The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-10-13
FROM DAYTON.

l6hcCtIVn Day -As&hly ~ thNo EVhs
| Cool Weather-Busines Houses
| Going Up-soldiers, Home-Day-
tom Behind i'm Fashions.
Correspondence OF the Star.
DAYTON, o., Oct. -, 1875.
To-day is election dayi There is a
hushed storm in the heavy, political at
mospnere, and, no doubt, before this let
ter reaches you the financial clouds will
have broken away or have deluged this
pltiful old country with its rainfall OF
who hold in the hollow OF
their hands the power of running US with
their green-paper plaques. But to-day
the shrill file and heavy drum echo their
extremes of sharp and dull throughout
our streets, bringing back a thought OF
the old war times, when the sound meant
risk of death and painful parting; when
"the girl left behind me" was younger
by some dozen years or so, and stood
with tear-wet lashes that could not be
hid and deep heart throbs one only
guessed at, instead of being the little
mother whose peaceful lines are now
/
marked in commonplaces-with martyr
dom thing of the past and domestic
h,iss rrosont rea,i,vt Aud tho fl ife,s
voice hath now a political meaning, and
| this intensely Democratic town is call
ing, by its siren notes, all the ''party" TO
rally at the polls.
Masculine Dayton has donned over
coat and thick gloves, and feminine
| Dayton has doffed the Jaunty chalelaines
with their immense Ians and taken to
beaver cloth and ,antalizing veil stuffs.
| There are cold blasts that chill ones
marrow, and stiff Northeasters that
howl dismaliy; but It's makes the prome-
naders move about briskiy and the town
seems stirring-and even The "seeming"
is blessed.
| Times are not So hard with US that we
can not push ahead In rather extensive
building enterprises. Mr.. Joseph Clegg
| is building number OF elegant business
houses, which, when Completed, Will
cover an area OIL l4J feet on Fifth street,
iextending back to an alley, nOrth on
Jefferson street 200 feet, ,and will embrace
a handsome Upera-house, even win the
street level, which is to be more spa
cious and elegant than our Music Hail.
Tone can not guess Of the existence OF
Ethis 1arp, Qaera-house from the street /;
h,,t II win be easy OF access from the fact
th.t two Large halls. some sixteen feet
wide. lead from both Jefferson and Filth
streats Io the audi, orium. Many OF the
rooms in the business houses have been
renia.d' and il is presumed the remaining
liew will be occupied at an early date.
The Suldiers' Home folks are also i'm
proving property in the way OF building.
a q IN nem mrosess Of erection. While Inc Old
denot rom which the dummy puffed lis
homeward way every half hour or So, has
made q move and settled its not very
thandsome self on lot nearer the ter.
mime If the street railroad. In front OF
th,a mare aneienL Building is rising a
Insr aI,tice' ana yIsiLors Will hereafter
nj mSre couysnieuces attending trans.
nortaIion than have hitherto been a pfI.
prim,s fate to enjoy. A more roomy
amusement hail is also ON the tapis since
the Dramatic, Club Of the Home are max.
ing snug little sums, wnicn are bestowed
Inn many charitable ways upon the pool
and % needy. Father Beatty. Of the Bethel
at Toi.do.. chaperoned q large party o
-texcursionists to the never-to-be-tiresom ONE
Home the other day, and fnuftitudes o.
lveopfe are using up these sweet fal
days in the same manner.
On Friday last the foundation stone O.
Ia new scnOol-house, on Huffman avenue
waslaid. The structure is to cost some
where between forty and fifty Thousand
dollars and is to be one OF the finest il
the State.
II It's in style to insert in ones letter
little odd gossipy news, and SO, to bs
lfuiIy up to the present fashion, make
mention OF few that Will probably De
, lrcadable.
RI The Southern Ohio Fair Association
|, publish a card of thanks to Mr.. s. II
Harris, of your city, for his very efficIen
: -Iseryices at the Judges stand in thu
J speed ring, at the fair. Miss AIRY BishoI
and Miss Matte Cutter, OF CINCINNATI
lhaye returned home after few weeks
! visit TO this city. Mr.. Nj. L. Haw kins, O
the Cincinnati STAR. paid US fyin,
lylsit. as did, also, GeH. Thomas l.. Youn.
and b. Thew Wright, Esq, of your city
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