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MEMBERS OF CON- GRESS .- Cincinnati lies within the First and Second Congres- sional Districts of Ohio, the eastern part of the City being within the First, and the western within the Second. Major Benjamin Butter- worth represents the First, and General Thomas L. Young the Second.
MERCANTILE AGEN- CIES .- Business men understand the value of their institutions, and reliability and unreliability is often the theme of serious conference among them. Rightly man- aged, they are a great benefit to the whole- sale dealer, who is willing to pay largely for the information received.
MIAMI
MEDICAL
MIAMI MEDICAL COLLEGE.
increased, and large additions made to the laboratory and the departments of practical chemistry, toxicology and microscopy. The dissecting-rooms open in October, in charge of the professor of anatomy and demonstrator. The recitative and demonstra- tive session begins on the 15th of March, and lasts three months. It includes demonstrations and lectures on anatomy and obstet- ries, surgieal operations, and special lectures, and is, virtually, a prolongation of the Winter session. Clinical leetures are given at the Cincinnati Hospital, and also daily at the college dispensary. Faculty : John A. Murphy, M.D., Win. H. Mussey, M.D., E. Williams, M.D., Wm. Clendenin, M.D., Wm. H. Taylor, M.D., T. H. Kearney, M.D., J. C. Mackenzie, M.D., J. F. Judge, M.D., W. B. Davis. M.D., B Stanton, M.D. On specialties: W. II. De Witt, M.D., P. B. Goode, M.D., A. D. Bender, M. D., C. Le Boutillier, M.D., C. W. Mathers, M.D. Miami College is a meniber of the American Med- ieal College Associ- ation, and was one of the first inovers in bringing about that eonfederation of the first-elass colleges of the country. It was also among the first to advance the standard of educational acquire- ments in its matricu- lants, by making a fair general education one of the require- ments for graduation. COLLEGE The candidate must also be twenty - one years of age, and pro. duce satisfactory evi- dence of having studi- ed medicine for three vears, and testimonials of good moral char- acter. He must have attended two courses of lectures, the last of which shall have been in this school, and must pass a satisfac- tory examination by the Faculty.
MIAMIVILLE .-- A handsome little vil- lage on the Little Miami Railroad, 17 miles from Cincinnati, with about 750 ill. habitants.
There SOWLEY.ENC. CIN.O. are eight of these in- stitutions doing bus- iness in Cincinnati, most of them being branches of Commercial Agencies in other cities.
MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (See Libraries).
METEOROLOGICAL BUREAU (See Signal Service).
MIAMI MEDICAL COLLEGE .- On Twelfth street, nearly oppo- site the Cincinnati Hospital, is amply provided with everything necessary for medical teaching. The lecture-rooms. laboratory, and dissecting-rooms are large, well lighted and ventilated. The College Museum is the most extensive, as it is the best, of any in the country. It contains, besides the pathological specimens belonging to the faculty, the celebrated collections of the late Dr. R. D. Mussey, Dr. J. C. Shotwell and Dr. C. S. Avery, and the bostetrical collections of Dr. M. B. Wright and the late Dr. George Mendenhall. The cabinet of Materia Medica has been
MILFORD .- A hand- some village on the Little Miami Railroad, and on the left bank of the Little Miami river, 14 miles from Cincinnati by rail. Has good churches and schools, and a population of about 1,000. inhabitants, and is growing rapidly.
MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS (See Militia).
