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BOY WITH SNAKE.
FREEMASONS ( See
Masonic).
FRENCH MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION-Meets monthly, at Mozart Hall. Membership about two hundred. It is a benefi- cial association of Frenchmen, paying sick benefits of $6 per week.
FRESCO ARTISTS .- Fresco painting has become an important interest in Cincinnati. Thirty years ago, when Mr. F. Pedretti, now the principal fresco painter of the City, established himself in the Queen City, there was little demand for his work. But as the City grew in population, and the number of public build- ings increased, a taste for the beautiful also sprung up, until at the present time, church, public build- ing, theater, hotel, store, office or private dwelling is considered complete unless the walls give evidence of the painter's art. From Mr. Pedretti's small beginning, when he himself did all the work, there have sprung up fourteen firms, the members of many of which were his pupils, which now em- ploy nearly two hun- BOY WITH TORTOISE. dred artists. The reputation of Cincinnati painters has gone abroad, and many calls are made for their services, as far east as New York and Boston, south to New Orleans and Mobile, west to St. Louis and Omaha, and north to Chicago, Montreal and Quebec. Some of the most elegant public buildings in those cities were decora- ted by Cincinnati Fresco Artists.
FRIENDLY SONS OF ST. PATRICK .- A purely social organiza- tion of Irishmen or their descendants, with the object of keeping
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green the memory of Ireland's patron saint. The active mem- bership is about 75. Meetings are held every two weeks at the Florentine Hotel, at which interesting speeches and essays are the order. The dues are five dollars a year, which is devoted to an annual banquet. Honorary members, of which there are at present twenty, of all nationalities, are admitted on payment of annual dues. Politics and religion are debarred from the dis- cussions.
FRIENDS OF PLEASURE .- As its name indicates, a society of young gentlemen, without any special object but pleasure. The meetings are devoted to singing and other pastimes, and are held weekly at No. 409 Walnut street. The membership is about 200.
FORTUNE TELLERS .- In every large city are to be found persons whose aim and object in life appears to be to live without work, at the expense of people who do labor. One class is that known. as fortune tellers, or those who advertise their power of telling events of the past, present and future, insuring success to their dupes in all matters pertaining to business, love, courtship and marriage ; curing every disease to which humanity is heir, etc. The Mayor of Cincinnati, in his last annual report, says: I have been reliably informed that there are about one hundred of these swindlers in this City, plying their infamous swindle ; that their average daily recepts are five dollars each, or $500 daily, or $182,500 annually; most of which is as good as stolen from the very poorest and most unfortunate classes. I earnestly re- commend that an ordinance be at once passed, enacting the sever- est penalties against all swindlers of this character.
FURNITURE EXCHANGE- Organized February 8, 1876. Its object is a rating and collection agency, similar to Bradstreet & Dunn's, but it only includes as members those who make and deal in furniture, and all the kindred branches of that business, such as lumber, veneer, glue, varnish, cabinet-hardware, uphol- stery, brackets, mnouldings, looking-glass, marble, etc. The preseut officers of the organization are : President, A. Il. Mitch- ell, of the Mitchell & Rammelsberg Furniture Company ; Trea- surer, J. L. Wayne, Jr .; Secretary, Jno. H. Gault-office, Room 48, Pike's Opera House building.
GAMBRINUS RELIEF ASSOCIATION .- A relief association of brewers, with an insurance featurc. The society numbers four hundred members, and mucets the first and third Sundays in each month, at No. 513 Walnut street. Insured members are entitled to weekly sick benefits of $5 per week, and in case of death to a society burial, and their heirs to $2,000.
GARDEN OF EDEN (See Eden Park).
GARDENERS' UNION RELIEF ASSOCIATION .- A benevolent so- ciety of florists and horticulturists, having amembership of fifty. Sick benefits, $4 per week.
