The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-22
LOCAL BREVITIES,


COUNCIL meeting tomorrow after
H0OR.
MKs. DR.. MALEY is i'll At Kelley's
island.
A PART of Curriers' fne band left this
morniNg for the Cynthiana fair, which
NRkes place this week.
MR.. JACOB ELsAs has enlarged his
hniiding, on the. northwest corner Of
Fourth and John streets.
The WOrk-house Directors at their an
Rnal meeting yesterday released the
tsual amount Of conVlcts.
Or the claims outlawed by the Wor.
tDington Law, three hundred and sixty
Two have been audited to date.
Col. LEV. s. STEELE, Of the Burnet
House, was married yesterday to Miss
1oiiie Inaeder, ~ Chelsea, mass.
JOHN D. MEYER, of the firm of Stein
man Il Meyer, furniture dealers, died
yesterday at the age OF seventy-one.
A COAL-oIL LAMP exploded in the gal
lery Of Emil Aibertps concert saloon
and set fire to the floor. Loss trfling.
JACOB PITTNER, an ex-policeman, who
In paralyZed, Will have a benefit in the
ahape OF a picnic at L0rentz's Grove on
Sunday next.
TEE exercises Of the funniest of the
Cincinnati Section of the North Amer
loan Turnbund, at Dayton yesterday,
was q SUCCESS.
TIE resignations as teachers in the
Euhlic Schools Of Kate Victor, Twenty
frat District, and Ross Bernstein, Thir-
Seenth District, nave been accepted.
CITY AUDITOR HOFFMAN has gone to
XeniA, o., in response to telegram in.
forming MIN that his wife had been in
jaKed by being thrown from buggy yes
terday.
A BINGLK sCULL RACE, from the Sus-
psusion Bridge to the Fulton Dry-docks
And return, Is set for next Saturday.
The contestants are James Broderick
and John Mealy, two West-End mechan-
les.
ROBERT P. MCGREGoR, ESQ.,, OF this
oity, and Miss Hester Nj. Porter. OF Cum
beFland, Md, were married in the latter
place on the 10Th inst. Both are gradu-
Ates Of the Deaf and Dumb Institute at
Frederick.
Mn. W. c. LYNNE and Miss Bette
Waiter, OF HarrodsUurg, KY, were mar
Fied at the Burnet House by the Rev.
eaae OF ''stern PARENT" These runaway
Kentucky matches are getting to be
~--"tOnOus.
i-~-> AVN,
Mr.. EPH. HOLLAND, in answer W
Millers dispatch, Lelegraphed TO Balu-
pIere, Oh behalf of Theobaud Bauer, that
he would pay Millers expenses to the
city and return, to come ana Wrestle
Bauer, In q ch for 5000.
THE contract for completing the Miami
Valley Narrow Gauge Railroad has been
let to John IL. Benedict Il Co., with u. \.
aOodhue as bOnQsman, and work VIII De
commenced within ten days, as the line
hns been established and the hnal STAKES
driven by the engineer.
MR.. ALFRED HILL says that School
Huilding Superintendent Adams tried
20 swindle him by miSrepresentiug him
to the school Board. Hill now proposes
"a settle with the Board for 81 $50 II,
which, If not accepted, he will take the
ease into court and sue for 20, 1853 O2.
THK "goIden wedding" of Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Reif was celebrated at their
residence Yesterday at the corner OF
MiIk and Vine streets. Twenty-Five
beautiful little girls, clad in white, pu-
pils Of the Parochial Schools OF st.
Georges, participated in the ceremo
niss.
DoNN PIArr, who fully appreciates
the convenience of having a bTother-in
law In Congress, is putting in his bes
lLeks for Banning in the Second District
'.InfRuence" becomes much more Valu
able commodity and moth ls kept out o
army clothing with much more ease witt
O bFOther-in-law put where he will d.
the most good.
TEE following appointments of teach
oss by the Local Trustees were con
fBrmed at the School Board meeting yes
MAN assistant, Eleventh District; Chas
Wolffrudt, first German assistant, ant
Misc Laura Talbot, assistant teacher
Mghteenth Districts; VIM. Fuendeling
flest German assistant, and Tlllie Lam
hUr, teacner, in Thirteenth District.
kKV. N. WEST, of this city, has re
covered possession by means oil lnforma
tisn impaired by an anonymous GORE
awsndemt, of splendid silver pitcher
af antique pattern, part Of set Of sole
silver presented to him by the members
OF the Central Presbyterian Church
which was taken about year ago, a.
the time OF the disappearance Of par
Of his library.
AT O meeting of the stockholders o
thu Cincinnati 4 Portsmouth Narrow
gauge Railroad held yesterday al 81.
Neat Third street, plans and estimate
fsr the road were offered, and 1t as dc
cided 10 at once advertise for bids TO
the construction Of the road from thi
civ to Bethel, said bids to be opened a
the next meeting, September 4. Jh
yrsspects are regarded as very enoour
aGtng.
THE Z. T. o. CLUB reorganized for tn
csmiDg season as follows: Oficers-I
u. Harding, President; Chas. h. Wright
Vice President; IL. y. Smith, Secretary
MilIard Howell, Treasurer. Membe rs
n. N. Bishop, jr., Il. E. Ringel, T. I
StoRs, Chas. K. Russell, Spencer /
nodd, Henry Pearce, jr., Walter G
brown, Jos. Greenless, John W. ThomI
cen, Edw. Folger, VIM. Pettibone, H. {
Coases, ]. Ii. Davis, Frank. Pearce, u, A
EIliOtt.
4 LAD named Frank. Lewis, OF 90 Bud
street, yesterday evening went into th
river to bathe in the rear of the Littl
Azismi Depot. He got beyond his deptl
and not being able to swim, would haV
GsoWned had not Edward Erons, an Ell