MILITIA, CINCINNATI-Is composed of the First Regiment Ohio National Guard, organized under the militia laws of Ohio, Colonel C. B. Hunt commanding. Most of the soldiers of the regiment have seen active service during the war of the rebel- lion, and two years ago, during the railroad and miners' riots, were in the field for a month. Colonel Hunt's staffis as follows; Lieutenant-Colonel, Max Mosler; Major, Charles Eschenbreuner ; Adjutant, John J. Desmond; Surgeon, Dr. P. F. Maley; Assist- ant Surgeon, Dr. W. M. Slough; Quartermaster, Frank G. Job- son ; Chaplain, Rev. Henry D. Moore. There are six companies
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from Cincinnati in the regiment, viz: Company A, Wayne Guards, Captain Koehernlein ; Company B, Lytle Greys, Captain John A. Johnson ; Company E, Harrison Light Infantry, Captain Wm. Meade; Company F, Moore Light Guard, Captain Richard Schape; Company HI, Robinson Light Infantry, Captain E. Pot- ter Dustin; Company I, Lincoln Guards, Captain Jolin Foellger. The companies will average 60 men. The regiment goes into eamp for two days once a year. No armory has yet been pro- vided for the regiment, although the State law requires the Legis- lature to make an appropriation for one. Negotiations are now pending by which it is thought an armory will soon be secured.
MILLCREEK. -- A creek that meanders through Millcreek Valley and empties itself into the Ohio river south of Cincin- nati. (See Millcreek Valley.)
MILLCREEK VALLEY. - The amphitheatre of hills inclosing the plateaux on which Cincinnati is built is cut by the ravine- like valley of Deercreek entering from the northeast, and by the broad plain of Millcreek Valley, extending from the north through the west extremity of the western plateau of the City to the river. The former is a dry torrent bed, the latter a consider- able stream with low banks and a valley within the city from one to one and a half miles wide. Millcreek Valley extends many miles north with very little increase of elevation, thus affording space for future growth. Mill- creek Valley is being rapidly filled up, and before many years have elapsed the whole plateau will have been raised many feet above its present level, and covered with houses.
MONTEFIORE MUTUAL BENEFIT SOCIETY .- One of the leading Jewish benevolent institutions; was founded in 1871. It has a large and growing membership. Its ob- jects are expressed by its title.
MONTGOMERY STATION .- A small village on the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad, twenty-one miles from the city, and one mile and a half east of the old village of the same name. The landscape is beautiful and recently there have been many improvements. '
MONUMENTS .- There are but two public monuments in Cincinnati, and these were erected by society cour- mittees, and entirely by subscription; one to the memory of William Woodward, the founder of Wood- ward College, and whose bequest to the city rcared the magnificent Woodward High School; the other to the memory of Colonel Robert L. MeCook, ereeted in Wash- ington Park by the efforts of the survivors of the Ninth Ohio Regiment, of which MeCook was Colonel. The McCook Monument stands immediately west of the lake, about the center of Washington Park. The Woodward Monument is in the Woodward High School yard. The idea of erceting a monument to William Woodward took definite shape in 1859, when a committee of the old Woodward Club wasappointed to report upon the matter. In 1860 the remains of Mr. Woodward and his wife were disinterred and removed to the place where the monument now stands. Nothing further was done until 1874, when a new committee was formed, which was to co-operate with a com- mittee of the Woodward Alumnal Association. This joint com- mittce decided to proceed with the erection of a monument, each association agreeing to raise $5,000 for the purpose. The result was the creation of a bronze statue, costing $10,000. It was made by Bailey, of Philadelphia. The base is a quadrilateral stone, and seven feet square. On this rests a pedestal of granite nine feet high, upon which rests the bronze statue of Mr. Woodward, enveloped in a mantel. The four sides of the pedestal are deco- rated with four bronze portraits in relief, of Mr. T. J. Matthews, the first President of the Directory; Mr. Samuel Lewis, a co- laborer of Mr. Woodward ; Mr. Oswald Coxwell, one of the life trustees, and Mr. Joseph Ray, for twenty-five years Professor of Mathematics at the school. The statue was unveiled on Thurs- day, October 24, 1878. The MeCook Monument is entirely the work of members of the Ninth Ohio (German) Volunteer lu-
fantry. A movement to erect the memorial began soon after the close of the War, but did not culminate in the perfect work un- til the fall of 1876, when the monument was unveiled. It is made of Quincy granite, standing on massive pedestals of the same, and the shaft surmounted with a colossal bust of Colonel McCook, in uniform. The three stones forming the pedestal are respectively ten feet, eight feet, and six feet square. The entire structure is sixteen feet high. The shaft is of plain, square granite, having a polished tablet on either side, which are as yet unmarked. The capstone is surmounted by four laurel wreaths, from the midst of which rises the white marble bust. The mon- ument was made by Fettwecs, of this city.
