The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-07-06
LOCAL BREVlTIES.

IHR 10unH Democracy Ol HdInilIOn
County are in favor o! Hon. 5. 4. Hunt
for Governor.
THE rector OF Calvary Church, Clifton,
Rev. W. A. johnson, has received the
honorary degree OF d. ID.
A BURNING window-curtain in Lodge
allie, caused a silent alarm to the
Threes Company last evening.
COLONEL MEACHAM will give his thrill
ling lecture on The Tragedy of the Lava
Beds" in the Pavilion on Prices Hill
this evening.
CONDUCTOR HAZARD, of the G., H. &
]. Road, was injured severely while eX-
amiuing the air-brake on his train last
Wednesday at ConnersYille, Ind. lie is
recovering rapidly.
THE work OF increasing the subscrip-
tions to the Southern Road is still going
on gradually. There are still lacking
seven hundred and fourteen shares OF
S35,70O to make up the maximum OF
$25U 900.
ON the evening OF July some thief
entered the photograph gallery of Mir.
Slater, 217 Central avenue, and ab-
stracted a valuable "A DarIot portrait
lens. Other valuable instruments were
kindly left.
L
hereafter, commencing to-day, will be
called at $3.50 instead VI L. Nj, thus in-
suring a larger attendance. Trains wi Ii
leave the Plum-Street depot at 2:30, 3
and 3:20 p. NJ.
THE CINCINNATI ORCHESTRA will leave
Monday morning on the Suort-line for
the Louisville Sac geriest. During their
absence Wieganu's Juvenile Orchestra,
with Mrs. Clara R!chey as vocalist, will
be at Prices Hill.
THE First German United Evangel-
ical Lutheran ST. Peters Church Of
Pleasant Ridge mas 1iled articles OF in-
corporation in the Recorders Office.
The Trustees are Henry Wiesehahn,
VIM. Cordes and Christ. Steinkamp.
FRANK HETTEsHEIMER, aged about
seven years, IS in the city Hospital,
suffering fom broken leg received yes
terday by falling, while asleep, from
wagon in the shed of George uetz, on
the Lick Run Road. He can't tell where
his home is.
SEVERAL articles, including an open
faced golu watch, silver watch, guld
chain, and set OF gold shirt studs, were
found yesterday by the detectives, from
Information given BY prisoner. They
are at the ttfce of the Superintendent
OF Police to await identification.
The Cincinnati Saturday Night, A.
Miner Griswold proprietor, Will come
out this week enlarged TO an eight
column, folio paper, With new head
and other Improvements. "Gris." has
already one of the best weekly papers
i'll the country, but still he is not happy.
TIE German members of the School
Board held a caucus last night at No.
444 Elm street, and unanimously re-
solved to vote against Mr.. O'NeiPS
proposition to abolish the First German
Assistants III the Public Schools. MIR.
Eckel and others made speeches against
We proposition. About sixteen German
members of the Board were present.
RESOLUTIONS Of respect to the mem
ory ol the lale DR.. L. A. Golfer, whose
sad death by an overdose OF morphine
has been mentioned in these columns,
were passed last night by a number OF
well-known medical gentlemen, who as
sembled in the amphltheater OF the Dem
tai College, on College street. There
were present DR.. Thaddeus keamy, Dr..
j. G. McMechan, Drs. Bramble, Kear-
ID ney, Drury, y. 4. Davis, Langenbeck
and Heron.
THE meeting at Wayne Il Ratterman's 5
store yesterday evening of citizens to
take action against the proposed grant
ing OF privilege to the railroad to use
the track on Front street transacted no
business, as on moLlon OF Mayor john
ston it was decided to meet AT the same
place on Monday afternoon, at which
time the Trustees of the Fifth, Eighth
and Nineteenth Wards, through which
the road runs, and the council Commit
tee to which the matter has been re.
terreu will be present.
The Joint session of the Court of Com.
mon Pleas promulgated an order yesler.
day authorizing the County Auditor tC
employ additional clerks to assist in
getting out the duplicate tor the yeal
1877. 1t also ordered that alter The Isl
day OF August next the chief clerkshir
anu the assistant tax department del'
utyship be discontinued, and that il the
Auditor shall apply for the same cor
respondenCe clerk will be allowed hin
at salary Of 500 per month. This
bounces Van Tyne and King.
AFTER this week very little, If any
new business will be taken up in Tho
Common Pleas. Judge Cox stated yes.
terday that in his room no cases wOulC
be heard, except by consent OF counse
and consent Of the Court. Judge Long
worth does not expect to try any cases
after next week. Judge Burnet has
cases 6eI ueally up W august Juuge
Avery has one or two important cases
TO dispose OF before adjourning. Judg'
Johnston will probably close the crlm
inal business in No. 5 this week. Tn,
Superior Court has adjourned.
A PETITION in bankruptcy was 1let
Yesterday afternoon against the well
hnown dry goods firm Of George Ii
Wolf a. Co., Nos. 131 and 1873 Race
street. The petition asks that The par
ties, as firm and as individuals, be de
cIared bankrupts, and that warrant 0
seizure issue TO take possession Of Lhei
estate. The defendants will resist ih
proceeding TO force them into bank
fuptcy. 1t is said that they have sug
gesled proposition 10 settle at so cent
on LheSdollar, but will not insure creu
tors to that am,un The failure, IL !
believed, will reach nearly a half mlllio
dol nrn