The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-05-29
LOCAL BREVITIES.

NURRE had $40 900 insurance on his
factory.
THE public schools will be clio ed to-
murruW-DecoraliOn Day.
u S. DETECTIVE BROOKS is in the city
looking alter The tobacco interests.
E. w. WOODWARD will probably be
Superintendent Uf Lne Southern Road.
THE School Board last evening
adopted tax levy OF three and half
mills.
PooL-sELLING on the races by John
Walsh, Of Kentucky, at the Gibson
House.
The Clifton and Avondale California
excursiouists will probably return to-
morrow.
MEssRs. Tucker and Setter We're
elected to the Union Board Of High
Schools.
TWENTY-FIVE MEMBERS joined the
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial AssOcl-
tion last night.
PROF. ]. S. LOWE, of Farmers Col
lege, has resigned, and will till the soil
in Rlchland County.
THE German Pioneer Association is
celebrating its ninlh anniversary today
at the Bellevue House.
CINCINNATIs bonded Indebtedness is
$23, ,359, 327 45. 1t takes yearly $l,663OOO,
to pay the interest on it.
CONRAD MEYER, a butcher living at
COG Vine street, tell from The top of the
building yesterday and broke his leg.
THE Trustees and Directors of the
Cincinnati Southern will make tour of
inspection of the road, starting to-mor-
row afternoon.
MISS JENNIE SULLIVAN, of the Cathe-
dral choir, will sing at Benckenstein's 8
Hall this evening for the benefit of the
Walker Mill Road Church.
CAPT. VESSEL, ex-poice officer, lost
his pocketbook containing $1l5 yesteI-
day, but received it afterwards from a
man who picked it up on the road.
MARTIN CONDOR was this mornin .
fined 500 and sent out for thirty days, for
steulu 8 Jme small articles from the de-
livery wagon OF the Lamb Knitting Ma
chine Company.
NICHOLAS MORAN has been pardoned
out uf the Penilentiary, where he was
sent on six years term for killing his
brother some months ago in the Filth
street horse market.
THE County Commissioners have gone
to Columbus to meet The State Board OF
PublicW Works and the les. .s Of the canal
in consultation in regard to the Mitch
ell avenue tunnel.
The Marietta s. Cincinnati Railroad
will run special trains to the Chester
Park races, departing from the Plum
street Depot at 1880 p. M, 2P. M. and
$3.50 2. NJ. every day during the races.
The members of the old Sixth Ohio
Regiment last night rendered a serenade
to their COMMANDER, Colonel Nick An.
dersop, on the eve OF his departure for
Europe. They were handsomely enter.
tanned, and then escorted the Colone
and his family to the depot.
CORPORAL TANNER, who is to make
the address tomorrow at the decoration
OF tue graves at Spring Grove, arrived
from New York this morning, and ii
stopping at The Gibson House. lie Will
be the guest this evening OF Col. r. NJ
Moore, at the lattel's residence or
Prices Hill.
WIN. GROSS, who lives at No. 10 Eide
street, was locked up in BremeE-stree
Station on a charge of cruelty to AM
mails. Gross, on Sunday, hired horst
Al Juegling's stable on Vine street, ant
SO oyerdroVe the horse that the anima
died. The case i'll the Police Court wal
continued until next Saturday.
THE railroads centering here hav
made arrangements to start their train
by the time furnished at the Cincinnati
Observatory. Telegraph lines are be
ing put up from the Observatory to th
cily's clock, on Fourth and Walnut
and 10 each depot. The new sche dul
will 20 INTO effect in few days.
THE examinations OF the Distric
Schools i'll vocal music his week are d
follows: This morning, Fourteenth Dis
trict; this afternoon, Iwenty-hrst D.s
rir or IA ~ ttl,
noon, Twenty-tourth District; Tnursda
morning, Seventeenth District; Thur!
duy afternoon, Fourth District.
The Murphy temperance meeting /
the United Presbyterian Church las
night 4Yas largely attended, over OH
hundred signing the pledge. The meet
ing this evening Will be in the Nations
Theater. a pray will be hel
i'll the Congregational church, on Vim
street, near Ninth, each day of LhI
week.
The following Wholesale hat dealer
have agreed to close their stores on Sa
urdays at 8 O'CLOCK: Mendel, Berman
Co.; Wallace & RIngel; Dickinson
Bishop d. Co.; Brown, Lauer u Co
Starkey, Gibbons g. Hunton; Roberts
sellers; GIltlcb g. Mayer; BaIz
Krehnbriuk; Baum Il Bulz; Tnompso
u Goodrich; Gibson Brothers.
MoRIIZ RIDDEL was arrested yeste
day by LleuLenaut Gibner for loiterin.
Rddel, Tor some time past, has bee
forging his uncle's name-Mr. n. Drucl
er-to small orders lor goods. The la
ler got tired OF his relatives doings, an
concluded to have him put out OF II
way of doing mischief for some tim
Judge Wilson this IN Jrning sent Il
young man to the Work-house for s.
months and fined HIM $50-Lhe fu
amount OF the law.
Amusement Notes.