The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-01
NEWs FROM POINTS AROUND.

SIDNEY, O.-The Sons of Temperance
held spelling school in their lodge room
Friday evening, charging ten cents adj
mission. Inside large crowd assem-
bled and was called to order by Mr.. Pc
ter Gleck, who offered gold pen to the
best speller. One thousand words were
given out, and after two hours spelling
Walker Conn was declared the victor
and awarded the prize. There will be
another spelling match soon for the ben
eft of the Western grasshopper suffer-
ers, in the Opera-house.
LEXINGTON. - Thirteen marriage IL
cences were issued at the County Clerks
office during the month of February.
The American Citizen of last Saturday
has an editorial ON the subject of Catho-
lie and Protestant education Of the col
ored people in the South. The article
concludes: GAS between ignorant super
stition and an intelligent system OF
Catholicism for the colored people, we
prefer the latter"
DR.. Sharp has joined the Psycho-Philo-
sophie Society recently established by
the Advanced Thinkers in this city.
The young ladies are of the opinion
that Mr.. Paul Conlon is better suited tor
their drawing than the rough engine
room of the Fire Department.
Some of the young men of his city are
debating the question as to who is the
ugliest man in Lexington. The fine-look-
ing men are so numerous that it would
be impossible to decide who is the hand
soonest one.
The best quality of butter is selling in
the Lexington market at 25c. per pound.
The people of this city invested Hber-
ally in the Louisville Library lottery.
The Kentucky Penitentiary is reported
full of into hot
ments will have to be made to accommo-
date the increasing number Of criminals
ON their way TO that prison.
The old Kentucky Gazette, the grand
mother of all the local papers printed
hereabout, lost the city printing, and all
at once begins to find fault with the City
Fathers. In Saturdays paper the editor
calls for an investigation. Sour grapes.
Fayette county contains ten Christian
churches.
General John S. Williams, candidate
for Governor, addressed the citizens of
Woodford county, at the Courthouse in
Versailles, on Saturday.
Col. w. w. Bruce, the great hemp king,
bought and paid for $31 900 worth of that
article during the month of February.
Prot. b. N. Grehan appears in card in
the Lexington Press. The Professor
says shat every book agent of Wilson,
HiBkle & Co. that he meets is in favor OF
the reelection of DR.. III. A. NJ. Hender-
son for Superintendent of Public In
struction." The people of Kentucky are
much concerned about this school-book
business.
The Lexington City National Bank has
been created Government Depository.
This is intended to prevent stringency
in the currency of this city.
Timothy Tobias. a veteran who snrva1
under the first Napoleon in all his cam.
paigns, died last week in the Bourbon
County Poor-house.
HAMILToN.-The alarm of fire Sat.
urday evening was false one.
The spelling match of the Mission
Sunday-school, First Ward, comes ote
this evening. A handsome chrome is
the prize offered for the best speller.
There was a good attendance at the
Teachers Association on Saturday, and
much interest manifested in the exer-
cises. The next meeting will be on the
second day of May, when the subject Of
"Compulsory Education" will be dis
cussed.
The friends of temperance are called
to meet at the rooms Of the Young Mems
Christian Association tomorrow after
noon at 3 o'clock for the purpose of TAX
Hamilton represented at the coming
fair at Cincinnati.
Yesterday morning Daniel Delay, for
number of years engineer on the O., H.
q d. railroad, was found in his room ly-
ing on the floor dead. He had been con-
fined to the house for some time, and was
under the Doctors treatment at the time
of his death. Since the death of his wife
ne had been drinking considerable, which
was no doubt the predisposing cause Of
his death. He was about fifty years of
age, and had been in the employ of the
road for over twenty years. Dan was
''hail fellow well met" among his COM
panions, and was well known to most of
our citizens, especially those who were
called to travel over the G., Ii. Il d. road
often.
Mr.. Henry Frechtling has two children
very sick with scarlet fever.
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