The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-18
HAMILTON.

Call on Seward & Slonneger for your in
surance.
Miss Christian Riley is visiting friends in
Seven Mile.
Irve Ca dwell and mother are visiting in
Cincinnati.
Messrs Riley and Wilson took in the
picnic yesterday.
The Hibernans had a pleasant time at
their picnic yesterday.
VIM Schuler went to Dayton yesterday
to assist in the singing at the Soldiers
Home.
A runaway horse with a buggy created
considerable excitement on Second street
yesterday.
The money-drawer of NJ. Osborne's gro
Gerry OH Basin street was relieved OF its con-
tents by a sneak thief yesterday
Mr.. Geo. White, of this city, is an artist
OF acknowledged ability, and not an anna
teur as mentioned in Yesterdays paper
Mr.. Louis Nau, of the WaInut-street
II use, will set free turtle soup lunch,
Sunday morning, from till IL m. Every
body is invited.
Louis Hauser lost valuable bird yester-
day and all his efforts to recapture it
proved futile. Later in the day an old cat
brought the bird in unlnjured and dropped
it at Mr.. Hauser's feet.
A young gentleman, formerly connected
with a manufacturing establishment in
Hamilton, an attorney of some ability and
gentleman of leisure drove some twelve
miles Wednesday evening to call on some
Young ladies' visiting in the country. The
ladies heard of their coming, and feeling
somewhat uneasy as to how they shout
entertain their unannounced callers, de
cided to HE away to Cincin
natl before their visitors arrived. The gen
tlemen came back weary and disappointed
A "Snder" trip was never heard of.
The Board of Education met last nigh
and ordered the clerks salary, $25, paid
A resolution was offered to purchase die
tiOnaries for the schools, twenty-five o
thirty in number Referred to Committe
on Studies and Text Books. Mr.. o. {
Brewer, one of the members from tn
Fourth Ward, in answer to charges mad
against him in certain Cincinnati
journals, presented certificate q
Endorsement signed by ffty-one rer
Ward. Mr.. Brewer says: Gentlemen
en- premeditatedly and willfully accuse
of having expressed myself as being or
posed to German in the Public Schools, an
am handicapped with the threat that til
accusation can be supported by affidavit
Republican, supposc-also that solicite
the co-operation of members of this Boar
to strike German from the schools. Ger
temen, l pronounce it base, bite
calumny, uttered to subserve til
purpose of man who has n
interest in our school system, and az
, neal to any member of this body to max
the fact known if ever asked his suppol
: in this matter or to any one who ever hear
me utter a single sentiment against TIL
r teaching of this branch in our schools
Aside from this charge of Mr.. De LaCOur
, hat am no friend of the German fire
2 schools, Aston Ellis who is an apt pup
= and fawning follower of the lowly Loui
las delivered himself of an epistoIary pr
phecy to the effect that this Beard is abor
; to destroy the Gerr'an free schools. Th;
' the utterances of both master and pupil a,
r foolish must he plain to all who know IL
t facts. Section SO of the Ohio School La
t saws that it shall be the duty of b. ards
g Education to cause the German language
It be taught in any of the public Schools
$ the State when demanded by seventy-fi'
frpehoders representing not less than for
pupils, who shall in good faith desire al
! intend to study the German and the En-
!, lsh languages together. u II The la
y is plain. The German citizens of Hamiltt
}. desire their language to be taught in Il
S public schools. The School Board has
e choice in the matter. shall lea
this subject by expressing the opinion tn
J. this Board is fully competent to mana
s its affairs without the intermeddling
d any person who does not resi-
in Hamilton. 1t As membt
G of this Board we have sworn to dischar
n our duty to the best of our several abilti
Is We are therefore bound to give Germ
and music and the entire course of stu
l. our support. ] hope that no superstition
,r reverence or fear of the frowns of an {
SUPERINTENDENT or eX-member of this Boa
may prevent the schools from receiving o
unanimous support"