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heart, Cincinnati, O .; Rev. Dr. Gustav Gottheil, New York City; Rev. James K. Gutman, New Orleans, La .; Rev. Dr. Adolph Huebsch, New York City; Rev. George Jacobs, Philadelphia, Pa .; Solomon Levi, Cincinnati, O .; Rev. Dr. Max Lilienthal, Cincinnati, O .; M. A. Rosenblatt, St. Louis, Mo .; Leopold Rosen- feld, Cincinnati, O .; Rev. Dr. S. H. Sonneschein, St. Louis, Mo .; Abraham Stein, New York City; Samuel Ullman, Louisville, Ky .; Samuel Ullman, Natchez, Miss. This Board reports to the Council through the Executive Board of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
HEPTASOPHS -- Or Seven Wise Men .- A secret order, with the same aims and ends as the Masons and Odd Fellows. There are three "Conclaves" and one " Encampment" in the city, viz : the Reuckert, Humboldt and Cincinnatus Conclaves, and the Ger- mania Encampment. The membership is perhaps 500 in all. The order is composed mostly of Germans.
HERWEGH MAENNERCHOR .- A German singing society of 16 members. Meets every night at Arbeiter Hall, 474 Walnut St.
HESSEN DARMSTAEDTER UNSTERSTUETZUNGS VEREIN .- A benefit association of natives of Principality of Hesse Darmstadt. Meets the first and third Tuesdays in each month, at No 475 Wal- nut street, membership about 70.
HEUCK'S OPERA HOUSE (See Theatres).
HIBERNIA HALL .- In the building on the southeast corner of Ninth and Plum streets, third story. Its dimensions are 60 by 80 feet. It is oceupied permanently by the Ancient Order of United Workmen Association, but is rented to other societies, and for balls, lectures, etc.
HILL TOP RESORTS (See Inclined Planes).
HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF OHIO .-- The object of this society, as embodied in article 1 of its constitution, is the collection and preservation of everything relating to the history and antiquities of America, more especially of the State of Ohio, and the diffusion of knowledge concerning them. The society was organized and incorporated in Columbus, early in 1831, and for eighteen years met there aunually. Its first presi- dent was Benjamin Tappan. In 1849 it allied itself with the Cincinnati Historical Society, keeping its own name, and its meetings were thenceforward held in Cincinnati. For some years the society flourished, but on the breaking out of the war of the rebellion, the number of members became so diminished that the rooms of the society were given up, and its library placed on deposit in the Public Library of Cincinnati. In 1868, Robert Buchanan, the President, called a meeting for reorgani- zation, and new members were elected. Since that time the membership has steadily increased, and at the last annual meet- ing, December, 1878, the number of members was 61 corporate, 10 life, 8 corresponding, and 4 honorary -- total 83. The library contains 7,500 bound volumes and 30,000 pamphlets. The rooms of the society are at 3112 College building, Walnut street. The following are the officers of the society : President, Manning F. Force; Vice-Presidents, W. H. Mussey and S. E. Wright; Cor- responding Secretary, Robert Clarke ; Recording Secretary, Julius Dexter ; Treasurer, E. F. Bliss; Librarian, Julius Dex- ter; Curators, Gustav Bruhl, J. D. Caldwell, C. P. Davis, George Graham and H. A. Rattermann.
HIGHLAND HOUSE (See Inclined Planes).
HILDISE BUND. - The headquarters of this society are in New York. The Cincinnati branch is an extensive one, its membership being about 1,200. It is a life insurance associa- tion, differing only from the regular insurance companies in the matter of monthly meetings of the members for the payment of premiums, and in the payment of siek benefits. It is composed exclusively of Germans.
HOMEOPATHIC FREE DISPENSARY (See Dispensaries).
