The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-06
LOCAL BREVITIES.


THERE is surplus in the Work,house
Fund OF $13, 500.
DR.. N. P. DANDRIDGE is now the City
Work-house Physician.
LOOK out for partial eclipse of the
suneat p. M. March 25.
MR.. A. p. LoRENTz, well known con-
tractor OF this city, is dead.
PITToN Bros. dye-house, on Sixth,
near Johu, has been robbed OF SIT so.
Col, OzRo j. DoDDs has been duly
qualified as Director OF the City Work
house.
AT the Work-bouse only three cases
OF smallpox were reported during the
last year.
THERE were five hundred and two
prisoners in the City Work-house ON the
LIST Of January, 1876.
A CASE OF wine was stolen yesterday
from the pavement in front of f. Sar-
rams store, 40 Main street.
j. ii. GREwTER, ESQ, President OF St.
cecilia Singing Society, has been caned
his friends OF the organization.
sIGNoR TAGLIAPIETRA has brought
suit against Col. Sidney B. Jones. for
false mprisonment-damages $4,000.
A SNEAK THIEF stole $3.50 Yesterday
from Niehaus and Klinckhamer's brew.
cry, corner OF Twelfth and Race streets.
THE Louisville Short-line Railroad
transports freight now from Cincinnati
70 all points South without breaking
bulk.
THE green grocers and retail fruit
dealers don't like it because Mayor
Johnston issues licenses to street ped
dlers.
THE meeting at the Niuth street Bap-
tist Church this evening is expected to
be one of unusual interest. DR.. Duncan
will conduct il.
A SHARPER yesterday succeeded in
getting a lot of Faber's pencils under
false pretenses from the firm of George
Il. Stevens s. Co.
AMANDA KNOTT will be her own at.
iorney in suit she brings against j. A.
Iuxworth to recover $4,000 for alleged
false imprisonment.
PosT STATION A, in the Twenty.fifth
ward, has been removed about two
squares up the Hamilton pike, to the
oorner OF knowlton street.
JOHN s. GRIFFITH, ESQ, and his wife.
surprised the members OF the Lawrence.
street Congregational Church with
handsome paptismal and communion
service. which he presented them last
Sunday.
The Independents don't propose to
make any change, as suggested, in the
personnel Of their ticket, but will fight it
but on this line il 1t takes the balance of
the winter.
TITS estimated by Messrs. Wells and
Biddle, of the Light Committee, that
one hundred and thirty-ive street gas
lamps could be extinguished, and then
we wouldn't have to grope in darkness.
The Grand Jury made the following
partial report yesterday to Judge Bur-
net, OF the Court of Common Pleas: Geo.
White, VIM. Smith, John Boden, James
Mclaughlin, Richard Hurley and Thos.
English, burglary; David White, assault
with intent to kill.
A HANDSOME stand OF colors is Great
ing lively contest at the Orphans fair
In Exposition Hall, between four mill
tary companies, the Knights of St.
James, Knights of st. George, Knights
Of st. Patrick and the Irish-American
Centennial Guards.
THE Davenport Club will on Friday
night at Thoms' Music Hall read "Meg's
Diversion" with the following cast:
Jeremy Crow, Mr.. Churchill; Roland
Pidgeon, Mr.. Pape; jasper Pidgeon, Mr..
Sherwood; Ashley Merton, Mr.. Long;
Eytem, Mr.. Wetherell; Margaret Grow,
Mrs. Mendel; Cornelia Crow, Mrs. Gal.
lahan; Mrs. Netwell, Mrs. Jones. And
"The Two Bonnycastles" will be read
by Mr.. Harvey as Mr.. Smuggins, Mr..
Humphries as MIR. John James johnson,
Mr.. Quick as Mr.. Bonnyoastle, alias Mr..
Jeremiah Jorum, Miss Donnally as Mrs.
Bonnycastle, Miss Armstrong as Helen,
Miss Bowman as Patty.