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The company's building, as represented in the engraving, is sit- uated on the corner of Fourth street and Central Avenne. It rises to a height of five stories, and possesses a highly ornamen- ted freestone facade, said to be one of the handsomest in the City. This edifice is built on a solid limestone foundation, hav- ing six foot-blocks in the lower courses, and capable of sustain- ing twice the weight it now supports. The masonry and brick work show the utmost care to have been taken in the creetiou, while the house throughont betokens the same particularity. The first floor is occupied exclusively by the Union Central Life Insurance Company, and is divided into three apartments, In front, the general business of the Company is transacted. A handsome oiled-walnut counter divides off' an ample vestibule and passage-way, and incloses space which affords working ca- pacity for twenty-cight clerks. A high plate-glass partition sets
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off the counter along the passage-way leading to the private offiees in the rear. In the rear of the general office is an elegant- ly appointed room, for the use of the president and seeretary. Still farther back is the directors' and medical examiners'-room. A large iron vault, with numerous safes is provided for the safe- ty of the books and documents of the Company. The second story is occupied by Mr. W. B. Shattuc, General Ticket Agent of the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad Company, the offices of the fine Spring, Summer, and Autumn evenings is the resort of
verbenas, and other garden flowers, bright with blossoms in their seasons, and by the borders of the lake, in the center, well stocked with swans and rare foreign aquatie birds, and an island in the middle. The park is well fenced and provided with seats. The view of the Kentucky hills on the other side of the river is very extensive. The park is a favorite play ground for the children in the neighborhood, and all through
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the Erie Railway, and other parties. The third, fourth, and fifth | thousands. The landscape gardeners employed in laying out floors have been painted, papered, and fitted up generally for sleeping apartments.
- LINCOLN PARK .- Is entered from Freeman street between Betts on the north and Hopkins on the south. Every thing Art can effect has been done to heighten the beauties of the grounds. The walks wind in and out beneath shade trees, on either side, by green grass and beds of geraniums, fuchsia, and loeeasional skiff glides, almost noiselessly, it often presents, in
the grounds have used, to the very best advantage, every re- source of the somewhat limited area of 18 acres at their com- mand. The skill, indeed, with which this has been done is re- markable, and with the grotto and the lakes, the flowers and the aquatie fowls, and the birds fluttering upon the branches, with the hundreds of lights reflected in the waters, over which an
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the early evening, a seene like fairy land. It needs but a musieal endowment to make it equal to any of the same size in the whole country. There are several fine residenees in the imme-
GROTTO, LINCOLN PARK.
diate neighborhood, one of which aecompanies the engraving of the boat-house and northeastern end of the lake The cost of
BOAT-HOUSE, LINCOLN PARK, AND RESIDENCE OF J. W. GOSLING, ESQ. the maintenance of the Park for the year ending January 1, 1878, was $3,847.
LINCOLN CLUB .- The Club rooms are at the corner of Eightli and Raee. It was incorporated on the 12th of February, 1879, with the object of promoting the study of political ceonomy and propagating the principles of the Republican party, the cultiva. tion of friendly relations among the members. The stoek is divided into shares of $25 cach, non-transferable. There are now about 275 members. President, Warner M. Bateman ; Vice Pres. idents, John W. Herron, Florence Marmet, James D. Ellison ; Treasurer, George Ilarper ; Secretaries, J. M. Waters and Parker Diekson.
LINWOOD (See Mount Washington).
