the hall of the Secretary be guaranteed,
was carried. The drum is six feet 0
inches high and six feet in diameter. The |
members were invited to the tiremen's |
ball on next Tuesday.
THE following subscriptions have been
made to the Cincinnati Relief Union
Hoover u Co., 500; VIM. Sumner Il Co.,
B1O0; Cincinnati Gazette Co., 500; M.
Halstead Il Co., 500; Wilson, Hinkle Co.,
EIO0; Chambers, Stevens & Co., $50; J. |
Lowman Il Bro, $50; McAlpin, Polk &
Co., $50; Dickson, Clark & Co., $50; Pape
Bros. g. Kugeman, $50; P. Wilson & Sons,
$50; j. L. Wayne Il Sons, 500: Thompson,
Phipps, O'Connell & Co., Wallace & Rim
gel, L. Pappenheimer & Co., Brachmann
4 Massard, Henry Lewis, Alter, Wins
ton & Co., Lockard, Ireland & Co., II. |
Brown & Co, w. Booth & Co., Hearne,
Lee & Pinckard, Claflin & Tnayer, Dick
inson, Bishop s. Co., w. II. Andrews,
Charles Bonsall, Schmidlapp & Co.,
Brachmann & Co., Kebler & Whitman,
Sage & HinkIe, Aaron F. Perry, Well,
Gideon Burton & Co., $25 each; Jos. |
Steinau & Co., A. Steinau, and Julius |
Bantlin, $40 each; Stern, Turner & Co.,
and Clemens Hellebush, SIS each; Ii. G. |
Strobel, b. Bettman & Co., P. Bamberger
Il CO., Rosenfeld & Kaufman, j. Lange & |
Bro. Alex. Long, and Edgar Nj. john |
SON, $40 each; f. Helberg 4 Son, ,$5; (sun-
fry) cash, S35. Total, 81, $50.
THE following business was transacted
at the meeting Of the Board of Directors
Of Longview Asylum, yesterday even
ing: The Insurance Committee reported
that the Germania had refused to insure
the main building for $9S500. The
amount had accordingly been divided
among home Companies as follows: On
main building and contents, $1,000 each
in the Western. Firemen's, Americ IN.
Eureka, Eagle, Commercial, National,
Enterprise, Globe, Union, Fidelity, Citi-
xens', Merchants and Manufacturers,
Miami Valley, Washington, Farmers,
and Cincinnati, making total of $S5, 900,
at IN per cent. premium; on ice-honse,
carpenter shop and straw-house, $4,000
In the Western at same rate (1N per
cent. J; on colored Asylum and contents, |