MOUNT ADAMS (See Inclined Planes).
MOUNT AIRY .- West of and adjacent to College Hill, is a lo- cality noted for its altitude and picturesque surroundings. It lies both in Green and Millcreek Townships, has a number of good residences, a successful school, and is an incorporated village.
MOUNT AUBURN-Was originally embraced in the limits of section 13, in what was then known as Millereek township. It
was owned by John Cleves Symines, who conveyed it to James
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MOUNT AUBURN FROM READING ROAD.
Henry in one parcel, reserving certain rights in specified lots. For the last seventy years the lands have undergone frequent changes of ownership, and have been largely subdivided. The place was first known as Key's Hill, and only acquired its present title about the year 1837. Until 1870, only about half Mount Auburn was within the corporate limits of the City. In the month of March of that year, however, the whole was an- nexed. The main street and avenue are named Auburn, the street being approached directly from Sycamore street. It is 60 feet wide, has good sidewalks, and is well paved. Southern avenue, Albion Place, McGregor Avenue, Sunumit Avenue, Au- burn Avenue leaves Auburn street a little way beyond MeMillan street, and runs in a northeasterly direction until it reaches Highland Avenue, a short distance south of the residence of Mr. John Shillito. These are of course only a few of the avenues and streets of this beautiful suburb now well built, and presen- ting far more nearly the appearance of the city in the country, than any other environ of Cincinnati. The construction of the
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Inelined Plane has donc much to foster its growth ; new streets have been opened and a large number of new houses built. Nearly all the houses of the residents are distinguished for com- fort, blended with excellent taste. Most are owned by the oc- cupants, and flowers and shrubberies are extensively cultivated.
There are a
RESIDENCE OF JOHN SHIL-
number of beautiful churches on the hill, and schools and seminaries sufficient for the wants of the people, and some of them providing plentiful accommoda- tion for the education of young ladies
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Some of the more imposing mansions are famous. Among them is the home of Mr. John Shillito. It is built upon a lot |
Highland avenue of over eighty feet, and on Oak street of one hundred and five. The material is blue limestone. The walls are broken ashlar work, with angles, windows and doorways heavily trimmed with freestone, and a cornice constructed en- tircly of the same material. What distinguishes this building from many others built of this limestone, is the large quantity of freestone enteringinto its composition, by which the structure is entirely relieved from an appearance of cold- ness. The building is entered through a magnificent stone porch, 11 feet by 8 feet 6 inches, ornamented and faced, within and without, by stone work. The hall running east and west through the building is twenty feet wide at its greatest breadth, and finished with walnut wainscot- ing, surrounding pan-
RESIDENCE OF MATTHEW ADDY, ESQ. the old fashioned fire- place is an elegantly wrought black walnut mantel, surmounted by three figures repre- senting Peace. Plenty and Harmony. The hall is surrounded by a heavy black walnut cornice, bordering a handsomely-frescoed
MOUNT AUBURN TERRACE.
comprising an entire square, improved to set off the building to | ceiling. The floor of the hall is of white and black marble tiling. the best advantage. With gently rising grounds, and abundanee On the left is a magnificent staircase of black and white walnut, carved and polished. On the south of the hall, in the S. W. C. of the building, is the reception-room, 18x19 feet, connected witlı the drawing-room on the east by large double doors. The latter
of evergreens and shade trees, and smoothly graveled drives, it is one of the model estates in the neighborhood of Cincinnati. The style of the building is Elizabethan. It has a frontage on
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is a capacious room, 20 by 30 feet. The walls and ceilings of both are frescoed in admirable taste. To the north of the hall is the library, 18 feet square, finished with black walnut, wainscoting picked out with ebony. The ceiling is paneled and frescoed, the floor of marquetry in alternate blocks of oak and walnut. The dining-room immediately opposite the drawing-room is 27 by 18 feet. The massive side board was built with the house, and the whole room is magnificently appointed. The china closet and the breakfast-room open into it. The upper stairs are built and ornamented in a style to correspond with the beauty of the lower.
