The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-05-26
ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS.


The eight hour movement In Philadel-
phia and New Ork. says an exchange. has
been nearly abandoned. after large losses to
the strikers and those who advised Il.
A Paris correspondent of the London
Times asserts that the declarations In the
published speech Of the Emperor were not
uttered at Auxerre, but that he subse-
quently wrote them and had them not only
printed h the papers as his speech, but also
had them placardcd throughout the large
towns.
There are twenty eight rebel generals
lso-called) now doing business in New Or
leans M t t
II is stated that there are yet twelve mil
lion acres of arabic land in Iowa untouch-
ed by spade or pillow.
Probst, the monster murderer, has gain
cd twenty pounds in weight since his ar
rest. lie feels better since his confession.
but don't want to see visitors any more.
Thomas W. Birdsall, President Of the Sc
curity Insurance Company of New York
committed suicide day before yesterday by
taking strychnine.
A riot between whites and negroes occur
red at Quincy, Florida, ON Saturday, during
which one of the Former was killed and y
number on both sides wounded.
Il Is in contemplation TO build a new and
costly Executive Mansion on the high
grounds east of the Capitol, and turn the
White House into a fre-proof building for
the State Department. |.HtI.l
The Mississippi Is so high at Quincy that
cmigrants are unable TO cross the bottoms
on the opposite side of the river on account
Of their overflow. Steamboats, have been
carrying parties desiring to get westward
to Lagrange, where terra firma is found for
travellers. fr
IL may interest our citizens to know the
opinion of French lady, the wife of well
known public servant, regarding the peo-
pie of Boston: ''BOstonians," +" she observed.
are very charming, very hospitable, very
cultivated; but they are perfectly convicted
of their immense superiority TO everybody
else" s'.Ht' 'es
About el7,O00 has been subscribed toward
the Roman Catholic Cathedral which is to
be erected In London as a memorial to Car
dinal Wiseman. a subscription of E200O
has been given anonymously. but IL is gen
orally understood that the donor is DIR. New
man,
On Saturday week, a two year old son of
Mr.. j. j. Sandhammer. at Bucyrus, Ohio
fell into bucket of boiling water and was
so badly scalded that he died few days af-
terwards.
On Sunday the residence and barn of Mr..
Reese Fox and the barn of Mr.. John Lo-
gan, one mile north of Rural Dale, In Mus
kingum county, Ohio, were burned.
From report prepared by the New York
Chamber of Commerce, it appears that the
total number of vessels Captured by the
rebel privatcers was two hundred and
eighty-three, their tunnage being l32307
The estimated value of the vessels and car
goes was S25,5i6,000. Some OF these were
bonded and released, leaving S2,0SS000 as
the value ofthe property actually destroyed.
Capitalists of Paris have taken the canal
uniting the James with the Kanawha river
in hand, aud within five years there will be
an mbroken water communication from
the Ohio to the seaboard, i'm that direction
thus Increasing the facilities for shipping
Western produce and establishing competi-
| ton with the Erie canal.
Mr.. Peabody, the American millionaire
| from London, encountered an odd style of
welcome home IN one particular. He has
! been notified tn make a return of his in
come since September 1862 for the purpose
of taxation under the revenue laws of the
United States
Pray. sir" said Judge, angrily. to a
blunt old Quaker, from which 10 direct
answer could be obtaiued: do you know
what we sit here for" Yea, verify do"
said the Quaker; three of thee for four dol
lars each day, and the fat one in the middle
for four thousand a year"