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY .- The first meeting for the forma- tion of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society was held in Febru- ary, 1843, at the house of Mr. Robert Buchanan, and it was soon afterwards fully organized. It quickly made its influence felt, particularly in promoting improvements in the cultivation of
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the grape, the strawberry, and other fruits and flowers. The Society was the first to suggest the purchase of the Gerrard Farm for conversion into the Spring Grove Cemetery, and at the re- quest of Mr. Warden, superintendent of the Water-works, it su- perintended the laying out of the then unsightly hill adjoining the old reservoir in a garden like and terraced public ground, now known as the Water-works Park. The first grand exhibition of fruits and flowers, under the society's auspices, was held in the Fall of 1854, on the lot adjoining the Orphan Asylum. The society is still actively at work. President, Dr. A. E. Heigh way ; Recording Secretary, Fred. R. Walcott.
HOTELS .- Cincinnati possesses as many good hotels as any City of its size in the United States. To the visitor who wishes to make a lengthened stay, the selection of a hotel becomes a matter of the first importance. Many persons, especially those who intend stopping for a long time, will find it most economical number, in some of the finest localities of the city. Lodging rooms are also procurable at moderate rates, and at the large number of restaurants offer bills of fare of great variety.
The Burnet House is one of the best known hotels in the West, its to patronize the boarding-houses, of which there are quite a name being familiar for years to travelers all over the continent. During its existence it has sheltered most of the great men who have visited Cincinnati during the last thirty-five years. Its registers bear the signatures of Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Allemania House-Southwest corner Third and Wood streets. Avenue Hotel-Spring Grove Avenue, Union Stock Yards. Bevis House-Southeast corner Walnut and Court streets. Broek House-61 Mound street. Lewis Cass, James Buchanan, J. C. Brcekenridge, the elder Booth, Stephen A. Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, Salmon P. Chase, Horace Greeley and John Mitchel; while of modern heroes and heroines, its pages bear testimony to the presence of Louis Burnet House-Is on the northwest corner of Third and Vine streets, with entrances on both streets, and within half a square of the Post-office. It contains 240 rooms, beside parlors, read- ing and smoking rooms, bar, restaurant, billiard and bath rooms. The Burnet House has quite an interesting history, Kossuth, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and Lord Lyons, Generals Grant, Sherman, Burnside, Sheridan, Thomas, Jeff Davis, and a host of other warriors, besides heroes of the stage, like Edwin Booth, Forrest, Owens and Fechter. Jenny Lind's rooms still bear her name, and the signatures of Ristori, Miss Cushman, Carlotta and Adelina Patti, Forms, Grisi, Mario, Wachtel, Nilsson and Cary comprise but a few of the many renowned persons who have made the Burnet a temporary home. The proprietors of the Bnrnet House are : J. W. Dunklee, President; A. G. Corre, Secretary ; and I. W. Zimmerman, Treasurer.
THE BURNET HOUSE.
Florentine Hotel-216 Vine street. It is next to the having been the principal hotel of Cincinnati for about a quar- | Gazette New Building, and has a large restaurant attached to the hotel.
ter of a century. Thirty years ago, or in 1849, when it was built by a joint-stock company, it was considered the grandest building for hotel purposes in the United States ; and under the skillful management of its first landlord, Mr. A. B. Coleman, gained an almost national reputation. It has since that time, however, been subjected to so many changes and alterations that a patron of twenty years ago, were he to now visit it, would hardly recognize the Burnet House of old. Under its different managements it has always firmly sustained its charae- ter as a strictly first-class hotel, and to-day it is more replete with all the conveniences of modern hotels than ever before. Anim- portant feature of the house is the great restaurant, which is daily thronged by the down-town merchants. This restaurant is the largest in the City, being one hundred feet in length by about seventy feet in width. It has been established over two years, and been a great success mainly owing to its great eon- venience to the large number of business men and to its very
superior management. The Burnet House contains eight par- lors, the principal one being twenty by eighteen feet. The office which is sumptuously furnished and exceedingly cheerful, is located where the great ladies parlor of the old house was situa- ted,and is one hundred by sixty feet, with height of ceiling twenty feet. The floor is of colored tiles. During the Summer of 1879, the whole house was repainted and decorated, and many of the rooms newly furnished. The dining room is a beautiful apart- ment, and sumptuously provided with every convenience. There are rooms set apart for private dining rooms, and committee rooms often used for conventional purposes. The kitchen is entirely remote from the house, and the ventilation throughout is perfect. The different departments of the business is presided over by old and experienced hands, many of whom have been connected with the house for years.