LITERARY CLUB .- This elub, one of the oldest societies in Cincinnati, was organized in October, 1849. The meetings were held first in rooms on the southwest corner of Vine and Long- worth streets, then in Gundry's eommereial eollege rooms, and afterwards over Gordon's drug-store, on the corner of Eighth and Central Avenue, then in Mr. Stephenson's sehool-rooms, and after many changes, temporarily, in the quarters of the Bar As- sociation, in the College Building, until in September, 1875, it oeeupied its present rooms, at No. 23912 West Fifth street. The membership has always been limited to a eertain number. This at first was twenty-five, changed in 1851 to thirty, then to thirty-five, and in 1853 to fifty; with some variations in the meantime, in 1873 it was fixed at eighty, and in 1873 at one hun- dred. On April 15, 1861, at a ealled meeting, the elub formed a military company (the Burnet Rifles) for purposes of drill. Fifty-one members afterwards entered the army. This resulted in a suspension of elub meetings from October 8, 1862, until February 19, 1864. The honorable reeord made by these Literary Club volunteers, ean be perceived by a glance at the following statement of the rank they attained, brevets excluded : Major- Generals, 1; Brigadier-Generals, 5; Colonels, 8; Lieutenant- Colonels, 4; Majors, 11; Captains, 14; First-Lieutenants, 5; Seeond-Lieutenants, 2. President Hayes has long been, and still remains, a member of the elub. The elub meets every Sat- urday evening, from the last Saturday of September, to the last Saturday of June, both ineluded. The September meeting is for the transaction of business, and the last meeting in October, for the celebration of the anniversary of the elub. Twelve mem- bers constitute a quorum, and special meetings may be ealled at any time, by the Board of Management, upon the written re- quest of 5 members, speeifying the objeet of the proposed meet- ing. Visitors may be introduced by members.
The officers of the Club for 1878-9 are: Herbert Jenney, President ; John E. HIateh, Viee-President ; S. E. Wright, See- retary ; Chas. B. Wilby, Treasurer; Alexander IIill, Clerk; G. HI. Wold, G. Linderman, Theo. Kemper, Trustees.
The following is a complete list of the members : O. M. Adae, A. L. Anderson, W. L. Avery, S. C. Ayres, W. II. Baldwin, B. K. Bartholomew, Roberts Bartholow, W. R. Benedict, E. F. Bliss, D. W. Blymyer, E. P. Bradstreet, Gustav Bruehl, J. D. Buck, F. W. Burnham, Benjamin Butterworth, C. P. Cassilly, F. W. Clark, W. C. Coehran, I. C. Collins, J. S. Conner, P. S. Conner, Joseph Cox, C. D. Crank, Wm. IIenry Davis, E. C. Dawes, Edmund Dexter, O. J. Dodds, E. R. Donohue, II. F. Farny, B. D. Fearing, Aaron A. Ferris, Wm. II. Fisher, John F. Follett, M. F. Force, F. Forehheimer, John A. Gano, Herman Goepper, A. T Goshorn, E. C. Goshorn, Wm. E. Guy, M. IIalstead, R. B. Hayes, J. W. Ilerron, Win. A. IIall, Frank W. Handy, J. M. Hart, J. E. Hateh, Alexander Hill, Thornton M. Hinkle, George Hloadly, S. Dana Horton, Robt. Hosea, Albert II. Iloyt, D. W. Hunting- ton, Ilerbert Jenney, C. H. Kellog, Jr., Theo. Kemper, R. F. Leaman, G. Lindemann, Il. P. Lloyd, Geo. MeLaughlin, P. Mallon, S. N. Maxwell, W. G. Mayer, C. W. Merrill, C. L. Mit- chell, Win. Mueller, E. F. Noyes, R. H. Parkinson, HI. D. Peek, John J. Piatt, Perey Procter, II. A. Rattermann, D. Gano Ray, C. D. Robertson, Noble K. Royse, Robt. Sattler, J. R. Sayle:, W. W Seely, Charles Seybold, J. O. Shiras, M. C. Shoemaker, C. W. Short, Arthur Stem, Job E. Stevenson, Charles L. Stroble, A. Taft, C. P. Taft, William II. Taft, W. W. Taylor, Seth L. Thom- son, M. H. Tilden, J. Trush, John Vansant, Thomas Vickers, G. HI. Wald, R. HI. Warder, C. W. Wendte, J. T. Whittaker, Charles B. Wilby, W. II. Wittaker, M. F. Wilson, L. S. Worthington, J. S. Woods, S. E. Wright, Alfred Yaple.
