The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-12-12
LOCAL BREVITIES.
CLEAN your sidewalks.

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Gov. HAYES and Mayor Johnsto on will
hng's concert at Pixies Hall tonight.
THE Chamber of Commerce meeting in
the interest Of the Southern Halfway,
which was to have been held last nlgnt'
tailed OF a quorum.
PAT. GLEASON, a drayman living at
No. 81 Slack street, Prospect Hill, broke
q colIar-bone yesterday morning by 1all-
ing down at the Little Miami Railroad
Depot.
ON and after December II. the Dayton
Short.line will run one OF Wagners
sleeping-room coaches through to New
York City, without change, on their 9:4O
z. N. train from Cincinnati.
THE wooden trestle, put up to assist
in placing the iron draw span OF the
Cincinnati Southern Railroad Bridge,
opposite Ludlow, was swept away by
Ihe floating Ice last evening, about B
o'clock.
THE Independents Of the Mercantile
Library have selected the following
named gentlemen as the Nominating
Committee: Messrs. Warren, Munson,
Heinsheimer, Armel, KING, Hinkle anu
e. Ii. Pendleton.
GOVERNOR HAYES was serenaded last
night AT The residence OF Mr.. John w.
Heron, on Pike street, near Third, by
the Fourteenth Ward Glee Club. The
Governor made a few remarks to his
visitors, which drew forth applause.
A LITTLE boy of Mrs. Ryan, who lives
at No. $50 Broadway, got his clothes ig-
nited yesterday at tne stove fire, and
was badly burned about the head and
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1t is feared the boy can not recover.
HENRY RHODE a Fifth-street tailor
has been Victimized out Of S35 suit Of
clothes by sharper, who bargalned for
The goods and then had Mr.. Rhodes boy
where q confederate was met, who fur
uiShed a worthless check which the boy
took back to his employer.
AT THE annual stated meeting Of
Willis Chapter No. l3l, II. A. M, the
ensuing term: Comp. Max Isaacs, Ii. 2. /;
Comp. Ii. A. Downing, King; Comp.
Salmon Jones, Scribe; Comp. S. d..
Wardle, &. OF H.; Comp. j. A. Hamil-
ton, Prin. Sol; Comp. L. W. Jones, Il. A.
G.; Comp. F. l.. Day, G.. NJ. Third Vail;
Comp. Sol. Bloom, G. NJ. Second Vail; {;
Comp. W. j. Littell. G. NJ. First Vail;
Comp. Leopold Burckhardt, Treas. /;
Comp. Ii. Kaiser, j., Sec.; Comp. John
Z. Blakemore, Guard.
THE Atlantic g. Pacific Telegraph
Company organized as an Indiana cor
poration, at Lawrenceburg, Indiana,
yesterday. The cOrporators OF the Com
pany are VIM. ii. Eckert and VIM. NJ.
Ramsey, OF this city, and Ii. ID. McMul-
len, ESD, OF Aurora, Indiana, and these
gentlemen were elected Directors. The
purpose OF this organization is to con-
Aemn the right 10 set poles on the lines
of railway in that State, under the
statute. They promise to have their
poles up on the line of the Ohio Il Mis-
sissippi Railroad, completing their line
from This city to Louisville within thirty
days.
A BOARD OF SAFETY was organized
Yesterday, and Mayor Johnston elected
Chairman. The object OF the Board is
to inspect ali public buildings, places Of
amusement and tenement houses in the
city, with a view of condemning all in
secure places. The forms for recoru
books and certificates were adopted,
and it was decided to apply to Council
Tor the necessary Appropriation OF money
to carry out the practical details q
the organization. 1t was decided to
keep the records in the Mayors ONCE.
The certificates Of safety VIII be printed
in good zed type III gOod style, so as
to be framed and hung up. IL Is the de.
termination OF the Board TO proceed
with condemning unsafe places at once.