Carlisle House -- Northwest corner Sixth and Mound streets. It is a very beautifully located house, in a quiet part of the City, and contains 34 rooms. There is a hand- some restaurant attached to the house.
Central Hotel-111 West Sixth street.
Crawford House-Southwest corner Sixth and Walnut streets. It is three squares from the Post-office, and con- tains 80 rooms.
Degenhart's Hotel-421 Main street.
Droescher's Hotel -Southwest corner Fifth and Mill streets.
Drover's Hotel -Spring Grove Avenne, Union Stock Yards.
Duncan House-Southwest corner Central Avenue and Longworth streets.
Farmers' Hotel -Northeast corner Race and Court streets.
Farmers' Hotel-700 Eastern Avenue.
Frederick House-Southeast corner Sixth and Race streets.
Galt House-Southwest corner Sixth and Main streets.
It is four squares from the Post-office, and contains 158 rooms. Gerdes Hotel-207 West Fifth street.
Germania Hotel-40 West Court street.
Germania House-89 Sycamore street.
Gibson House - Walnut street, between Fourth and Fifth streets. It contains 300 rooms.
Globe House-164 Elm street.
Grand Hotel .- Frouting on Fourth street, and within a few squares of the Post-office, the principal business honses and places of amusement; was built at a cost of nearly a million dollars, by a joint-stock company, and opened in 1874, sinee which time it has been recognized everywhere as the leading hotel in Cincinnati, and condueted with uninterrupted suceess. The Grand is a modern house in every sense of the word supplied
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throughout with all the appliances for elegance and comfort | ed over by experienced men. A large number of citizens are adopted in any hotel in the world, and with special conven- regular boarders at the Grand, and generally select the fourth and fifth floors, leaving the lower floors for transient guests- The building is considered fire-proof, as far as such a building can possibly be, no money being spared to effeet this in its con- struction, but it is also well supplied with fire-escapes and hose on each floor. Watehmen parade the different floors during all hours of the night, and report half-hourly to the night clerk of the house. The members of the firm are James D. Gilmour, James M. Gilmour and Henry Gilmour. iences of which no other can boast. The rotunda, brilliantly lighted by chandeliers in the evening, is 100 feet square, and the handsomest in the United States. The great dining-room is 85 by 45 feet, and 24 feet in height ; the ladies' ordinary, a beau- tifully furnished apartment, looking out upon the trim lawn and flower beds of the neighboring garden of the Sisters of Mercy, is 26 by 22 feet. There are several parlors and reception rooms, the two principal ones being respectively 28 by 30 feet, and 29 by 18, with a height of 20 feet. They are all most elegantly and Great Western Hotel-535 West Fifth street. comfortably furnished. There are 300 rooms for guests, reached Henrie House-Third between Main and Sycamore streets HIexter's Hotel-Southwest corner Seventh and Vine streets. Hotel Brunswick-179 Elm street. either by a broad and handsomely balustered stone staircase, or by hydraulic elevators, of which there are two, one for baggage, and one for the inmates, the main shaft of the latter being 90 Hotel Emery-Vinc street, between Fourth and Fifth streets. Hummel House-Southwest corner Ninth and Sycamore streets. feet in length.
THE GRAND HOTEL.
