The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-02-09
ONO LOCAL ITEMS.

ISFoRMArfoN wANrEp.-Samuel Griffith,
Macomb, Hancock county, Ohio, Is desirous
OF gaining some information regarding his
son, David Griffith, who was private In
Captain Cussac's company &C. OF the 2lst
Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. lie Is
said to have been prisoner IN rebel hands,
aud died of disease on returning TO his reg
lment at Way Hospital, Wilmington. North
Carolina, April 10Th, 1865.
A church society In Zanesville, a short
| time since, held u "mush-a -and-milk icstival,i
which was most prohtably patronizcd. On
Tuesday evening last they varied the feast
held enc on apple dimptingsi
RAT SroRY.-At Alpha In this county.
one night during the late cold weather a
rat was rather funnily "lcft out In the cold
A bar of iron had been laid across the
slack tub In blacksmith shop. Mr. Rat
smelt warmth In the tub, and went for Il
radically. Climbing to the top Of the tub
land crawling out on the bar, he proceeded
To let himself down to where the warmth
was supposed TO be. II appeared that, as
he had swung off, he had inadvertently
touched his nose TO the bar when the cold
! iron seized his lip and held TO the death
So he was found In the morning. suspend
ed by the lip, and frozen stilf Miserable
rat = Yeiid IorchighL
lAN UNFORTUNATE MAN.--The case Of Mr.
walker the photographer, whose entlr,
stock was destroyed by fire yesterday
morning, Is one that appeals loudly To Oul
citizens. lie retired to rest Wednesday
night worth $4,000. He awokc yesterday
morning with just 50 75 in his pocket, al
his property destroyed, the implements o
u livelihood burnt up.-Ohto Statesman.
On the night of the ID, the Postonlcc anC
the drug and book store of MIR. Guthrie n
Conncaut. Ohio, was broken into. Only
Europe bound letter was abstracted iron
the Postolllce.
George B. Scntcr, of Cleveland, has beer
elected President Of the National Tele
graph Company, new organization, will
capital stock Of SlO,OO0000.
Hoor THEM DowN.-Says the Radca
Sandusky Register.
We are ashamed of the Republican part,
in the Ohio Legislature. They decline +
permit the people to decide whether the.
want impartial suffrage ornOt, for fear tina
Nallandigham will go to the Senate II
place of Wade Eheul Is IL to this that tn
Republican party of Ohio has come thu
early?
Up at Newark they have celebrity
I boy named Wharton, who has, rs yet
eclipscd everything with whom he has com
in contact in foot,racc, His most rccen
race came on ON Saturday last, ut Hebron
beating the ileotest man that could be pro
duced for purse Of $4,000.
NEVADA LIFE.-A correspondent write
from Belmont, Nevada to the Springfield
Repubtic of a rcnconnter there, In whic
b there were two brothers by the name 4
Thomas and George Andrews formerly {
, Springfield, o., aud two Dutch brothers en-
/ gagged. The re ut was the death ofThoma
and wounding OF George and one of th
, Dutch brothers. The fight was about
small piece of land.
= TmE MORGAN RAID BILL.-The House
considering this bill 1t appropriates St2S,
r 1858 for the payment Of damages an
injuries caused by the rebel forces in tab
u ing and destroying property; sl1l,S55 fC
property takeuOnd damaged by the Unite
States forces, and $G,2O2 for damages cause
r by the Ohio militia. The passage of Il
y bill is considered doubtful. Members fro
Northern Ohio generally oppose It,