The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-06-21
OHIO LOCAL ITEMS.

One day last week, the splendid Fourth |
street restaurant, 50. Laurence, Cincinnati, |
displayed In its window a green turtle, ak
feet long, four feet wide, weighing 2il lbs,
tastefully surrounded by tomatoes, green |
corn, string beans, squash, egg plant and
other vegetables whole forming rath-
er an attractive spread for such hungry
ones as are blessed with appctites that bear
the stamps.
The Springfield, Ohio, Republic has re-
ceived a copy Of the AtricGn Republic, late
" started in Monrovia, capital of LibeTia,
which mentions the safe arrival there Of
Rev. Mr.. Says, formerly of Springfield, L.
5. Minister and resident Consul to the IL
berian republic.
"Old Potts" who, early In the spring,
stole several cattle In Warren County and
drove them here to Dayton and effected a
sale of them, and who has been in the Leb
anon Jail since then was tried and acquitted,
on Saturday last, the plea being that he is
a half idiot.
One of the pick pockets, who followed
Van Amburgh's Menagerie to Lebanon, a.
few weeks sinee-calling himself VIM. Sim
mons--and who robbed farmer Of a
pocket-boOk, which bad in 1t 20 cents, in
rag currency, 500 Unacceptable note of
hand, was sent to the Penitentiary for three
years. Pretty steep. In several cities, of
late, they only send poor fellow for one
year, il he perpetrates murder.
A VALUABLE ENTERPRISE. - Over at
Franklin, Warren County, company of
enterprising men are now vigorously push
ing on the work of hydraulic works,
which, when completed, will be of vast
utility to an extensive and wealthy section
of the State. According TO the estimate
made by Mr.. j. W. Irwin, of Hamilton,
formerly State Engineer, the hydraulic
will afford sufficient water power for one
hundred.run of stone, Dayton guage. The
company have secured seventy acres of fine
land adjoining, which will be laid off in
town lots and mill sites.
The reservoir will be $500 feetiong and
25O feet wide. The embankments are two
feet higher than the high water mark Of
last September, which was the highest ever
known in that region.
Sam1 Hulng, alias "Nigger Head Sam, :"
of Cincinnati, who was recently convicted
of the murder of Adam Rose, at George
town, Brown County, has been sentenced
to be hung on Wednesday, July II. Jones
and Benton are now being tried as his ac-
complices, with fair prospect of keeping
him company F1l GuLL..
BOILER EXPLOSION DEATH AND De-
sTRucTIoN. On Tuesday evening last,
near the village of Patterson Hardin Co.,
a saw-mill boiler exploded. throwing the
fireman, Mr.. Hine, some sixty feet, and In
stantly killing him. Fortunately, all other
parties were at supper.
The Democrat says Hines brother was
on the roof of the mill at the time of the
explosion, and was carried up with it. His
/ only injury, however, was few slight
, bruises. The boiler started on journey
, and landed some five hundred feet from the
| mill. In the course of its peregrlnationi
, lit passed over team of horses, cut off 8
tree some seventy feet from the ground
and finally alighted somewhat the worse
for its travels. The mill is an entire wreck
/ Damage about three thousand dollars, ant
no Insurance.
THE TICKET.-The Statesman says the
Radical State ticket presents want of har'
mony rarely to be met with. The candi'
dates for Governor and Lieutenant Cover
nor do not hitch teams at all, while thu
candidates for Auditor, Treasurer and At
torney General are openly at war with tn
candidate for Comptroller, and did thei
7 prettiest to defeat his nomination.
Itwas made to be beaten. 1t is so writ
7 ten in the Book of Fate and the people {
:. Ohio, at the polls in October, will find it S
recorded.
If "OH, THE SPOTTED Frog 1.-THE State
n, man tells good one-"A party of delegate
70 under lead of the banker from MuskiT
" gum, went to Charley Wagner's and o.
,e dered broiled squirrels. Now everybod
ID knows squirrels are not to be had in an
NJ great abundance at this season of the yea
i, But Charley was equal to the emergenc
20 so he -broiled them fine mess of tho
v huge frogs he lately received from Il
q Maumee, and his patrons enjoyed the
10 vastly, proclaiming that never were squi
! rels so delicious, though they had not tt
no minutes before declared they wouldn't e
10 frogs. No, not If they were paid for 1t. y
y eE- We have on hand fresh supply
( good jobbing inks and are prepared TO
4 work In neat and workmanlike mann'