The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-07-09
NEWS IN BRIEF.

a boy about eight years of age, in Hunt
ingdon county, Ind, II few days since, took
a large dose Of quinine, having been i'll for
several months, which caused him to vomit
Violently. While vomiting, he expelled
from his stomach live snake eleven inches
IN length and about the size of an ordinary
pipe stem. When first elected from the
stomach, it thrust out its tongue and looked
about " In the usual manner OF reptiles.
| Washington Corrington. a prominent cit
lzen OF RichwOods township, Peoria county.
ILL.,, was severely and fatally injured by be-
ing gored by steer which he was driving
| upon pair of scales to be weighed, The
animal turned upon him and one of his
horns pierced him in the breast inflicting
terrible wound In the region of the heart.
| We now have tariff averaging about
fofty-four per cent. on foreign dry goods.
and yet orr importations average about
$l,OOO,OOO per day. Reduce prices TWENTY
i've per cent,-and that will leave manI-
| facturers ample protection-and we shall
soon put on check oil importatiOns.
MILK SIcKNEss.-This mysterious and
terribly fatal disease is prevailing three
miles north of MELVILLE, Ind. Six deaths
nave already occurred from il, and several
other cases are reported as very bad and
likely TO terminate fatally. There is some
thing about this terrible scourpe which
would be worth the lifetime of some COM
petent man to unravel.
c. v. Culver and brother have been ar
rested ut Meadville. Penn, and i'm default
OF $4,000 bail they were thrown into
prison. They are now under bonds 10 the
amount OF quarter of million dollars.
A negro, who recently killed woman In
Wilkinson county, Ga. was arrested nv the
citizens, taken back to the scene of the
murder and alter the mutiIation of pOr-
tions Of his body, was bound to tree, sur
rounded by fagSots, and burned.
Ex-Governor Thomas Carney, General
Blunt and Marcus j. Parrott are mem
TONED as competitors of Senator Pomeroy
ior the United States Senatorship from
Kansas.
Beverly Tucker is now the editor of the
Mexican Iimes-the paper established by
the late Governor Allen.
Mrs. Lincoln has contributed to the Ma
liohai fair cane belonging TO her late
husband, and silk bed-quilt.
Mrs. Surratt's house at Washington was
sold, Tuesday afternoon, at public auction, |
for $4,7OO-about half price.
A London letter says "The Young Duke
OF Hamilton, who began his sporting career
by buying o string OF colts at fancy prices, |
nus huuc hls sctoiiu ulONt WltI u sensation |
bet on the next Derby--a bet of S9O0OOO to
$4,000. presume it is the largest bet ever
made on a race. With such beginning to
his book, | shall be curious TO see how he
goes on, and how he comes out on settling
day.
A widower with seven children recently
married In Western New York "A widow |
with five. Each had concealed from the
other the fact of the offspring, and the dis
covery made pleasant episode. ffa /
An English counterfeiter of greenbacks
has been arrested at Atlanta. He states
that the bills were made ut Nottingham,
England, and that he, with nine aecom-l
plices, came here for the purpose of ped I
ding them. Three are In New York, two
ip Boston, one In Cincinnati, one In St.
Louis one In Nashville and one unknown.
GENERAL GRANT ARRESTED SECOND
TIME.--on Saturday Lieutenant General
Grant was arrested by officer Crown for
fast driving. The General took the arrest
very good humoredly, said it was an over
sight, and rode over TO the Second precinct II
station house and paid his fine.--Ndt. IN
telli0encer. L