The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-18

last evening By Coroner Daugherty on sns-
picion of being the murderer Of tue soldier
Valentine Schacht
A number of the members of Reed Com
mandery, K. T., last evening rendered q
farewell compliment to Major r. Il. Flem- |
ing, of the Soldiers Home.
The German Pioneer Association of
Montgomery County, in connection with
the Day ton Stonemasons' Association, held
picnic at the Fair Ground yesterday.
There were three more witnesses exam
ined to-day by the contestant in the
! Huffman will case, making in all sixty.
The testimony for the defense began this
afternoon.
Charles Sessler was arrested yesterday
charged with carrying concealed weapons.
He will appear before His Honor to-day to
give an account of himself and contribute
to the School Fund.
Mr.. B. f. Anderson died yesterday morn
ing at 6:15 o'clock. He was IA years OF
age. His funeral was preached to-day at his
residence on South Ludlow street. No. 322,
by Rev. VIM. Hale.
Yesterday morning a chambermaid Of
the Arlington House discovered u guest
dead in his bed. 1t was Fred. G. Mayer,
VINO came to the house last Saturday, and
again on Sunday, from Cincinnati.
Charles E. .Conover, aged eighteen, was ser
iously injured yesterday afternoon by
being whirled over rapidly revolving
shaft at the Buckeye Brass Works. where
he was employed. 1t is thought he can
not recover.
A soldier named M. F. Hunneshagan. of
| tdo NJ
at the Home last Sunday. He was sixty
seven years of age and came to the Home
in 1868 The cause of his death was soft
ening OF the brain.
Hoover & Co., of Miamisburg, manufac-
turers OF the celebrated Excelsior Twine
Binder, will shortly double their manufac-
turing capacity to meet the increased de-
mand for their machines. G. +. McQuig,
No. 20 Second street, is their gentlemanly
agent in Dayton.
} A stranger on the enorthern-bound Short
5 line train last night at IL IN. claimed to
A have had his pocket picked, and the sum
D of $1,000 taken frcm him while in the
Union depot. He did not make tue dis
covery of his loss until the train had left
t the depot, when he informed the conduc
!. tor who notified the police.
j Wednesday, Thursday and Friday O.
next week Is set for the races at the Fail
$ Ground, and the directors have just com
+ pleted arrangements with Mr.. Udell, the
e owner of SLEEPY Tom," the famous PAGER
. and agent for the owners of "Rowdy Boy
J. and "Sweetzer," TOMS" famous rivals, fo
, a race on Thursday for purse of $2,500
We were shown through Mrs. Kanton's
y New York Millinery and Fancy goods store
on East Fifth street, No. 2l4 yesterday
!. and beheld most beautiful and elegan
y display of every thing possibly kept in th'
~ ~ line of fancy millinery goods. We fount
,s Mrs. X. to be very agreeable and courte
- : GUS lady, sparng no effort to please he
:, patrons, and Notwithstanding the man.
&c &c business cares daily impressed upon he
- mind, yet she reserves time to entertain
~ many friends who call upon her. she is al
4 expert in her business and gives promis
- of successful future.
n vINCENNES. IND.
10 The Vincennes Light Guards had picni
,g and moonlight excursion last night.
e, L. Helen. two-year-old daughter I
rs Lewis H. Cox, of the Grand, died yeste
I. day.
to Tip Collins, a shoemaker of Lovely Dal
Ia fore ESQUIRE Laswell OH charge of raI
N upon his daughter, child under twelv
al He was brought here for fear of being sun
" marily dealt with and in default of 81 OK
re bail was remanded to Jail. Great indign
il. ton is felt The child is motherless an
,g will probably die.
ot LUDLOW. Kr.
ne H. Hazard Wells leaves on fishing q,
OF cursion to the Sunny South to-day.
W. Rev. M. D. A. Steen, of the Presby terra
=, Church, has been quite sick for sever
n99 days past.
es Miss Anna Findlay, an accomplisht
ed young lady who has been visiting Mi
Is. Mamie Lytle for some time past return,
to to her home in Plttsburg last Saturday.
til Two able and eloquent discourses we
delivered in the Presbyterian Church la
Sabbath by members of the General Co
ge ference, Rev. Benjamin Shove, Of Ne
York, preaching in the morning and Re
M. DR.. Russell, of Michigan, in the evening.
MARIETTA.
for The Park Commissioners are having t
fences, seats and music stand newly pair
-. ed, and the gravel walks cleared of weet
nv Work has been commenced on the M
- free bridge over the Muskingum. and e
=, cavations are being made at the foot of Pl
'rK man street for foundations
Marietta now owns six soda fountain
two new ones having been received late
.Nu- one by A. J. Richards and one by G.
u. McCaskey. These are by far the fin
ever in the city.
ner Henry Best, we'll known citizen of Il
ng' place, of the firm OF Best & Co.. propriet
rs of the wharf boat, died Sunday at
p" O'Clock, after long illness The fune
takes place today.
ng Considerable attention has been paid
'eo the seventeen-year locusts which have
tt IN peared upon the college ground in la
'ne numbers, completely covering the tre
and perforatiDg the ground with holes
RICHMOND. IND.
ort The firm of Carr, Scott & Co. are maj
featuring agricultural machinery, no
nit. power, ETC., for export to Russia.
all The strike OF some twenty-five or thi