The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-09-06
NEWS BREvITIEs.

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Petigru, Of South Carolina--nlined In cir
cumstances by the rebellion--is giving dra-
matte readings In Buffalo, N. Y. tfrtff
The widow Of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas,
formerly Miss Cults, and now married TO
Major Williams an officer of the Federal
army, will be present at the dedication of
the monument to be erected In Chicago to
the memory other first consort.
Nearly every German Prince has at least
hundred thousand dollars invested In
American securities, and the King Of Ham
over, (who has been notified that he can
not return to his throne,) has half a million
In our loans. ..,...
The Mississippi Cotton Growers Associa-
tion. from correct deductions made from
their report, say they expect that not over
200,000 bales will be grown In Mississippi.
and not over 100000 throughout the coun-
| try.
| A writer In the Buffalo Courier testifles
that wheat grown in Minnesota three years
ago Is only this year brought to market
owing to the lack of railroad facilities.
SHOT HKR SUITOR.-At Louisville, on
Thursday of last week, German lady shot
and severely wounded snitor who had
been refused by her, and afterwards insult
ed her. She was gay widow of twenty
two years of age.
An Ottawa (Canada) dispatch says "Bad
temper prevails here in Canada at present,
owing to the escape on Saturday night of
Major Murphy and five of his comrades, all
Fenian prisoners, from the Jail at Corn
wall"
The Army and Navy Gazette, published
in London, says that monster gun has
been successfully cast, which, with charge
/ of about one hundred and forty ponds,
will throw shot weighing 1,l00 pounds.
The Cincinnati and Big Sandy packet
Revenue, Captain Wash. Kerr, was snagged
and sunk, Friday night, near Buena Vista,
in the Ohio River. She was bound for Gin
cinnati, with two hundred tuns of iron,
nails, &c. No lives lost. ~
Thirty-eight fires occurred in Cairo the
past year, involving loss of four hundred
to five hundred thousand dollars. Total
loss by fires the preceding six years is six
hundred and eighteen thousand dollars
About half the losses were insured. M
Rumor says that the conflscation of San
TIA Annals Mexican estates has not left him
poor. He Is reported to have $l0,000,000 in
gold on deposit in Great Britain.
A mob of white rowdies, on Thursday
might attacked camp meeting of colored
people, held in connection with ono of
whites, near Baltimore, and mortally
wounded one man, while on his knees at
prayer; others were wounded.
A special dispatch from New Orleans, OF
the 3lst ult, says o strong guard of white
soldiers now do duty night and day at the
private residence of Governor Wells, at his
own urgent request. " aE.at y a..s .f.t.
The Eaton Register says that Mr.. Nelson,
, of that county, harvested ninety-flve
IaIg rlanat Ia1E
of ground. 1t harvested sixty -four pounds
to the bushel. ..t-ii. .f..t.#
l On Saturday last, u farmer, named Xii.
patrick, residing near Chattanooga, was
shot and killed by negro with whom hi
had had previous difficulty. The murder.
: ed man was just recovering from fever
4 and at the time of the tragedy was taking q
? walk, leaning on his wife's arm.
, Intelligence from Fort Halleek, Dacotah
states that the air is as full of grasshOpperi
AS it was two years ago this fall. WheT
the wind blows from the Southwest they
y fly with it. and when from any Othei
quarter they alight covering the ground il
4 places to the depth of an inch.
r aOak Hail." Virginia, formerly the resi-
i dence of Chief Justice Marshall, contain
ing 65n acres, has been sold to James More.
head, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, fol
y $32, 500. t A'tH "3''-'f T'ti'
' A telegraphio dispatch from San Fran
cisco, dated on Thursday, says that HOl
brook, the Conservative candidate for dele
4 gate TO Congress, leads his Radical OppO
: nent by six hundred and fifty majority.
d The yellow fever IL raging In Pensacola
s. An abandoned schooner Is In the haTbor
= her entire crew of Ave having died. A
Q last accounts there were seventy cases Oh
; the United States gunboat Muscoota lyinl
at the mouth of the harbor.
: A Leavenworth dispatch says that abou
about fifty Indians commenced an attach
!, on Deer Creek Station, about ninety mile
! west of Fort Laramie. The fort was de
stroyed, the telegraph line cut, and tn,
: operators forced to fee to the mountains
: The same party attacked train of Mormon
4 emigrants, and captured some ninety Of
: more cattle. ..-.' 81
Last Monday night Benjamin Nckerson
- living near Salem, Davis county, Missouri
: got into dispute with his wife, and struel
8 her blow with club, killing her instant
y ly. Her sister, starting TO arouse the neigh
bOrs, was pursued by the fiend and ais
murdered. NickersOn took a horse and at
4 tempted to escape, but was pursued, cap
y tured and lodged in Jail.
The Mohammedan inhabitants of Mazan
deran, In Persia, massacred great numbe
of jews In that town during the festival o
6 Moharrem. and have compelled the rest 3,
!, adopt Mohammedism. a.
XII ARREST OF MURDERKR.--PatrIck En-
. right who murdered Timothy Golfer, II
Buffalo, some two years ago, was ARRESTED
lately In East Saginaw, Michigan, He hat
}. been TO Turkey, China, and Japan sine,
committing the crime.
A PRovIDENT \ FATHER. THAT was prov
2 ident and atfectlonate father who secureC
$4,000 policies in an accidental insurance
company upon the lives of his seven smal
> children, and sent the little darlings for
; holiday excursion on New Jersey rail
road. lIIar.l6 l.cl'