The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-01

OUR NRXT.D0OR NEIGHB0RS.
Pickings by Star Reporters in Neigh
boring Cities and Towns.
LEXINGTON. Kx.

John cCollough is decided success
Not as much stock on sale as usual to-
day. y 4 $
The Kentucky River still continues to
boom.
Monday will be County Court day in
Paris and Richmond.
Scarlet fever is prevailing to some ex-
cent in our city.
John Mccullough played to a crowded
house last night
Paris was wellrepresented at the Opera
house last night.
The new Phoenix Hotel was thrown
open to-day to receive guests.
Mrs. Cannon, the fortune-teller, has
has moved to South Broadway.
The late rains have impeded the prog
ress of farming very much.
But few more days before the meet
ing of the Southern Baptist Conven-
ton.
A reduction of from twenty to TWEEN
ty-fve per cent. has been made ON freig ght
on the Cincinnati Southern.
Unless the weather changes very much
for the better the park will not be opened
tonight.
Now that the A. and M. College Bill
aas become law, we suppose that new
buildings will soon be in course Of erec-
lion.
There was not very large but an in.
telligent and an appreciative audience
greeted Mrs. Scott Siddons at the Opera
house Thursday night.
The A. and M. College Bill has passed
the Senate and has been signed by the
Governor, and has become law.
Prof. and Madam Delariviere, Of Par
is, France, and late of Cincinnati, are in
our city organizing to open a dancing
school early in My.
Mr.. Frank Hardesty, on, of the old
est citizens of Bourbon County, who
was ninety years old, died last Sunday
night.
A great quantity of cracked rock is
being piled around the college lot for
future use. There are some streets in
our town that need macadamizing very
badly, and it could be used to a great
advantage on these streets.
The contract for building the Clarl
County National Bank was awarded tt
our townsmen G. d. Wllgus for tn,
stone and brick work, F. Bush & Sor
for the'carpenter work, and P. L. Lun.
din architect
There will be an excursion from Win
chester to Cincinnati via. the Cincin
natl Southern Railroad next Thursday
May 9th, for the benefit Of the M. E
Church South, Of that city. Round
"trip g. Leaves Lexington a. m., re-
turning. leaves Cincinnati 7 p. M, arriv
ing at Lexington AT 1890 p. m.
One week from to-day the races will
begin. Lexington will be crowded will
strangers from all parts Of the country
not only drawn here by the races, bu
the Southern Baptist Convention will b.
in session, and in consequence larg
delegation will assemble to be in attend
ance. Our city will be all life and ami
nation for awhile.
WEST COvINGTON.
Rev. J. Y. Little will preach at tn
West Covington M. E. Church at
o'clock a. M, and Rev. B. Kelly at
o'clock p m.
H.UnU.AVY.
Mr.. R. V. Goodloe, who has been sts
toned at Petersburg for the last tw
months, is home again for few day
and will0ow 60 to Cynthiana, KY.
Rev. B. Kelly, from the M. e. Geners
Conference, will preach in the Meth dis
Church tomorrow morning at IL O. cloci
and Rev. J. G. Little at sp. m.
Rev. S. c. Swollow, an Eastern delegat
to the NJ. +, General Conference now
session in Cincinnati, will preach in tt
Presbyterian Church Tomorrow morning
Ii o'clock.
LAWRENCEHURG. IND.
Misses Katie Mahoney and Lizzie Ha
pin entertained John Schultz and job
Surman, of Cincinnati, this week.
Mrs. Maurilda II. Ray, who has bee
supported by the city for years, died
her 10th year yesterday morning (Fr
day..
The prizes for Tunker's Orchestl
Gift Concert are on exhibition in No.
High street. Some costly prizes a.
among the number. ....
Four hundred people attended Mi
,Bainbridge's concert Thursday evenin
Large delegations from Petersburg, Ky
and Aurora, Ind, were present.
Anton Schwartz, Alexander Schwart
Elizabeth Schwartz, Mrs. Henry Boe
and daughter, we're exhumed from 81
old grave yard and buried in Greenda
Cemetery, this week. ..
Four gentlemen from New York, wi
are advertising Quilloga Bark Con
pound, gave vocal and instrumental op
air concerts on the corner Of High 81
Walnut streets Thursday and Frid
nights to large and attentive audience
HAMILTON.