The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-02-05
NEWS FROM POINTS AROUND.

NEWS FROM POINTS AROUND
MORNING VIEW, KY.-Yesterday morn
| ing one of our beautiful maidens handed
her clothes out OF q second story win
dow to her lover and eloped with him.
The happy and brave couple went to the
cars, and finding the old gentleman
awaiting them there, the lady, heavily
yelled, entered the car alone, while the
lover seated himself in the baggage car,
and OF they went leaving him none the
wiser for the trouble he had taken.
We have had some fine skating of late,
and doubt not it Will be renewed during
the present cold spell.
Dogs abound to an almost boundlesa
extent, bat the owners do not seem to be
able to get along without them.
Pe0pleswho have front gates seem ia
think they are intended as mere orna.
mepts, and generally leave them open 70
make them more ornamental. Your cor.
respondent is eccentric enough to stg.
gest that they occasionally. be shut.
We have an inexhaustible supply Of
marriageable gentlemen, old bachelors
and young men, but there are compare
lively few young ladies.
LEXINGTON, KY.--Robert Halloway.
charged with the murder of Joseph M.
Shaw. was yesterday committed to Jail
to await his trial. He was held In $1,000
bail by the magistrates at the examining
trial. This was deemed insufficient go
curity by the Judge u the Circuit Court
for crime of such magnitude.
Marrying is all the go at present. The
local papers chronicle the details of threa
brilliant and fashionable weddings that
took place in the last "a hours.
Prof. Grehan, candidate for Superin.
tendent of Public Instruction, complains
of the school-book swjndles, but does not
suggest a remedy. Tell us, Professor,
how often you were approached by book
sellers while you were school Commits.
sioner of Fayette county.
Daniel Thompson and G. NJ. Lander
were yesterday committed to- Jail to
await further trial ON the charge Of iel-
Ony. Lander is accused of stealing a
watch, some articles OF jewelry and ~ 30
In money.
The numerous criminal cases on the
docket Of the Circuit Court are proper.
tlonately greater than our sparse popula-
lation. A few Pagan missionaries to
teach us obedience TO the superior laws
are sadly needed in this region.
The various city officers, high and low,
are to be elected on the 10Th of this
month by the City Council. But who
elects the Councilmen? This puts us
in mind cf an incident in the life OF Hon.
john Randolph, when told that Mr.
Brown would hold the stakes on pend
ing. wager, asked ."Who will hold Mr.,
BrownW
The mercury got down again yesterday
morning to seven degrees above zero at
the Ashland Observatory.
The various ponds around Lexington
are covered with heavy ice, and afford
fine opportunity for skating, which ex-
ercise is being enjoyed by large mum.
Der OF young folks.
A stranger named W. b. McKennan
committed suicide by taking an over
dose Of morphine, last Wednesday af-
ternoon, at his clearinghouse, ON Spring
street.
Mrs. Mary Ann Devices, aged 7syears,
died at her residence in this city, at five
O'Clock on Wednesday evening. Mrs.
Devices was niece OF Major James Nor.
vapia University.
HAMILTON.-The Presbyterian social
met at Mrs. j. b. Cornelps last night.
Mr.. james Beatty, President Of the
First National Bank, is slowly recover.
ing from his late attack OF paralysis.
A little son of Mr.. Horace'W oodrutf is
lying quite ill with scarlet fever at the
residence of his grandfather, William
Beckett, ESQ.
The Shakespeare Club meets this even
ing at DR.. Falconer's residence.
George Bisdorf is a candidate for re-
election to the office OF Street Commits
sioner. When you have u good thing
keep 1t.
Yesterday in the Common Pleas Court
in the case of the State against John
Strattner and Charles Springer, indicted
Tor burglary, the Court appointed M. s.
Hamilton to defend Springer, who was
shown to be INDECENT.
A suit for libel is about to be institu-
ted by Horace Kendall, Hamilton report
er for Cincinnati Commercial, against
Messrs. Egry & Scoby, of the Hamilton
Telegraph, for defamation OF character.
The Board of Education met last night
in regular session, with all the members
present and President Matthias in the
Chair, and transacted the following bus
mess: The Committee on Claims re-
ported the following bills with recom-
mendation to pay, which was received:
j. Peacock, 500; j. Hennenger, 81 50; J.
Il. j. Matthias, $32. On motion, tile rules
were suspended and the bills passed.
The committee also reported that they
had reinsured the First Ward Building
in the sum of $4,000, for W hich they paid
a premium OF $l50; received.
Mr.. Marks moved that the Board, by
resolution, justify the President and
Secretary in taking the precaution to in
sure the First Ward building, and pay
ing for the same without waiting for the
Board to meet and take the regular ac-
tion in the same, which, if done, would
have left the building insecure for over
one week, and would have jeopardized
the property OF the city to large loss in
case Of fire before the meeting. Car
ried.
The Committee on Law was-asked to
the Board had right to employ
an attorney to assist in the prosecution
Of cases or suits brought by Or against
The Board or any members thereof.