The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-01
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y AyONDALE.-Capta Golfers coach
man was robbed of his clothing and $50
in money, yesterday. Same old story.
:, The Village Council meets In regular
session on Thursday.
The Burnet avenue assessment
amounts to q fraction over $16,000.
The Democratic primary meeting, held
at Boman's Park, lass night, was the
largest ever held In the village. 108 votes
were polled.
Brief speeches were made by Mayor r..
IA. Johnston, Ex-senator VIM. p. Wal
lace, Judge John w. Price and Dir. Thos.
u. Spencer. The meeting was very en-
thusiastic.
I. LEXINGTON, KY.-The city schools
will reopen next Monday. There will be
mo change in. text books as was last year.
This saving of expense to parents is due
to the-yigorous efforts of the STAR and
the Lexington Daily Press. We did our
best to have the war prices OF schools
books reduced, and are assured by one
OF the booksellers, MIR. L. j.. Danahy
price OF these books. The retail dealers,
however, do not control the prices. ALI
the publishers in the Union have formed
"a powerful combination for holding up
leXtravagant rates for books.
XENIA, O.-The Union schools will
open Monday, Sept. 6. The Board of
Education MADE very few changes in the
appointment of teachers tor the coming
year. The standard of education is very
low in our Union schools, and we are
sorry to learn that there is no apparent
prospects Tor Improvement.
The schools at the Ohio Soldiers and
Sailors Orphans Home will soon open.
'The Board of Directors have been very
careful in selecting competent and ex-
perienced teachers, so that during the
coming year we may expect great eff
cheney in the school OF this institution.
For the county offices three full tickets
are now nominated, viz, Republican,
Democratic and Temperance.
The political campaign is not very ex-
citing in this county. Each party has
held one meeting, with rather slim at
tepdance.
purchase fall and winter goods.
HAMILTON.-State School Commits
sioner Smart will not visit Hamilton
at present, as was stated.
Prof. McFarland, of Oxford, will de-
liver an address in the Universalist
Church on Thursday evening. The leo
ture will be well worth the hearing.
Yesterday two suspicious characters
were arrested and lodged in Jail. They
pretend to hail from Indianapolis. The
names they gave were Alex. johnson
and Henry Williams.
I The Teachers' Institute is pretty well
attended, and much interest is mani
tested.
The Democratic rally Monday night
at the Courthouse Park was assuccess
$as Tar as numbers are concerned. Hon.
Dan. Callen and IL. b. Banning were the
Isaac X. Dayis, former member of
the Butler County Bar, is in the city on
a visit to his friends. ,s .he-+7
/, Yesterday the County Commissioners
purchased Of Mr.. e. S. Ross the right to
use Selden's System of Books and Ac-
counts for County Auditor and Treas
urer, and all the forms OF the public ac-
counting system, for 81, 900, to be paid in
ten annual payments OF 5000.
! The contract for furnishing the Jail
and county offices with coal waSaWardea
10 E. Knox and Co., of the First ward,
and j. A. Neal, OF the Second ward,
each to furnish three car loads at four
ure or weight, that is, u pounds to the
ibusheI.
When Middletown hands, over her
promised $4O0, the managers OF the Chi l.
tQren'6 Home will be prepared to become
the purchasers of the Dyer property as
Ia permanent Home, So say those who
know.
The baseball mania has broken out in
Hamilton, all OF a sudden. What rich
harvest for the fool-killer, if he should
happen along!
Hiety, will enlighten. the "Madison
House" people and vicinity, Thursday
evening, and explain his connection and
vote on the Geghan law.
Work on the street railroad progresses
finely, notwithstanding several enter
lprising p citizens object to having the
Streets blockaded. A few more days and
the trouble will cease.
The members OF the Lone Star Lodge
tof the Knights of Pythias will hold d
meeting, Friday night, in their hall.
li3uofheen VI lHapoi eaAce Will SOute W lore
the meeting.
Jacob Boli, patrolman of the Fourth
ward, who was attacked with sunstFoke,
Sunday last, presented the members oil
the Second-ward Engine-h0nse with a
handsome clock, as mark OF gratitude
for their kind attentions on that occa.
sion.
COvINGTON.- Col. John B. Evan left
the city this morning for trip through
Central Kentucky. .r..l,.'g
The Ludiows and Stars to-day on the
Star grounds.
The Maysville and Lexington railroad
was sold yesterday to satisfy the claims
of the bondhoiders, and was purchased
by Mr. Henry Bell, who represented the
plaintiffs Of the previous suit. Theprtce
paid was s492, COCO.
Willow Run should be visited by the
Health OMcer.
: One Of the Covington cars was 80
tdensely packed with visiters from the
baseball game YESTERDAY IA "a cxlaaa tha