The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-20
FROM POINTS AROUND.

observation-disclosures that smallpox
prevails to any extent in this city are
false, There has been but q single case.
that q very light one, and the disease
was not commuhicatedtos tosa single per-
son.
Do not forget the entertainmenta at
Oad.fellows' Hall Tor the benefit of An
chorsI4 lodge, A. o. u. W. of Dayton.s
A musical and literary entertain.
mept is to be given at the Presbyterian
Church next Thursday evening. The
music will be under the direction of
Professor Stanage, and the entertainA
ment will be one well worth attending.
CyNTHIANA, Ky.-Rt. Rev. Bishop
Toebbe celebrated, mass. in the r. G..
Church, Friday morning.
Rev. Il. Majer. has been appointed to
succeed Rev. +. Brossart as r. O. pastor
the latter being gincapacitated through
sickness.
Conrad Schwoerer, an old and respect
ed citizen, and father-in-law of City
Councilman FL. Rohs, was buried Friday
morning from the r. Q. Church; service
blythe Rev. II. Ii. Brandts, Of Paris.
The Fire Committee appointed by the
City Council to go to COvingtOn and
Cincinnati and report as to the purchase
of fre-engine for the city, has per-
formed its mission. There are arrange
ments making for tins purchase of an en-
gine, which are likely to prove satistac-
tory.
HAnIILTON.-Am meeting Of the Board
OF Health was held yesterday and a
number of bills recommended to Council
for payment.
Criminal Courts-In the case Of James
Hagan and Ignatius Hagan, jointly liz
dicted for petit larceny, the Prosecuting
Attorney entered a Botle. In the case Of
Thomas Hagan, indicted for assault and
battery, the jury returned a verdict Of
notsguilty. In the case of Jacob Shull,
jointly indicted with Charles st. Clair,
1or breaking, entering, &c., the jury re-
turned verdict OF guilty, and assessed
the valueNof the property at $3S. In the
case of VIM. Bergan, jointly indicted
with Ball and Forster, Tor the murder Of
Schwitzer, the Prosecuting Attorney en-
tered aR0lle.
Application for new trial in the
Forster case has been made.
John A. Stevens benefit at the Opera
uOubG Was d buCCGSSs 1u6 play W dS
"Richelieu," and was we'll received.
Tuesday evening, the young people of
the Baptist Church will give an oyster
supper in the lecture room OF the church
Rev. A. ID. Flagg, pastor of the Chris
tian Church, will lecture Tomorrow
evening. Subject: "Nebuchadnezzar's
Dream"
LEXINGTON, KY.-In giving orders
to poor persons for groceries and sup
plies for city school buildings Mayor
Frazer should not direct them all to one
house in particular. The city patronage
ought to be fairly distributed among
business men, big and little.
The funeral Of Mrs. Eliza Marshall,
wife Of Judge Thomas A. Marshall, took
place this morning from the Episcopal
Church. Mrs. Marshall died in louis
Vile last Wednesday.
The murder case Of Michael Luby oc-
cupied the Circuit Court yesterday. The
Holloway murder case was continued
until next February.
An excursion train leaves tomorrow
morning for Louisville. Round trip 81.
A special meeting of ithe City Council,
was held on Thursday evening. Absent
Capt. Treacy and General Huston. A.
Walrath & Co., and I'll. JENNINGS, were
granted Coffee-house licenses. The sal
aries Of coiored school teachers were in
creased 50 per month. A movement was
made looking to the taxing OF milk
wagons. IF this be adopted the rich
milk will be watered to make up the tax.
Messrs. NJ. G. johnson, w. q. p. Brock
inrIdge and j. b. Huston were appointed
a committee to take steps toward build
s..ex trf- lsn In
was introduced taxing drummers 500,
both wholesale and retail, and fining
them $50 tor violating It's provisions. A
timely speech from Breckinridge pre-
vented i.s passage. 1t will come up
again for the fOrtieth time, on the first
Thursday in December.
Governor McCreary Is said to be the
Youngest Governor in the Union.
The Lexington Gas Company still keep
up their war prices for the stuff they call
gas. The early completion of the Mt.
Sterling coal road will do away with the
excuse that coalls high-priced in Lex
fngton. But no matter how cheap coal
is, gas bills will be the same, as long as
our citizens submit to these extravag amt
charges.
LUDLOW, KY.-Council met in regu-
lar session last night, President Savage
in the Chair and quorum present. AS
usual the same old story is to be told.
The call Of Standing Committees pro-
duces no business, although 1T is a we'll
known fact that plenty of IL lies dormant
In the pockets and pigeon-holes OF the
over-tasked Chairmen. But fig for
shat. The Introduction of any measure
Of Importance just now might, perhaps,
.'worry fellows chance OF Reelection
And that, you know, is q paramount
aim that can not be- lost out of sight
just now. Our glorious, backsliding
Temperance Council undertook to
eat little more "Crow" last night. But
alasl John Grace's last addition to the
honorable body not being up to "tricks
that are vain," just LETT the thing where
..they wanted It," by voting No. On J.
II. Birkencamp's petition for coffee
house license, Messrs. Jas. Nixon, Rob-
ert, Wiley, a. Haut and j. Grace, who
voted in the affirmative, looked bewfl-
dered at the turn AFFAIRS had taken In
consequence of the glileness Nettleton
vote; but there was The document. AS
Clerk Barr read Its mournful fate.
slaughtered most foully In the house OF
its friends, as "Boh and Me" looked on
In mute astonishment, and drawing
q, long and solemn breath, q tear OF re-
greet could be seen dangling on the ends
pf their bugies, as they viewed the dear