GAS .- Cincinnati is supplied with gas by the Cincinnati Gas Light and Coke Company, whose office is in their own building, one of the finest in the city, at the southwest corner of Fourth and Plum streets. The Company was chartered in 1837, with a capital of $4,250,000, in shares of $100 each. The present market value of shares ranges from $162 to $165. There are 202 miles of mains and 6,600 public lamps. The cost of lighting the city for the year ending December 31, 1877, was $143,724 96. There are also 831 gasoline lamps, lighted by the Globe Gas Light Com- pany, at a cost to the City of $23,820 11, for the year 1877. The works and gas holders of the Gas Company are situated on Front street, between Smith and Mill streets. A gas holder and public hall is situated, also, at Carthage, with suburban offices for com- plaints at Walnut IIills, Avondale and Clifton. The officers of the Company are : A. Hickenlooper, President ; Robert Brown, Jr., Secretary, and acting Vice-President; M. H. Coats, Asst. Secretary and Treasurer; H. W. Sige, Cashier; J. Fullager, Superintendent of Works; A. J. S. Riec, Inspector (Street and Meter Dept.); Samnel Davies, Publie Lamp Inspector.
GERMAN BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION .- One of the numerous mutual benefit associations among the German population, dif- fering only from others in its name. The membership is very
large, reaching perhaps a thousand. The society meets the second and fourth Mondays of each month, at Arbeiter Hall, 474 Walnut street.
GERMAN BUTCHERS' ASSOCIATION .- Combines business mat- ters with a benevolent feature. Meetings are held every Wednes- day night, at No. 676 Race street, where the interests of the trade are discussed, and the sick and indigent looked after and pro- vided for.
GERMAN CARPENTERS AND CABINET MAKERS' RELIEF SO- CIETY .- Meets the first Thursday in each month, at Arbeiter IIall, 474 Walnut street. Its title explains its object. Membership about 500.
GERMAN COOPERS' ASSOCIATION .- A business and benevolent institution combined. Meets the last Saturday night in each month, at the northwest corner of Wade street and Central Avenue.
GERMAN FRAUEN AND YUNG FRAUEN VEREIN-(German Married and Single Ladies' Society) .- There are a number of associations bearing this title in the German sections of the City. They partake largely of a social and benevolent charac- ter, but are principally devoted to mutual relief. The lodges are named, as a general thing, after some prominent statesman, soldier, or philanthropist, as " Grant," "Lincoln," "Peabody." Their meetings are held in different halls, some of the lodges being held at Arbeiter Hall, some at No. 509 Walnut, and others at No. 465 Walnut. The combined membership will exceed a thousand.
GERMAN GENERAL PROTESTANT ORPHAN ASYLUM-Highland Avenue, Mount Auburn .- Was organized on 13th of December, 1849. The society takes charge of orphan children of German Protestant parentage, until they attain the age of 14, when they are placed out to learn a trade, the family receiving them be- coming bound to retain them until the age of 18, when the so- ciety's supervision ceases. During the year ending 1st Septem- ber, 1878, the date at which the annual reports are presented, 49 boys and 48 girls remaining over from the previous year were maintained by the society, and 6 boys and 10 girls received, and 12 were bound out or otherwise discharged. The number of members was 969. The total income including the last year's balance was $32,209, and the outlay, including investments, $30,435. The officers are : President, C. F. Spreen ; Vice-Presi- dent, H. W. Koch; First Secretary, II. Mordenfelde; Second Secretary, W. Albert ; Treasurer, S. W. Siebern.
GERMAN IMMIGRATION AND AID SOCIETY .- Its object is to aid and assist German eruigrants to America, especially those who contemplate settling iu Cincinnati, but not exclusively confined to such. The membership is not large, probably fifty, but its scope of usefulness is great. Its managers do a great deal of good in this way of advice, and frequently in the matter of pecuniary aid, although it has no endowment. Funds are supplied by the more affluent class of Germans, and many an cmigrant has reason to thank the organization. Quarterly meet- ings of the society are held at the southwest corner of Court and Walnut streets."
