Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-10-20
NEWS ITEMS

The King Of The Belgians left MarseilIes the
Sd inst, en- route 10 Switzerland.
The Earl Of Jersey had died In London aged
81 years,
Quite number Of English vessels Of war
are expected to visited Halifax during the pre- ?
ent autumn.
Gov. Steele Of New Hamshire is said to be
the frst man who wove cotton cloth upon
power loom in that State.
Mrs. Martha Reynolds is the veritable "old-
est inhabitaut." who lives near Tallalama,
Coffee Co, Tenn. She is lls yeats old
The Rev. John Quinlan Of Cincinnati, Ohio,
has received the appointment Of the Catholic
Diocese Of Mobile and West Florida, made va
cant by the death Of bisho P Porter.
The city authorities Of Obsrlpslon s O..
have appointed Thursday, the 9th ult., as a
day ofThsnksgiving of and Prayer.
The body Of Young. one Of the men who weni
over Niagara Falls few days since, was found
in the great whirlpool below the cataract.
Barrow, the Chinese traveller computes thai
there Is more material in the great wall Of China
than in all the houses Of England and Scot.
land combined.
A couple Of graduates Of the Knoxville Deaf
and Dumb Asylum were recently joined in wed
lock- There eau be no struggle for the last
word in that family.
It q reported that Tiekncr and Fields will
be the new publishers Of the Atlantic Monthly,
which changes hands IN consequence Of the
failure Of Phillips. Sampson q 90.
Boston is getting to be bad place. Within
the past three months S esq arrests were made
by the police for various offeDses With
Prohibitory Liquor law in full force nearly one
half Of the arrests were for drunkenness.
The large new stables attached to the United
States barracks. st Carlisle, Pa, were destroyed
by FIRE on Saturday night, together with is
horses and a quantity Of feed.
We understand that gentleman passed
through ogdensburgh Tuesday morning. on his
way to the Canadian Wilderness, for the pur
pose of bringing out the balloon Atlantic. L
is expected that $500 worth of material can be
saved.
A man named Charles Flogerce, citizen Of
Ohio township, Monroe county, was fouuu
dead last werk. He had hanged himself with
two silk handkerchief He had been missing
for several days.
We have heard of newspaper organs to sdvo
cate the interests of almost everything. bu, a
novelty in that line has been reserved for New
London, ct. A paper has recently been started
in that city devoted to the interests of bowl
ing saloon.
One Of the evening trains over the Vermont
and Canada Road was fred into last week the
ball passing over the only vacant seats in the
cars. Superintendent Merrill was Ia the seat
forward Of The one traversrd by the bullet, and
Mr.. Brownell of New York in the seat be
hind.
Charles Tewes, a well known cigar dealer,
and restaurant keeper. Of Cincinnati, has fall
ed. He is said to have betn involved by the
late failure Of Henry Falls, the carpet dealer Of
hat city.
The Milwaukee Free Democrat learns that
there were two shocks of earthquake at Little
Chute, in Northern Wisconsin, a day or two
since, Chimneys toppIed and dishes ratified
in the houses, but no damage is reported.
Reuben D. Waters, an old man with head
whitened by the lapse Of seventy five years
has bee convicted in Vermont upon a charge
of forging bounty land warrants, and sentenced
to one years imprisonment, leniency shown TO
his aye, and not TO his guilt.
Senator Foot Of Vermont has presented his
entire library Of 900 volumes law. oongres
sional and miscellaneous, to the United States
Circuit and District Courts, for the District and
members Of the Bar in hat State.
The iremen Of New York, with whom Sen,
ator Broderick was formerly associated, togrth.
er with the "Broderiek Guards" are to hold
meeting 10 express their affection for the mem
ory oftheir deceased friend.
AaminRo was shot few days ago near
W ilmiugton N. @ 1t was siz feet six inches
high. and when its wings were extended meas>
ured six feet eight inches from tip to tail Il is
water fowl and is rarely seen in the United
States
The ship ShahjeehanpooTe, bound to the
West Indies with coolies, was burnt at sea,
July lst he crew, sixty~fOur 10 number
were rescued, but all the coolies, 10 the number
Of $50 souls, persisted.
The potato rot is said to be making terrible
havoc W ith the crop in Camden, Gloucester and
Salem counties, N. j. In the latter county the
damage by the rot 10 estimated to be- 500 900
Monmouth county has also srffsred IRON the
same cause.