Mr. Shillito has chosen his site well, and erected a beautiful house upon it, but this is only one example of many that might be selected from the homes of Mt. Auburn. The residences of Mr. A. D. Bullock, Mr. A. H. Hinkle and many others might be named as striking iustances of that union of external and inter- ual beauty and domestic comfort, which distinguishes Mt. Au- burn, but mutatis mutandis what has been said of Mr. Shillito's mansion will give an idea of others. Mr. Matthew Addy's house, on Summit Avenue, is a most excellent specimen of another class, more plainly built, but still handsome and very commodi- ous. It is an admirable type of the large and solid homes lining the cross avenues of so many of the suburbs. Mt. Auburn, it is trne, is now essentially a part of the City, although it still con- tains so many of the characteristics of the country, and not least of all the pure atmosphere of the hill-top, at one point 460 feet above the low water mark of the Ohio.
Among the more recent improvements of Mt. Auburn, the principal perhaps is the terrace of beautiful houses built not far from the head of the Inclined Plane by Mr. Henry D. Hun- tington. The architecture is of singular purity of style, and the houses both within and without are finished with the most remarkable and delicate nicety.
MOUNT AUBURN YOUNG LADIES' INSTITUTE-Was founded in 1856. The location is a most desirable one, commanding a splen- did view of the western part of the City, the Ohio River and the distant highlands of both Kentucky and Ohio. Large numbers of young ladies from the best families of the country have been educated at this establishment. The most excellent teachers are employed. The institution has accommodations for one hundred boarders and one hundred and fifty day scholars. The grounds are particularly attractive and afford ample shade. H. Thomas Miller, Esq., Principal.
MOUNT HARRISON .- A village south of Fairmount, on the highland west of the City, three miles from the post-office. This locality is one of surpassing beauty, and has for many years been the home of some of Cineinnati's most substantial citizens.
MOUNT HEALTHY (See Mount Pleasant).
MOUNT PLEASANT .- A small village on the Cincinnati and Hamilton Turnpike, about 18 miles from the city. The post- office for this place is named Mount Healthy.
MOUNT ST. MARY'S SEMINARY-Is built on Price's Hill, on the highest ground in the neighborhood of Cincinnati. The Seminary, or Bishop College asit is often called, is designed ex- clusively for the preparation of young men for the priesthood, and has a yearly average of 130 pupils. Theology is thoroughly studied, but the course of education includes the classics, history, modern languages, mathematics, and the sciences. The Semi- nary itself consists of a center building and two wings. It is cmbowered in a nest of bcantiful trees, of Austrian and Norway pines, of clm and maple and walnut and willows casting their broad shadows over the green lawns below. High up in a niche in the south end of the south wing is placed an image of St. Charles Borromeo, the patron saint of seminarics, clad in his robes. The buttresses and the mullioned windows are very beautiful. From the grand castern entrance to the main build- ing, the visitor is led into a spacious hall with a reception room upon the left. The large picture, with its rich coloring and well grouped figures, representing Mary and the Babe and the Magi, was painted by Father Pabisch, a former president of the semi-
nary, and to his artistic skill is also due the Baptism of St. John, forming the altar-piece in the chapel. Under the altar are sacred relics-the bones of St. Felicitas-presented from Rome. The refectory, the class-rooms, the dormitories and the infirmary are all large and airy, and comfortably furnished. The library up- stairs, to which all the students under certain rules have free access, is one of the glories not only of the Seminary, but of the country. It contains in all the learned ancient and modern languages a magnificent collection of about 15,500 volumes, cinbraced in a catalogue of 426 pages printed in 1874, aud sever- al supplements. There is a Bible printed in Low German as long ago as 1480, and another in High German