The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-09

to Alex G. Mckenzie lot on Harrison street.
81 200: Samuel Hunter to Sarah c. Normund, lot
on east side of George street, 1915; James and
Bridget Glum to David A. Markley, property on
Washington and Galiegar streets. $1,000.
BELLEVUE, ky.
Our Sabbath schools are preparing for Christ
mas.
| Another of those social parties win take place
on Thursday night. This time on Berry avenue.
Cake by the ladies'
The telephone wire was placed on Mr.. B. H.
Robb's house. but he didn't want any telephone
| i'll his, and 1t was removed by Mr. Robb's order
The firemen's debate takes place tonight in the
Council Chamber. The subject being, Resolved
that manulae. .urng is of more benefit 10 the coun-
| try than agriculture"
| Council is going to receive bids for giving the
| right to plant check posts on the town prov erty
along the river Council is led TO take this step by
the rivalry of those parties who almost fight for
eJal.
| Mr. Robert Smith, Of Dayton, thinks he has been
damaged to the extent of $1,000 by being thrown
| from his wagon on Fairfield avenue about month
ago He accordingly entered suit for the above
amount on the ground that one of The posls on
Fairfield avenue near the brickyard is out on the
| street, where it should not be.
EEXlNtTFON.. Ky.
| The various churches were well attended yester-
day. Services the same as usual.
Mr.. Burton, General Emigration Agent for the
State of Kansas, has returned from his Western
| trip.
The saxton family.gavc a concert Saturday night
at the Eastern Lunatic Asylum, FIR the benefit of
the inmates.
| A young lad named jones' residing on Constitu-
ton street, had his left leg broken Saturday. by
falling from seme steps where he, together with
some playmateS, were amusing themselves by
jumping. Medical aid was Immediately sum-
moned.
A big dinner and big time at the Ashland Ho-
tel to-day. Mr. j. Wallace Alexander. the gentle
manly proprietor of the abovenamed hotel set to-
day big oyster dinner; besides this everything
you could think of was also on the table-rdas
beef, turkey cranberry sauce, oyster dressing, to-
gether with all the delcaces of the season. A
large crowd thronged the spacious dining-room
and it was admitted by all present to be one OF the
finest dinners given for some time in this city,
The Grand Jury retired Friday for the Fall term
| Having been very courteously treated by Deputy
Sheriff Ii I'd, they adopted the following vote OF
thanks: 1.-THE Grand Jury of the County of Fay
ette desire to express their high regards for ]. b.
Lloyd, Deputy Sheriff of said County, who was
assigned to attend to the business before them
Always courteous, prompt, efficient, and energetic
in the faithful discharge Of his duties it affords us
high degree of pleasure to bear this testimony tc
his worth as public officer"
CALIFORNIA, o.
The committee to complete arrangements for the
Christmas festivities at the M E. Church were ap
pointed yesterday.
Among other wise provisions in Captain A.
Riea's will was one, securing bya liberal dona.
| ton, semi-monthy preaching at the Colored NJ. E.
Church for the next two years. This will bridge
this church over the hard times" and q golden
bridge" it is
The venerable K H. Van Renssellear while con.
Quoting the opening exercises at the Colored M.
+. Sunday-school yesterday was suddenly Alta ked
with vertigo. He was able, however, to finish the
services, but Immediately returned to his resi-
dence. Last evening he was still seriously affected
THE Fastest TRAIN IN THE WoRLD.-Mr
Sheriffs the chief clerk in the office of the
Superintendent of the Pennsylvania Rail
road, said: II think we may claim to fully
equal the speed of the Flying Dutchman on
our road. Train No. 10 makes the distance
from Jersey City to Philadelphia, ninety
miles, in one hundred and ten minutes
over forty-nine miles per hour We have
to cross three important drawbridges and
pass through five cities at reduced speed to
comply with their ordinances. Our train
consists of thirty-nine-ton engine
and five coaches. The Fly
ing Dutchman, have been informed, con.
sists of 39-ton engine and coaches each
coach being only about half the weight oi
l of ours Their track is as level as bill
lard table and is inclosed for its whole
length. We go between New Brunswick
and Trenton, 26 miles, in q minutes, nearly
So miles an hour but for short distances on
the track we go even faster than that; for
instance, between Milestone junction and
Deans, distance of 5.66 miles, we run in
minutes, and there are other short distances
where we run at about the same rate. This
is the regular schedule time, but be-
tween Menlo Park and Railway we made
on one occasion three miles in 58 55 and
sos. | do not, however, consider this as
good work as that made by our regular
trains, consisting of thirteen coaches, two
of them railway post-office cars filled with
heavy mail matter, seven of them Pullman
sleepers weighing twenty-six tons each, and
the rest of them express coaches filled
with passengers. We send them through
from Jersey City to Philadelphia in two
hours and fifty minutes. The English Ell
gine has a driving wheel eight feet in diam
eter, while ours is but five feet ten inches
so that we may fairly claim to equal this
Flying Dutchman speed, which is here
stated as the fastest in the world.-[ New
York World.
A recent demonstration in the pulpit Of
the wickedness of New York, has stimu
lated Boston to kind of competition in in.
iquity; and the Rev. Henry Morgan has
been giving the citizens there series of lee
lures intended to prove to their satisfaction