The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-05-31
NEWS IN BRIEF.


DEFloRAntE.-A Miss Simmons, OF Olive,
Noble county, Ohio on Saturday last, while
riding an unmanageable horse, which ran
on with her, had Der skull terribly mashed,
bridge.
U. y. Treasurer Spinner In communi-
cation TO the Herald, says that according 10
the act OF Congress. the Government is
liable for the nil value Of all notes OF
National banks, aud that no case has arisen
IN which note holders have suffered any
loss. M
One Chas. $. Dunlap got himself into
Jail the other day, at GAINESVILLE, for going
through the country and poisoning the
mouths of horses, then suddenly appearing
as a "horse doctor" and Offering To cure
them for 80 much" lie ought 20 he made
take a bh In his own mouth.
The Directors Of the Morgan County
Bridge Company have obtained permission
10 erect a bridge over the Muskingum on
favorable terms The work will commence
at once.
The laying Of the cornerstone Of the
Douglas monument will take place Mt Chi
cngo on the .4tif Of duly. The orator for
the occasion has not yet been chosen.
A Radical Internal Revenue Collector. at
COltu. iit.s has Dten TtHlONeu Dy Lne Gftsl-
dent. This will allow the Radical more
time TO devote to radicallsm.
Willie, infant sou of Palmer Lowe, of
peercreek township Pickaway county, was
drowned in a well ON the premises several
days ago.
Two catfish, one weighing slxty-four,
the other lO4 pounds, were caught In the
Muskingum river, below McConnelsVille
ar A fIa. 81 a. haf afs.sI
Iby high dams and locks II Is clear that
these little ''monsters Of the deep must
have been spawned and grown In It's
DodSias Grant, a son Of General Grant.
has been appointed cadet ut West Poiut by
the President. ~ 4I WV
Joseph G.. Morton, of New Haven, who
was appointed Consul to Barbados few
weeks ago, In place of T.. Knight Sperry.
resigned Is reported to have died while on
the passage out.
The entire population of New York city
and its suburbs Is l,4hS, 1888. OF these 350,-
$50 are natives, and C07, ,403 are foreigners.
OF the latter the Irish preponderate, then
Germans, English, Scotch. French, and
Swiss.
Santa Anna appears to have taken up his
rcsdence In New York: He has taken the
house opposite the one occupied by the
Travellers Club on Fourteenth street, for a
year.
John Wceney, 10 years of age. and who
served br1tvely In the army, being at the
battle of Cedar Creek, where he was nearly
killed by being shot through the head with
a bullet, which put out one of his eyes, has
new been drowned, He was upset IN u boat
In New Haven harbor, of Fort Hale.
Maj. b. +. Fineld, of Hlnsdale, Mich, ex-
tensively known In railroad, express aud
military circles, recently appointed Super
intendent OF the White sulphur Springs,
left the Burnet House Saturday morning
TO resume his duties. Shortly after his ar
rival he was taken suddenly III. and died at
| 4 =. M. His disease Is supposed to have
been rheumatism OF the heart.
At Cincinnati a lad named william Brad
| ley lost his left eye yesterday at his home,
on East Front street, by piercing 1t with u
fork, with which he was trying to unite u
shoe string. KIDD
Practical WORKINGS OF THE CIVIL
RIGHTS LAw.s-The first practical operation
Of the civil rights law that has come to
| light IN this region of country, we learn,
occurred IN a neighboring county a week
or more ago. A negro girl swore her child
to white man.-Dentoa (Md) Union.