The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-06-19
LOCAL BREVITIES.

GAMBLERS are Oelng falueu.
WIN. b. MADDUx has returned from
California.
ONLY eighly.fve men at work on the
new Post-otfice.
NINETY applications for admission to
the school OF Design have already been
made.
CHARLES w. PARNELL, OF East Wal
nut Hills, is the first victim oil local sun
stroke.
UNITED STATES Assistant Treasurer
Stem has received instructions for TAX
ing deposits on account OF the new four
per cent. bonds.
MRS. T. A. NEsMITH's Select School,
on Eighth street, c!oseu for the season,
with an exhibition last night that did
credit to all concerned.
A LITTLE girl named Noonan. who
lives on Carr street, and who was bitten
some time ago by an iniuriated cat, is
now exhibiting signs of hydropnobia.
The house at No. ia York street was
burgiarized between clock and day
light this morning. A few articles and
small amount OF money were taken.
CHRIS. SANDHEGGER, OF the Court
street liquor house, is laid up with
broken shoulder and other injuries,
caused by being thrown out of buggy
on Ohio avenue.
MAJOR MORGAN, Superintendent of
the Work-house, mas made a contract,
on beh lf of the WOrk-house Board, for
the work OF forty men al 40 cents day,
upon the canal.
THERE are six hundred and thirty
gasoline lamps used tor lighting the
streets. They continue to burn as usual
without reference to either the moon or
the Philadelphia timetable.
1HE National Division of the Sons Of
Temperance of North America will con-
yene at Detroit, Mich, on Wednesday,
the Goth inst, at 10 O'clock A. NJ. Twen-
ty-ninc delegates will go from this State.
JOHN HAAS, an employe of the Lafay-
ette Brewery, and VINO lives on Vine
street, near Buckeye street, fell down
the cellar yesterday evening, and was so
badly injured that his life Is despaired
OF.
Jos. RosENrHAL, TIL. Herzog, F. II.
Eick, NJ. Epstein and S. Ii. BorggreVe
have associated themselves together
and organized the PLeuix Building AS
ISOLATION. Capital stock S6O0O0O, d.
Vided into $500 shares.
THE Lyle Greys on the Fourth OF
July will give an exhibition of target
shooting at the Four-mlle House on the
Reading Road. There are immense
shots in the company, and a tine exhi'
bition is guaranteed.
MEETINGS will be held at 200 Vine
street, by Reform Club, every evening
this week; also, at York Street Church
and Mclean Chapel on wednesday
nipht, aud at Asbury Chapel, on Web
ster street, and Mears Church on Thurs
day night.
The old "City Prison." on Ninth
street nearly opposite the City Build
ings, is being torn down, to make room
for the new structure to be used as the
ChilJren's Home. The building which
is being torn down was in 1864 inhab
tied by the notorious "John Morgan"
A CHILD named Katie Baune, four and
one-hall years OF age, a daughter Of
Joseph Baune, living at the southeasl
corner OF Woodward and Pendletor
streets, fell from the third story Of that
building, about halt-past two O'Clock
yesterday afternoon, and died hall al
hour aflerWard.
AN insane woman named Mary Sto
pher committed suicide at Hartford, In
diana, last Saturday night, by drowning
herself in Laughery creek. The body
was found yesterday a short distance
below Hartford, and an inquest held by
the Coroner. She was thirty-iye years
OF age and unmarried.
A NUMBER Of our prominent German
citIZeus nave organized what will be
known as the Central Club, and Will
soon commence the erection Of a house
to meet in, which will probably stand
at the corner of Madison and Plum
streets. The Club will be inaugurateO
by summer festival held at the Belle
Vue House on the evening OF the l9.h o
June. The officers elected are as TO-!
lows: President, A. E. Krameri Nict
President, III. Moormann; Secretary, Il
Schoepper; Treasurer, W. b. Metzger.
THE Sinking Fund Trustees held al
executive meeting yesterday afternoon
They rec0nsiuered their action hXin!
the levy for the Southern Railroad Sink
ing Fund, aud made it the special orde
for their next meeting. They passed
resolution TO make the Safety Deposi
Company OF this city the custodian OF al
the bonds and other evidences OF deb
under the control of the Trustees
Messrs. Laws and Perry were appointe
a committee TO examine and report tn
S, funds, &c, OF the Cincinnati
Southern Railroad under Section OF tn
law. A proposition from Z. Z. Marshal
to lease wharf property was referred
the Board OF Public Works.
To Pensioners.