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR .- The Convent creeted about 4 years ago, is on the Montgomery Road, about 2/4 miles from the Post-offiee. The Sisters are French, and take charge of a number of the aged and infirm poor.
LOCKLAND .- A village on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad, and Glendale turnpike, 12 miles from the eity by the former, and abont the same distance by the latter, also on the Miami and Erie Canaland C. C. C. & I. R. R. ( Dayton Short Line),
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with depot. A thriving place with quite a number of manufac - tories. It joins Reading on the east, the latter an incorporated village of 3,600 inhabitants.
LODGING HOUSES .- Cheap lodging houses, that is to say places devoted exclusively to lodging guests, are a comparatively recent feature in Cincinnati, and the uninitiated reader would be sur- prised at the extent to which the business is now carried on. These places are principally in the business portion of the city, occupying rooms over some saloon or business house. They flourish best in the winter, when the homeless must seek other shelter than the bridge piers and lumber yards. In the cheapest houses the rooms are generally small, with low ceilings and poor ventilation. Frequently as many as ten cots are placed in one room fifteen feet square. The bedding for winter consists of a mattrass, pillow, two comforts and a sheet. For such accommo- dations, from ten to fifteen cents per night is charged each lodger. When there are two single beds in a room, twenty to twenty-five cents is the general charge. Some of the more pre- tentious houses have really good accommodations at thirty cents a night. On the levee, and in the negro quarters of the city, there are houses where the maximum charge for shelter is five cents. In these places no bedding is furnished, the lodgers bc- ing allowed to select a place to lie down on the floor, and the room is kept warm by a large stove. It is not an uncommon thing to find as many as a hundred stevedores and roustabouts, both black and white, seeking shelter, on cold nights, in these filthy dens.
LONGVIEW ASYLUM, -- For the insane, at Carthage, 10 miles front Cincinnati, is supported by Hamilton County. The Buil- ding is of brick, 612 feet long and almost entirely fireproof. The stairways are of iron and the floors laid in cement. It is lighted by gas manufactured on the premises and heated partly by hot air and partly by steam. There are over 600 separate apart- ments. It was completed in 1860 at a total cost of nearly $500,000. The inventory of the personal property at a low estimate amounts to $29,329. The Asylum was reorganized by a law
LONGVIEW ASYLUM.
passed by the Legislature in 1878. On the 5th of November, 1878, there were 660 patients in the Asylum, and a total of 834, being 411 males and 423 females, were treated during the year. 67 were discharged recovered, 41 improved, 17 unimproved, 1 pa- tient escaped and 48 died. There were 15 State colored patients and 15 pay patients. The aggregate expenditure was $90,127.64 being at the rate of $137.12 per capita. The Asylum is unfortu- nately overcrowded, producing serious evils and inconveniences. It was designed for 400 only, and the reception of 660 makes it necessary to keep two or more sick in space planned for one only. The patients are now arranged in the following classes: 1st Ward, Convalescents; 2d, Epiliptics and Dangerous Persons; 4th, Cases under Special Treatment; 5th, General Paralytics and Filthy Cases ; 7th, Working Patients; 8th, Receiving Ward ; 9th, Harmless Chronic Cases. Some of the working cases are employed on the farm, others in the garden, laundry, kitchen, sewing room, and other employments in and about the Asylum. It is found that the necessity for medical treatment decreases as the practice of physical labor increases. A band has been formed from among the attendants and a concert and dance given for the patients every Friday evening. The patients and attendance dance together, and the affect upon the sick has been of signal benefit. In August, 1878, a large pond in the grounds was
drained for the purpose of enlarging the park. The ground thus made available is 712 feet long by 250 feet in width. It has been nearly evenly divided into two parks. The north park for females is 350 feet long by 250 feet wide; the south park for males is 362 feet long by 250. feet wide. A close fence 9 feet high divides the parks and they are surrounded by a substantial board fence 12 feet high. Board of Directors-President, John C. Morris; Secretary, James F. Chalfant; H. D. Peck, A. J. Mullane, B. Roth ; Superintendent, C. A. Miller, M. D.
