The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-04-18
GLEANINGs FROM THEMAILs.


The lake tunnel at Chicago is three
fourths done. Its completion Is looked for
In September. t
The statement that preparations are be-
Ing made for the trial OF JEFF. Davis is de-
MED. n. t's-.ata-- Glt.
There is no truth In the reports that the
cholera or other epidemic exists at Key
West, Florida.
Ajuvenile bank robber TO the amount of
5000 In gold was arrested, Yesterday, in
Philadelphia. The bulk Of the money was
recovered. rrtY rrl
A seyen-fOot stratum Of coal has been
discovered at the depth of 200 feet on the
banks Of the Sangamon River, mt James
town, Illinois, u.II.
Official dispatches have been received
stating that the l2Sth Regiment left Sails
bury, North Carolina, on the 18th, for
home. This Is the only Indiana regiment
not mustered out of service.
The best corner store-room IN Wheeling,
including cellar and upper rooms, brings
S2,S00 rent. They 90 down from that. The
highest rent for the best dwelling, 5000.
They 20 down from that.
John Lambert, an Englishman, was ar
rested in New York. yesterday. charged
with stealing $205O0 from w. S. Adams,
United States collector at Astoria, Oregon.
Lieutenant Andrew Campbell, of the
Thirteenth Tennessee Volunteers, who shot
the notorious John Morgan, has received
an appointment upon the recommendation
of Judge Patterson, Senator elect from
Tennessee.
Captain Terrell, who escaped from the
Taylorsville jail the other night, is at the
head of a band of desperadoes, roaming
through the adjoining counties, and swears
that he will never be retaken.
News from Mexico confirms the report
that Maury's emigration scheme has proved
complete swiudling operation,
Five women were arraigned at the same
time at the Devon (England) Lent assizes
this year, for murder. |.t
Mr. Seward is declared by the Springfield
Republicans Washington correspondent 10
be ''in magnanimous mood, born of con-
ceit and French brandy"
A horrible murder was committed near
Warsaw, Richmond county, Virginia, on
the morning Of the Sd inst. A man by the
name of Julius Hall went into the kitchen
where q colored woman and her three child
rem were, and with an axe killed them all.
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows
In Great Britain possess q capital of E2, ,000,-
600. The last year they paid for sickness
f156,000 and f50000 for funerals.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Company,
whose projected route runs from Minnesota
to Oregon and the Pacific coast, are ask
. ing Congress to guarantee the interest of
S5k000,0c0 of their bonds to run twenty
years it.tsu nt ~
Shanghai adyices of March state that
the Imperial troops have gained a complete
victory over the rebels in the north; $4,000
of the latter are said to have been slaugh-
tered or captured. is.H'' 9r
Elias j. Bogalle, residing near Natchez,
was taken from his house one night last
week, by negro soldiers, carried into the
woods and horribly murdered. His body
was not found for several days. Nine ne
groes are under arrest for the crime.
A field of wheat buried under ali ava
lanche in Switzerland for a quarter of a
century proceeded to grow on as the snow
was melted.
The Masons of Brooklyn propose to erect
a grand Masonic temple, which, 1t Is said,
will surpass any similar structure in the
United States. s. rufJ-
The revenue on matches, one cent per
, box, nets $3,456OOO per year. ~
81, Last Monday some unknown scoundrel
stole the child of Mr.. Wogel, leader of the
, band at the St. Louis Varieties, and carry
ing it over into the Illinois bottom, buried
1t with mud and leaves. The boy was only
three years old. and was fortunately dis
covered the same evening through the sa-
gacity of hunters dog, and returned TO
his parents. | M
' Slxty-fve tons of granite have just ar
rived in Bridgeport, for monument to be
placed In p. Il. Barnum's lot In Mountain
Grove Cemetery. 1t is to cost $4,000.
R1z~n.vp Tonr has x,,,-;ttan N Iattar a.,