The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-24

link, pastor OF Grace M. f. Church, who
has been lying dangerously i'll at the resi-
dence of her parents at Coalburg, West Va,
has almost entirely recovered her health.
The Committee on Salaries and Appoint
ments of the Public Schools are in session.
The Committee will appoint Principal for
the High School; also teachers for drawing
and penmanship. and Principal for the
Bellevue-street Seminary.
Newport, with population of twenty
five thousand inhabitants, has not taken
the first sep as yet towards relieving the
plague-strlcken people of the South. Who
of our wealthy citizens will be the first to
make a move in this noble work?
OXFORD, O.
The Classical School opens September
9th.
Mr. H. c. Cowan will visit friends in
Chillcothe soon.
Mr. P. d. Matson has returned from his
trip to the camp meeting at Lake.
Prof. Swing and family have left for their
home in Chicago after quite stay with us.
The Universalist minister wants to have
a public debate with some orthodox indi-
vidual.
That Darrtown affair has caused hard
feelings among some of our boys Who
was it that took the schooner?
LEXINGTON. Ky.
Owing to the drouth, the corn crop will
be short.
The State Sunday-school Convention
meets in the Main-street Christian Church
next Tuesday.
The Cynthiana Fair must have been a
success, judging from the crowds that left
this place every morning
Brakes cameo painting of General John
c. Breckenridge is nearly life-like enough
to speak to us. Let all see it.
Our citizens are manifesting sympathy
for the yellow fever sufferers of the South
by public meetings and donations
Gus. Klipp took his sweetheart to the
Cynthiana Fair. We wish him happiness
in this, as well as luck in business.
Messrs. Doe Drake and Makepeace are
doing well with their cameo paintings, and
their prospects are tattering for run at
our coming fair
There will be another excursion to Gin
cinnati and Geological Garden on Sunday,
September 1st. Fare for round trip, Garden
and all, 81 rs.
The alarm of fire Thursday night was
caused by the burning of the awning at Mr.
GOldsmiths store on Vine street. The
means by which the awning caught is not
known.
We received notice that Mrs. Williams,
keeping grocery at the head of the market
had lost $120 Suspicion points to GER
tain individual, but no Glue as yet justihes
an arrest
Mr.. T. w. Bullock has been appointed
School Commissioner by Judge Stevenson,
Captain Carters time having expired, and
Mr.. Abraham Drake, who was properly
elected, refusing to qualify
HAMILTON.
Services will be held tomorrow morning
at Christ Episcopal Church, Third street.
Rev. J. W. Balm, pastor of the United
Presbyterian Church, returned home yes
terday.
Miss Florence Riley and her sister, of Gin
cinnati, are the guests of their uncle, Col.
L. D. Campbell.
Rev. Charles Barber of the Episcopal
Church arrived home last night, looking
better for his vacation.
Henry Waltz, an employe of Peter
Schwab, died yesterday afternoon at his
in the Second Ward.
There will be Sunday y-school praise meet
ing tomorrow night at the First Baptist
Church. The exercises on these occasions
are both interesting and instructive.
Judge West arrived in the city last night
and registered at the Phillips House. He
opens the campaign on the Republican side
by a speech to-day at the Courthouse.
Valentine Schnider of the First Ward
died Thursday night of consumption. His
funeral will be held tomorrow at o'clock.
The members of st. Paul's Benevolent So
ciety will attend the funeral in body.
A meeting of citizens is called for Mon
day night at the Hall of the United German
Society to take action in the matter of get
ting up concert for the benefit of the yell
low fever sufferers in the South. The hour
is O'Clock.
EATON, O.
One hundred and twenty eight lady and
gentleman school teachers got into good
positions on the Courthouse steps yester-
day morning and had Harlin, our artist,
take their photos
Mrs Jennie Wallace. nee Sweeney, ii. e.,
not the actress, and Mrs. Sallie e. Thorn,
of New York city, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
S. H. Hubbell, on West Main street, and
many of their old-time friends as well as
viewing over again the scenes of their child
hoods happy days.
The Levassor Quartet of Cincinnati, on
Wednesday night last under the auspices
of our public schools, was, we regret to note,
almost failure, financially, the receipts
not amounting to $50; and, worse still, they
came very near losing their charming prima
donna, Miss Nettie Gordon; for particulars
of which, however, your city readers are
referred to Prof. L. E. Levassor,
Prof. d. Clinton Price and Mr.. A. e. Glover.
The Wallace Sisters, Jennie, Minnie and
Maud, supported by powerful metropoli-
tan company of thirty artists and a grand
orchestra are billed to appear at the Opera
house here on the 28th inst, to open with
"Minnie's Luck, or The Ups and Downs of
New York Life" Having the assurance of
the New York Dramatic News that these
charming sisters belong to the legitimate
drama and that the combination is first
class, bespeak for them rousng reception.
SPRINGFIELD. q.
The train for the camp at Kenton leaves
at a. IN. Sunday.
Prof TT Gniper who has been soiourn-