The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-05
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

EIGHTY. ONE deaths last week.
THE Work-house is bnbbling over.
IHE Educational Board meets Tonight
The Burnet House viii probably be enlarged
to the extent Of sixty rooms.
A HOLE was burned in the roof Of the Broad
way Hotel yesterday morning.
The Germania- Helvetia M@nnerchor, at its
meeting yesterday, unanimously resolved to
attend in body the Ssngerfest at Louisville
THE Hackmen's Association has adopted a
badge, of German silver, bearing the 1nscrlp-
tion "Hackmen's Association Of Cincinnat,'
and the number OF the hack owned by the
wearer.
A GRAND Inauguration ball will be given this
evening at the Highland House. A first-rate
committee has the affair in hand, and, IKE all
entertainments at this House, it will be very
enjoyable.
SATURDAY EvENI @, at No. l04 West Sixth
street, Dir. Horace II. Hubbard, Of the STAR
office, lost valuable oVercoat at the hands oil
q sneak-thief.
The Trustees OF the Protestant Orphan Asy-
lum announce n balance of $4,000 in bonds in
their treasury. At their meeting yesterday II
was decided to hold the next Asylum Festival
in the spring.
THE elegant "Mayor's desk" voted to Alder
mau Julus Refs, at the late Orphans Bazar,
was presented to him last Friday by Hon. j.
w. Fitzgerald, President of st. Xavier's Con-
gregation Table.
The Garrick Club has elected the following
officers to serve for the ensuing six months
President, V. j. Montgomery; Vice President,
John Hennegan; secretary, James Goetz;
Treasurer, Ed. p. Elliott Critic, A. Brown:
Assistant Critic, Ii. Wallenstein.
AT meeting of the Cotton Exchange Satur-
day afternoon resolutions were adopted de-
msndIng the speedy completion of the Cincin-
nav southern Railway, and that Committee
from the Exchange should visit Columbus and
present memorial to the Legislature showing
the necessity for prompt acton in the passage
of what is known as the Common Carriers
Bill" Mir. G. W. Rowland, 5. Lester Taylor,
S. w. Hampton and George Seeman constitute
the Committee.
YOUNG and pretty little Miss Belle Orr took
the witness stand in the Police Court this
morning, and sWore that Frederick Blum, who
occupies part OF the same house with the Orr
family, at No. 2j5 Cutter street, threw hel
down last Saturday evening, STRUCK her repeat
edly, and held her to the floor with his knee on
her back, and all because Miss Belle, while
scrubbing the hall, allowed little water tC
stray on Blum's carpet On conviction OF the
charge Of assault and battery Blum was fined
IS and costs.
NICHOLAS HAY, Herman Weis and Otto
Bart, all boys, ranging in age between four
teen and seventeen, and an elderly woman
named Catherine Sudendorf, the keeper OF 0
secondhand store at the corner Of York anC
Coleman streets, appeared together this morn
ing at the bar Of the Police Court, the woman
charged with receiving lot of lead pipe from
the boys, who, it Is alleged, stole 1t from new
building in course Of erection on Hamilton
Road, near Race street. A preliminary ex'
animation of the case will taEe place mex
Saturday.
THE people in the neighborhood Of 1876 Long
worth street we're scandalized by a family jam
boree going on there last night between an un.
known man and two women named Miss
Hayes and Miss Nellie Barnett. The cries OF
''murder'' and 'watch" brought Officer Rolf tc
the scene, but as he could not gain entrance
by the front door was "Doosted" In the window
by some by ISLANDERS. Getting inside, one o.
the women informed him in trembling accents
that a man who had just made his escape BY
tine back way had been flourishing pistol anc
threatening to shoot them full OF holes The
women were arrested on The charge of disor-
derly conduct, and this morning were fined 5;
aud IS aud costs respectively.