The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-06-02
LOCAL BREVITIES.

THE Hamilton County Grand Jury
meets on Monday.
POWELL CRossLEY, ESQ.,, has been ad-
mitted to the bar Of the State Courts.
THREE HUNDRED AND sEvENTY-FIvE
workmen are now employed on the new
Government Building.
THE ordinance establishing street
Railroad Route No. 10 has been relerrea
to a special committee Of five.
MR.. PETER o. WHITE succeeds Mr.. j.
H. Carer, as President Of the Germanla
Fire Insurance Company.
A wELL.DREssED sneak thief got away
with $500, when he took from the desk
Of the steamer II. s. Turner, yesterday.
WADE STREET Market brings In rev.
snue of $40O per annum to the city, ana
costs 81, 800 for watching and sweeping.
THE choirs in the different churches in
The city have been requested to take
.eats in the chorus at the Religious Gen.
tennial, at Exposition Hall, June ~.
The Street Railroad Committee OF
Common Council have recommended the
extension of the Elm-street Route from
Liberty street north to McMicken ave-
nue..
ALBION SNowDoN, son of Mr.. I. NJ.
Snowdoii, of the firm OF LOCKWOOD q
Snowdon, had his foot badly crushed py
q street-car last night, in going 10 MS
home in Mt. Auburn.
AUDITOR HUMPHREYS, in order to fur.
nish clerical force to the CITY Board OF
EnnaiizatIon. will be compelled to ask
the Court of Common Pleas to furnish
him with a dozen or more clerks and
Deputy Auditors. 1t isn't likely he'll
get them.
COUNTY SOLICITOR PAXTON has given
An opinion to the Board OF Equalization,
corroborated by an opinion from Hon.
Rufus King, that the County Auditor had
the sole and exclusive right to appoint
all clerks, messengers and viewers OF
the Board OF Equalization, and that he
must go 10 the Courts for orders as 10
numbers and compensation.
SMALL. FIREs.-Box IA, 5:3O last even
lng-burning rubbish in yard ON Front
street, Box 10, 80 last night-scraps
In S. B. Elliott 4 Co.'s shoe factory,
southeast corner Second ana sycamore.
Loss small. Between 6 and O'CLOCK
last eyening-small fire in the furniture
wareroom on Fifth street, east OF the
Indiana House. No alarm.
ATthe meeting of the Council Commit.
tee on Markets held at the City Buildings
last night the following Sub Committees
were appointed: Wade Street Market,
Dicks and Drake; Court Street Market,
Gardner and Terrence Riley;. Findlay
Street Market, Rothert and Braunels
Sixth Street Market, Carrlgan anu GRAY
Lower Market, Cline and durren.
ALARGE and enthusiastic meeting was
held last evening at the George-street
Engine-house, Eighteenth Ward, to ar
range for the celebration OF the Fourth.
The following fficers were unanimously
elected: President, Alderman j. D.
Wells: Vice President, Harry kellar;
Secretary, q. W. Merrill; Treasurer, A
A. b. Wilson; Committee OIL Conference
with General Committee, g. W. Merrill,
d. Malley, S. Bloom, &. f. Lingo and W.
]. Winterburn.
MR.. PETER MAITHRR, OF Knightstown,
Indiana, writes that the headquarters Oh
the German National Convention, called
to meet in this city two days before the
National Republican Convention, Will
not be at the Freie Press office, as at
first stated, but at Turner Hall, where
the Convention will be held. The object
OF the Convention is to consult In regard
to the best man to nominate for Presi-
dent. Every district i'll the Union Is
called on to send delegate.
THE following gentlemen have con
sented to assist in conducting the music
at the Sunday-school Centennial Cele
bration in Exposition Hall Saturday
morning, June 10. Oilers will be added
Ii. Wilson Brown, Of Fifth Presby terian
Church; w. +. Stein, Union NJ. E., Coy
ington; Geo. G. Sm tn, Hamilton, Ohio;
j. q. Healey, Third Presbyterian; s. w
Tarvin, Mears Chapel; g. B. Nichols,
Ninth Street Baptist; Frank. g. McFar'
land, First Baptist; Samuel Ellis, Chris
E.; NJ. W. Maxwell, Second Presby'