The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-26

OUR NExT.DOOR NEIGHBORS.
Pickings by Star Reporters In Neigh
boring Cities and Towns.
NEW ARA. 0.

lfOm MIS- OCeAh6 y W.
General Charles R. Woods returned
home on Friday night after spending SIX
weeks in Abeline, Kansas.
William, son of Mr.. Michael Bolton, has
through the influence OF Hon. g. Atherton
obtained an appointment to West Point
On Thursday night, April 29th. Mr.. Gus
Phillips will produce "Under the Gas
light" This play has been rewritten, re-
arranged and reconstructed
LAWRENCEBUKG. IND.
D. Hanchett will play "Othello" in the
Odd Fellows Hall tonight.
Whole number of persons who at
tended the Public School excursion to
the Cincinnati Geological Garden Fri
day, was S79.
Mr.. Oliver Miller, Assistant Auditor
Of this County, received the sad intelli-
gence of the drowning of his daughter
in the Ohio River, just below Rising sun:
He left Thursday to attend the funeral
Saturday.
Edmund Schwarz died of appoplexy
Friday, in the twenty-ffth year of his
age. Funeral took place from the st.
Lawrence Catholic Church yesterday
Sunday, at 2 p. m. Rev. ]. F. Lon
derman, officiated.
A grand musical concert will be given
In the Odd Fellows Hall by Miss Haley
Bainbridge and her pupil, next Thurs.
day evening. The pupils will be assisted
bv Miss Adele Andres, of the Cincinnati
College of Music. Miss Andres is an ad-
vanced and highly cultivated vocalist.
Prof. Will Hem and O. Albright will
play accompaniments on the cornet and
violin.
GREENFIELD. o.
One of the latest improvements in
town is telegraph connection Of Park
ers grocery house with J. M. Gadbur-
ry's bakery.
A telegram was received here last
Saturday from Mr.. Joseph Holdings
field, stating that he had arrived in New
York, and that he would be in Green
field about Wednesday of this week.
The Gymnasium Club are making
many and very essential additions to
their new Hall, in the way of fixtures,
some of which are the following: a
health lift, parallel bars, Indian clubs,
dumb bells, trapeze, boxing gloves, rings,
knotted ropes fencing foils and calisth, n
ics. When these are all in position the
Greenfield Gymnasium will be one of
best, if not the best, equipped Of any in
the State. Their membership reaches
something over forty.
A WALK AMONG THE SHoPs.-Las
week your correspondent called at few
of our leading manufactures and ques
toned their proprietors in regard to thu
business outlook. j. ?. Lowe & Co.
carriages, were the first called on. Mr.
Lowe stated that he is doing more il
the way of repairs than at any time since
he has been in the business. In connec
ton with which he has new work enough
to run at least half the season, and tina
the amount of work on hand will double
that Of last year at the same time in tn
season.
Mr.. E. Dimes, carriages, late of th
firm of Dimes & Simpson, was the mex
called on at his new shops, on East Mai
street. He was found very busy in tn
general rounds of the day. He CAV
very fattering prospects in his new er
terprise, and thinks he has the be'
stand for the business of any in tow
He has not shop-room enough for ii
business he is doing, and will enlarg
He also has good line Of harness
connection.
J. B. Simpson, carriages, at the ol
stand Of Dimes & Simpson, was the ne,
victim. He states that he can not cor
pare with last year satisfactorily, for ii
reason that he was only partner
that time, and did not know the extel
Of the business, but that it is mut
better than at the same time last year.
J. P. Morrow, carriages, was then VI
tied. He states that his business
decidedly better than at any time sin
he has been in the business at the prt
ent place. He has a number of ne
"iobs' on had, some Of which will be
the closest inspection. His late il
proved side spring (or side bar) buggi
are masterpiece of workmanship, al
for durability and neatness are unsl
passed.
Mr.. O. H. Harper, proprietor of t
well-known Harper House, is beautii
ing his premises by having all of t
rear part sodded, or set in grass, dott
with numerous fower-beds. .Nr
LINWOOD.
The leap year party given under
auspices of the ladies at the Town FL
last Friday evening, was one of the mi
enjoyable affairs of the season. Dal
ing was kept up until an early hour
the morning. At IL o'clock sumptuc
lunch was served. Everybody felt Il
they were we'll entertained, and one a
all agreed that the ladies of Linwc
deserved high commendation, true
plause and praise.
MIDDLETOWN. o.
Old Uncle Sam is in town again.
Jsson Lewis, Boston, Mass, put up
The United States Hotel Saturday.
Captain J. w. Fl. Gillespie returned
his post at Columbus Saturday morni