The rooms of the Grand Hotel are all elegantly furnished, and many of them are in suite. Others are provided with bath rooms. There is running water on all of the floors. The cor- ridors are very wide, and well ventilated at all points. The views from most of the windows are superb, those on the west and south, particularly, revealing views of the Ohio river, Ken- tucky hills and Price's Hill. All of the larger apartments of the house, such as rotunda, reading room, smoking room, bar room, billiard room, dining room, ordinary, and parlors, are frescoed in the richest style, the work having been done by Pedretti, the great fresco artist. There is a private dining room, also hand- somely furnished and splendidly frescoed. Large committee rooms are attached to the hotel, where conventions and meet- ings are often held. There is also a cloak room, cigar and news- paper stand. The office business is mainly transacted by Mr. Saunderson and Mr. Schuyler, both well known and accom- plished hotel men. The discipline of the Grand is as perfect as in any hotel in the world, every movement being regulated with the utmost precision, and each of the departments being presid-
Hunt's Hotel-172 Vine street. It is an old established house, and has a restaurant attached, which is kept open all night.
Indiana House-161 West Fifth street.
Keber House-89 Sycamore street.
Keller House-Corner Colerain Pike and Hoffner street.
Keppler's Hotel-228 West Fourth street. It is on the principal street of the city, and contains 36 rooms, and has a large and elegant ladies' and gentlemen's restaurant attached.
Kessling House-Southwest corner Fifth and Wood streets. Klum House-Spring Grove Avenue, Uniou Stock Yards. Loring House-85 Broadway.
Ludlow House-Northwest corner Second and Ludlow streets. Madison Hlouse -- 17 Main Street.
Merchants Union Hotel and Dining Rooms-30 Public Landing. Miles House-77 East Third street.
National Hotel-Sycamore between Third and Fourth streets. Northwestern Hotel-984 Central Avenue.
Oberly House-Corner Pearl and Ludlow streets.
Parvis House-296 West Fifth street.
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Pfeiffer's Hotel-Corner Ninth and Vine streets. Phoenix Hotel-684 Eastern Avenne.
Planter's House-Corner Race and Front streets. Queen City Hotel-Corner Sixth and Race streets. Railroad Hotel-Corner Front and Broadway. Reid's Hotel and Dining Rooms-177 West Fourth street. Revere House-Corner Sixth and College streets. Revere House-297 West Fifth street.
St. Bernard Hotel-Corner Second and Race streets.
St. James Hotel-Fourth street, between Main and Sycamore.
St. Nicholas Hotel-Fourth street, corner of Race strect. It is beautifully situated, within one square of the Post-office, and is noted as being the best restaurant out of the city of New York, and is often called the Delmonico of the West. It was estab- lished by Mr. B. Roth, at its present site, in 1861, and now enjoys almost a national reputation. As a ladies' restaurant it is fur- nished in the most exquisite style, and abounds with all con- veniences. As an hotel it quakes no great pretensions, contain- ing only 20 rooms, but these are large and well furnished, and generally patronized by gentlemen of means, who desire to avoid the noise and confusion of larger houses. All the princi- pal apartments of the St. Nicholas have recently been redecor- ated and embellished in a more expensive style than ever. A large cafe has been attached for about one year, and has proved an immense success, furnishing as it does the very best meals, cooked artistieally and well, and supplied at the lowest prices.
ST. NICHOLAS.
The wine cellars of the hotel are very extensive, and contain many of the finest brands imported in this country. The table of both the ladies' and gentlemen's restaurants, upstairs, have long been noted for the elegance and taste displayed in all their appointments. The china, glass and silver used are all of the most recherche patterns, and no expense is spared to make every department of the house as attractive and comfortable as the best-arranged private mansions can boast. Mr. Edward N. Roth, the present proprietor, is one of the most enterprising hotel men and caterers in the City, and had many years' experi- enee in the management of the St. Nicholas before Mr. Roth, Sr., retired. The St. Nicholas under his management has even be- come more popular than ever.
Schneider's Hotel-Corner Secona and Broadway.
Short Line House-454 West Third street.
Teutonia Hotel-15 East Ninth street.
Tremont House-Corner Fifth and Broadway.
Walker House- 62 East Pearl. .
Walnut Street House-Walnut between Sixth and Seventhi strects. This is an old-established house, three and one half squares from the Post-office. Contains 125 rooms.
Western Commercial Hotel-Corner Fifth and Wood streets. Western Hotel-468 West Front.
