Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-02-27
CITY DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

At n meeting of Democrats, held on Fri.
dOy evening Feb 10th, the following resolul
tons were adopted:
ReSolred, That n Convention be held in
l}eckeFs Hall, on Saturday evening, March
9TH, 1864, to nominate candidates for the va.
fious city Offices to be filled at the Spring e.
lection
ResOlred, That the Democratic voters of
each ward convene at their usual places Of
holding elections, Except the LIST ward, which
will meet Mt Storks grocery at 1.30 o.
clock, on Monday evening : Feb 2gth, TO nom
mate candidates FOR the ward offices, and
choose from each ward twelve (l2) delegates
TO the City Convention, and one member Of
Executive Committee.
T. L. SMITH, Pres,
JONI ToLAN, Secy
Deg~ Our dispatches report a severe disas-
ter TO our arms in Florida
Lunch.-John Gengnngle, corner of Fifth
and Ludlow, will get q, superb turtle Soup
Tomorrow morning at % clock Go early
Smoke Tho alarm of fire In the Fourth
clock, and the eastern" went over there on
the ''doublequick" to squelch it. A defect.
i've ilue, in a brick dwelling, east side of JEFF
(ersou, and half square below Fourth, was
leaking little smoke, and that was ALL
So, the steamer, and the rest of us, had our
'ro"0lotg iogrlndp4l. .0I.laM hA6 afI
Crowded Market--A great many folks
came out this morning with baskets and
ereen-backs on n brief visit to their base of
supplies. Some things were pretty high, and
and some again remarkably loD. For IN
stance we saw jar of smear-case, (thnk it
was smearcase) and sundry eggs, in the gut.
ter! Somebody had "blundered," and per-
haps "swore' some Swearing palliates a
disaster Of that kind amazingly. But as il is
'an i'll wind that blows good to nobody" a
youthful pig with n kink inits tail, breakfast
ed sumptuously on the eggs and smear.case
Aforesaid, Wasn't that n dainty dish to set
('set' an't n good word for it, } to "drap" be.
fore a-----r-swine2 While we we're pausine
TO moralize upon the hncertainty both OF hu.
man mud porcine affairs, our fastidious eye
was attracted by couple Of sweet-potato
pumpkins in font of the market house, as
big as n couple of hay-cocks We approach.
ed them for a closer view, and collided with
a strong-mnded womans market basket
! Containing, Mt moderate estimate 2s5 lbs
Of assorted meats and vegetables,) thereby
sustaining considerable dam---age Of the
female, abbih 40 Adiressing Iier ii 4 polite
aud courteous manner, we begged her to re-
gard the eternal fitness of things, and il she
was still disposed to knock anybody into "pi,
10 Ego" for the two pumpkins; at the same
ltim9 promising 10 render her all the assis
lance in onr power Nevertheless our sym
pafhies would all have been with the pump
kins We have no better citizens among Of
Than ogF good, honest, sysetpotalo pumpkins
They make such good pies, don't theyPao
Cow-pumpkins hold the 'baIahce of power,
out in Paulding county, and pumpkin buttel
is a legal tender We wero relating this fac
loa friend, on the pavement this morning
when the phrase, legal tender" he said re
minded him of little circumstance that haC
occurred theeyeping hetore. A negro, ha,
slolena two-dollar greoh-back from a it'll
boy about years old, who had just rece vet
| his "bounly, and being likely to be detect
cd in possession Of the money he swallowe,
,lifsapd died in 30 seconds, BY the watch. Th
! little boy, who hal been persuaded to enlis
T, a short time before, by loyal government a
gents, lin order to avert the stigma" Of