The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-21
The following, signed by eighty-four
names, was presented in Council last

night:
"Resolyed, That your honorable Coun-
Gil be requested to make the following
reductions In the expenditures of the
city, to-wit; To dismiss the police force
in total. To reduce the City Engineers
salary to $1,000, without. any extra al
lowance. To reduce the City Attorneys
salary to $500. 10 reduce the City Ply
sician's salary to $500. To reduce the
City Marshaps salary and his fees $500.
To reduce the salary of fremen $40 per
month each, and to dispense with serY-
ices of the Chief. To reduce the arket-
masters salary to $500. To reduce fees
of Wharf-master to fifteen per cent. on
collections. Further to reduce the ex-
penditure now made for gas. Also, to
request you to urge upon the WAFER
works Trustees the following reductions
to be made: Their Superintenqenps
salary to $1,000; their Engineers salary
to $720; theE freman's salary to 5000.
They also recommend you to procure an
amendment to the City Charter abolish
ing the office Of City Judge, and the
transfer of his duties to the Mayor.
Also, cf abolishing the office of Street
Commissioner, his duties to be dis
charged by the Engineer"
Referred to committee of the whole
to meet tonight. A resolution that they
petition the Legislature for power to
divide the city into three districts, and
that physicians be appointed to attend
them, was referred to the same COM
mittee. The election Of an engineer was
postponed for two weeks. Adjourned
meeting until next Thursday.
HAMILTON.
The Presbyterian Social metlast night
at the Church. '''8
DR.. Beauchamp is still confined to the
house from illness.
Mr.. Jack La Boiteaux, Butler county
stock raiser, starts for Texas next
week.
In the case of G. P. Riley ct al. vs..
Henry Ousley the petition in error, filed
by plaintiff, was overruled.
Court was engaged yesterday in hear
ing testimony in the case Of the Hamil
ton Printing Company ys. N. G. Curtis.
John Gary arrested and committed for
stealing shoes from Brinkman's shoe
store, in the Third ward, was yesterday
taken before the Probate Court on q
writ of habeas corpus, and released on
bail. |
The School Board met last night In
regular session. Bills to the amount oil
$3l5 were passed. The Secretary, L. B.
Delacourt, read q letter from himself
addressed to the Board. in which he gave
the editor Of the Hamilton Telegraph a
raking over the Goals for an editorial
which appeared under the head of ga
Sample of Oppressive Taxation" exhib.
iting thereby a statement or the finan.
cial condition of the Board entirely
wrong in Its application. The Score
tary then proceeded to show that on
MorahF1 1919 thnra will ha h1t gEA IN ~
a balance in the hands of the Treasurer
of the Board, and on motion the com
munication was received.
LEXINGTON, KY.
Rev. Father J. r. McGarvey has re.
turned to his diocese in Memphis, Tenn
The question now arises. sis a mar
who is not u qualified voter eligible tt
office ?" DR.. j. w. Chinn is not voter
and to man up tree 1T would seen
that DR.. Chinn will not be the "comins
man" for Council. -
The bill introduced in the Legislature
to make it serious offense for office
seekers to buy votes to procure thei
election, should be warning to some o
/ our enthusiastic politicians at the com
ing municipal election.
The following were among the promi
nent arrivals at the st. Nicholas yester
day: II. III. Smith, OF the 1Cincinnat
W.J. Scott, of Louisville, and Mr.A. M
and Miss Efie Owens, OF Bath county.
DAYTON, KY.
The Town Council met last night ant
| finished the reading of the new charter
| which was accepted, with some amend
ments. 1t was also resolved to petition
a rl,tx fNe ,sn,Hg A,S q.
crese the tax from 81 10 to $2.
The citizens of Dayton held another
| indignation meeting last night at Sep
Hall, adjoining the Council Chamber
The committee appointed to ,examin,
the books and accounts of the Clerk ant
Treasurer submitted their report, from
which it appears that no record of bonds
paid previous to 1878 has been kept, an(
1t is therefore impossible to arrive at tn,
precise bonded debt of the city, although
it is estimated at 100000. Resolution
| were adopted for the organization of
Citizens Protective Association, an,
signatures for this purpose were re
ceived.
TROY, o.
The new City Hall building will be lie
next Tuesday by our City Council.
Great preparations are being made TO
grand military celebration of the q
of February. A battalion drill and mill
tary fair will be the main features.
We had a grand military and firemen',
funeral last Sabbath. The deceased wa
| a prominent German citizen, name,
Louis Paul, and formerly member o
the list Owl.
1 A Judicial Marriage.
/ A good story is told of a newly-ap
pointed Justice of the Peace in one o
The Western States who was called oi
soon after his accession to office t
marry a couple. He was q bachelor an