GERMAN LITERARY CLUB .- Organized in November, 1877. The membership now numbers forty-five. Meetings are held every second Wednesday, in the German Mutual Insurance Company's building, southwest corner of Twelfth and Walnut streets. It is composed of professional and literary gentlemen of German uativity, and is devoted to the propagation of German literaturc. The papers read take a wide range, and are in the main ou scientific subjects. The present officers are: President, Emil Rothe; Vice-President, Geo. Lindemann ; Secretary, Henry II. Fick.
GERMAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION .- A mutual relief nssocia- tion of natives of Germany, coupled with insurance and weekly siek benefits. Membership about 300. Meets the second Thurs- day in each month, at Arbeiter Hall, No. 474 Walnut street.
GERMAN PIONEER ASSOCIATION .- An association of natives of Germany, long resident in Cincinnati. The requirements for
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membership are, having attained the age of forty years, and twenty-five years' residence in Cincinnati. The Association was organized May 26, 1868, and now numbers over a thousand active members. Meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month, at Washington Platform, northeast corner of Court and Elin streets. Present officers : President, Maurice Bettman ; Vice- President, F. A. Grever ; Secretary, Fr. Win. Gerstle. The Asso- ciation publishes a monthly magazine, of which Mr. II. A. Rat- termann is editor. It is already in its eleventh volume, and is devoted to the history of the early German pioncers of the Queen City. The yearly anniversary of the Association is held on the 26th of May. The financial condition of the Association is good. It owns its own printing materials, and generally has a cash bal- ance in bank of about $1,500.
GERMAN PRINTERS' ASSOCIATION .- Meets once every quarter at the southwest corner of Mercer and Walnut streets. Its men- bership is about fifty. It partakes of the nature of a protective union, combined with a relief society.
GERMAN PROTESTANT RELIEF ASSOCIATION-Numbers 250 members. Weekly sick benefits are paid to active members. The Association has no political affiliation. It meets the second
running to Walnut Hills, and a carriage way on either side. The high hills on the right of the Avenue formu the western boundary of Eden Park.
GLENDALE .- A handsome suburban retreat, on the Cincin- nati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad, 15 miles from Cincinnati, incorporated in 1857. Possesses several handsome churches, a school-house, and an extensive Female College. There are no palatial mansions, no extensive lawns, no long, sweeping graveled drives, such as the visitor sces in some other suburbs. It is rather a collection of beautiful homes, with ample grounds and profuse shrubbery, approached by circuitous avenues, and distinguished for the air of comfort and retirement that every- where prevails. Many of the leading merchants and profession- al men of Cincinnati are residents of Glendale. The population is about 2,000. The village is eleven miles from the City by the turnpike.
GLENDALE FEMALE COLLEGE .- Situated at Glendale. It was founded in 1834, by the Rev. John Covert. The main building is one hundred and seventy-seven feet in length, by forty-two feet in width. The edifice is built of brick, on a commanding elevation. The building accommodates 75 boarding pupils.
THE NEW GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
and fourth Thursday of each month, at the hall on the southeast corner of Main and Abigail streets.
GERMAN VETERAN SOCIETY .- A social organization of Ger- man Soldiers, who served three years or more during the war of the rebellion. The membership is about six hundred. It has relief and insurance features, the latter not obligatory on the members. The Society meets the first and third Fridays of each month, at Arbeiter Hall, No. 474 Walnut street.
GERMANIA MAENNERCHOR. - Jealousies and contentions in the Mannerchor caused the withdrawal of eight members from that society in July, 1872. Relying solely upon their own abil- ity, the double quartet organized the present Germania Mæn- nerchor on July 25, 1872. The society, which started out with eight voices, one passive member, and no funds, has become one of the most prosperous musical organizations in the city. Ow- ing to a rule, stringently adhered to, to accept no members save in complete quartets, with unexceptional voices, the active members have not greatly increased in number, being now 16, but the passive list has grown from 1 to over 200.
GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL (Sce Hospitals).
GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS .- The United States own two build- ings in Cincinnati, one the old Post-office and Custom house corner of Fourth and Vine, the other the new building, now in course of erection, occupying half the entire square fronting on Fifth street esplanade, and extending fromn Walnut to Main street. When completed it will be 354 by 164 feet, four stories in height above ground, exclusive of the attics and roof stories. Below ground is a basement, 14 feet high, and a sub-basement, 10 feet, furnished with light and air from an area 12 feet wide running around the building. The entire first story will be oc- cupied by the Post-office department-rooms for the Postmaster, Cashier, Money-order office, vaults, etc., being located at the ends of the building, while the central portion forms one vast busi- ness room, 132 by 225 feet, which, in addition to the usual com- plement of side windows, has a large portion of its ceiling of glass, making a sky-light 63 by 220 feet. Above the first story the building takes the form of a hollow square, with the court of the same area as the Post-office sky-light-63 by 220 feet. A corridor 14 feet wide faces on this court, and furnishes commu- nication with the various rooms, all of which have an exterior
GILBERT AVENUE .- A new Avenue, eighty feet wide its en- tire length. with a double street railroad track in the center. I frontage. These rooms-about fifty in number-give business
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accommodation for the Custom-house, United States Courts, In- ternal Revenue, and other offices of the Civil Government, and vary in size from the private office, 14 by 20 feet, to the magni- ficent court-rooms, 41 by 64 feet. The exterior is designed in the Renaissance style-of four superimposed orders. The principal facade, 354 feet long, is divided into center and corner pavilions, connected by receding bays, while the end facades have corner pavilions only, connected by receding bays. The pavilions are strongly marked by porticoes, with full, detached columns, and the divisions rendered more effective by large dormers and promi- nent roof-lines at the corners, while the center pavilion termi- nates in an attic of two stories, and high, towering roof, 170 feet from the ground. The windows-liberal in size and simple in form-are kept entirely subordinate to the orders which form the decorative features of the facades. The lines are generally rigid, and the openings square at head, except in the crowning story, where arched openings give a very pleasing termination. The orders are very originally treated in the first story. The pilasters and columns, placed on a high pedestal, are rustieated, and, by an ingenious introduction of the triglyph into the capi- tals, the characteristics of the Doric order are given with a decidedly new effect. This rusticated order, with its re-enforce- ment of piers, forms an appropriate and massive substructure, on which the other and lighter orders rest. These upper orders are a modified Ionic in the second story, and Composite in the third and fourth; the whole, at a height of 95 feet from the ground, surmounted by a modillion cornice of ornamental detail. The exterior walls are to be of granite, the basement and stylobate from the red-granite quarries of Middlebrook, Mo., and the super- strneture from quarries at Fox Island, Me., furnished under a contract with the Bodwell Granite Company. The interior con- struction will be of a strictly fire-proof character, as in other first-elass Government buildings, with partitions of brick, and floors of iron beams and brick arches. Among the largest, as well as the finest, of the new public buildings, with its grand proportions and massive material, it will be a magnificent con- tribution to the architectural attractions of the city, and may justly be a source of pride to its inhabitants.
To complete this building will cost, exclusive of the site, not far from $3,000,000, and the expectation is that it will prove equal to the growth of Cincinnati for several years to come. It is so planned, however, that additions may be made in harmony with the design. Three stories are already completed, but it is probable that the whole will not be finished for three years.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC .- A benevolent association of Union soldiers in the late war of the Rebellion. There is one Post in Cincinnati, George H. Thomas, Post No. 13, which has seventy-five members. Meetings are held every Tuesday night, in the Apollo Building, corner of Sixth and Walnut streets. Capt. Chas. W. Karr is Post Commander, and Ferd. McDonough, Ad- jutant.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE (See Theaters).
