Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-04-14
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The oalifothia Legislature has appropriated
81 900 10 The Mount Vernon Fund.
Mosquitoes have made their appearance in
New Orleans
The population of 81 Louis isrpreseu,ed as
10000 and is sliii Increasing.
The Northern singerbunds will hold their
annual festival At Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday
the 2sib June nett.
d bill was Introduced into ths New York
Assembly on Ffidsy, committing ne sentence
In the case Of Mrs. Hartung, the murderess, to
ten years imprisonenent.
The Washington correspondent Of the oin-
cipnali Enquirer says that Hughes, Of Indiana,
will accept the cOmmissiOuership of Patents,
rendered him by the President.
The Governor Of Kentucky has offered are
ward of $3.50 for the apprehension Of John
Williams, who murdered Ben Lewis, in Cald,
we'll county. in May. 1857.
A few days since a cent was sold iu Boston
for s2l. It was stamped ia 1893. At the
same sale half dollar, stamped the last week
Of washiugton's administration, brought sb7.
The introduction Of sewing machines by the
boot and shoe manufacturers Of Stafford and
Northampton has resulted, IL IL said, in throw.
ing 5000 binders out Of employment. Popu.
lar indignation rasOs against the machine.
A number Of American ladies, residents in
the Sandwich Islands, have sent to Mr.. Ever,
EFT the sum Of one hundred and forty one dol
lars as their contribution to the Mount Vernon
Fund
II is reported that the Bank has obtained
some $9O,0 900 Of the fnnds distracted by the
defaulting teller, Fi,ll. Of Brooklyn, N. Y.
and that a compromise has been effected on
this basis, which will account for the revoea,
tion Of the reward offered for his arrest.
The "Musical World" lamenting the fast
that all the recognized professions are getting
oVererowded, suggests, as something much
needed in most of our American communities
and in our everyday and domestic life, Pro.
fessor Of Taste.
The clipper ship DreSdnought made her last
passage to Liverpool in thirteen days and nine
hours, aud placed our British friends in pos.
session ofone day : later news from New York
and was beaten but few hours by the screw
steamers City Of Ediuburg aud Lebanon.
A four hundred dollar cradle is on exhibition
al one of the furniture stores in Philadelphia.
IL IL made Of papier mache, lhlaid with pearl,
and got up with degree Of splendor exceeding
anything Of the kind that has yet been present
ed To the extravagant public.
Mr.. State, of Washington County. LII, re-
ceived at the U. s. Savings Bank, st Louis, on
Saturday last, $4,000 in currency, 5000 of
which be placed in the breast pocket O! his
coat, and the rest In one Of the pockets Of his
pants On reaching his lodgings he found that
the $4,000 package had been taken from his
person
The old mansion Of Governor Wyllys, on the
Charter Oak Place, Hartford, Conn, is being
demolished, TO make way for modern house.
The old mausion was built two hundred and
twenty-five years ago for the royal Governor Of
the Colony, and the frame, of solid English
oak, was sent out from England.
Elder Munger. speaking of the time when he
was boy, says it was the custom Of school
children, as you passed aschool,house, to make
bow. But 10 these latter days, as you pass a
house, you must keep your eye peeled, or you
will get snow ball or brickbat at the side Of
your head.