in 1483. There is a splendid work in French, " Actes et Historie du Concile ŒEcumenique de Rome," in 3 volumes, embellished with por- traits of all the cardinals and the other more distinguished bishops and dignitaries who took part in the deliberations. There is a Biblia Polyglotta in 10 large folio volumes, and Wal- ton's edition in 8. There are 60 ponderous volumes of the com- plete " Acta Sanctorum," the only perfect copy in the State, perhaps in the West. There are 217 volumes of the Latin fathers, nearly all the Greek, and 6 unbound volumes of the " Catacombs of Rome," published under the direction of the late French Imperial Government, purchased at the outlay of $300 in gold for each. There are the sermons of Peter Damian in manuscript of the Fourteenth Century; the works of all the leading theolo- gical writers in English, Latin, French, and German, a beautiful collection of hagiology, and illustrated works upon art, history, poetry, criticism, and travel. The lofty roof of the College is surmounted by a castellated bellturret, from the top of which a more magnificent view of the City and the surrounding country can be had than from any other point. To the northeast, at the distance of 12 muiles, is seen the convent of Notre Dame, and nearer the towers of the Schutzenfest, which, though erected upon a hill, appear almost under the feet. On the other side of Mill creek, Clifton, with its charming landscapes, St. Patrick's Church, in Cumminsville, and St. George's, on Vine-street Hill, are plainly visible. Eastward are seen Walnut Hills, East and West, and the monastery of the Passiouist Fathers upon Mount Adams, with the whole valley of the City proper, with all its thousands of houses and church-spires, lying between. On the. south and to the southeast are Suspension Bridge and the New- port Bridge, spanning the river and the two sister cities, with their background of tree-covered hills, Nearly due west, are the walls of the convent of Mount St. Vincent, and everywhere, for a stretch of nearly twenty miles, cluster of trees, cottages, and villas, with crops growing in the well-cultured fields and cattle grazing upon the rich pastures.
MOUNT ST. VINCENT ACADEMY-Is at Cedar Grove, about two miles beyond the summit of Price's Hill. The building stands in the midst of spacious and beautiful grounds well wooded with shade trees. All the branches of a liberal education are taught. It is under the care of the Sisters of Charity. Mother Regina is the Sister Supervisor.
MOUNT WASHINGTON-Is a beautiful' suburb, located three miles east of Linwood, a station on the Little Miami Railroad, six iniles from Cincinnati, Mount Washington is situated upon a lofty hill, 500 feet above the level of the Ohio river. It is a tableland comprising over 500 acres. There are many clegant private residences built on the highlands, and overlooking the valley of the Little Miami. The splendid landscapes in this vi- cinity are worth seeing. The village boasts good churches and schools. In the centre is a beautiful park of 100 aeres, contain- ing most varieties of evergreens and deciduous trees of both native and foreign growth. There is also a pretty lakelet of about three acres, fed by seven never-failing springs. Omni- buses from the village connect with morning and evening trains.
MUSICAL CLUB, THE-Is an organization founded during the Summer of 1877, for the purpose of promoting the art of music, and good fellowship among musicians. Its membership numbers about 75, and is composed of the leading musicians, professional and minateur of the city, and a number of prominent patrons.
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Weekly meetings are held at the Club Rooms, No. 23912 West Fifth Street, at which chamber music is performed and some times essays on musical subjeets read and discussed. New works in the province of chamber music, especially from local composers are usually given their first performance at the club which has also laid the foundation for a musical library. Persons interested in the higher branches of music are welcomed to the club on introduction by members, non-residents of the city at any time, citizeus not oftener than once in three months.
MUSIC COLLEGE (Sec College of Music).
