The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-12-20
PEN AND SCISSORS


ga- Horace Greeley has written a new lee
nre ON "Great Men,
lS The expenses Of the Jumperts trials, at
Chicago, are estimated at between seven and
eight thousand dollars to the county.
MrA bill for the abolition of negro me-
ohanics has been presented in the Tennessee
Legislature recently. ..E 9ASyA
MS The "Dashaways," a new temperance
organization in California, areincreasing very
rapidly.
mrA three. story house and lot has been
offered 10 those interested In the establishment
Of home for aged INDECENT females, in Salem,
Mass.
M4- The Alabama Legislature has passed q
bill oeding "Tower Island" near Mobile, to
the United States, for the purpose Of building
fort.
MH-Amerioan parties have offered SlO,0 900
for full brother Of the celebrated English
bull named "Butteray," and the offer has
been refused.
NS-Rsv. Timothy M. Cooley, Of East Gran
vile, Mass, died early on Wednesday morn
ing, at tho ageyof eighty seven years and nine
| months. '1 N. . "
@s-The Mississippi River was crossed on
the ice by foot passengers from Dunleith to
Dubuque on Thursday, and at Lacrosse by
horses and wagons in safety, ' '''
| ' M9rMr. Malcolm Gill, Of Garrard County
Ky., sold last week to Mr.. George Hall, OF
Fayette, forty head Of mules at $ls7 30 per
head.
i Ms-I 1t has been again stated recently, upon
pretended authority, that Naroisso Lopez was
not garroted in Havana, but that substitute
was procured by a rich friend, Cuban creole
%-Mr. Ten Broeck has made clear hsr-
vest of over $500, 900 by his stable of Ameri-
can horses, In England, during the season o.
1859. %" @4>S |e Cd
Ms-Mr. Alex. Keene killed in pond neal
Augusta, KY, q few days since, beautifu
| white swan, the first ever seen killed in tha
| section. .
ms George Byron Lyon Fellows, M. P. P.
for the county Of Russell, was last week, In
Toronto, sentenced to Imprisonment for siS
months, and f2OO $4,000 fine, for fraud in
the ballot-box.
| VeB Iuo COluoSt pltCo hpout lpt ibiuuub Vnu
in Vermont, near the Canada line. On Tues
day morning, the 18th inst, the Mercury at
Island Pond at sunrise stood at twenty-five
degrees below zero.
Na-Ths grand Jury during their recon
session at Nashville, Tenn, ignored the bill
charging Allen A. Hall with killing Geo. g
Poindoxter, in the late editorial renoounter IL
that city. -r-. err ,
/ MET The Waterville Oneida County, N. Y
Times says that about ten thousand pounds o
hops changed hands in that market last week
at ten and twelve and a.half cents for the bes
qualities.
me- Wisconsin is one of the Western States
and its chief productions are pretty girls
railroad bonds, mink and other akins, sest
wheat, Sons of Malta, tax titles, corner lot
and white fish.
| mr. Dempsey L Fargis's jewelry store, No
602 Broadway, New York, was robbed 0nt
night of last week of $4,000 worth Of goods
by one of their clerks, who afterward confessed
his crime. The articles stolen were recovered
NS-It is stated that large numbers Of trou
ore lying dead and dying in the streams run
ming through Franklin County, Me. A aimi
lar occurrence took place In 1851 beint
then attributed to the effect upon the waters
Of srioks from the great fires in the woods.