GRAND VALLEY .- Formerly known as Camp Dennison, is a beautiful village on the Little Miami R. R., abont 16 miles from Cincinnati, with a population of about 450. It contains many handsome residences, chiefly owned by merchants and others doing business in the city. The storehouses, barracks, hospitals, etc., built by the government during the war are now devoted to business purposes.
GRAVELOTTE .- A small village on the Little Miami Railroad, 13 miles from Cincinnati.
GREENWOOD HALL-Is in the third story of the Mechanics' In- stitute building, southwest corner of Sixth and Vine streets. It is named in honor of Miles Greenwood, Esq., one of the founders of the Mechanics' Institute, and for several years Chief Engineer of the Fire Department. It is rented for balls, parties, exhibitions, etc. The rent receipts go into the Mechanics' Institute fund.
GREUTI RELIEF ASSOCIATION .- The membership is composed of Swiss residents exclusively. It is devoted to mutual relicf
and sociability, as its name implies. The society numbers abont two hundred persons. Weekly meetings are held at the hall on the southwest corner of Mercer and Walnut streets.
GROCERS' ASSOCIATION, THE-Is a society for the protection of its members against the risk of incurring bad debts. It meets at the northwest corner of Main and Canal streets. (See also Wholesale Grocers' Association.)
GYMNASIUM, CINCINNATI. - On Fourth street, between Race and Vine streets, was founded in 1853, and incorporated in 1859. It is a volun- tary Association, having for its object the promotion of physical culture. Its government is con. trolled by a Presi- GYMNA ASIUM dent and Board of Directors, elected by the members at large. The Gymna- sium possesses an exercise hall 60 by 100 feet, with a ceil- ing 35 feet in height, thus forming one of the finest rooms for gymnastic purposes in the United States. This hall is furnished with all of the appa- ratus requisite in a first-class gymnasi- THE GYMNASIUMN. um; reading and chess accommodation are also provided. There are 17 large bath-rooms for the use of the members. The number of members is nearly 700. The price of admission for one year is $10. Strangers are invited to visit the establishment at any time from 8)2 A. M. till 9 P. M. Board of Directors: E. P. Bradstreet, President; W. II. Mackoy, Vice-President; L. M. Dayton, Treasurer; Victor Abraham, Secretary; John II. Walker, I. V. Hoag, Jr., John A. Johnson ; E. W. Murphy, Superintendent.
GYMNASTIC ASSOCIATIONS (See Gymnasium, also Turn- verein).
HACKS-Can be hired at the depots or public landing at the following rates, viz: for one or two persons to any of the hotels, $1; three or more persons, 50 cents each; heavy baggage extra. Strangers will find it to their advantage to engage hacks for driving in the City, through the office of their hotel, and to avoid imposition a bargain with the driver should be made. Night charges are higher than by day. During the Exposition the hackmen have been in the habit of carrying four persons to and from the Exposition and Post-office at the rate of ten cents each.
HAMILTON .- Twenty-five miles from Cincinnati, with 13,000 inhabitants. Situated on the Great Miami River. An important manufacturing town. Has many fine public buildings and ex- tensive manufactories. The home of a large number of Cincin- nati merchants.
HAMILTON COUNTY INFIRMARY, THE-Is at Carthage, 10 miles from the city. During the year ending March 1, 1878, the aver- age monthly number of inmates was 201, maintained at a total yearly cost of $11,388. President, Asher Wart; Superintendent, John Ritt.
HARRISON .- A manufacturing town on the I., C. & L. R. R., 25 miles from Cincinnati, many of whose merchants reside there.
HIARTWELL. - A very handsome village on the C., II. & D. R. R., 10% miles from Cincinnati, with 600 inhabitants. Laid out in 1868 by the Hamilton County Building Association, and the dwellings are all new, commodious, and of pleasing architecture. Is one of the most beautiful suburbs in the valley. Named after
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John W. Hartwell, Esq., President of the Enterprise Insurance Company, of Cincinnati.
