The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-04-05
GLEANINGs FROM THE MAILS.

The Boston Post retorts upon some
smart fellow IN the following manner
"Ihe person who sent us a copy of the Bos
Ton P0St with jackass written upon the
margin, Is requested TO inform us at what
stable he can be found.n
There are now in Boston four murders
awaiting punishment. They are Green.
the Maiden murderer; Scratch Gravel. the
murderer of the Joyce children; Moran,
the murderer of Miss Kearney, and Gala
gher who shot man on the street lately.
A left-handed knife and fork combined
has been invented by solder who lost his
right arm at Sailors Greek. the last fight of
the war. lt Is so constructed that a per-
son who has lost his right arm can cut his
food and feed himself without difficulty,
ana shows remarkable mechanical genius.
A Massachusetts Yankee has invented a
picking machine which, il Is claimed
viii do the work of twenty men. gathering
cotton as clean the most expert hand could
do it, at distances ranging from six inches
TO six feet.
The Shelby County, Ia, six-year-old
steer weighing 1000 lbs, has been sold for
$50 cash. Ha
The Wisconsin Legislature has repealed
the law compelling foreign insurance com
panies to take Wisconsin State bonds.
The New York Saturday Press calls false
calves mere matter of form.
FRUIT TREES KMLED-From the Mobile
Advertiser we learn that the orange and
)essamine trees, as well as the fig crop, in
the vicinity of Mobile. were all destroyed
by the severe cold spell last week.
The income of the New York churches
during the present year exceeded eighteen
millions of dollars.
BY. the late oil-ire, near Centre. Pa,
few days since, no less than 25.O0Obarrels of
oil were lost, a large hotel, worth 100000,
and vast amount of miscellaneous prop
erty.
The Auditor of State of Indiana has paid
out Sl5O,O00 tor military claims within the
past two days. Many of them are old
claims, supposed to have been provided for
by the appropriation of the Legislature.
Among the claims paid is one for $4,000 to
Jesse ID. Bright, for damages done TO his
farm.
One of the two expert professors of
chemistry to whom the Secretary of the
treasury referred the Investigation rs to
the combustible or non-combustible quality
Is liked that that commodity is combustible.
The New York distilers, who have been
under arrest for fraudulent returns, were
released from custody yesterday on the
ground that the law does not cover their
case.
The negroes of Richmond had their cele-
bration yesterday. To the number of sew
erai thousand, they paraded the streets
win music and banners. No disturbance
occurred.
Rev. ). p. Kincaid, pastor of the Gallon
burg Presbyterian Church, and Principal
of the Callonburg Academy, of Pennsyl-
vania, was last week found dead in his
stable. his body lying in one of the stalls,
and his hat under his hoses feet.
A building, used as a stable, was burned
IN Chicago yesterday morning. The second
story was occupied by man and his
daughter, both of whom perished In the
flames.
The Garrison at Fort Sully, at last advice.
was so straitened for supplies. that it was
found impossible to issue further rations 10
the starving Indians tlocking into the fort.
A Washington letter says Chief Justice
Chase does days work before breakfast.
He married niger couple in Florida. And
he does days work after supper. He in
PRODUCED Fred. Douglass to the Bancroft
etlogy demonstration in the House. Oh. |
he's big on days works" and, for general
he nerer forgets the chasel
A sharper named DeBar has been ar
rested, charged with swindling his partner
IN Montana Territory out of mining shares |
worth S50,00O. "'N
All officers hereafter appointed to the
Veteran Reserves are to be from old vol |
Inteers. "