The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-01-05
GLEAN1NGsFROM THE MAILS.

1850, before the war.
The citizens Of Rushville, Illinois, have
subscribed ninety odd thousand dollars for
the suppression of the liquor traffic in that
townl And each subscriber Is liable TO
such assessment as may be made ON him by
the officers Of the association, for the pur-
pose named.
i The Viceroy Of Egypt has given to the
i American mission at Cairo block ofhouses
worth 200, ,00Of. He has also given the mis-
sionaTies free passes for the railways, and
has decided that religious journals and
books shall not be subject TO any tax.
A New Orleans paper notices the arrival
the wife Of Robert Toombs, of Ca.
Samuel W. Nix, of Amite county, Miss,
was killed in the parlor of his father-in-
laws house recently, by Henry Fish Mr.
Nix had filled various public positions of
honor or trust. .su4. -......f
An old miser died lately at Perth, Scot
land. In his room were found nearly
thousand gold sovereigns and a few scraps
of bread. His only luxury was in the col
lection of works on ''Predestination."
The Chicago people are mystifled Two
| fingers of a mans hand came through a
hydrant on Lake street on Tuesday, and
nobody knows the original owner.
A Richmond paper, in view of the SOL
emn fact that the widows are swapping UP
all the returned young warriors, wants an
act of the Legislature passed fOrbidding
widows from marrying second time, until
all the young maidens have secured hus-
bands. Such q law was actually passed by
the Virginia house of burgesses in "good
old colony times"
The project of building bridge to con-
mn Il |
entertained. The bridge is proposed to be
100 feet above high water. two stories in |
hight, supported by but one high pier in |
the middle. 1t will probably be built from |
Chatham square to Fulton and Clinton !
streets In Brooklyn. !
A girl ina paper mill in Bangor found |
ring, composed of thirty diamonds, among |
some rags she was picking. |
A Wcybridge, VT, farmer, who refused
$4,000 for merino buck, had the chagrin |
of seeing the buck die few days after |
ward. t.
Ladies' wigs were found in abundance in
the dead letter Office in Washington.
A young man In Philadelphia won $40 on
a bet, by lifting man by his teeth, then
went out doors and died in few moments
A member of Grau's opera troupe, name
not given, was drowned on Sunday, while
embarking at Louisville for Cincinnati.
In the case of f. A. Smith, the contrac-
tor, who was convicted by cOurt-martial
in Cincinnati, in 1868, and sentenced to pay
fine of $40, 900, and to be imprisoned until
the fine was paid, it has been ordered that
upon the payment of $4,000, the portion of
the sentence then remaining unexecuted
be remitted, and he be discharged from ar
rest. r-ltta |
Bishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, oficiated
at the ceremony of blessing the bells of the
Catholic Church at Lancaster, on Thursday
last. The bells cost $1,000. /
In the Warren county Common Pleas re-
Gently, Lydia Peacock obtained a verdict
of $1,000 against Henry Smell for breach of
contract. The injured plaintiff is
sweet Jorty-three, and the gay deceiver
seventy-seUen years of age. Hfl'ii Ii
The Commissioners of Sandusky county
have presented Mrs. DIR. Stillwell twenty
dollars, for giving timely alarm, whereby ,
the burglars were prevented from robbing I
the County Treasury.
A special from Cairo, to the Commercials
January 4, says:
Two freight trains, coupled together, ran
off the track of the Illinois Central Rail-
road six miles from Cairo this morning.
Thirteen cars were thrown down an em-
bankment on top of each other, making
complete wreck. The accident was caused :
by wheel breaking under the forward car,
and the locomotive belonging to the hind
most train continued pushing the cars off
the track.
The committee, appointed TO secure q q
proper person to pronounce eulogy on the
life and character of the late President
Lincoln, have thus far been unable TO Sc
cure any one. Both Stanton and Holt have
ieclined, though neither Of them have as
Iigned any reason therefor, further than
hat they have not time to attend to It. II