Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-11-26

BkiS~ Go to John w, Darst =, corner Seconr
and Jefferson streets for your Fall and Win
er Dress Goods; also, Cloaks, shawls, Car
pets &c just received diff
New Meat aud Provision Store. -
NJ. Stoekert, at his stand on Market street
north side, few doors west Of Jefferson, is
daily supplied with Beef Mutton, Veal, Pork
Sausage, Potatoes, Cabbage Beans, Eggs &c
&e, all fresh aud of the best quality His
old friends and customers, and the public
are invited to give him call
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DIsCHARSE LosT.--A discharged soldier
Henry Brandt, belonging to the Fourth Ohio
Cavalry, lost his discharge on Wednesday
last, supposed in the Market House The
finder will be liberay rewarded by return.
ing it to him, one mile from Dayton in Mad
River Township 1881
Us. Roseberry-No. Sc Main street.--s
offering his Dry Goods at 40 TO 90 per cent
below September prices, having bought since
the great decline.
Go see them. tits all true.
Burglary Last night, Weddle's store, in
HarshmanvilIs in this county, was broken in
to, and about $50 in money and lot of dry
goods taken thereirom.
Relief Meeting The Soliciting Com
mittees Of the various Wards are requested to
meet tonight at the Council Chamber at
o'clock
Man Killed We learn that a man,
German, whose name we have not learned,
was killed in Jefferson, township day before
yesterday He was buried to day IN the Cath.
lie Cemetry.
Meeting Tomorrow Night. There
will be a meeting OF the Democratic Central
Committee, at the Sheriff's office tomorrow
night, Every member is requested to be pres-
eut WM PATTON,
Chairman.
Rev Joshua Boucher - 1t is reported
that this gentleman, well known in Ohio as a
Methodist preacher of more than ordinary
ability lately came to his death, somewhere
in Missouri at the hands Of guerras
Spiritual Observance Yesterday was
profitable day to the saloons of the city
Thanksgiving WAS observed by nuitndes in
spirit, If not in truth The dispensers Of la
ger, and more potent liquids, are understood
to have been more sincere in thankseivin' Ito
Abraham Lincou) lhan any other class of our
L.. :. A, l. 4
good
-Four pounds Of beef loses one pound by
boiling, and pound and five ounces by roast
ing, and one pound and three ounces by bsk
ing. -Four pounds of mutton loses fourteen
ounces by boiling, and one pound aud six
ounces by roasting, and one pound and four
ounces by baking
We have been studying over this paragraph
all the morning aud have come to the con
clusion, Gualy, that there ANT II word OF truth
in 1t Four pounds of beef don't lose any
thug; neither do four pounds Of mutton,
the man who buys them loses all Don't he;
STIDGERs
The Opinion of Dry Soldier We
came across a musical sold er, in onr rounds
yesterday, who was slightly under the influence
of Abraham's proclamation, and desirous Of
becoming still more SO. He said he knew he
ought to be profoundly thankful that he was
Glioe, but that it seemed like an uphill
business to endeavor to be SO
when be was so dry that be fair
ly ratified, and in constant peril of sponta-
neous combustion. He knew--or seemed to-
that he was a sinner, and did not feel disposed I
to re'enact the folly of the ancient Dives by
imagining that he could cool his parehsd
tongue with drop of water, but t
he thought if some one would accommodate
him with loan OF ten cents he could work
himself into thankful frame of mind, indie c
pendent OF water. He was unworthy of /
drink of water, and did not, therefore, ask to
be blessed above his deserts Whisky was I
good enough for great a simmer
and il was all he demanded. He was q
referred to loyal man in the company, to J
whom hs appealed in the most eloqusnt :
terms, accompanied with ventrloquial vAria-
tious that might have melted a heart Of stone
The loyal individual eaved about half way in +,
under the pressure, and generously inquired y
Of the appellant il be couldn't get aong with /,
Eve cents2' In subdned and melancholy
tone, the dry soldier dryly answered. that N
be would try the experiment which was sug
gested by the generous proposition. "No you