The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-10
THE DAILY STAR
NEWS FROM POINTS AROUND
COYINGTON.

We still stick to our motto: Henry S.
Percival is the best Sheriff kenton County
ever had.'
Number sixty-threc was the lucky num-
Der that drew the silver watch ratified off at
Afel's cigar store.
Mr.. Oscar Edgar, of the Gazette, and his
estimable wife, will take up their residence
In this city next week.
The genial Thomas jefferson Smith re.
turned yesterday from trip to Pennsyl
Sania and West Virginia.
Patsy Gallagher is going to give the "byes
dance" Abe Campbell and Mat. Hays
are TO be master of ceremonies.
There is certain saloon-keeper i'll the
West End who knows how 1t feels to have
Rbuckct Of dirty water thrown Oh him.
An old man named ]. r. Winters, once a
weli-known merchant of Louisville. applied
1t the Station-house this morning for relief
Mr.. f. Hartley Thompson, the well,
known vocalist, last evening entertained a
number of friends at his residence on Sec
DDd street.
Mr.. Julius Kampe, Clerk Of the Gibson
House in Cincinnati and Miss Fannie D.
Pierce were granted a marriage license this
b''i
Billy Klest, the Pike-street masher, sails
on the sea of matrimony after Easter.
What scores of bleeding hearts this will
cause.
DIR. VIM. P. Russell formerly of Coving-
ton, has taken up his residence in Cincn-
natl, in which city he proposes to practice
his profession in the future.
Mr.. Thomas Gunn an old and highly re-
Spected citizen, died suddenly yesterday at
bis home on Seventh street. Deceased was
the father of the late Mike Gum.
John Valentine, the prince of good fell
lows, has rented the Seventh Ward House,
and had his opening last night. OF course
everybody was there, as John is the boy
that knows how to treat every body.
The Directors of the German Mutual In
surance Company held Il meeting last night,
with Mr.. T. Hineman in the chair. The
report of the Secretary showed cash, bonds
and notes on hand TO the amount of
S10i,376 81. Claims to the amount of 1854
were allowed. The Company seems to be
prosperous.
A few days since Mr.. William Wachs, the
polite Assistant County Clerk, gave q col
ored bride away. Yesterday he received a
letter from his sweetheart which contained
Bome pathetic language and enclosed in the
envelope was IL photograph of the colored
dulcinee, bearing the inscription, Her
Bright Smile Haunts Me Still" Billy has
written letter of apology to his girl.
The morning papers have been for the
past three weeks deyoting their columns to
the High School question. All we have to
say ABOUT 10 Is That the school under the
present system is a nuisance. The poor
clasS OIL cill1reh are treated with contempt
lev tn do in wory,Iy Ia otr';r. WIN M are , Wv,
is contrary 10 law ond lie nr;o;, ;s niot 9oHoot
The school svstem If KamfnctS VIZ t',i9o tI'o
people want their children to have is a
common school education, and people who
are desirous of having their children better
educated are class who are generally able
10 pay ior II. we say most emphatlcally
II"1 tle - SIel,i vi 'le fl,sh ocho0i Shohld
pe chuI,seu' or let those VINO reap the benefit
support u; ana not tue poor people. 1t
in our intenuadiata schools ora a''iI, .adl,,
neglected as the yearly examinations Nov
The crv that professnr Rnet las not nom.
ducted the school sotisfoctoriIv ia ali hosh
The school has prospered as we'll under mis-
administration as any of his predecessors
N.MPORT.
n. p,oo., =. Wa. whit. ;. ,.-,
of DIR. J. NJ, Lewis. 4NN''
M,
ine p"yS .. ti,e rire department. were
ooss All morning ''uSiiihg ou' CUTTERS.
nuhlner o! our prominent Republicans
ar ae daS a'.e't''ns Vic oohVeh''oh at LOUISVILLE
'o'"5'
Misses Lille BOal and Saumple Pettis re-
turned from Lexington last evening, where