The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-07
GLEANiNGs FROM TIIEMAlLs

having been charged six hundred dollars
Tor gas during the month of February
when tho whole bdilding, except Che civ
! post-oiiicc Is closed at four o'clock. the
Postmaster General has ordered The yas cut
OH ahu petroleum Used In its stead.
| On the llth inst, Edward l.. Dawson. a
supervise and Collector of the town of
Jaeksonviile. Morgan county, H., fed with
$4,000 of the public moncys which he had
collected. lie was arrested i'm New York
last week, just as he was about to sail for
Iauama. On his person was found Sa73J
~ including his passage ticket.
Tho Lincoln (Dclawarc) Heyald conqrat-
ulates the people of that State that owing
/ TO the killing of the peach buds in New
Jersey the Delaware peaches will command
| Il good price this year. IL says that although
many of the peach buds in Delaware were
| injured by the last cold weather, vet there
are enough unhurt to insure a large crop.
Alexander Campbell, generally known as
the founder of the Disciple denomination
OF Christians, and eminent as a thcolnrian.
aud especially as dehator, died ut his resi-
dence at Bethany, near Wheeling. Virgini.
Sunday night, IN the scventy-cightli wear
OF his age. His death has been twice pre-
maturely announced
Strong efforts are being made for the re-
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and arsenal at lIarper's Ferry. 1t is
thought thst two millions of dollars viii
replace the Government property there as
! 1t existed before the war Orders have
been Issued to remove the remaining prop
cry FROM there to Springfield. Mass
Mr.. Peter Griffith. of IIillshoro, Ohio
was awakened on the sidewalk of Sixth
street, between Main and Sycamore. Gin
tlnnatl, on sunday morning, by a couple Of
pohcenen, Upon coming to his senses Mr..
| Griffith discovered that, In the course of
ms nights experience. he had fallen among
thleves, when or where he could not tell.
who had robbed him Of over 5000 in Treas
ury notes.
The American steamer Uncle Sam has
Deen seized at Panama on suspicion of be-
ing engaged in landing supplies for the span
ish squadron. Fifty Peruvian soldiers have
been placed as guard over her. pending
the investigation of the matter.
Gen. Meade publishes IA card in the Phil
adelphia Evening Telegraph denying the
truth of the report that he has been asked
by the President to allow the use of his
name In the Pennsylvania Democratic Con-
ventiOn.
| Rev Jacob Taylor, one of the oldest citi-
zens of Piketon, Ohio. died at that place on
| Thursday mOluing. lie was born in what
1877, five years before Ohio was admitted
| Into the Union. lie served ia the war of
1872, and was with Colonel Croghan at Fort
Sanders, Kentucky, when bcSieged hy Indi-
ans. In 1916 lie represented Pike and
Adams counties in the Legislature. and in
1898 and in 1885 WAS elected sheriff of Pike
county.
| Two of the five thieves who robbed the
| United States Express in st. Louis a few
al-- h...v
$4,000 recovered; $4,000 being, il Is he
lieVcd, in the hands OF the other robbers.
Miss Lucy shiplcy, of Jersey CITY, was
fatally burned on "Wednesday night. Her
| dress took fire from the stove, and IN her 4
agitation She overturned kerosene lamp, /
envelopng herself in flames, Her body
was burned nearly to crisp.
The st. Joseph Union of the Ist lust. SAWS
that large portion of the winter wheat
crop IN that vicinity has been severely in /
IJured. Some Of the farmers even intend Z
plowing up their ficlds, and sowing spring
wheat
Thurlow Weed has sold his residence in
Beaver street Albany, for $4,000, and pur-
chased the mansion of Mr.. Batchfod, ON
Twelfth street, New York S5O0OO, whore
Argts.
The strike of the glass operators in
lPittsburg Is over. The effort of the man
piAetgrers to reduce wages failed. and. on
agreeing to give former rates the men went
TO work. l.ut
Cleveland papers say that the peach buds
have been killed along the lake shore and
that the crop will be an entire failure this +
year Cherries have also been greatly dam
aged.
The President has ordered tbr ,roId ho
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