The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1865-12-16
THE DAILY EMPIRE.
Gleanlnes Of all Kind.

Gleanings of all Kind.
The Chicago TiBsos says the present year
has witnessed the erection Of more build
ings in that city than in any other year
since Chicago grew from village. The
cost of building for the year 1865 will reach
figure not Ear short of seven millions.
JouN BROwN's Sour IS MARcHrNa On
The soul of the great horse-thief seems TO
have taken possession of n great many ras-
Gals in Indiana, judging from the number
of cases of horsc-steallng recorded by the
local press Of the state Hardly night
passes that some farmer does not lose n
horse.
new mineral spring has been diseov-
cred on the field of the first battle of Get
tyshnrg. The water is said TO resemble
that Of Viehey. in France.
A new use for Confederate money has
been found. A lady in Texas stuffed a
mattress with $J0O0O0 worth of it,
A woman describing her runaway hus-
band, says: "Daniel may be known by
scar on his nose-where | scratched him"
The Rocky Mountain Ne,rs tells of AN en-
thusiastic young Missourian who, eulogiz-
ing the beauty of his gal said, III be-
doggonned IL she amt as pretty as u red
wagon"
Some of our religious exchanges tell
story about woman being relieved from
speechless grief by hymn. We have
known number of the sex to be strongly
affected and greatly benefited by him be-
fore this. .........'
The history of Mexico shows that during
the last forty years Mexico has had thirty
seven different forms ofGovernment. thirty
two Ofwhch were republics, aud seventy
five Presidents. Its revolutions, during
that fimp hnva oil 10 fx.,,, l,,,,
dred.
The Boston Post says: The Southern
women discard the hOmcgpun, uDon which
there has been so much bOasting, and take
TO Northern fashion and Northern goods
with wondrous facility, and their temper
sweetens in proportion as their wardrobe
is Teplenished.
The Portsmouth Chronicle very gener-
ously offers to publish, free of charge, obi
tuary notices of all highwaymen and
garroters killed while plying their voca-
ton.
A female pickpocket was arrested at the
cathedral, in Newark, New Jersey, on Sum
day last. When arrested she dropped eight
pocket books, each containing consider;l-
BILE amount of money. 5000
A meeting has been held in Paris to pro-
vide the emancipated American negroes
with trousers at five francs pair. One
thousand francs were raised-that is, two
hundred trousers, which win go long way
by being sent to America. Ladies' are
especially invited to subscribe for this truly
philanthropic purpose.
Ohio is the only State that came out of
the war with a reduction of its State debt.
Its debt Is now Sl3,500,75l in 1860 il was
$l4, ,250, 233.
Thus far but about five Thousand cattle
haye been slaughtered in Chicago for bar
reling purposes. At this time last year,I
sixty thousand head had been packed.
Halrs Journal Of Health expresses the
opinion that buclSwheat cakes contain more
nourishment for less money than any other
popular article of food.
Josh Billings, says that ''if a man pro-
fesses to serve the Lord, he likes to see him
do ii when he measures onions as well as
when he hollers glory halleluyers."
Ex-PresideDt Pierce was baptised and
confirmed in the Episcopal Church at Con-
cord, N. H., on Sunday last.
d. S. Warren, mail carrier from Iowa
City to Washington, was frozen to death a |
few nights since on his way to the latter
place. Mr.. Warren was seventy-eight
years of age, and his horse being fast in |
mud-hole and the night being dark from |
snow-storm, the old man and his horse
both perished. ''
James Gordon Benefits American
(Barnum's) Museum property bids fair 10
pay handsomely. Knox, the halter has |
paid $4,000 for five years possession of his |
old property, and the saloon under the old |
Museum pays $500.
In Marietta, the eldest settlement in Ohio, |
the bell IN use on the Court House is the |
one presented by that unfortunate Queen, |
Marie Antonette, ofFrance, after whom the |
town was named. This bell is held in |
great esteem by the citizens.
CMALL FARM ONE MILE FROM MIAMIsHUR |