The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-30
GLEANINGs FROM THEMAns.


Lebanon, Indiana, was visited. night he.
iore last. by n fire. which destroyed six OF
the principal business houses of the town
/ 00O W.
Inc New York police think that they have
caught the principal in the recent immense
robbery of sl.50O000 in bonds at RUFUS
Lords banking-house, in that city. The
suspected individual was captured at New
ouryport Massachusetts.
The Washington gossips hint at another
case of scandal In the Treasury DEPART
ment' In which an official from Massachu-
setts and young lady are implicated. The
experiment with lady clorks in Washington
docs not work satisfactorily The greatest
scandal, however, is, suffering such n crca-
turs as Clark, the Controller TO hold posi-
tion in It.
AT the meeting of the Nursery and Chill
urens Hospital, IN New York, Ii Is stated
that there were in the institution
seven mothers, each under fifteen years of
age.
Lemon juice tgargled) is pronounced one
OF the best remedies for diptheria by
French sdrdn. Mixed with a little
taste.
The Mississippi has cut channel through
Terrapin Neck,in the vicinity of Vicksbnrg.
thus shortening the river about fifteen
miles. This Is damaging to the planta-
tlons below, but agreeable TO steamboat
men,
A freight train on the Erie Railroad ran
OIL the track on Wednesday, near Bing-
hamton, N. Y. The cars were loaded with
petroleum. and one of the barrels bursted
by the conclusion. The fluid spread over
the ground. and little boy touched match
to it only for fun" Result: four ears of
petroleum and two barns burnt.
The gas-meter of Pixies Opera-House was
found, yesterday. under the ruins. and dis
covered TO have been turned of. In the usual
manner ms stated by Mr.. Toohey, the pri-
vate Waterman of the Opera-House. The
origin of the fire, therefore vet remains a
mystery.
DIR. Livingston recently stated In n lee
ture that no less than forty missionaries
succumbed to the deadly effects of the
climate of Africa before asingle conversion
took place.
On Friday evening last, as about 400 pco-
pie In Mukwanago, Wis, were witnessing
a school exhibition in the second story Of
the village school, house, the floor gave way,
and about half the audience were preci1-
itated to the first floor, which also gave
away, and let them down into the cellar.
Strange to say. no lives were lost, though
many were badly bruised,
George Washington Sage was on Thurs !
day found guilty of murder in the first de- |
gree, at Vernon, Indiana, and sentenced to |
be hung on Friday, the 25th day of NAV. |
1866.
The Supreme Court of Ohio has decided |
the highly important case of the city of |
Cleveland cS. the State Bank of Ohio, for |
the recovery of S200,000 of Lake shore |
Railroad stock lent by the city TO the Akron |
branch of the Cleveland and Pittsburg
road. The decision was in favor of the |
city.
The New Orleans Picayune says that pc
troleum OF great purity, and in large guam
titles, has been found In Angelina Trinity
and Nacogdoches counties, Eastern Texas.
Most of the petroleum springs are in the
western section of Nacogdoches County,
on the Angelina river,
A bill for $3.50 in gold, of an Hawaiian
vessel. for bringing sixty-eight Ameri-
'an subjects to Honolulu, Sandwich Is
ands, being the officers and crews of
Whaling vessels burned by the pirate
shenandoah, and landed at the Island of
Ascension, has been Presented to Secretary
,eward, certified to by the Z. $. Consul at
honolulu.