HOSPITAL, THE CINCINNATI .- Ocenpies the square bounded by Twelfth street, Central Avenne, Aun and Plum streets, on a portion of which sites the Hospital was first established in 1821, maiuly through the efforts of Dr. Daniel Drake. The pre- sent organization, under a Board of Trustees, was established May 1, 1861, and the present buildings were occupied in January 1869, since which time, until Juue, 1879, more than 37,000 patients have been treated therein. The structure, which is of brick, with freestoue trimmings, consists of eight distinct buildings, placed en echelon, and conuected by open corridors on each floor, surrounding an extensive center yard or court. The central building and main entrance is situated on Twelfth street, and is the Administrative Department. This contains offices, library, superintendents and officers' apartments, kitchen and dining- rooms. There are six pavilions, containing three wards each, with a normal capacity of 500 beds, which can be increased to a lunch greater number, in case of necessity or emergency. The pavilions contain, also, thirty-six private rooms. In the central building on Ann street is situated the amphitheater, with a ca- pacity for 500 students, Pathological Museum, Mortuary, etc., conveniently arranged in proximity to each other, and isolated from all other departments of the house. In the same building " is the accident ward, convenient of access, and completely equipped for cases of accident or emergency at all hours of the day and night; and also reception rooms and bath rooms, for applicants for admission. South of this building, aud at the north end of the court, is the domestic department, containing the main kitchen, laundry, domestics' dormitories, dining room, etc. Connected with the domestic department, are the engine and boiler-rooms, gas-works and storage for fuel. Steam is employed for heating purposes in such a manner that the wards are supplied with fresh pure air, warmed to the proper tempera- ture before its introduction into the wards, thus securing the best results in heating and ventilation. Gas for lighting is mann- factured on the premises at an average cost of 33 cents per 1000 cubic feet. The arrangement and plan of the pavilions is such as to secure the very best results in regard to light and ventilation, the most important considerations in the construc- tion of hospital buildings. The cost of the structure, including a portion of the site, was about $800,000, for which the bonds of the City are issned. The wards of the hospital are classified according to diseases, as surgical, medical, obstetrical, etc., and in attendance upon them, is the Medical Staff, which is appointed by the Board of Trustees, and consists of four surgeous, six phy- sicians, two obstetricians, two opthalmologists, and two patlio- logists. One half of these are on duty at the same time, and al- ternate every four months. The members of the Board, and the Medical Staff, serve withont pecuniary compensation. In aid of the Staff seven undergraduates are annually selected after a competitive examination, and are designated "Resident Phy- sicians." They reside in the Hospital, and accompany the Staff in their daily visits to the sick, receive their orders, kcep a record of the cases and treatment, report all violations of medi- cal discipline, and have a general supervision of their respee- tive wards. Clinical lectures are delivered by the meubers of the Staff, in the amphitheater, two hours of each working day, commencing in October and ending with February. All medical students are entitled to admission to the clinical lectures by the payment of a fee of five dollars. The fund thus created is devoted, by law, to the support of the Medical Library and Pathological Museum. The Library contains 3,000 volumes ; and 80 journals, American and Foreign, are received. Those who are entitled to admission as charity patients, are the needy siek who are citizens of the city, who are unable to pay the expense of their support, and whose cases can not be properly treated at their own homes. The Trustees may also admit non-residents of the City, when dictated by humanity, necessity or cases of emer- gency. For those who desire the accommodations of a Hospital, withont being ohjects of charity, a pay-department has been