HARMONIC SOCIETY, THE .- Was founded in 1859, and has formed the nucleus of the choirs of the May Musical Festivals. It is the leading choral organization in the city, and has the larg- est library of choral works in the West. There are now 350 active members, for whose admission some knowledge of music aud the possession of a voice of some culture are requisite. Honorary members are admitted by a subscription of $5 per annum. The Society ineets at Dexter Hall, in Music Hall, every Monday evening, from the middle of September to the end of May, for rehearsals, and strangers in the City are cordially in- vited. The following are the officers for the season of 1879-80: President, W. W. Taylor; Vice-Presidents, H. Wilson Brown, Edward Goepper ; Treasurer, Frank A. Lee; Secretary, Edward Rawson; Directors, Geo. W. Jones, C. E. LaMotte, John Church, Jr., John V. Lewis, H. T. Loomis, Theo. F. Spear, Thomas Gib- son ; Librarians, Edward R. Lee, Jas. B. Stanwood.
HARVARD CLUB OF CINCINNATI, THE .- Was organized in 1869. It meets, nominally, twice each year, in rooms of Literary Club, 23912 W. Fifth street. Its object is the promotion of a Harvard feeling, and the better acquaintance of the graduates of Harvard College living in Cincinnati and vicinity. The mem- bership is now 53. Rufus King is President; Julius Dexter, Sec- rotary and Treasurer; and John Kebler, M. F. Force and Chas. B. Wilby, Executive Committee.
HEBREW GENERAL RELIEF ASSOCIATION, THE .-- Meets ev- ery Sunday morning in Covenant Hall, at the corner of Fifth street and Central Avenue. It has been in existence for thirty- five years, and is supported by voluntary subscriptions of about $10,000 a year. From this the pressing wants of poor Israelites are suppled with money, free rentals, and in winter with dona- tions of coal, flour and groceries.
HEBREW UNION COLLEGE, THE .--- Was founded in 1875, and permanently established in the City of Cincinnati, Itis entirely supported by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, an organization that will undoubtedly at an early date comprise all the Hebrew Congregations within the United States, as it now unites already the largest and most important in all sections of the country. The College provides free instruction to every one, irrespective of religious belief, who may wish to avail himself of its benefits, and it is hoped that the future Rabbis and Sab- bath School teachers of American Israel may be selected from its graduates. The Bible is studied in the original language, translated into English and German, and read with commenta- ries in Aramean, Syriac and Chaldean, and the students are in- troduced into the whole of that wonderful literature, the Talmud. In order to obtain a thorough, liberal secular education students of the College are required by its rules and regulations to be regular attendants at, or graduates from, High Schools, Colleges and Universities. Worthy poor students, a large number of them selected from the best inmates of the Jewish Orphan Asylums throughout the U. S., have their boarding, clothing, books, and other necessaries paid from the fund of the College, and from voluntary contributions, especially those subscribed by the Hebrew ladies of America. All students are placed with respectable families, and watched over by the Board. Hours of instruction, daily, from 4 to 6 o'clock P. M., at the Plum Street Temple, where the College work is temporarily conducted until the funds necessary for the erection of proper buildings are raised. The faculty consists of Rev. Dr. Isaac M. Wise, Presi- dent; Rev. Dr. Max Lilienthal and Rev. Dr. M. Mielziener, Professors; Mr. Sol. Eppinger and Mr. L. Aufrecht, Preceptors. The management of the College is intrusted to the following Board of Governors: Bernard Bettmann, President, Cincinnati, O .; Jacob Ezekiel, Secretary, Cincinnati, O .; Herman Bam- berger, Indianapolis, Ind .; Joseph Block, Cincinnati, O .; Nathan Bloom, Louisville, Ky .; Josiah Cohen, Pittsburgh, Pa .; Rev. Dr. David Einhorn, New York City; Moritz Ellinger, New York City ; A. E. Frankland, Memphis, Tenn .; Julius Freiberg, Cin- cinnati, O .; A. J. Friedlander, Cincinnati, O .; William Good-
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