The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-29
THE DAILY STAR
MINOR LOCAL MENTIONS.
THE delegates have departed,
For they did not come here to stay;
They prappled their greasy grip sacks,

Anu bllulllHly RlOut away
But when a few months OF sobriety in their
rural retreats have banished from their systems all
traces of lager beer and wiener wurst, and when
the Exposition in the fall looms up in its magnih-
They're all coming back. they say.
The Forrest Dramatic Club are holding
picnic at Mount Lookout to-day.
St. Edward Church will give an seven
ing fete" at Prices Hill Pavilion this
evening.
Mr.. Frank Alf, an old German pioneer,
died yesterday at his home, No. 164 Clark
street, at the age of sixty-two years.
The youngest son of John Gerwing, a
resident OF the First Ward, fell from jen-
net he was riding yesterday and broke his
arm.
A large excursion party from Fal-
mouth, KY, came in over the Kentucky
Central to-day and visited the Geological
Garden.
A horse belonging to Mr. Tatem ran
away on Water street, yesterday, and made
bad wreck of the buggy to which it was
attached.
A new supply of United States refund
ing certificates has been received at the
Treasurer's Office, and the crowd of pur-
chasers is as large as ever.
The Board of Directors of the Ohio &
Mississippi Railroad Company held meet
ing yesterday and adopted a plan for
placing the property again in the hands of
the stockholders
The Feast of Shabouth, an important
occasion with the Hebrews, was celebrated
at the Temples yesterday, and the children
of the advanced classes of the Sabbath
schools confirmed.
Florence J. Elliott, of the Irish Citi-
zen, gave bail in the sum of $100 to Squire
johnson yesterday afternoon for his APP
pearance before the Court of Common Pleas
on the charge of libel.
Harry Fellows, the lightweight boxer,
received severe cut in the cheek by mis-
sile thrown by some unknown party while
he was passing along Main street, near
Fourth, last evening
The Ladies' Committee on Decoration
Of Soldiers Graves have made an appeal to
the people, and especially to the ladies OF
the county, to contribute flowers for the
coming Decoration Day.
The boys of the Woodward and Hughes
High School will play game of foot, ball at
the Baseball Grounds tomorrow afternoon
The sides will be led by Mr. Andrew +.
West and Mr. George W. Smith.
A fete champetre, strawberry supper
and festival for the benefit of the NJ Z.
Church, Mt Washington, will be given to-
morrow evening at the residence and
grounds of Mr.. Aaron A. Golfer.
Miss Anna Boyle, supported by the
Standard Comedy Company, will give a |
performance of C. L. Callahan's successful |
society comedy, entitled style, " at Miller's |
Opera-house at Cumminsville tonight.
At a meeting of the Exposition Com
missioners yesterday the Committee on
Space reported the assignment of places to
The different departments. A subscription
Of $500 to theGuarantee Fund was received |
from the Chamber of Commerce.
At meeting of the Trustees of the
the Southern Railroad yesterday afternoon
The report OF the Common Carrier Company
for the month OF April was received and |
filed. 1t gave the total earnings as $36, 562 20,
and the operating expenses $l3,9S5 OS.
Miss Matilda Lees Dods delivered her |
hXth lecture on cooking at College Hall |
yesterday afternoon, and served up the fol-
lowing dishes: Russian fish pie, caulifower
MI gratin, Italian pudding, Swiss rissoles
and stock for clear soup. The last lecture
will be delivered this afternoon.
The Common Council Finance Com
mittee met last night for the purpose of
examining the books of the City Sealer. |
The examination, however, did not take
place. but was postponed until next
Wednesday. The Committee will hereafter
hold regular meetings on the fourth |
Wednesday afternoon of each month.
About fifty reserved seats of the Spnper-
lest were sold at auction yesterday but,
with the exception of one seat, for which
MIR. George NJ. Herancourt paid premium
Of $50, very small premiums were bid.
This morning the sale of seats commenced
at Church's music store and are being taken
quite rapidly. To obtain good seats it will
be necessary to make a selection soon,
The Nationals met at Emmet Hall last
evening ana nominated the following dele
gates to the coming State Convention,
which meets at Columbus next Wednesday:
D. Mahoney, Milford Spohn, R. H. II.
Wheeler, G. W. Plat and Samuel F. Cary,
Jr. Alternates, T. r. Markland, Robert
Shannon, +. Kearney, W. Haiett and Nor
riS Crogian.