The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-10-31
NEWS BREvrrIEs.

Blanca Robbins. one of the unfortunates
who went down ON the Eregiag lstor left
properly worth SlO0.000, which. by her
Will-inst jfohate0 in New Oricans-is left
TO children, now at school in Bardstown,
Konncky.
Flora Temple, now over twenty years
old has been thc winner of over 100000,
and the little Quccu is til as bright as 3
new button and 40 90 trot tor mans liie
to-day.
The improvements iu Chicago thc pres
cnt year. amount TO nearly ST000,OOO.
5000 new buildings have been erected iU
the city during the year. OF these. eight
are churches Eve schools, and three public
buildings and balls.
DEsrlrUrIoN tN ALxpANA.-Therc are
200O0 widows and GuO0O orphans In Ala
bama. three -fourths Of them utterly dcsti-
tute.
A SHARK.-A shark Of the man-cating
kind, Weighing one thousand pounds, was
caught in Boston harbor on Monday of last
week.
Anna Dickinson IS Said to have rejected
an offer from a distinguished politician.
Perhaps he Is the Rejected stone she is
go fond Of talking absut
4 LIVELY FiGnr.-Iu late fight in
Michigan two legs, three arms and one
skull were broken. The people there must
have the "break-bonc teycr.'
The taxable property ct Annapolis, Md,
has been assessed $3.0o0000 Tltv assess
ment heretofore WAS SSO100O.
Professor Worthcn, state gcologist Of
Illinois iu his report inst published OF the
geolooicel survey of that State, iudorses
the assertion Of Lycli. that this continent
has been Inhabited by men for nt least
100000 years.
Miss Mary c rout Revolutionary
peusioner. 100 y, old, Is living in Ilar-
rison County, Ad. Rather an ancient
Trout.
A clergyman m Uuta, NY. has been
preaching against ",Ac awful crime Of base
bali playing" and cun "see nothing but
ruin to the Young men who engage in it,
We presume he win soon preach against
base singing.
4 correspondent of the Louisville Jobr-
nal heard Anna Dickinson speak IN Boston.
and writes; Il left, wondering how a
human female could be SO beautiful aud be-
witching, and tell such whoppcrs.'
The coal merchants Of Wheeling haye
agreed upon the following prices for coal
delivered 10 any part of that city: Clean
Coal TO factories, . cents MT Coal TO fac
tories, O. &C.: Clean Coal TO private con-
sumers, Toe; Nlt Coal to private con-
sumers, 7c.
4 suit for S39,000. between Martin, OF
Jacksonville. and Colonel John W Blake,
Of indianapolis, for alleged negligence in
the fulHllmnut.Of hog contract resulted
in verdict of S20lG0 - for the plaintiff.
Barney Williams offered to pay Mr.. Jas.
,f "a lp-
fcnse of the Fenians in Canada. The cX
clusion of unnaturalizel lawyers from
Canadian courts was in the way OF the ar
rangements.
The examination Of witnesses in BalH
more, touching the Official behavior of the
Police Commissioners Of chat city, has
elcitcd the fact that their appointments
have been men Of the most deprayod olimr-
acter.
An expedition, numbering 5O0to 600 per-
sons, is to leave Santa Fc, on the lst of
January for the placers on the ella River,
in Arizona. Many adveuturers from st.
Louis aud Leavenworth have already
reached Santa Fe to Join it.
\ new miltary post to be known as
Fort Bavard, has been established near
Pinos Altos and the Santa Rica copper
mines, Ia New Mexico. The object is to
protect lhe people OF IhiJ sccllon aSaluSJ
The hOstilities of the Apache and other
Indians. and to aid in the development Of
that portion OF New Mexico.
Miss Julia Mortimer, singing bird well
known in New York, Washington and
New Orleans, was lost ON the Evening
Star. She was a woman Of some talent,
great beauty and loose morals. During her
career in New Orleans General Banks Was
her caUaiigr
Captain james /. Fisk. who has taken q
large train through 10 Montana, over the
Northern route, writes from Helena that Mt
a recent battle near the yellow stone, sew
| enty whites were killed, and the whole
route known as Bowsman's Cut-oll, is
| strewn with fresh graves.