The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-04
LOCAL BREVITIES.

THE Odd-fellows' monument to be erected
in Spring Grove Cemetery is to cost SO, 0OO
THE trial of young Peyton for the muir
der of Nellie Strickley is set for the 25th
inst.
AN original letter of Daniel Boone is on
exhibition at Robert Clarke & Co.'S WIN
dow.
THE receipts of the Common Carrier Com
pany of the Southern Road for October are
about 1868, 600
TIE Mother Superior who founded the
Academy of the Ursulines at St. Martins
Brown County, Ohio, died last Saturday.
JAMES A. MARCELLo, a resident of Walnut
Hills, and a salesman for the firm of VIM.
S. Merrell & Co., died at Louisville yester-
day whittier he had gone on business for
the firm.
KATE IRWIN, aged forty-four years. who
resides at No. 422 Beckman street, COving-
ton, has been missing since last Saturday
afternoon, when she started for this city to
attend market.
A HYENA at the Geological Garden gave
birth the other day to three cubs. The an
finals at this institution are becoming very
prolific. There was a big crowd at the Gar
den yesterday.
The funeral of the we'll known citizen,
John B. Reinhart, who died last Friday
after an illness of four weeks, took place
from his late residence, 465 Walnut street,
this morning.
THE house of Mrs. Niemeier, in Avon
dale, caught fire from defective flue in the
basement about o'clock this morning, but
was extinguished before the arrival of the
engines Loss slight.
Mr. JOHN HENRY and wife and family of
eight children, of No 404 West Fourth
street, were poisoned last Friday by ca ing
waffes. An examination of the baking
powder showed that it contained arsenic,
which got mixed with the baking powder
in some accidental manner.
THE Relief Union estimates that one
thousand two hundred families will need
assistance during the coming winter and al
ready the Union is short of funds To re-
plenish their treasury the Saengerbund of
the city propose 10 give three entertain
ments on the evenings of November 14th,
18th and 10th, which the committee earnest
ly request The public to literally patronize.
THE rule against the Police Commission
crs compelling them TO show cause why
they should not be attached for contempt
in disobeying an order of the District Court
of last April enjoining them from convey
ing the sewage of the City Intirmary into
Germany Run, and thereby corrupting the
water course which flows across the prem
ises OF the Cilley heirs came up before the
District Court Saturday, and Mr.. Bates at
torney for the Commissioners was given
five days in which 10 file an answer.
THE Cincinnati Lodge, No. s. B. P. O. OF
Elks, elected the following officers last
night: w. A. Cotter, Exalted Ruler; Lev.
8. Steele, Esteemed Leading Knight; Robert
Air, Esteemed Loyal Knight; John Pierre
pont Esteemed Grand Lecturer; w. II.
Lodwick, Secretary; C. S. Mcguire, Treas
urer; Charles Thompson, Tyler; Samuel
Kennedy, Hayes McGlasson, Joseph Wright
and St. George Best, Trustees; c. S. Ma
guire, Representative to Grand Lodge.
AMONG the many new conveniencies
adopted since the invention of the tele-
phone is the exchange. A separate wire is
run from the central Office to the house or
office of each subscriber, and an Edison tel
ephone is placed in each, BY pressing a
button on the telephone box, the central
office is notified of the desire to communi-
cate with particular party, and the two
are connected The conversation carried
on between them is strictly private, as each
subscriber is connected by separate wire.