Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-05-25
NEWS ITEMS.

Professor Morse and family arrived at New
York on the 9th instant from Arroya, Porto
Rico.
Socrates, seeinga scolding wife who had
hanged herself on an olive tree, exclaimed
"Oh, that all trees would bear such fruitl'
The trial of Captain Townsend. of the SLAYER
Echo, was to commence in the United States
District Court at Key West, on the 18th.
fire.broke ont at williamsport, Pa, at hall
past nine o'clock on the night of the 6th, by
which five dwellings aud Two Presbyterian
churches have been destroyed.
! The number of men in twenty-one wards ot
Philadelphia, liable to military duty, is 65 1874.
With the three wards which are omitted. il is
probable that the number would reach upwards
of IS 900.
The horse was the first printer, his stereotype
shoes printed the sentence on the earth-"A
horse has passed this way" The birds also
left their impress upon the rock by which the
geology Of the world may be computed.
The st. Louis Democrat says: "The Hanni.
bal and St. Joseph Railroad is now CARRYING
passengers from st, Joseph for 81 90 and sec
ond class fare 50 90. The company have es
tablshed line of boats to Omaha; and the
Platte Valley now runs daily between st. 10.
seph aud Leavenworth, touching at intermedi>
ate points, and connecting with the morning
train from St.Jo,"
A man should advertise because it paws be
temperate because It conduces to health; dis.
card the use of tobacco because it is indecent
marry because it makes him happier and pay
the printer because it is his duty. So saws a
sensible wag at our elbow
The Flemingsburg Ky } Legion has it from
good authority that many people in the noun
tain countries of the State, on account Of tho
shortness of their crops last season, are now
seriously Suffering for want of the necessaries
Of life, and calls upon all who have it to spare
to contribute TO their relief
QJAn English yatch called the Ursula has
come to this country on visit, and il is thought
with the design Of entering some regatta to re
deem the credit lost by thevictory Of the Amer.
lea. The New Workers are making some fuss
over her, as they do over everything.
The Milwaukee bankers have resolved 10 de
preciate Illinois currency, What substitute
they will have that will suit them better we
don't know-it is certainly not to be found in
the irredeemable promise Of their own banks.
Printers errors are sometimes laughable. A
young clergy man printed a sermon, the subject
of (which was the necessity for moderate AID
rational recreation, in which occurred the pas
ssge, Men should work--and play too tn,
want of a stroke ruined Il, and the religion,
world WAS scandalzed by reading, Men shoult
work-and play loo
An elopement at 0ak6eld, Wisconsin, is re
ported Herman Warner, aged 81 years, will
one Cynthia Poole. about 80 years Of age. The
female was a spiritual medium, while her new
ly found partner was regarded as one Of th,
most staid and respectable men in his vicinity.
The affair has given rise to considerable scan
dal in the community. Both parties leave fam
lilies.
Texas Paper Of recent date, says the frui
has been injured by frosts n the vicinity o
Austin. ...