MUSIC HALL AND EXPOSITION BUILDINGS .- Soon after the May Music Festival of 1875, Mr. Reuben Springer, a distinguished and wealthy citizen, wrote to Mr. John Shillito offering to give $125,000 to build a Music Hall, on two conditions: Firstly, that the lot on Elm street, opposite Washington Park, owned by the City, should be secured for the perpetual use of a society to be formed holding it in trust at a nominal rent and free from taxa- tion ; and, Secondly, that a further sum of not less than $125,000 be subscribed by the citizens. Committees were at once ap- pointed, and Mr. Springer having most generously added three
4 inches; the depth 293 feet to Plum street; the height from the sidewalk to the pinnacle of the front facade, 150 feet. Between the towers five door-ways, 11 feet 4 inches wide, give access to a vestibule of imposing proportions and appearance. It is 46 feet wide, 112 long, and 41 feet high, broken by a gallery at the height of 21 feet 8 inches, running around it so as to leave a well-hole 39 by 68 feet ; the floor of the vestibule is laid with marble tiles. The vestibule opens into a wide corrider (18 feet) at each end, and into the main or Springer Hall. This hall is 112 feet broad, and 192 feet long. The stage at the further end is about 70 feet wide and 4 feet high ; the floor has a fall of about 4 feet, so that the entrances are on a line with the floor of the stage. A gal- lery, called the dress circle, runs around both sides and in the rear of the hall and at the height of 21 feet 8 inches : above this the balcony crosses the rear end of the hall only. The entire finish of the interior, with the exception of the iron columns and the organ screen, is in tulip wood panneling. The main or Springer Hall is 192 feet long, 112 feet wide and 70 feet high. The stage will seat 700 vocalists and an orchestra of 100 perform- ers. The regular seating capacity is 4,428 ; 'of these 2,974 are on the main floor, 1,022 in the first, and 432 in the second gallery.
MUSIC HALL AND EXPOSITION BUILDINGS.
further contributions of $20,000 each, making $185,000 in all, the | There are five aisles; three in the body of the house, and one ou necessary sum of $302,000 was raised. In November, 1875, the each side, all the arrangements for seating being carefully made with a vew to seeing and hearing the performance, and for safe ingress and egress. The stairways ascend from each corner of the building from stairway corridors; the stairs are built of iron and stone; those in the rear are 9 fcet, and those in the front 12 feet wide. They too have direct exits, so that there are 9 doorways in front in addition to the independent exits from the corridors. In the rear of the building on the ground floor are two rooms 20 by 27 feet, and above them and over the corridors two similar rooms and two others 27 by 2712 feet. In the towers are eight rooms 14 feet 3 inches by 19 feet 5 inches. Altogether, including cloakrooms, &c., there are thirty rooms in the building. Above the vestibule is a smaller concert hall, which has been named in honor of Mr. Julius Dexter, Chairman of the Building Committee. It is 46 feet wide, 112 fect long, and 30 feet high. It is used for chamber concerts and the rehearsals of the Society. During the progress of the construction of the building an Organ Associa- tion was formed, and subscriptions, including one from Mr. Springer of $5,000, raised for the purchase of an organ. After Cincinnati Music Hall Association was incorporated, and on the 3d of April, 1876, entered into an agreement with the City Coun- cil, by which the perpetual control of the lot was vested in the Association, tax free, on a covenant that it would build the hall, keep it in repair, and as nearly free from cost to the public as might be consistent with the expense of repairs and insurance, neither stockholders nor trustees to receive any dividend or com- pensation in any form therefrom. The plans for the building were adopted in September of the same year, and the work com- inenced at once. The style is a modified Italian Gothic; the material, bright, cherry-colored pressed brick, with sunken joints ; the ornaments are of stone, tile, and colored brick. The sidewalk on Elm street in front of the building has been widened to 24 feet, and from its inner edge to the first series of steps leading up to the front doors is an esplanade of 20 feet. The steps lead up to a stone platform 12 feet wide, and extending along the whole front, except when interrupted by the two tow- ers. The width of the building, including the towers, is 178 fcet
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