The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-02-25

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have been swept away by the flood.
POLICE IrKMs.-Saturday some of the
lads gave evidence Of the bad effects of
'tanglc foot" by their disorderly conduct.
This ia strictly forbidden by the provisions
ofour city laws, and the consequences that
A. D%erringer, who seems TO have discharg-
ed his unruly tongue Mt a 'half-cock' was
called to answer therefor before Mayor
Kenney, who requested him to deposit
sS % cents, for the bit OF a spree he had In
dulged, which he paid and took his leave,
to reload, perhaps.
Adam Dixon was also arraigned before
his Honor for disorderly conduct, etc. and
requested to ''come down" with n similar
AMOUNT which he did, and took his depart
ure.
Two others were arraigned for similar
offenses and lined IS 20 each, which they
paid, and In a graceful manner retired be-
hind the scenes.
Dennis Shane having laid violent hands
on u boy, against the peace and dignity of
the law and good order of this community
soon found himself In the presence Of the
the Mayor, who fined him $40 20 for the
luxury INDUCED in.
Policemen Hatfield and Engle are en-
titled to the credit OF the arrest of three of
the parties mentioned.
LOCAL ITEMs.-To-day we have but little
In the way OF that which is truly local TO
make mention. Our city is Of that quiet
nHNarIy s,rt thut fat1a fn fnrntgh ganaafinu
Items OF character with those that fill the
columns of our contemporaries in other
cities. No deeds of blOod-no attempts al
daring burglaries-no incendiarism wake'
us from our peaceful slumbers-no cases o
rowdyism or highway robbery, to make III
afraid to be out after dark-no haunted
houses, or spectres dressed in white, visiting
us at unpleasant hours, causing our very
hair to stand on end, have disgracet
our city within the last fortnight, a
least none that has come to our ears
and therefore we are without the materia
out OF which to fashion II column of item
or u long sensation story. And 1t Is bette
that 1t is so. Our people have already haC
too much of such stuff. These sensation
stories of love, murder, lock-breaking, &c.
are demoralizing In their influence upol
the young and susceptible mind, and hav'
a tendency to produce in reality the dupli
cate of the sensation item, written by thu
locals of some OF our morning aud evening
cdtemporaries.
But we started out to say that we had bu
little OF a true local character to place be
fore you to-day, and to ask your Indulgence
for any of our short comings in tina
line when we have nothing of very pecu
liar interest to write about. II is true W
might 20 on in this wen and fill a column
and still continuing to write, speak of Day
ton-her railroad facilitles--her water priv
ileges-her manufactories-her mills-he
merchants-her lawyers and her doctors
and above all the skill of her artizans an
mechanics, Of her people generally, and tn
growth aud beauty of the city-its localit
for health, etc, but we forbear for the pres
emit, hoping to be able at some future da
10 speak more knowingly and in detail {
all thai pertains 10 our city and the Inter
Ssts of her people. selah.
gB-A poor devil Of a negro named Hol
ace Greeley, was hung n few days ago III
real eulprlt Greeley lives In New York, an
Is still unhung. This may be set down
u remarkable case OF mistaken identity.
Iw-They havehad Topsy on the witnei
box at Detroit. A young colored girl beln
told TO stake the stand' surveyed the wi
ness box for a few moments, and anu
mounting the highest portion Of 1t that 81
could find, directed the court to Ego ahea
wild de sale" evidently suppOslDg that 81
WAS 10 be sold.