The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-01-31
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The new trlchine disease at Hadersleban
Prussia, which has been caused by eating
diseased pork, is proving most fatal. In the
Yorkmen's barracks out of twenty y-seven
patients, twenty-four died.
John Harris, negro, has been committed
70 Jail in Hamilton, Butler county, to await
q trial in the Court of Common Pleas, on
the charge of incest upon his own daughter
mere child, only nine years of age.
AN AwFuL wARNINe TO NforHERs.-on
the 23d inst, two little children of VIM.
Maxwell, Of Mount Yernor--a daughter
about five years, and son about two Years
of agc-were left in room alone during
the temporary absence of their mother and.
while playing with matches, as is supposed,
set their clothes on fire. Both are dead
| Mrs. KETURAu l.. TAYLOR, the venerable
widow of the, late General James Taylor,
! died on Sunday. wopipg last at the resi-
ldence Of her langhter, Mrs Harris. IN New
port kentlnky age'li ninety-two years.
she came 70 Newport with her first bus
band, David, Leitch, when Cincinnati was
Fort Washington.
LITERARY THIEvEs.--A burgar got Into
the bookstore of q, X. Blanchard, on
Fourth street, Cincinnati on Saturday night
and stole $500 worth of choice books. None
of Ms bibles are missing.
Three negro soldiers were killed and two
wounded in Augusta a few days ago. They
attempted to outrage Mrs. Freeman, when
her son and young friend fought them
with the above result.
HEAVY DAMAGEs.-C. II. Beckley, who
some weeks since, recovered $4,000 DANA
ges against the city of Chicago, for injuries
n do
sidewalk, but which was appealed by the
city to the United States Circuit Court, has
been awarded $0,500 on the second trial.
SErTLED.-On Monday last the House
passed Niblack's resolution, commenting
President johnson for refusing TO accept,
as present. a carriage and horses from
friends In New York. -s
In Alabama, this week, law goes into
effect prohibiting any person of color from
owning or carrying firearms, under a pen
atty of three months Imprisonment and
800 fine. Think of 1t! The nigger Is to
be deprived of the luxury hereafter to
shoot poor white trash" when he plcasesl
The radicals have introduced over sew
cnty amendments to the Constitution bg-
fore the present Congress. 1t must have
been very sickly Constitution, as pre-
pared by those old humbugs, Washington,
Jefferson, and other ancients of the revolu-
tionary war.
AT the fifth annual meeting of the Massa-
chusetts Anti-Slavery Society, held at Bos-
ten, on Thursday, an effort was made by
Garrison and others to dissolve the Society,
on the ground that its existence is no longer
necessary. Wendell Phillips, and others,
opposed the proposition to dissolve, and on
vote the resolution was defeated,
MosAIc.-At Washington the darkies, of
all hues and colors, from jet black to dusky
brown, gentlemen of color and ladies OF
color, have fringed the galaries of the
House, from five hundred TO one thousand
in number, to hear the radical orators ex-
alt their race, and to show the equality, IL
not the superiority of wool TO hair.
How BosToN "UsED TO WAs,"-The fol-
lowing advertisement was published in the
Boston EveRfng Post in 1875 "To be sold
by the printer of this paper, the very best
negro woman in the town. She has had
the small poX and measles is as hearty as a
horse, as brisk as a bird, and will work like
Il beaver"
There are four hundred vacancies in the
regular army, and six thousand applica-
tions to fill them. Twenty-Five thousand
applications for clcrkships are on file in
the Treasury office.