LOOK-OUT HOUSE (See Inclined Planes).
LOVELAND .- A village situated at the crossing of the Little Miami and Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad, twenty-three miles from Cincinnati. It has a population of about fifteen hundred, numbering among its inhabitants some of the principal business and professional men of Cincinnati. It has Presbyterian and Methodist churches, school-houses, etc.
LUDLOW .- A beautiful village in Kentucky, below Covington, and contiguous to it. The first station after leaving Cincinnati, on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad. Numbers about 1,200 in- habitants, most of whom do business in Cincinnati.
LUDLOW GROVE-Is on the line of the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad, about 712 miles from the City. Less than twenty years ago, it was covered with forest trees; but including the village of St. Bernard adjoining, it has now a population of near 2,000. It has large school houses, and a number of fine residences. The spire of the Catholic Church of St. Bernard is 170 feet in height, and there is a beautiful cemetery upon the hill top. By the side of the Grove is the site of old Ludlow station, a pioneer fortifi- cation, and the scene of several battles between the settlers and the Indians, about the close of the last and the beginning of the present century.
LYND INSTITUTE .- A literary and social organization of mem- bers of the Ninth street Baptist church. The institute has about sixty members, and was named in honor of the late Rev. Dr. Lynd, the first pastor of the congregation. Monthly meetings are held in the lecture room of the church, on Ninth street near Vine. Essays and discussions on literary, religious and social topics engage the attention of the institute.
MACHINISTS' AND BLACKSMITHS' UNION-A protective union, numbering about a hundred members. It meets the first Friday in each month, at Mozart Hall, No. 475 Walnut street.
MADEIRA .- A hamlet on the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad, 18 miles from Cincinnati. The lands in the vicinity are high and beautiful.
MADISONVILLE .- This important suburb is one of the oldest in the vicinity of Cincinnati, in fact, almost co-existent with the City itself. It is situated in a beautiful valley, about eight miles from Cincinnati by turnpike, and fourteen by railroad-the Marietta & Cincinnati, since the building of which the place has grown rapidly, and now contains more than 2,000 inhabitants, a large proportion of whom have business which calls them to the City daily. There are seven places of worship where services are held every Sabbath, the Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Lutheran and Catholie denominations being represented. The village school is a model of its kind, and will compare favorably with the best in the county. The place has been an incorporated village for the past four years, Mr. Lewis Clason being the pres- ent Mayor. Among the prominent citizens may be mentioned Mr. William B. Shattuc, General Passenger Agent of the Atlan tic & Great Western Railroad, Mr. J. D. Aikin, Mr. Chas. Much- more, Mr. Theo. Moore, Mr. D. Sprague, Mr. Luke Ward, Mr. J. G. Lindsley, Mr. Caleb Dial, Mr. Chas. Langdon, Mr. John A. Jones, and Mr. Ahrs. Ward.
MAIL BOAT AND PACKET LINES .- The following are the principal mail boats and packet lines :
Central Transit Company-Office Wharfboat foot of Main street. Cincinnati and Louisville Mail Line-Office cor. Front and Vine streets, and Wharfboat foot of Vine street.
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Cincinnati, Portsmouth, Big Sandy and Pomeroy Packet Com- pany-Office Wharfboat foot of Broadway.
Madison Packet Line-Office 20 Vine street.
Memphis and Cincinnati Packet Company-Office 10 Public Landing.
Memphis and White River Packet Company-Office 10 Public Landing.
Morgan, Louisiana and Texas R. R. and Steamship Company- Office 10 Public Landing.
New Orleans and Red River Packet Company-Office 10 Public Landiug.
