The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-12
LOCAL BREVITIES.

JLosE the door.
PUT up your stove.
TAKE down your overcoat.
THE man of family will now begin to
wrestle with the stove-pipes.
AN excursion from Keokuk, Iowa, will
start for this city next Tuesday.
A HEAVY frost fell, and light ice was
formed in the lowlands about the city this
morning
THE Trustees of the Southern Railroad
will, on the lst prox., move to the Enter
prise Building.
HAVE you seen the telephone and micro
phone and wonderful phonograph? They
are on exhibition at 43 Arcade
A FIREMAN named C. Blauvelt, living at
Carthage, was fined 500 this morning for
stealing pigeons from neighbor.
RANDoLF WATSON, the colored man, is
charged with cutting Lee Webb with intent
10 kill him, waived his examination this
morning.
VIM ScuILY, who is but recently out of
the Work house, was held to answer this
morning for burglarizing the residence of
B. Schwegman, No. As Pike street.
THE third entertainment of the Morris
Lyceum, given last evening, in the lecture
room of St. Pauls NJ. E. Church, was large
ly attended, every seat being occupied.
PANzY KEMPEL, of No. 70 Freeman ave-
Que, is held at the Ninth-street Station on
suspicion of having stolen $106 from Ken
tuckian last Wednesday night on Elm
street.
JAMES THOMPSON, a young thief, who has
made bad record for himself at Cleveland,
received sentence of $200-30 this morning
for stealing ring from Sol. Martins place,
on Central avenue.
THE ladies and gentlemen invited to take
part in the music at the unveiling of the
Woodward statue, are particularly request
ed to be present at Woodward High School
this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
TWENTY car loads of excursionists came
in on the Louisville Short-line this morn
ing. They were hogs, and will take in the
Stock-yards and pork-paCking establish
ments before their return.
WIN. REssENEGGER, who was remanded for
sentence until this morning, on the charge
of embezzling $12 from the Volksblatt of
flee, was fined 5000 sent to the Work-house
for thirty days, and put under $500 bonds
to keep the peace.
THE Ohio Mechanics Institute is consid-
ering the project of establishing perma-
nent art class, which will paint and draw
from life two evenings each week. under
the direction of the well-known artist, Mr..
C. T. Webber. The school opens on the
18th inst.
On next Wednesday evening the Musical
Club will entertain Mr.. Theodore Thomas
and the professors of the College of Music
with dinner in the Queen City Club. The
Directors of the College and few gentle
men prominent in musical matters have
been invited.
THE Hawthorne Dramatic Club, at q late
meeting, elected the following officers:
President, D. Sullivan; Vice President, F.
A. Granger; Secretary, s. A. Oppenheimeri
Treasurer, H. w. Lockman: Manager, H.
H. Hyams form the Board of Directors.
A FIRE broke out at half-past o'clock
fast evening in the four-story brick stable
owned by Mrs. Tobin, widow, and sit
uated on Lard-oil alley, between New and
Seventh streets A quantity of hay and
straw and some furniture stored in one
of the upper rooms were destroyed. Dam
age about 5000. How the fire originated is
amystery.
In response to an invitation issued by
Mr. Theodore Thomas, nearly all the lead
ing musicians of the city assembled in DeX-
ter Hall, Music Hall Building, yesterday af-
ternoon, to take the preliminary steps to-
wards the formation of an orchestra for the
grand symphony concerts to be given during
the present winter The orchestra will con-
sist of sixty or seventy members, and will
be mostly made up of Cincinnati talent.
THE different Lodges of l. 0. o. F., of
this city and neighborhood, rendered Mr..
John b. Harmon, Grand Sire of the World,
reception last evening at Pixies Opera
house. A large number of prominent citi-
zen odd fellows occupied the stage, while
the auditorium was well filled. Grand
Master Cappeler delivered short address
of welcome, after which Mr.. Harmon re-
sponded with quite lengthy address. He
went into the history of organization, its
purposes and accomplishments. Other ad-
dresses were made during the evening