The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-03-15
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A boiler at the Novelty works, West
Canada, exploded yesterday killing two
men instantly. One body was blown
into three pieces, and the trunk was found
one hundred yards from the scene of the
explosion. Several others were severely
injured, and one has since died
A ood-station ON the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad was visited night
or two since by Chicago thieves, and the
house Of a MIR. SMELL. was entered ut mid
night and robbed of about $4,000.
The remaining portion Of Helena, Arkan-
sas, is ten feet under water. When the
levee broke at that place, twcnty-seven
lives were lost, mostly freedmen.
JOHN DOwNEY, a lad fleeing from police
man. jumped from fourth-story window,
in Philadelphia. on Wednesday, and was
killed. He had been robbing market
stall.
A Chicago dispatch says: "The Fenian
Convention continues in session, amid
much enthusiasm. The State Treasurer
reported that 100000 had been raised re-
Gently by the Illinois Fenians."
Ga Tuesday night, about ten miles from
Chicago, house Of Mr.. DRILL, railroad
wood agent, was forcibly entered by four
men and robbed of some $4,000.
The Michigan Democrats held their State
Convention on Wednesday, and nominated
SANFORD NJ. GREEN for Chief Justice and
WILLIAM j. FERRY, ir., and EBENEzER
WELLEs for Regents of the University.
The cold weather in the Northwest is
the most intense of the season. The Upper
Mississippi is frozen solid, something that
has not occurred for thirty years.
COLONEL TAYLOR, eX-Congressman from
Tennessee, has been nominated Com
missioner Of Indian Affairs, in place of
BoGY, rejected.
match was made yesterday in New
York between SAM COLLYER and BARNEY
AARON, to fight in June next for the cham
pionship and $1,000.
There is great rivalry for the Marshall
ship in Louisiana, increased, no doubt, by
the fact that the emolumcnts of the office
are increased to S250,OO0 per annum, by the
passage of the Bankrupt Act, with fees at
tendant.
In Chicago, on Wednesday, JAMES FLANI-
GAN fell from Sands Brewery, distance of
sixty feet, but struck upon load of barley
standing at the door, and escaped unhurt
He Immediately resumed work.
Two young ladies, Misses KAUFMAN and
CROFT, were overtaken by a train, at a
cattle-guard, near Temple station. on the
East Pennsylvania Railroad, last Saturday
morning, and were struck by the locomo-
tive before they could cross the guard
Miss KAUFMAN was killed, and the other
fatally injured.
The remains of the United States frigate
Brandywine were sold at aution at Norfolk,
Va, on Saturday morning. \ crowd of
some two hundred persons We're present,
among whom were spectators from Boston
New York and Baltimore. The bidding
was very spirited, and commenced with
a Government offer of $1,000 and rose rap
idly to Sl3,GOO. at which sum she was
knocked down to a firm of wreckers, who
will knock her to peices for the old iron
and copper she contains.
ALBERT ID. RICHARDSON, who with
JuNIUs Browne and others, escaped from
"durance-vile' in the South, was shot on
Wednesday night, while in company with
an actress connected with the Winter Gar
den Theater, New York, by the husband
Of the latter, a man named d. MCFARLAND.
who suspected an Illicit intimacy between