Pittsburgh and Cincinnati Packets-Office foot of Main street. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati und Wheeling Packet Line-Office 10 Public Landing.
Southern Transportation Company-Office 10 Public Landing. Yazoo River Packet Company-Office 10 Public Landing.
MAINVILLE-A village two miles from the line of the Little Miami Railroad, one of the handsomest places in the vicinity of the line. The station is called Fosters Crossing, and is 27 miles from Cincinnati.
MAENNERCHOR SOCIETY .- The Cineinnati Maennerchor is the oldest inusical society in the City, organized June 24, 1857, by the union of the three then existing societies; namely, the Lie- dertafel, Saengerbund, and Germania. In 1859 the society was greatly strengthened by a union with the "Lese und Bildungs- Verein," a German "literary society, which, besides pecuniary aid, brought with it a library numbering 3,500 volumes; this has now been increased to about 5,000 volumes. In 1860 the opera "Czar and Zimmermann" was produced with but one female voice, that of the prima donna, inasmuch as the society was still what its name indicates, a male chorus. Immediately thereafter lady members were admitted, and Flotow's "Stra- della" was given, and "Czar and Zimmermann" repeated with a mixed chorus. These operas were followed by "Frei- schuetz," " Nachtlager von Granada," " Massaniello," "La Dame Blanche," "Undine," and "Oberon." The Operas "Zampa" and the "Poachers" were studied, but their production by the society prevented by the withdrawal of a number of the active members, who organized the Orpheus. Since then the society lias confined itself to the proper sphere of a choral organization, and has studied oratorio and the higher forms of German Volks- lied. Professor Otto Singer is now the director; the ehorus consists of about 100. Besides these, there are over two hundred contributing members. The society has taken a prominent part in all the May Musical Festivals.
MANUFACTURES (See Trade and Commerce of Cincinnati).
MARKETS .- There has been no perceptible change in the market system of Cincinnati during the past half century, ex- cepting, probably, the demolition of the old Fifth street market- house to make room for the Esplanade and Fountain. The prin- cipal markets are Lower market (Pcarl street) Sixth street mar- ket, Court street market, Wade street market, and Findlay street market. The markets are owned by the City, and a rental of from $10 to $20 is charged for each stand. The expense of the inarkets to the City, for 1877, was $5,615,91 ; this amount included the salaries of the market-masters and market-sweepers. The market houses are valucd at $50,000.
MASONIC .- The Masonie Temple is situated on the northeast corner of Third and Walnut streets, fronting 195 feet on Third street, by 99 feet on Walnutstreet. It is of the Byzantine style of architecture, resembling some of the famous Florentine pal- aces which excite the admiration of all travelers. It is four stories in height. The first and second stories are occupied by banks and offices; the third and fourth stories are devoted to Masonic purposes exclusively. The ground upon which this building is erected was presented to Nova-Cesarea Harmony Lodge by William McMillen, by will, in 1804. It was then a nice lot for a cow pasture, of but little value, on the outskirts of the village of Cincinnati; a few years later, however, and the village was known by the poetic name of the "Queen City of the West," and to-day the modest bequest of the old pioneer Mason
has increased in value to such an extent that Nova-Cesarea Har- mony, is, probably, the wealthiest lodge in the world. The ar- chitects of this structure were Messrs. Hamilton and Mclaughlin, the junior member of the firm, then a young man in his profes- sion, now the well-known architect whose name is identified with many of the finest publio and private structures that adorn our City. This is the third Masonic structure that has been erected upon this site ; the first in 1818, the second in 1846, and the present in 1859. The war-whoop of the savage Indian had not ceased to echo in the beautiful valley where the Queen City now stands, when the lights were ignited around the mystic altar of Masonry. [NOTE-The Rev. Oliver M. Spencer, father of the late Judge Spencer and ex-Mayor Henry E. Spencer, then a boy eleven years of age, was made a prisoner by the Indians, only a few hundred yards above the mouth of Deercreek, on the 7th of July, 1792, and remained in captivity for three years.] The authority