The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-07-05
THE DAILY EMPIRE.
ALI SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS

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w. II. Beard the artist has accompanied
Bayard Taylor IN his trip to the Rocky
Mountains. His design is to study his
iavorite thcme-the grizzly bear.
We hope that w. II. b. may not meet
his "fayorite theme'' in some narrow defile
enclosed by precipitouswalls of rock. ~ d
Alidavits are being published in New
York to prove that James Stephens, the
Irish Head Center, is not a British spy.
Two men-one Of whom helped him escape
from Dublin Jail, while the other was a
British Constable--swear that he Is the
terror of England. .gi.i
A minister who received a number of
calls. and eould not decide whichw was the
best, asked the advice OF his faithful Afri-
can servant, who replied: "Massa, 90
where dere most debbel.o a
The Imperial Mexican railway connect
ing the capital city with Vera Cruz, dis
tance of $50 miles, is one of the greatest
railroad enterprises ever undertaken. In
a distance of 35 miles an elevation of 1000
feet is To be overcome, corresponding to
10 feet per mile, or feet in every A - feet
throughout the whole distance.
Hon. J. w. Texader, ex-member of the
Louisiana legislature, was shot and killed
on the 10th inst, by his brother 4. NJ! Tex
adler. The origin Of the difficulty is not
given. 1tIi ..s ODD
A man while digging a well on the cor
ner of Union and Ohio streets, Troy, N. Y,
discovered what proved to be good-sized
wooden box, which contained gold coin to
the value of over $4,000, together with a
number of spoons. The box was so decay
ed that il fell to pieces on being taken out.
Peaches are selling for 81 each on Broad
way, MY H4 u3It
Nicholas Foresinger. of y ork county, Pa,
recently accepted Il wager to drink ten
glasses of lager beer in ten minutes He
drank the beer, and was laid out on his bier
the next morning. ..
A negro cut 6ls acres ofwheat in Ken
tncky in one day recently, on wager for
$50.
The Cattaraugus County (N.Y.3 Apri-
cultural society is going to offer premiums
on babies this year-$15 for the best and
$40 for the second best.
The Emperor Napoleon, has subscribed
$4,000 from his private purse toward the
prizes to be distributed on the lst of July,
1867, to the exhibitors at the Paris Exhibi-
ton.
1t is considered important enough to
publish in Paris, that the Empress of the
French, wears spurs. when riding. Her
horse is trained to their use.
John Ross, the Indian Chief, who died
some weeks ago, is not quite as dead as he
was. At least. we infer as much from n
statement in the Des Arc Citizen. that the
gentle savage had scalped one of his Mig
gers for putting too much water in the
punch.
Miss Anna Dickinson remarked In Il pub
lie speech II few days since, that 'the nation
wants a man"---wtich is perhaps a modest
way of saying that Miss Anna considers
herself the nation. s
The buchanan, Mich, U,,ion says: "Dur-
ing the heavy shower ON Thursday of last
week, a monster frog measuring l0l inches
in length and weighing four pounds rain
ed down near the residence of Mr.. n. ii.
hathaway. in this village
The French minister Of war receives. as
minister s3G,000 a year;as senator $4,000,
as French marshal, $4,000, as Grand cross
of the legion of honor 5000. Total SlS.GOO.
Besides he is lodged, lighted and warmed,
and his horses hre fed, at government cx-
pense, sat
The sealps of 1000 gophcrs at the rate of
81 per dozen, were lately paid for by the
supervisors OF Mahaska county, Iowa. and
it was not good county for gophers either.
The famous Mexican guerrilla chief Cor
tinas. is reported as having died from inter-
nal bleeding, caused by being hurled from
his horse while dying from the Imperial
troops, under General Olvera.
Hon. W. s. Maynard, of Ann Arbor.
Mich- having family and "A property VAL
ned at Sl00000, killed himself with NOR
phine last Monday night. The failure ofa
firm in which hc was involved preyed upon
his spirits. a"I
On the 9th, corps of engineers, under
Colonel lludnutt, drove the first stake and
commenced the survey for the extension of
the Illinois and Michigan Canal 10 the
MISSISSIPPI with nayigable feeder at
The PhTniX Insurance Company of New
York lost $SI,O00 on last wears business.
and the Home S5l,0OO. OF those that made
any profit, the Metropolitan made the most
--$3i9O00.
Hon. Hannibal ilamliu, who has been
laid up with rheumatism, ia Bangor. has
recovered sufficient strength To draw his
salary IN Boston. i,iai Il.Ia
Governor Patton, Alabama, is in Quincy.
Ill, the guest OfGencral Singleton He Is
soliciting contributions of corn for the sui-
fering people Of his State.
The wife of a clothing merchant of Bal
tim0rc eloped on Tuesday last with a colo
mel, formerly of a New York cavalry rcgi-
ment. aud took with her SlI.0O0, her hus-
bands money, which she had authority TO
draw from bank, her husband being in
Europe. The olopers were overhauled at
York, Pa, and the wife brought back. but
the colonel escaped with all the money.
The salary of Superintendent of Colts
n r..
sl00OO per apnum, while the salary ofthe
Governor of the state is Sl,l0O.
Twelve months ago Government had
w0od-pile ia West Nashville containing
from twelve TO iitteen thousand cords. n
has all been stolcn-every stick The Nash
vile Quariermasters know how TO make
fuel 90 a lang iody. .r I4
Henry Motifs, ia rittsburg. undertook. for
I wager of $40. Ia stand for twenty-fonr
hours ON top of post eight feet high lie
stood from eight \. NJ. till nine l.. Nj.
Y he srs. a 10. s.I.s. A IN.