The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-08
FROM DAYTON.
correspondence of the Star.

OAIlON, vs. DOSs' "
Mr.. Peter p. Lowe has kindly ten
dered the use of the Phillips House to
the Ladies' Centennial Committee for
the Bazaar, which is to open on the 10Th
inst, with grand tea party, en- costume.
Dozens OF little natty Swiss caps oftrue
Washingtonlan style are being lifted
upon dozens of heads of our loveliest
specimens of jeunes titles, and many knee
breeches are being tailorized for the
revolutionary gentlemen who will help
in the good work. Poor Martha w ash
ington is being stared at as she sits pic
torially stiff and proper in her chair by
the side OF her consort-her trimming
criticized, her deep hemmed kerchiet
discussed and even her powdered locks
| |figuratively torn to pieces by dissecting
moderns. Oh 1t will be as grand an affair
as your own, we assure you, for isn't
Mrs. Elk Governor Noyes directress and
Mrs. Samuel Craighead head Of the ex-
ecutive committee?
"A Council has been organized In this
place by Mr.. John Orvis, it being the
sixty-ninth Council of the SOvereigns OF
Industry organtz I'd by him in this one
State. The movement is said to have
originated in the Eastern States some
two years ago, and has since been slowly
and surely winding its social way
throughout the country. This Order has
| the same purpose and nature as the
Grangers, but includes mechanics and
Ilaborers other than the farmer.
| The Sharpsburg fire, mentioned in my
last letter, is still the talk hereabouts.
| Sharpsburg is u village containing some
| two. hundred Inhabitants, all told. Most
of these are OF the bunker persuasion.
1t seems there have been three great fires
in the place in question during
THE PAST YEAR,
and all three are thought to be the
work of one Furry "a native of Johns
vile, q village, lew miles distant from
| Suarpsburg) y although in the burning
Furry's house had gone with the rest.
He rebuilt, as did the others. After the
fire Of September, a night-watch was or
lganized, and citizens Of over eighteen
years OF age took turns in making regu-
| lar rounds, every hour Of rne night, after
six O'Clock. The next tre--0r rather
double tre-took place on the night OF
the las: Friday in November. Furry
v
the store OF Jos. Tobias, when the alarm
was given. The villagers suspected
some tramp OF thus showing his revenge
of their lack of hospitality, but convic-
tion at last settled on Furry. Last
Wednesday evening he was seen to en-
ter Wallace's saloon, which Is about
opposite his own residence. Wallace,
I who was roundsman tor the night, kept
watch and followed Furry when he left
| TO 70 to Kreitzer's hotel. He was OBJ
served standing i'll the entrance or said
hotel for some minutes by several men !;
and fifteen minutes after he was seen
there an
ALARM OF FIRE
was sounded. and Furry, coming out of
an alley, began to remove his goods from
his house. Before the fire could be got
under control 1T had laid waist some
| S3, 900 worth of property, none Of which
was insured. In Furry's house was
founda ball of lamp-wick, saturated with
turpentine. When found it was in u
lhali-burned condition. Furry was i'm
medlately arrested, and the excitement
grew Intense, and The people
| TALKED OF LYNCHING,
their indignation knowing no bounds
| Doubts are now entertained as to his
sanity, as no profit could come to him
| through these fires OF his own making
and indeed the houses belonging to him
| lave been sacrificed in his madness. He
will have y hearing at an early day.
MR.. SMITH DAWSON,
a very well known member of the press
and a citizen Of Day ton for many years
died at the Asylum for the insane OF
Saturday last. Mr.. DAWSON was one Of
the proprietors OF the Dayton Gazette
and was aiterward on the Journal stan,
where he held at different times the DO
sition OF city editor and telegraph edi
tor. His age was about tiity-three years
THE LEARNED DIR. LORD
seems to use the wings OF the wind il
his many transits between Cincinnati
and Dayton. For he gives you a literary
feast upon one day, and 10! on the mex
we are receiving the delicious honie(
treasure OF his mind. Elizabeth ant
Madame Maintenon are laid upon th,
sheff, and then comes Madame de Ser
ivigne--a woman OF different caliber-anf
lreiished according TO her strangeness.
/ DIR. scHEcHEwsKY
is officiating at Christ Church, and ill
ling his discourse largely with the Chi
nese, their customs and manners.
JULIUS ARNDT,
a native OF Prussia, admitted to the Sol
4 Idiers' Home Ia 1859, formerly Of co. b
i Twelfth Hlinois infantry, shot hiHse /
with pistol on Thursday evening last
The deceased was suffering from mel
lancholy, caused BY u protracted sieg,
lot dyspepsia, from which he thus though
Ito tree himself. No one saw him com
nit the rash act, and until Sergeant At
wood, passing along the porch; stumbled
lover the body, no one knew Of hi
Ideath. He WAS about 81 years OF age.
II Marriage Record-Mr. Chas. W. Eel
to Miss Dollie Dewneker; Mr.. N. Al
HUI to Miss Rebecca Curtis.
i Mortuary Record Dennis Hill, aget