The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-26
GLEANINGs FROM THEMAILs.

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Isaac Cook, the former postmaster Of
Chicago, has paid up a balance Of s6,S0O
claimed Dy the Government from him and
MS sureties, and the Government has dis
missed the case against him.
The Birmingham. (Englandj Freedmen's
Association, have sent = thousand dollars TO
TINS country. 20 relieve the wants Of the
southern negroes. They bad better have
given IL 20 their own starving paupers
VIM. l.. Barring. Of 81. Paul, has gone to
Europe to dispose Of Lake Superior aud .
Minnesota Railroad bonds, ts the amount
Of sf,6000O0.
The cost Of the new Court-houss in New
York now foots up sl.540,0OO and the build
Ing Is not half completed.
A family grocer, up at Newark. had a
dressed turkey on show, the other day.
which weighed thtrty-aos pounds A
monster.
A train Of one hundred wagons will. II Is
expected, reach Council Bluffs, Iowa, early
In the spring, en- route for the Southern part
Of Colorado. 1t Il made up by some sixty
Iainllles OF Eastern Iowa and Western Illf-
nois who have Joined together.
William l.. Scott, Democrat, was elected
Mayor OF Erie, Pennsylvania, on Friday
last by 43G majority. Erie has heretofore
been strong Republican city.
A lad, only twelve years of age, has been
arrested IN Columbiana county, and is now
In Jail at Cleveland. for robbing the mails.
His name Is VIM. McGonigal.
There were more than twenty divorces
granted ut the recent term Of the Court at
woodstock, Vermont, nearly half of which
were on account Of adultery. Evidently
Woodstock Is sorely In need of An active
branch Of the Christian Commission y
A descent was made on body of SNUG
glers, at Bristol, Massachusetts, on SUNDAY
last. In barn were found twenty Eight
barrels OF rum, about $4,000 cigars, a bale
Of cigars, and sixteen demijohns of liauors
ready for transportation.
Among the late arrivals at Havana, of
ex-rebels, Is Robert Toombs, of Georgia
who has been negotiating for portion of
the Egar estate. but it Is said he could not
raise the necessary amount funds. Toombs
is reported as intending to settle In Mexico
as soon ~ he IL convinced that Maximilian's
throne IL on firm basis.
Official news that the cholera has broken
out at Key West has reached us. Assist
ant surgeon Taylor and sixteen men are
down with 1t. a strict quarantine IL cs-
tablishcd below New Orleans. Mobile, too,
has been considerably paniced by the be-
lief that the pestileneo Is in that city.
plous and loyal scamp, named Calvin
Pepper, who recently started q scheme for
coloni2ing tho negroes on the peninsula,
has heen arrested by order of Gen. white.
on a charge OF swindling the freedmen out
OF sums OF money varying from fifty cents
to "A hundred dollars. IL is scarcely nee
essary TO say, he was from Massachusetts.
SUICIDE or a BANK PREsIDgsr.-lIiram
Y. Vol, Esq, President of tho First Ma
tlonal Bank of Easton, Pa. committed sui
eide Oh Monday night, by shooting himself
through the head. lie left, ia a note. ad
dressed to his relatives, Foul slander has
ruined my reputation"
GooD!--In the State Senate. on Friday
last, Mr.. Walllng reported back bill Ito
allow certain cities to spriakIe their streets
with a substituted" What kind of s,.bstftWte
Is to be used, Is not speciHed probably
Layer. We prefer 'lemonade. with a stick
In Ill" ..
A Wisconsin dress-maker has fallan heir
to Sl,6OO,OOO. We will venture to say that
she will soon discover herself to be the
most desirable pattern Of crinoline Ia the
State. ii"I F7h tl.
Thirteen Massachusetts, sportsmen re-
Gently caught 3O,002 pounds of fish In eight
hours.
DIoNIrY.-The coming Paris World.s
Fair is 10 be presided over by the Prince
Imperial. Won't the idea tickle some Of
our American snobs and Successes The
Prince has reached the venerable are Of
ten yedrsi
Gambling Is said to prevail to a frlohtful
extent at Albany, n. Y, this Winter
Among the unfortunate ones Is a member
OF the Legislature from New York CITY.
who Is reported to have lost over $4,000
during the past month. lie can easily
make 1t up, by one or two votes.
Secretary McCulloch has had CONVERSE
tlon with President johnson in relation IN
the cotton and Treasury agent system In
the South. The President Indicated his in
tention to abolish the whole concern. The
sooner the better. It has never been any
thing else than Bureau" ofswinders and
thieves.
About seven O'clock, on Wednesday even
Mug, a terrible tornado swept over the
Southern part of Montgomery County, near
Ladoga, Ind destroying a number OF
houses etc. Four persons were killed, aud
. twenty or more crushed and bruised
CHICAGO CoLLEcToR.-T. J. Kinsella has
been reappolnted Deputy Collector, of Chi
cAgo. Mr.. kinsella l. Democrat, and has
held the office through three or four sue
cessiye Administrations. President an
pointed him against the Recommendation
OF Long John Wentworth, NJ. c., and
divers others.
Our Springfield neighbors are blessed
with too Mayors. Not having copies of
their bills OF fare we don't know which one
does business the best and cheapest