The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-08
OUR NExFD08R NEIGHB0RS.

LEXINGTON. NJ.

LEXINGTON. KH.
Mr.. Hugh Rogers has gone South again.
The Masonic lodges have all elected their
annual officsrs during the past week.
Mr. Hill has introduced bill IN the Leg
islatmre permitting ladies to pfacnce law
in this State. Lfrrr -sn -..' q
Cant. ]. NJ. Adams, OF Georgetown, is an
noanee6 as A candidate for Con,monweaiths
Attorney for this district
Hon. George w. Balm. Kentucky's dis
tinguisAed temperance lecturer, mas 10
turned homo from the West
The Ashland Hotel Is doing . business
equal to its full capacity. 1t IS one Of the
most eonyenisn ntly-arranged and bast kept
hotels in this country.
The Transcript Is again agitatlng the
water-works question. The views OF tne
editor are substantial and good ones on the
subject, but the city has not sufficient 7 an
kee enterprise about 1t to establish these
works
~he colored people of Lexington have en-
loved wedding in high life, the oontract,
ing parties being Mr.. r. A. Burton ana
Miss Fanny Smith. Rev. II. I. JACOBS OF
the Pleasant Green Baptist Church, per-
formed the ceremony.
We are glad to see our young friend Mr.
John w, Richardson has returned to his
first love. and is again with tlse house OF
Anderson & McCann. Mr.. Richardson Is
first-class salesman, handsome and clever
gentlemen. and-young ladies, ne Is d
married man."
Strange things will happen. The Board
OF DIRECTORS kicked Ben. Deering out OF the
editorial chair OF the Daily Transcript sew.
eral months since, and now the same Board
puff him to the skies because he will start
new paper in Frankfort. Is this sarcasm,
or is the board glad that "Brother Ben" is
"within the shadow of the wailsof the state
Prison2" ,,-.
One OF the most thoroughly disgustedi
audiences we have ever seen was gathered
at the Opera.house last evening to see the
Saville Comic Opera Company. The acting
was the worst we ever saw, and the whole
thing q mplete farce. This company has
visited Lexington but once, but that was
once too often. We hope they may never
come again.
MIDDLETOWN. o.
H. Mr.. George Alexander, of this place, is
visiting relatives at Hamilton, U.
The streets are getting good cleaning by
our street Commissioner, J. Gibson.
Mr. George Zolers, an employe of l. M.
Kemp 81 Co., is lying very sick ut his resi-
dence on Sixth street.
Mrs. L. f. Bowman, who has been sick
at her fathers house at Cincinnati, O., for
the past few weeks. is improved.
Mr. Ed. McCalley, travelling salesman
for Wilson & McCalley's tobacco factory at
this place, started East last night.
Mr.. John Evans, who has been spending
the holidays with his father, returned to
the Medical College at Cincinnati yester-
day.
A large number of X. of P. started yes
terday for Hamilton to attend the funeral
of Edward Shots, nephew of Thomas and
John McAdams, of this place.
Dave Fresh, the brickmaker on Fifth
street, has sold out and intends starting for
Kansas City next week, with view of To-
eating at that place sometime soon.
Capt Gillespie, Sergeant-at-arms of the
House OF Representatives, has been on
short leave of absence, and after receiving
the congratulations Of his friends, left last
night for Columbus to assume the duties of
his new position.
Adam Foster, who was sent to the Peni-
tentiary from this place for eight years, for
killing man by the name of Switzer, at
Amanda in 1876, was pardoned out by Gov
ernor Bishop and arrived home Tuesday
night looking we'll.
A number of the lady friends of Mrs.
ferson, from Madison, dropped in at her res
idence one day last week, giving her quite
a surprise. They brought their baskets
filed with eatables and soon had the table
spread and loaded with everything that
JOY ing themselves several hours they re-
turned to their homes we'll pleased.
CYNTHIANA. KY.
Levan Northcutt is visiting his friends
and relatives in Grant County, KY.
H. H. Bhanhan, President of the National
Bank in this city. has gone South for the
winter.
Miss Ella Bosworth, of Cincinnati. is ex-
pected here on visit to Miss Ida Withers,
Of this city, to-day.
VIM. Hyatt Nichols. who was sent to the
Penitentiary from this place at the last
term Of our Criminal Court, died in the
Penitentiary few days ago. 7
A German named Schwartz, formerly of
Covington, hut now of this county, COM
mitted suicide by cutting his throat with
butcher knife Monday night.
Madame Rentz' Femals Minstrels will
give one Of their performances in this CITY
tonight. Let all the boys go and see them,
as 1t is something that was never in this
city before.
Hays & Wentworthy. two energetic men
from Boston, Mass. ere slaughtering about
three hundred sheep per week at this place
and shipping them to the Boston market.
This is new enterprise in this city.
The members of the Maiden City Fire
Department will give grand ball in con-
nection with the dramatic entertainment
at Eolian Hall in February, and good
time 10 anticipated by all. Don't fall to at
tend.
About one dozen little darkies were put
in Walnutstreet Station-house Monday
evening for jumping on and off the train
while in motion. This is q move in the
right direction. Let the good work be kept
up until this dangerous habit is broken up
entirely.