The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-09-03

PRAIRIE CHtcKENs. The prairie chick
ems, says the Sycamore (1lls) Republican,
were never more numerous than they are
this year In this vicinity, and never before
have been slaughtered In such numbers.
GooD.--lt Is announced that Gen. Clinton
Il. Fisk, head of the Bureau In Kentucky
and Tennessee, and prince of liars In this
country, is 10 be mustered out Of service on
the lst OF September. NJ NJ lI A
The agents aud managers Of two gin
cornerstone for the benefit of the suffer
ing poor of Alabama, and the other for the
benefit Of the Home of Southern Soldiers,
of Tennessee--have been arrested for vi
olation of the Kentucky lottery laws at
Louisville.
Captain Wedeman, of Cincinnati, has
been sent To the Work-house, In default OF
$1,000 bail.
Mr.. Harmon, late Postmaster at 0berlin,
o., has been removed, and Capt. Hickey
has been appointed In his stead. This has
caused an audible growl among the Radi-
Gals Of that locality.
The Freedmen's Bureau In Princess Anne
county, Va, have decided that a negro who
stole farmers breeding SOW and kept her
until she had pigs is entitled TO the pigs II
he returns the SOW.
A couple of cattle dealers from Indiana,
by the names of Scott and Curl, were Vie
timized to the tune of $1,000, by bogus
certificate of deposit at the Albany, New
York, cattle market, one day last week
James g. Stone, a merchant of Dover,
Tenn. was shot Wednesday afternoon, in
st. Louis, and robbed OF nearly $4,000. A
man named Williams. who had been in his
company, Is supposed TO be the murderer
General Hinks who was appointed to
select a location for the National Soldiers
Home, has decided In favor Of the White
Sulphur Springs, in this State.
There are now in the vicinity of Fayette-
l vile, N. c., no less than fifteen turpentine
distilleries in daily operation on different
small water courses running into the Cape
Fear River.
Il The hog cholera is raging in East Ten
lnessee. The JOnesboTo Flag of the 9th
Isays that several farmers in that vicinity
have lost every hog they had, while Others
have been almost equally unfortunate. The
disease is not confined to small districts, rs
usual. but extends through several coun-
ties
II is stated that Mr.. Seward has prepared
and will shortly dispatch to Minister Adam.
an elaborate paper, renewing the demand
upon the British Government for compen-
sation for damage done to American strip.
ping by Anglo-rebel privateers.
, The loss of the Messrs. Blandy, by tn,
burning of their extensive machine work,
at GAINESVILLE Ohio, on Saturday night
turns out to be much larger than was re-
. ported by telegraph. The GAINESVILLE Cour
Ter estimates the loss at about $200,00O, with
only $4,000 insurance.
, Gen. Rosecrans has been appointed to tn,
IANaA IUvwskI ill -.
some very rich and valuable quartz veins
In Mariposa county, California, and he /,
busy making preparations to work them.
"Into this valley Of death
= Rode the half hundred"
: There win not be more than dozen
members of Congress elected who voted
themselves the $4,000 extra compensation
Il A thick vein of coal has been discovered
near Springfield, Illinois. IL is one hun
2 dred and fifty feet below the surface. The
} mine Is to be worked Immediately.
The Empress Eugenie lately visited the
) vaults of the Bank of France, which now
= for the first time hold over seven hundred
millions in bars, specie and jewels. Ger
many has sent during the last campaign
f immense sums for safe keeping to France
Peaches are not everywhere failure for
3 instance, In Northern New York TIL,
journal of Commerce says the crop OF
peaches in Niagara and other counties /.
, larger this season than for many years.
Al AInvI lean cIJIzen residing at ShemeIu,
England, has sent 140 gross Of knives and
forks to aid the Portland families that were
burned out In resuming housekeeping.
: A desperate, by the name of Ward en-
tered bank at POughkeepsie, New York
YESTERDAY, and to prevent an arrest blew
his brains out with Il pistol.
The sum of $2O0,000 was realized from the
sale of pews in the new Jewish Synagogue
on Sunday In Cincinnati.
While the clerks of the First National
Bank of st. Louis were eating lunch in the
lcashier's room, on Tuesday, package of
$4,000 was stolen from the desk by some
person unknown.