The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-29
LOCAL BREYITIES.


LOCAL BREVITTES.
FALSE ALARM tron box last night.
FIFTY-oNE cases disposed of in the Po-
lice Court this morning.
MR.. JOHN e. BELL has resigned his po-
sition as Work-house Director.
Mr., WILBUR Il. PARKER, editor Of the
ssAmerican sportsman" is at the Gibson
House.
MR.. GUsTAyE TAEEL has accepted the
nomination tor the office Of Water-w orks
sTrustee.
JUDGE SWING is this week stalking a
rest' before opening the next term of the
District Court.
THE funeral of Mrs. Margaret Zinn
took place from the Cathedral this morn.
ing, and was very largely attended.
EMPIRE LODGE, A. U. U. w., gives a
ball and banner presentation tomorrow
evening at Geyer's Assembly rooms.
THE alarm from box 10 on Saturday
evening was for trifing fire in dwell
ing on Parsons street. Loss very slight.
SEVERAL large pork-packing establish
ments are to be built in the vicinity OF
the United Railroad Stock-yards this
spring.
MISS JULIA RIVE has been telegraphed d
to go to New York for rehearsal, pre-
paratory to the Philharmonic concert
next month.
The prospects are that this season will
prove more favorable to builders and me-
chanics in Cincinnati than has any Tor
several years past.
PROF. STONE, recently appointed Di-
rector of the Cincinnati Observatory, is
busily engaged in putting the Obserya-
tory in working trim.
THE insurance men are studying the
water supply in the different parts OF the
city, and preparing to raise rates where
the supply is deficient.
Mr.. A. TENNER, of this city, was in
London March Il, and s. r. Bates and
family in Paris March 10. Miss +. j..
Bates hasialso gone to Italy.
THERE is considerable ill feeling in the
circles of the Locomotive brotherhood
as regards the reduction of wages on
many OF the leading railways.
DETECTIVE RAMSAY on Saturday, at
Hyam's pawn shop, recovered the over
coat stolen not twenty hours before from
the residence of g. II. Jones, ON Ninth
street.
AMANDA YOUNG, colored, stole pol
ishing iron anu pair of pants, for which
pbC was hCAtOuCCu " Iullby udN III buts
Work-house by Judge Marchant this
morning.
A MOVEMENT is on foot to raise a
guarantee tund for the Cincinnati Or
chestra, to secure its services on pay
ing and permanent basis in Cincinnati
next season.
VIM. NEWELL, for assaulting one Frank
Kramer last night, was arraigned in the
Police Court this porning, and his case
continued to next Wednesday. In de-
tault of$10O he was committed.
NoRDHEIM AND HAUPT, the two men
injured ny the lioness at the Geological
Garden, are doing very we'll. Mr..
Haupt, the least hurt of the two, was
able to sit up shorttime yesterday.
HENRY GUsMEYER, a teacher, some
days ago assaulted a small lad, the con-
ductor OF one of the Pendleton cars, and
broke one of the windows. In the Po-
lice Court this morning he was fined 80
and costs.
MAYOR JOHNSTON and Uncle John.
Robinson took separate strolls over the
Rhine yesterday, and met at Weilerts
saloon on Vine street, where they en-
joyed social chat over the prospects of
the race for Mayor.
ALEX. A. HUsTNER, the colored bar
ber Oh the steamer Potomac, has model
ed in clay bust of Mr.. Philip Zoelner,
of Portsmouth, which does great credit
to the artist, as he is entirely inexper-
fenced and uninstructed.
Mr.. ADAM b. WILSON and thirty-six
other residents Of the Eighteenth Ward
having retitioned Mr.. Henry Mack to
run independently for the membership
of the Board of Education. He has pub
licly consented to do so.
J.T. SMITH was arrested and locked up
in the Third Station by Officer Hilberger,
on suspicion of being the one who some
time ago robbed Cooks jewelry store, at
the corner OF Filth and Smith streets.
In the Police Court this morning he was
given six hours to leave the city.
= THE Wine Growers Association met
at Horticultural. Hall Saturday after
noon, and after testing several varieties
and performing some unimportant bus
mess, resolved to meet at p. M, dur
Ing the ensuing season, after which they
adjourned.
THE Democratic Executive Committee
meets at Aug's tomorrow to nominate
candidates for the Board of Control, and
the Republican Committee meets for the
on Wednesday. The meeting in each
case is to be at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
AN election of officers for the Mount
Auburn Building Association, held last
Saturday evening, resulted as follows:
President, Theo. Herzog; Vice Presi-
dent, Dan. Koch; Treasurer, Jacob ME-
meyer; Secretary, John It. Ricard; AS
sistant Secretary, G. Oberhelmann.
JOSEPH HUEGEL was lodged at the
Fulton station last night on the cnarge
of cutting one VIM. Steinmetz in the left
side Of the abdomen. This morning he
was dismissed in the Police Court, as
the wound did not prove dangerous, and
Steinmetz did not desire to prosecute
Huegel.
THE funeral services of the late Rich
ard Dierker, of the firm OF Cordesman g.
Dierker, took place this morning at St.
Anthony's Church with due ceremonies.
A large number Of friends and relatives
OF the deceased were in attendance.
The body was inferred at St. Bernarus
Cemetery.
AUGUST HEINE, a tailor, on Madison
street, was arraigned in the Police Court
this morning, On charge OF abusing his
family last Saturday afternoon. AS it
became evident that the man was insane,
he will be taken before the Probate