The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-10
NEWS FROM POINTS ARoUND.

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HAMILTON services will
be held tomorrow morning in the United
Presbyterian Church.
Messrs. Andrews q Miller, the late
purchasers of the Butler County Demo-
crat, took possession of the office yester-
day. Mr.. Shorts, formerly of Dayton,
will have control of the editorial depart
ment.
A severe case of smallpox is reported
at Woodsdaie, few miles north of the
city.
Yesterday the notion wagon of John
PurseH was standing hitched to tree
box in front of Walker u Phillips store,
on High street. The horse broke loose
and ran at furious rate down street,
and when opposite the Post-otiice came
in collision with the U. S. Express
wagon and general smash-up was the
consequence.
Travel over the Junction Branch of the
c., IL. d D. Railroad is.so much on the
increase that third daily train is talked
OF to run through from Cincinnati to
Indianapolis. This seems to be favor
ite route to westward bound Hamilte-
mans.
The Berger Family hold forth at the
Opera-hall tonight.
Mrs. l.. D. CrosIey will deliver ser.
mon tomorrow morning in the Uniyer.
salist Church.
This afternoon the Emmett Dramatic
Club leave for Mddletown where they
will give an entertainment this evening.
The Butler County Teachers Associa-
ton held a session this morning in the
High School Building.
LEXINGToN.-THE STAR is now deliv-
cred to our patrons in Lexington by two
persons. BY this arrangement the SUBJ
scribers in the eastern part of The city
will receive their papers one hour earlier
than heretofore.
A few nights ago thieyes entered the
residence of Mr.. q. g. Morgan, on See
ond street, and carried away the Kitchen
stove pipe, together with a lot Of cooking
utensils and a carpet, which were after
wards recovered by the police.
In Judge Mulligan's court yesterday.
Emma Hogan was fined $40 and costs Tor
breach of the peace, and L. McManus
was fined S3 and cost for lying drunk.
The Lexington Dispatch of Yesterday
contains the following:
THE CINCINNATI STAR.
This sprightly newspaper is published
every afternoon in Cincinnati, and is de-
livered to subscribers in this city on the
arrival of the evening train. The STAR
has become very popular with our citi-
zens, and has quite a large sub
scription list in Lexington. 1t has
the largest circulation in Cincinnati of
any paper printed in that city, and is the
only paper printed outside OF this city
that contains regular daily report OF
Lexington news, which is compiled by
its reporter in this city, who is an eXpe-
rienced newspaper man in the true sense
of the term. Mr.. Bernard Downing, the
correspondent of The STAR in this city,
is an agreeable gentleman and worthy
the confidence and patronage Of our peo-
pie.
One thousand ana eighty persons at
tended Mr.. Jefersons ovation at the
Opera-house on Thursday evening. A
large number came from Mount Sterling
and other neighboring towns. Some oi
these persons arrived late in the eseH-
ing, and finding all the seats taken, OF
fered premium of five dollars for single
seats, but could not obtain them even ae
that extravagant figure.
Capt. Ben. McMurtry and Mr.. Jerome
Napoleon Frazer are busy training their
hlppodrOme troupe, preparatory to an
equestrian exhibition in the Courthouse
lot, to be given next Saturday afternoon,
Admission free, and no reserved seats.
II the bakers of Louisville and Coying-
ton would send their drummer agents
here and establish branch stores for the
sale of their bread, which weighs nearly
double as much as the bread offered BY
our home bakers, they would stimu-
late an activity in that branch OF trade,
and would do more real good to the poor
of the city than the united efforts of our
local benevolent societies organized for
the relief of suffering humanity.
The officers in charge OF the First Lu-
natic Asylum are attacked in letter
printed in Cincinnati paper by a writer
from this city, charging them with mis-
managing the Asylum Farm. We are
inclined to suspect that the outs are
finding fault with the ins. 1t is easy to
find fault with anybody or any body of
men.
Our farmers are planting large quanti-
ties of hemp.
Judge S. 5. Goodloe and family have
taken UP temporary residence in Louis
vile.
1t is closely estimated that $2S5, 600
would build u good Water-works, with
the necessary piping for supplying the
City with water.