The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-16

ton and other Eastern cities on strictly
business trip.
1.-Two fat men Of Trenton, Mr.. John Kince-
ly and Herman Bauer, will have walking
contest some time next month.
The examination of teachers for positions
in our Public Schools begins Tomorrow
morning in the High School building.
On the slate at the Station-house was
found Olive Millikin, Robert Finley and
one Smith, all charged with being drunk.
Mr.. W. B. Millikin received very severe
blow from piece OF wood that flew up and
struck him in the face, causing a very pain
ful and ugly looking wound.
Mr. T.. Smith, of the firm of Smith Bros,
while lifting barrel of OIL into the delivery
wagon on Wednesday, sustained injuries
that have confined him to his room.
Mrs. Susan Kennedy, mother-in-law of
Mr.. A. Kennedy, the Third-street grocer,
died last evening Thursday at o'clock.
Her remains will be taken to Middletown
for interment
Miss Ellen Burns, residing at the corner
OF Second and Wood streets, died yesterday
at noon. Miss Burns was seventeen years
OF age and a most highly esteemed MEM
Der Of the Home Dramatic Society Of this
city.
The public schools are preparing for their
half holiday OH the afternoon of Decoration
Day. The pupils Of Misses Ringwoud
Bowman, Barden, Hailman, Daugherty
and OF Messrs. Overpeck, Soehner, Richter
Davis, and Berkstriesser. under the direc-
ton of Prof. Walter II. Aiken, Superin-
tendent of Musictn the Hamilton schools,
will sing the National songs. All the pu-
pills and the teachers will assist in the con-
trbuting of flowers for the occasion. The
school has accepted an invitation to attend
the exercises in body.
Hamilton has settled down into an or
derly, well behaved city. She has good
executive officer in her Mayor, her police
force is an efficient one, her schools are
prosperous and the public spirit of Clarke
Lane has supplied the nucleus of free
library. The advantages of city are not
to be obtained without cost. Just now the
Common Council and the Board of Educa-
ton are fixing the levies to meet the cur
rent expenses of the city for the ensuing
year, while the times require economy, vet
the welfare of the community and the
wishes OF the great masses of the people de-
mand that neither parsimony nor extrava-
gance characterize the action of public
officers.
The first grand entertainment and social
of the Home Dramatic Association will be
given at Concorda Hall on THURSDAY eve
ming, May 22d. The programme is as fol-
lows
Overture. Schwenfest's Orchestra
"All Is Not Gold that Glitters"
Cast OF Characters
Slr Arthur Lassel.. A. Fl. Thompson
SaSper Ii,,hl f. NIL! kin
g.ephen rum conrad y. Weiss
r. Treaer,ck ti. ~ Tiemeer
nppy Faith
iiar Sutkamp
nd, ptpps '''''''.'''''.''.''Iarr 1alch
Lazy Lratherbrdge.......... Mary Nary
Overture by Orchestra.
Proft tThenrer, the young Hercules of Hamilton, in
an exhibition of his wonderful strength.
HOME CITY.
The Eclipse Baseball Club will meet to-
morrow afternoon for the first time this
season. The grounds will be nicely mown
and large crowd is expected. Game will
be called at 3 o'clock in order to allow mem
bers of the club and others desiring tn take
hand to reach here from the city. There
will be no regular excursion train from
Cincinnati until later in the season. All
the prospective village dads" of this place
will be present. with small sprinkling of
Marshals, Mayors, etc.
MECHANICSBURG. o.
Rev. Mr.. Guthrie Universalist, of Spring
field, preached last night in the new town
hall.
Mr.. VIM. A. Brand, Ex-Postmaster of Ur-
bana and editor of the Citizen, will be buried
tomorrow.
Mechanicsburg merchants complain of
the want of mail facilities from tile south
early in the day.
The Mechanicsburg Fair the coming fall
promises success, as the officers are working
energetically to that end