The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-23
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
Its Celebration Yesterday and
To-day.

Yesterday was Washington's Birthday,
which, however, will be celebrated as a
legal holiday to-day.
The greatest event of to-day was the
opening of the Southern Railway for busi-
ness. Mayor Jacob has issued suitable
proclamation. The banks, the Chamber of
Commerce. the Courts, the city and county
offices, and the public schools were closed.
The City Commissioners had no meeting.
The circulating department of the Public
Library will be closed, as also the money
order department of the Post-otfice.
The offenders against the law who were
arrested Saturday night and yesterday will
remain III their cells until tomorrow as
there was no Police Court session to-day.
| The procession yesterday in honor of the
day we celebrate was a fine one and con-
sisted of the First Regiment, o. N. g., in
full uniform; Turner Cadets, Turner Singer
Chorus, Turner Society, Cincinnati Work
mems Society, Gruetli Society, Harueari
Singing Society, Schimmelpfenning En-
campment; Geo. H. Thomas Post, G.. A. R. !;
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Associa-
tion; First and Second Regiments, XIV. l.;
| McCook Encampment; Ninth, Twenty
eighth, Fifth and Sixth Regiments, O.V. L.;
Hoffnann's Battery, Young Veterans
Corps, General German Veteran Society,"
Festival Committee Of the German Veteran
Society In carriages.
The procession was marshaled by G. F.
Spreen assisted by Aug. Holthoff and
Fred. L. Emmert, Jr. Christ. Wehmann
was Marshal Of the Second Division, as
sisted by Otto Hof and Mic. Biedinger, and
Mike Hummer was Marshal of the Third
Division, assisted by Sergeant Gault and
John Hosstetter. The music was furnished
by the First Regiment O. N. g. Band and
| Drum Corps, Turner Band and Holthaus'
Band. Col. G. B. Hunt, commanding the
First Regiment, his staff, and the Mar.
shals were mounted. The military made a
good procession. The procession started
from Arbeiter Hall soon after o'clock
and passed over the following streets
Twelfth, Main, Fifth, Walnut, Fourth,
Race, Fifth, Vine, Fifteenth, Elm, Find.
| lay, McMicken avenue, Walnut, dis
banding at the hall, where refresh
ments wre served. In the evening
an entertainment was given in the hall
under the auspices of the General German
4 Veteran Society in honor of its fifteenth
anniversary. There was vocal and instru
mental music orations, drills, a tableau-
The Soldiers Dream" by Prof
Graeser. After the concert ball was held
The committee in charge of the procession
the concert and ball was composed of Gust
schilling, Val. Weinheimer, G. F. Spreen
+. Bertsch, Joseph Piesche, Antor
! Schmidt, Louis Guenther, John Kuenzi
Jacob Koerkel and Val. Hoffman.
The Pioneer singers give grand concer
last night at Turner Hall under the lead
ership Of Professor Barus.
The programme was as follows:
Overture Germaua Orcnestr
"An die Freude" Pioneer Singing SOciet
The King and the Miller ............... Mr.. Kelle
. serenade for flute and horn ...................
= ......... Messrs. J. Berold and c. Bernhard
The Evening nks"".."....".:.. Pioneer Singer
Arie ,..................MTs Mrs. Flora Muele
Festival Grafton ,..."."..."...keV. DE- Lilienths
After some more music by the Germani
orchestra, ball was given, which woun
up at an early hour this morning.
Pixies Opera-house was filled from pit t
. dome last night, the occasion being tn
concert for the benefit of the ST. Aloysiu
Orphan ASYLUM. Rev. r. ]. Meyer, s. J.
. President of st. Xavier College in the ali
sence of Bishop Toebbe, delivered the fest
val Grafton.
The Philopedian Society of st. Xayie
College, will celebrate Washingtons Birth
day this evening by giving a literary an
, musical entertainment at RobinsoI's sOpers
house.