The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-07
LOCAL ESlsEVIT!ES.
MARY had a little lamp
Filled full Ot kerosene;
She took it once to light a fire
And has not since benZine.

MARY had little lamp
Filled full Oi kerosene:
She took it once TO light a tire
And has not since benzlne
THE main water pipe on Main street near
Webster street burst last evening.
Mr.. IRA BENEDICT succeeds Jacob Birn-
baum as Bailiii of the L. s. Courts.
BADGE No 250, belonging to Officer Dan.
Butler of the Fulton District, has been
lost
THE subscriptions to the four per cent.
t. $. bonds are rapidly coming into the
Sub-Treasury.
The celebrated Sedan case has finally
been settled by compromise, and the prop
erty divided among the heirs.
THE Red and the Blue is the subject of
contest between the members of the Young
Mems Mercantile Library Association.
THE Board of Education failed to get
quorum last night, twenty-three mem-
bers being present at 7:45, and only twenty
at S:05.
ADoLpH JELENKo, dealer in hats, ETC.. at
So East Pearl, yesterday made an assign
ment to Victor II, Long for the benefit of
creditors.
WIN. NJ ELIAS & Ellis II. Elias, who were
formerly in business III this city under the
name OF Elias Bros, have lately failed in
New York City.
THEODORE J. CANDY yesterday obtained
divorce from Mary E. Candy. The parties
are from Lexington, Ky. They were too
sweet to live together.
THE Police Commissioners met yesterday
afternoon, and when they wanted to go
into executive session the gas went out,
and they had to adjourn.
UNCLE JOHN Norris, one of the heroes OF
Perrys victory on Lake Erie, died at his
home in Petersburg KY, last Sunday, in
the eighty-ninth year of his age.
MARSHAL ULLERY's bondsmen are Henry
Moher, VIM. Freshour Ephraim Pearson
and Rowland Cobb, all of Covngton,
Miami County. The security amounts to
$4,000.
A SMALL FIRE occurred in the show win
dow of }. ROSenthai's store, southwest cor
ner of Seventh street and Central avenue,
but was eXtinguished without the aid of
the engines.
DR. w. II. BUNKER through his attorneys,
yesterday filed an information for the pur-
pose OF ousting DR.. Miller as Superintcnd-
en5 of Longyiew, and inducing himself
into office.
A srARElNG MATCH, which was the center
OI COllSlueTdDlt Ill leEeS(, came OIL at llNull
White House last night between Mike Con
ners and Tim Hill, Cooney Bresnan ana
James Fox.
UNCLE JOHN RoB1NsoN's elephant "Con-
queror' died about week ago and yester-
day death took off his next most valuable
elephant Bismarck" He was about six
teen years old.
THIS morning the County Commissioners
tn Mount A nj tn inns Iva
Oyeraker property, which Ex-Shertf Spring
meier proposes to turn over to the county
to make good the deficit in the accounts OF
his Deputy, Charles Overaker.
JUDGE LoNGwoRrH yesterday instructed
the jury in the Tullis will case to return
verdict sustaining the will. The verdict is
simply pro forma, and is only for the pur-
pose of getting the case into the District
Court, where it will be heard on the evil
dence.
The Investigating Committee of the Fire
Department met last night, and appointed
Committee to see the Clerk of the Fire
Department and get from him the neces-
sury information about the missing books,
&c. The next meeting was set for next
Thursday evening.
CoNcoRpIA LODGE No 865, knights of
Honor, installed the following officers last
night: Dictator, John Sherer; Vice Dicta-
tor, J. Kruck; Assistant Dictator, c. Bren-
ner Chaplain Chr. Reutepohler; Secre-
tary, John c. Krieger; Finance Secretary,
Louis Ertel; Treasurer, VIM. Schmudde
AT the meeting of the Cincinnati Tenn
perance Reform Club last evening, officers
were elected for the ensuing term as fol-
lows President, Richard H. Hall; Vice
President, George H. Hamblin; Second
Vice President, &. p. Green; Secretary,
VIM. Reynolds; Financial Secretary, L. i.
Knipe; Treasurer, Jas Holdsworth.
THE Independents of the Police Relief
Association nominated the following ticket
for the election Of Board of Directors:
John Conway, of the First District; Thos.
Leonard, of the Fifth; J. w. Richardson.
of the Fourth; JAS Homer, of the Eighth;
lieut.. Fred. Meyer of the Third; Sergeant
oseph Gau, of the First, and Sergeant
Iohn Cain, of the Second
THE St. Cecilia Mannerchor elected the
following officers last evening: President
VIM. Schubeler; Vice President Martin
Jansen Jr.; Recording Secretary, A. A.
Rombach Corresponding Secretary, Louis
HedriCk; Treasurer. II. J. Groene Drec-
tors Louis FLAG, +. Mayer, Leo Cohnen
and A. Weyand; Committee on AmuSe-
ments ]. Schubeler. H. H. Evers, A. Wey-
and M. Jansen, T. Thole, /. Hedrck, j.
Stems, G. Keller and A. F. Wubbolding;
Committee on Music, H. B. Bloom, A. A.
Rombach and A. Simon; Committee on
Hall, L. Flaig, F. Meyer and w. Schubeler.
Gone Back on Their word.