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

a Washington correspondent of the Co,
lumbus Journal says:
Should Mr.. Ben. Wade be our candidat,
I or President in 'GS, doubtless the Senate.
rial succession would fall TO Genera
Schenck. And of the four others named
and of hundreds who might be named
| General Delano probably possesses the
greatest number of the admirable popular
qualifications requisite for n successful
candidate and good gubernatorial officer.
Bully for Schenck
The Xenia 7orchliglt, referring to tn,
proposition to eXpunge the word "white'
from the Ohio Constitution, says that it il
strongly opposed from Southern Ohio, ant
adds: 1--WE have the proximity of Ken.
tucky and the drawbacks of Cincinnati t
contend with down this way"
The cheese business, up in "Cheesedom,'
fiourished the past season. Mr.. A. Bart.
lett, of Geauga County, makes this show fol
his establishment:
Pounds ofmilk received, 3.S090O2 pound.
of cheese made from said milk, 396,GG3
Milk from A. Bartlett's factory, from spring
until sold in November, 1,740,925 pounds
of cheese made from said milk, 177,755
pounds.
The dwelling house of Mr.. James Bill
lingsly, of Perry Township, Shelby county
and all that was in it was DESTROYED by fire
few nights ago, except bed and a few
other articles. The fire is supposed to have
originated from a coal left in the broom.
None of the family were at home at the
time it caught. The house is said TO have
been insured to the amount of seven hun
dred dollars in the Home Insurance Com
pany of Columbus.
"A few days since gentleman and his
wife were passing from Big Bass Island to
Put-in-Bay Island, when their pony broke
through the ice, and the two persons were
unable to pull him out. They left the pony
in the water, after securing him by the rope
to the sled, so that he could notIdrown, and
started for Put-in-Bay. When the owner
got back to the pony with assistance, the
poor animal was frSzen to death, and the
hole bridged over firmly. So says the To-
ledo Blade of Wednesday.
Horace Haynes, who, twelve years
since, murdered one Sutliff, in Ashtabula
county, for which he was sentenced to the
Penitentiary for life, is to have new trial 4;
weak spot having just been found in the
Indictment.
\ Washington letter says that Senator
Sherman's daughter is the belle of Wash
ington this winter.
a large fire occurred in Mansfield, Ohio,
yesterday morning. 1t broke out about
three o'clock in the bakery of Josselyn &
Palmer. The Weldon House block was
destroyed, six stores burned out, and a
large number of offices in the upper stories,
including the Odd Fellows Hall and armory
of military company. Loss about $780,
900.
HEAVY TAxATIoN.-Says to-day's Cincin-
natl Enquirer:
From an official report published in the
Enquirer it appears that the amount of In
ternal Revenue taxes collected in the First
Congressional District of Ohio. embracing
one-half of the county of Hamilton, for 1865,
was over eight millions of dollars. This
seems almost Incredible but figures do not
lie, and it is the fact. In addition to that,
the district pays, at least, two millions of
dollars of State taxes, 1t pays another two
millions of dollars to the United States for
its share of the custom duties. Thus,
its total taxes are twelve millions of dol
lars. Is there anything in the annals of
heavy taxation that can exceed this.