The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-02-16
ONO LOCAL ITEMS.

County. for Cincinnati. It was not called
tor, and was sent to the Dead Letter Office
at Washington, then back to Cincinnati
then back to the Dead Letter office. A few
days ago It was received at the GAINESVILLE
office and delivered to the original writer
Mr.. Parry Grove, of Urbaua, and several
relatives about there, are direct descend
ants of the Grove family, of Holland, who
have been good enough to die of and leave
seventy-iive millions In gold, for distrlbu-
tion. The Urbana Groves expect $4,000
The Sandusky fishermen are already on
the move for an early fish campaign. The
Register says: New poles are coming into
the city, and the men are rapidly fashion
ing them into the proper shape for setting
Pounds and nets are being repaired, boats
are being overhauled, and everything indi.
Gates an early resumption of business.
The GAINESVILLE Courier (Republican) says
"Some,astonishmen and good deal of in
dignation is manifested at the management
ut the Lincoln monument fund. For the
present the whole thing may be set down
as failure. When it takes two-flfths OF
the collections to pay the expenses, the peo-
pie will not be likely to invest.
A GIFT ENTERPRISE IN a FIX.-Mr. j. II
Hawley, who has conducted several gir
enterprises, in Cincinnati, has Just been
fined $50, in the Common Pleas Court, as q
mild tax on illegal luxuries. He got of
lightly, rs Judge Cox remarked that 'all
schemes of this kind are in clear violation
of the law. rendering the defendants, on
conviction thereof, liable to be fined in any
sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. OF
be imprisoned not exceeding six months
or both, at the discretion of the Court
Hadn't several other such operators In Ohio
better take note?
Some prisoners, confined in the Lebanon
jail, had all their preparations made for an
escape on last Saturday night. but were
foiled. They had used an old razor in
taking out. two of the thrcc,rows of brick in
the wall, and were about ready to light
out'-had preparcda farewell address and
all that--when they were discovered How
cruel!
Some three hundred citizens of Middle
town have petitioned the Legislature, ask
ing for the right to have a tax levied to the
extent of 100000, with which to purchase
the toll-bridge at that town, and an add-
tion of four hundred feet to it and make a
free bridge.
Esq. Russell Burrows, who had filled the
office of Magistrate in st. Clair township,
Butler county, for thirty years and had
been citizen Of the county for fifty, died
in Hamilton, on Saturday last. aged sew
enty-eight years.
RAILROAD BRIDGE AT PIQUA GONE AGAIN.
We learn that the c. 81 |. c. Railway
bridge across the Great Miami river at
Piqua, was carried away about six o'clock
yesterday morning. This is the third
bridge that has been swept Off by the angry
Miami within Il year.
a Mrs. Shade, the mother of three chill
dren, gashed her throat three times with "a
razor, on Tuesday last, near Columbus, on
board a canal boat, and died Immediately.
The Grand Army of the Republic claim
to have sixty thousand members within
Ohio.
Mrs. Mark Brooke, one of the "Glenr
Combination Troupe" ina fit of despon.
dency, while playing an engagement al
GAINESVILLE, took laudanum, on Wednesday
night, and tried to "shuhle off this morta
coilY Speedy remedies saved her. Sh,
says she'll try it again.
The Muskingum and Licking rivers ar,
rising rapidly. The ice gorge on the Upper
Muskingum is on its downward trip.
George b. Potwin, of Zanesville, ha
bought and shipped about 10000 bushels o
dried apples this season, for which he ha
paid nearly 100000.
Mrs. Crawford, of Columbiana County
on Saturday evening last, was filling
lamp while burning the oil took fire, tn,
can exploded, and in moments time sh,
was enveloped in flames. She died in abou
ten hours after the sad accident occurred.
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THE WEsTETN RIvERs.-The Commercial
of this morning, makes up the following
summary:
The river was rising slowly at Pittsburi
last night with twenty-three feet in tn
channel, and thirty feet reported In TIN
Monongahela at Brownsville. The Ohio i
banks full at Pomeroy, Ohio, and rsin,
five inches an hour last night, and raining
The Muskingum, Kanawla, Scioto, Lick
| ing Kentucky and Wabash rivers and al
other tributaries of the Ohio are pourin,
out strong. The Scioto was falling a
Columbus, Ohio, last night. Here tn
Ohio was rising at the rate of three and
half inches per hour last night, with forty
five feet TO Louisville, and fifteen feet owe
the Falls. The river at Cincinnati will
probably rise six or seven feet more, au
come to stand on Monday. The loN
grounds all along the Ohio from Cincinnati
TO Cairo will be Inundated, while the Hoo
out of the Ohio together with the freshe
out of the Missouri and Upper Mississippi
viii overflow the plantations along tn
Lower Mississippi, doing immense dam
age.
"SoUND OK THE GoosEw-They hav
started a novel enterprise at Cincinnat
IA company TO invest in 5000 geese, whic