The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-01-09
GLEANINGs FROM THE MAILS

Ing occurred on Wednesday and Thursday
last. Two large blocks and church were
destroyed at Racine, with loss of$l00,000.
The business portion ofPlymouth, Ind, and
Stevens Point Wis, have been devourcd
by the consuming element A wooden fac
tory at JOnesville, Mich, was burned, and
block ofeight wooden buildings destroyed
at Pontiac, A fire in India street, Boston,
consumed property to the amount of $780,
600.
The Radicals having counted noses in the
recess are said to be prepared to "cave in"
on the State suicide theory when Congress
reassembles, and vote-sOme of 'em-f0r
admitting certain rebel States. It is the
coming down of the coon who sees he must.
1t is understood that Senator Lane, of
Kansas, will, at the reassembling of Con
gress, take strong ground in favor of the
reconstruction policy Ofthe administration.
The receipts of internal revenue are be-
coming unusually large. They now range
from Sl,000,000 to $20O0,000 per day.
A New Orleans cotton circular places the
amount of that staple in American hands at
2,l00,000 bales, and estimates the product
for 1866 at 1,500000 to l,S00,000 bales.
The singular disappearance of Mr.. Hub
bell, the Vermont bank cashier. Is ut last
accounted for lie proves to be d defaulter
TO the extent of $4,000. His whereabouts
are not yet known.
Artists of true merit do not all starve un
appreciated in this practical country.
Bierstadt's brush has earned him $l20000
in the last three years. He has the finest
team in the Central Park, and is building IA
villa at lrvngton, on the Hudson.
Seward has gone, it appears, to Santa
Cruz-instead of Vera Cruz. Nothing to
do with Max, after all. 1t IL thought the
Secretary means to I'LL up that black bottle.
Sweet tempered Anna Dickinson is said
to be engaged to u New York journalist.
Won't he get, now and then, a Caudle lee
ture?
Not one-iiftieth part of the wines sent
from Bordeaux are what they purport TO
be, and but small portion of the brandy
Is pure. They have all the external brands
and marks of genuine articles, but the
articles themselves are bad and unfit for
use.
The superintendent of the construction
of the new court house in New York has
$4,000 year for his salary!
A thiefsuccecdcd in cffecting in one night
four rObberies of officers in the camp of the
147th Illinois regiment ut Savannah, clean
ing them out of pocket-books, watches, aud
temper.
The Viceroy of Egypt has given to the
American mission at Cairo II block of
houses worth 100000 francs.
And old seoundrcl in San Francisco, an
Englishnan, named Smith has been ar
rested for incest. lie had married or his
daughter to poor Dutchman, to conceal
the effect of his crime.
The Common Council of Elmira, n. Y.
have declared the gas-works in that city a
nuisance and ordered their removal.
The total losses in New York by fire the
past year amounted to over forty y-threc mil
lions of dollars, against about twenty-cight
and halfmillions the previous year.
Nearly $4,000 worth of seeds, agricultu-
raj tools, &C., have been distributed in Vir-
ginia by the Baltimore Agricultural Aid
Society.
Gen, Grant proposes sending staff officers
10 the principal military departments as
soon rs the holidays are over, TO see what
further reduction of troops and materials of
war can be made in the several localities.
A man who had recovered the remains of
his brother from a battle field, found that
collins and transportation were expensive.
He therefore quietly put the bones In his
carpet bag, and so took them home.
About I755 the Hon. Theodore Atctison
of Portsmouth, N. H., left legacy of Gl,-
900, the income of which was directed to he
distributed in loavcs Of bread to the poor Of
that town every Sunday. This has been
done regularly for nearly century; about
f5,000 have been thus spent, and the fund
has not been impaired.
The legal value of conjugal virtue has
been fixed by jury in Iowa at $1,000, that
hntnn hn ~ Mr. (AuarihnaH In n
Sutherland for sedueing the latter's wife.
Senator Sprague, of Rhode Island Is said
TO be bibulous-the best man to grapple
with the horns Of the dilemma, because he
| swallows them.
James Moore of Newport, VT, ran away
with negro BARRIERS wife, a while ago, and
| felt so badly about II that he cut his throat
aud left the female.
Colds In the head are rapidly cured, says
| the Gdxette deS HOpitduH, by inhaling the
tlncture of iodine, vial of which Is TO be
held In the hand and placed under the nose.
The warmth ofthe hand causes the vaporiza-
ton of the tincture. The inhalatlons are
tO be made every three minutes, and soon
all symptoms of the malady will disappear
-Four million of bricks are required for
the new Gait House, at Louisville, and these
win not equal the number its guests will
carry OF in their hats in the course Of a
few years.
A parrot Ia a confectionery store in Con-
nectieut has been taught 10 say "pretty
creature tO every lady who enters the
store. great rush oflady customers is the
result.
"Madanle," said gentleman 10 his wife,
'let me tell you facts are very stubborn
things" "Dcar me, you don'tsay 50, quoth
the lady, "what a fact you must be"