Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-01-26

d miracle If he recovers A good constitu-
Ii ton may nay possibly bring him ocvsrOs os a
Thief Caught-several farmers in the
neighborhoodi of Little York had various
quantities of wheat stolen at different times,
by some one who came at night, in spring
wagon These thefls had been carried on for
a couple Of months, and farmers John Kopp,
Henry Kaufman, John Curtner and Daniel
Stoner, determined to have the thief-whom
they felt confident hailed from Dayton-ar-
rested and brought To punishment They
made the matter known here at Head-quar.
ters, and Chief. Clark and p PolieSiaea Snyder
and Eicher set about finding the depredator
They learned from Mr. McGausaHd that
man frequently hired horse and spring wag-
on from his stable in the evening, and he re.
turned it early next morning This was the
chap the Trio set a trap to catch, and after
following him upwards. of 30 miles, they
snapped him up with load Of wheat, on last
Friday morning, and put him in the lookup
On Saturday he was examined before the
Mayor, and he confessed to the charges pre-
ferred. He was required to find bail in each
OF the 4 four cases TO the tune of $500, and
in default he was recommitted.
This man gives his name as Lorenzo d.
Hersey He is native of New York, and a
carpenter by trade, and ecame to this city
about four months ago, he pleads that he
could not obtain work. and that he was
compelled to dishonest practices to keep his
family from suffering, haQIOAdha
Finding its Level-Last evening be.
tween l | and IL % clock rain setin, steady
and enduring; and this morning the cutters
were in good boating condition And speak
ing of cutters reminds us of the remark of a
a eotemporary from village in the interior
while on a visit here recently Coming from
a place perched upon steep hillside, our
nearly level streets naturally attracted his
attention, and he asked
What DO you do with your water when it
rains 2'l Hlossa osiai '0''i.a'' a'"
"We secure a portion of it in cisterns, for
domestic ppFposss" we replied IOmlla
"But your streets are as fiat as board
where does the surplus water go to p
Unto the CUTTERS we answered
Eyes, of course, but cant see how that
can help the matter afis hei 'rejOineyiy "for
they don't seem to have any descent to them
there isn't the least fall to EN- in any drec-
ton, that I can discover Be SO good as to
inform me, seriously, which way your cutters
run " s. "A - l. q y = u
Seriously, then, our cutters are stationa.
ryi they don't run at ALL But If you could
make it convenient to visit us some time when
it rains, you would have no difficulty in
qsceFtqi9pgTRSt direction erqst4iruhs
through our cutters"
FoTsYqpetely thsf9nyeraataA WAS interrupt
ed at this point, for il was threatening to run
into personalities.
Some people i've ,in. towns that are built
upon knobs, where ordinary showers make
furious torrents o. nomberless- gullies which
wash dangerous ruts in the streets, cut the
into assures, PROSTATE the fencing,
root out the garding.sass, fll the cellars, and
carry all the AlRyial earth 70 the valleys be-
low and it is to be expected that when they
visit city where men can stand square upon
their feet, and walk three hundred yards with.
out stumbling into gullies wAist-deep, or
climbing a.hill, they will wonder what we do
with our water
Water here, as every where else seeks and
finds its level, but the task is not one so diff
cult Of performance as to cause serious ap-
prehensions for the foundation of our beauti-
ful city