for the establishment of Nova-Cesarea Harmony Lodge was granted by the Grand Lodge of New Jersey, September 8, 1791, but the Lodge was not really organized under this authority until December 27, 1794, though there is good authority for say- ing that the rites of the Order were practiced in Cincinnati, in an irregular way, however, before that date. Nova-Cesarea Lodge, now Number 2 on registry of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, was the first Lodge of Masons organized in Cincinnati, and the second in the State of Ohio, the first being at Marietta, O. To-day there are twelve lodges of Master Masons iu the City of Cincinnati. Eight of these bodies hold their meetings in the Masonic Temple. There are also three Chapters of Royal Arch Masons in the City, two of which meet in the Temple; three Councils of Royal and Select Masters, two of them meeting in the Temple, and two Commauderies of Knights Templar, both meeting in the Temple. The Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite was established in Cincinnati in 1853. All these bodies have ample and complete accommodations in the Temple. The Scot- tish Rite is established and conducted here on a scale of grand- eur and magnificence unequaled by any other place in the world. Although the Masonic Temple is owned by one Lodge, all the Masonic bodies meeting in it enjoy equal privileges with her, at a rent that is merely nominal. Visitors are admitted to the Temple by cards, which ean be obtained on application to the Secretary of the Lodge, at the Temple, and to the Cathedral of the Scottish Rite by application to any member of the Board of Trustees of that body.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERS .- A society of machiuists for mu- tual relief and benefit. Meets Friday night of each week at No. 195 West Fifth street.
MECHANICS' INSTITUTE (See Ohio Mechanics' Institute).
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO .- The charter was granted by the Legislature in 1819, and the College is, therefore, the senior of any other medical school in the West, and annual courses of lectures have been regularly delivered ever since its incorpora- tion. The buildings are on Sixth street near Vine. The two grand amphitheaters are unsurpassed in the country in size and acoustic properties, and the interior arrangements are almost perfect in every respect. The following arrangement of studies has been adopted : First year, Practical Anatomy, Physiology, Chemistry ; second year, Anatomy, surgical and practical, Prac- tical Physiology, Materia Medica and Therapeutics, Clinical Medicine, and Surgery ; third year, Surgery, Practice of Medi- cine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Materia Medica and Therapeu- tics, Clinical Medicine, and Surgery. The plan of instruction is, however, optional, and the continuous college instruction is also voluntary. Fees for the voluntary graded course, $75 each ses- sion. The preliminary term, attendance at which is voluntary, is held during September in cach year. The winter term com- mences October 1, and the spring term of 8 weeks nbont the 15th of March. There are also special private courses for advanced students, or practitioners, in Operative Surgery, Diagnosis, Urinalysis, etc. The Museum hns numerous and important preparations in normal, pathological and comparative anatomy, and the Chemical and Physiological Laboratories are thoroughly
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furnished. Clinical instruction is given at the College and at the Good Samaritan Hospital. Faculty : James Graham, M. D., M. B. Wright, M. D., W. W. Seely, M. A., M. D., P. S. Conner, M. A., M. D., Samuel Nickles, M. D., James T. Whittaker, M. A., M. D., W. W. Dawson, M. D., Thad. A. Reamy, M. D., C. D. Palmer, M. D., F. Forchheimer, M. D., Joseph Ransohoff, M. D., Walter Stallo, M. D.
MEDICAL SOCIETY .- The Cincinnati Medical Society was or- ganized in 1875, and holds weekly meetings at College Hall, on Walnut street. It is composed of physicians of the regular school, and was instituted by seceding members of the Academy of Medicine, dissensions having arisen among the professional gentlemen on points of medical ethics. It numbers among its members some of the most eminent doetors in the city and sur- rounding country, and its discussions take a range covering the whole field of medicine and surgery. Dr. William Carson is President, and Dr. R. B. Davy, Secretary. Annual dues, $3. Membership about 75.
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