The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-12
LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE CITY.
LOCAL BkEHITIES.

at Burnet Woods last night.
The fifth annual reunion of the Stock
Men OF the West will be held at Avenue
Hall, ON Spring Grove avenue, Thursday
evening.
The opening session of the Church and
Bible School Institute will be held in
Zion Baptist Church, commencing tn is
evening att O'Clock.
THE Lodging House Committee have
raised $S75 of the s., 900 given them, and
want more. They have eight hundred
regular dodgers now.
"THE Jewish Tabernacle and Priest
hood" is the subject Of a lecture to be de.
lVered by Geo. b. Peck, at the Vine
street Congregational church, this even.
ing.
M. J. MULLEN, Esq, for many years
proprietor of the well-known Buckeye
Restaurant, died Yesterday evening at
halt-past seven o'clock, after brief ill
ness.
MR.. FERD. A. BATEMAN, Past Most
Excellent High Priest Of Willis Chapter,
was last night presented with valuable
stem-winding gold watch, by the men,
bers Of his chapter.
CHAs. MASON, Chas. Deloyne and John
Mason pleaded guilty to stealing lot OF
chandeliers, ETC., out OF house on Sev-
enth street, and were bound over to
await the action OF the grand jury.
THE jury in the case of the male fetus
found on the landing yesterday, find as
q verdict that the circumstances of its
birth and desertion are unknown. There
is no cline upon which to work in solving
the mystery Of the case.
The ice-cutters on the canal, who in
dulged in little rough-and-tumble fight
yesterday, had their cases continued un-
til Jan. 13, in the Police Court this MORN
ing. The list includes Tom. Morrissey,
Michael Howard and Joseph Doherty.
THE Caledonia Society last evening
elected the following officers: VIM. Nc
Alpin, President; David Gibson, Vice
President; Thomas Gibson, Treasurer;
James Farlay, Secretary; Robert Kirk
up, Councilman.
A DRAMATIC and musical entertain
ment is to be given at Thoms Hall on the
evening OF January 18th by Prof. Ridge,
assisted by Miss Lulu Stevens, Messrs.
HSJ. Wet6erell and G. d. NewhaH, and
several members of the Davenport Club.
ATan election of directors of the New
Richmond and Columbia Turnpike, yes
l6ludy, al CAClbluS WdS
between the ''ins," consisting Of
or persons, and an army of "outs."
The battle resulted in favor of the
'outs."'
HON. MILTON SAYLER yesterday intro
duced bill in Congress relative to the
stone cutting for the Custom House,
which bill provides that the work shall
be done in Cincinnati instead of st. Louis.
The bill was referred to an appropriate
committee.
THE following-named gentlemen were
yesterday elected as Directors of the
Lower River Road Turnpike Company
for the ensuing year: Samuel +. Cary,
i. M. Garrison, Fl. l.. Cooper, VIM. j,
Goodwin, Charles W. Short, Peter Zinn
and John Kahny.
THREE pews were sold in the new
Presbyterian Church, last night, as fol
lows: No. II, valuation 81, 400, premium
$40; sold to Geo. w. Wiltshire. No. IS,
valuation 81, 900, premium $40; sold to DR..
Taylor. No. 81, valuation $4,000, pre-.
MUM $40; sold to r. w. Burnett.
THREE of the sons and heirs of the late
T. j. Haldeman yesterday commenced a
suit against j. G. Richardson and G. W.
Walker, executors and trustees under
the will of Mr.. Haldeman, to contest the
will. The grounds upon which the con
test is to De made are that MIR. Halde
man was not of a sound mind when ht
made the will.
Mr.. JAMES BINDLEY, SR., well
known master builder of the city, and al
old resident of the city, was very ser
iously hurt by fall into the cellar OF ;
building on West Fifth street near Rae
this morning. He was taken to his home
a
summoned. 1t is hoped that his injuries
will not prove of dangerous character
THE asslgnees of George Weber tilet
their inventory in the Probate Court yes
terday afternoon. The total value of tn
real and personal property assigned
amounts to $8O0,326 rs. The main item
in the inventory are as follows: empt.
casks. $50, ,470; 10, 1874 barrels of beer, $50
SO4; 1868 bales of hops, $31, ,909; 10000 kegs
$4,000; 5000 barrels, $4,000; 1S0 horses
$4,000; 7 mules, $1,505; the real estate
upon which the brewery is situated {
lots }, $l55,O00.
A YOUNG man about twenty-five
wears of age, named Frank Becker, com
mitted suicide last night by shooting
himself through the head. He was tn
son of John Becker, the marble manu-
facturer, at Ill Hamilton road, and en-,
ployed as q clerk In the sausage factor
OF John Segfer, on Branch street. Th
melancholy affair seems to have trans
pired at about ~ O'Clock, in the stor
where he was employed. The cause j
affirmed to be the recent death of a youn
man, most intimate friend of his
named J. Schwind. The Coroner ha
been notified and holds the inquest tC
day.
OFFICER MAHoNEY recovered nun
ber of revolvers yesterday at a house a
No. 81 Yeatman street. They are SUI
posed to have been stolen recently fror
the store of B. Kittredge, on Main street
The supposed perpetrators of the robber
were also gathered in at Ninth-stree
station, where they gave their names a
Michael Flynn, Bridget Flynn and San
Murphy. They will be held until some
thing definite can be learned. Office
Mahoney in the meantime will prosecut
his search with his former zeal and eff
cheney, for which undoubtedly he dt
serves great credit.
THE Board of Improvements held thei
regular meeting yesterday evening, an
transacted the following business: !
number OF ordinances to establish grade
were submitted by the Engineer and n
ferred to Council. The estimate of til
ooot nf work dana on Harriet street an