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established where strangers or persons of means overtaken by illness can find refuge without the sacrifice of any of their liber- ties. They can not only find appropriate rooms and trained nurses, but they can choose their own medical adviser without being restricted to the Medical Staff of the Hospital. The Branch Hospital for contagious discases, which has been located on Roh's Hill, within the City limits, is being removed to a more isolated site west of the City, where buildings of the most ap- proved construction and suited for the purpose are being erec- ted. This will be connected with the main hospital by a tele- phone, so that the condition of patients, their wants, etc., can be known, and the business of the place transacted almost as readily as in the main building itself. The management of the Hospital is vested in a Board of Trustees, six in number. Two are appoin- ted by the Superior Court, two by the Common Pleas Court, and one by the Governor of the State. The Mayor of Cincinnati is ex-officio a member of the Board. For the support of the Hospi- tal, the Board is authorized to levy a tax upon the grand dupli- cate of all taxable property in the city, at a rate not exceeding 48-100 of a mill on a dollar valuation. The expenses for the year 1878 were $77,384.14, and cost of maintenance per patient per diem 67 cents. The following is a list of Board of Trustees, Officers, Medical Staff and Resident Physicians, June 1, 1879; in addition to which there are 70 other employes. Board of Trustees-David Judkins, M. D., F. J. Mayer, Esq., A. S. Dand- ridge, M. D., Col. L. A. Harris, M. B. Hagans, Esq., Ex-Oficio Chas. Jacob, Jr., Mayor of Cincinnati. President-David Jud- kins, M. D. Secretary-Col. L. A. Harris. Superintendent-H. M. Jones. Clerk-T. E. H. McLean. Matron-Mrs. Agnes Rose. Engineer-S. E. Hutchinson. Druggist-Edward A. Schmidt. Assistant Druggist-Edward Sprecher. Physicians-C. G. Co- megys, M. D., William Carson, M. D., John Davis, M. D., J. C. Mackenzie, M. D., John A. Murphy, M. D. Surgeons-P. S. Conner, M. D., C. S. Muscroft, M. D., W. H. Mussey, M. D., D. S. Young, M. D. Obstetricians-J. II. Tate, M. D., W. H. Taylor, M. D. Consulting Obstetrician-M. B. Wright, M. D. Oculists- Joseph Aub, M. D., S. C. Ayres, M. D. Pathologists-N. P. Dan- dridge, M. D., Win. A. Rothacker, M. D. Curator and Microsco- pist-E. W. Walker, M. D. Physician to Branch Hospital-T. II. Kearney, M. D. Resident Physicians-M. Pohlman, R. F. Gra- liam, S. C. Benedict, W. W. Hall, R. M. O'Ferrall, A. R. Brackett, J. M. Smith.
The Good Samaritan Hospital .- This institution, devoted to the care of the sick, is beautifully situated on the corner of Sixth
THE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL.
and Lock streets. It is under the management of Sister Anthony and a corps of Sisters of Charity. It was originally built for a Marine Hospital, but a few years ago two of the young and pros- perous citizens of the City, Joseph C. Butler and Louis Worth- ington, bought it from the Government of the United States, and presented it to the order. One of the largest and most ad- mirably constructed amphitheatres to be found in any country
was erccted on the lot for clinical purposes. Here during mnost of the year clinical lectures are delivered, and operations are performed in the presence of the students of the Medical College of Ohio. The staff of the hospital are members of the faculty of the College. Prof. W. W. Dawson, President, Clinical Sur- gery; Prof. Jas. T. Whitaker, Secretary, Clinical Medicine ; Prof. W. W. Seely, Clinical Opthalmalogy and Otology; Prof. T. A. Reamy, Obstetrics and Clinical Gynecology ; Prof. P. S. Conner, Clinical Surgery; Prof. F. Forcheimer, Clinical Dis- eases of Children ; Prof. J. Ransahoff, Pathology, Skin Diseases. In this retreat for invalids a large number of sick persons are annually treated. The rich may here find all the luxuries of a perfectly appointed home; the poor have clean and well-ven- tilated wards, and every essential for comfort and economy. It is a monument to the liberality of the two gentlemen already named; both of them are now dead; Mr. Worthington but re- cently ; Mr. Butler preceded him a few years. They lived, how- ever, to see this great charity giving shelter and relief to those without homes. On the second floor is the rooms of the resi- dent physicians, and the drug room, where one of the Sisters, a very skillful chemist, fills the prescriptions. The whole work of nursing is performed by about 20 Sisters, who have nobly de- voted themselves to the great work of charity.
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