The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-08-12
Miscellaneous Items.

-Four men and two boys were preclp-
itated down a cool-pit at the Thomaston
(Pa.) Colliery, and fell two hundred and
forty feet. They were all shockingly
mutlatedgand instantly killed
Washington Irving is diligently en-
Iployed upon the ffth and last volume
Of his Life Of Washington. 1t is said
to be nearly ready for the press.
Abner Smith, lately postmaster of
Northfeld, Boone county, Ind, has
been convicted of robbing the mail, and
sentenced to ten years confinement in
the State Prison.
A family named Mackarel have re-
Gently been awarded, by tho High Court
Of Chanoery of Great Britain, an es-
tate valued at 81 100000, left by one
Salmon, who died without an heir. The
Lord Chancellor decided that as there
we're no more Salmons, the largest fam
lily Of Mackarels should inherit the
fortune.
The production Of gold in Australia
for the past year is set down by the best
English authorities at one hundred mil
lions of dollars The production in
other countries is estimated as follows ::
California, S65, 100000; Russia and ST.
IBERIA, $4,000, 600; other parts of the
world, $l5,OOO,OOO; total, SlOO,OOO,OOO
There are but three Revolutionary
soldiers now living in Ohio. Their
names and residences arc as follows:
Jonas Frazee, Harrison; William
Jones, Batavia; John Strait, Gallipolis
NJ. Genin has addressed the Academic
des Sciences on "the Sex of Eggs. -
He says he is able, after three years
study, to state with assurance that all
eggs containing the germs Of males
have wrinkles on the smaller ends, while
female eggs are equally smooth at both
extremities.
An umbrella has been manufactured
in Connecticut, called the blending UNI
brella. 1t is made of brown paper and
willow twigs,-intended exclusively to
accommodate a friend.
BEAUX WANTED.-Barnesville, in
this State, as we learn from the Intelli-
genoer, has one hundred manageable
young ladies, and only sixteen marriage
able young men to take charge of them.
This is at the rate Of six and a half
young ladies to each beau-not an equal
division by any means.
The poppy is cultivated in southern
Germany to a large extent, as a substi-
tute for sweet oil. 1t has supplanted
the use Of the imported olive oil wholly
in that country.
VIM. II. Raroy, brother Of "The
Horse-Tamer, " is giving exhibitions Of
his skill in subduing and managing
horses in Cincinnati.
SEWING MACHINEs-We find, in the
Scientific American of July 10th, that
patent claims were issued from the Pat
ent Office for scUeR sewing machines in
one week, ending June 29th.
Joseph Beard, the City Marshal of
Lexington, Ky, was killed on the 10th
inst. BY a rufian named VIM. Barker,
under very aggravating circumstances.
The populace were so enraged that they
took Barker forcibly from the jail
where he was confined, and hung him
from the second story window Of the
Court House.
A bigger ship than the Leviathan has
been projected in England-some 5000
tons larger, and to draw less water
length 900 feet, beam 20 feet, 10000
tons, and fat-bottomed. The models
it is said, are attracting the attention Of
scientific mon.
SUICIDE OF A PHYsICIAN.--Dr. o. ID
Wilcox committed suicide al Elmira, N
Y, on Friday. He had amputated .
leg for a man by the name Of Ham
mond, in the town Of Ohemung who
soon afterwards died. DR., Wilcox wal
then charged with malpractice, anC
criminal proceedings instituted agains
him, and Immediately after the Sheriff
served the papers on him, he took SOM
deadly poison, and died in half an hour