The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1865-12-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.


Texas; ''Cattle are selling, within fifty
miles Of here, at 81 80 per head, and at
this price thousands of been can be
bought"
In Louisiana, the Sergeant-at- of
the Senate is without arms, the Door
keeper of the House without arms, the
Secretary Of State and Clerk of the House
are both ON crutchcs-latc of the Union
army.
The Cleveland HerdiGs Washington cor
respondent says that the Republican mem
bers In Congress from Ohio have resolved
to vote unanimously In favor of Negro
Suffrage in the District of Columbia.
Since the opening of Congress no less
than forty amendments to the Constitution
have been offered by radical members in
the Senate and House.
The Store of John q. Thomas, at New
Pennington, Ia, was burned on last Thurs
day. The insurance was $4,000. Supposed
TO be the work Of an incendiary.
Royal Denney, ex-Treasurer ofJay coun-
ty, Indiana, and r. j. Lafollett, ex-Trustec
of Wayne township, same county, have
been arrested on u charge of embezzlement
of county and township funds.
Daniel West, of westville, Iaporte coun-
ty, Indiana, died recently, leaving pro-
perty valued at thirty thousand dollars.
one-third of which he left to his widow,
one-third to be expended in erecting AN
Odd Fellows Hall, and one-third for the
erection Of a Methodist Church.
\ clerk named Farley, connected with
the liquor house of L. M. Patterson. Gin
cinnati, lost Mt one sitting $1,000 playing
poker at Anderson, Ia, lust Monday. The
money belonged to his employer An eff
fort on the part ofthe proprietor to recover
the money proved fruitless.
The Southern claimants of seats in Con-
gress have held a caucus, at which they de-
cided TO return home and remain there un-
til March. The Tennessee and Virginia
delegates did not take part in the caucus.
The Morgan county, (ohio,) Herald states
that veritablc wild cat, after successfully
encountcring several dogs was captured in
that county one night last week. It is
thought there is den of them in that
locality.
The New York correspondent of the In
dianapolis Journal writes that when Gov.
Morton went on board the steamers Scotia.
he found that his passage and that of his
family had been privately paid by some
citizens of New York
The freedmen in the vicinity of Selma, |
Ala, are suffering to such an extent with
smallpox, that they are not allowed to
enter the city.
Matt. LuXton, the guerrilla leader, under
sentence of death at Memphis, escaped from
prison on Thursday last.
San Francisco dispatches state that the
Columbia river gold fields are the richest
in the world.
The snow at st. Paul is two feet deep. and
navigation is predicted for
next season.
The Catholics of Chicago have formed an
with a capital of $3OO,OOO, to
build hall to be called the Catholic Hall
FIGHr.-A fight between Mr.. C. S. Dun
nam and Mr.. Cowgirl, members of the In
llama Legislature, came off in the lobby on
Thursday morning, about some angry
words in debate. Neither collins or doe
-ors' bills have been ordered.
On Thursday, President Lincoln's re-
Mains were transferred from the reception
'ault of Oak Ridge Cemetry to the vault
constructed for their final repose.
RAILRoAp CONTRACTORS observation-disclosures.
sage and Eaton, contractors on a new line
If railroad between Oberlin and Elyria,
)hio, decamped lately for parts unknown.
They forgot to pay the honest laborers on
he road their hard-earned dues. Much
Xcitement exists in that locality in con-
equence. The Elyria Democrat says the
mount of the swindle is $4,000 or S25.OOO.
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