The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-19
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

IN England, from the fact that the collection
of the late Lord Northwicl has produced no
less than f9j,725. The sale, which extended
over eighteen days, terminated on Wedues-
day, and was attended by dealers from all
parts of the world. Some Of the prices must
appear fabulous to the uninitiated. The
owner of this collection spent life in bring
ing 1t together, and now it will he distrib-
uted far and wide.
GS- workman at the spoke factory in the
Phoenix Works, yesterday, while cutting
piece Of oak, taken from the heart of an oak
tree which grew in the wilds of Caroline
County, Maryland, found embodied in it @
penny Of LAO. On one side is the head Of tho
King, and the words "Georgius III ReI," and
on the reverse "Brittania, l7l0." The penny
is battered on the edge, and evidently had been
driven into the tree with stono at the time
tho bark was soft Bullets and other rclics,
which had been shot into trees during the
Revolutionary War, are frequently found em-
beddcd in the wood which is brought to our
mauufacturers.-Ncmart Daily.
! M1~A little tool has boon invented for
threading needle. 1t is made with two
blades, which holds the needle with its eye
opposite little lunnel-shaped opening, into
which it is perfectly easy for u person Of
weak sight to pass the thread, aud the
thread inevitably passes through the eye.
| When this is done, the ends Of the littlo I'M
| llement are pressed by the thumb and fin"
ger, like scissors, and the needle falls out
threaded
~" Mr.. Russell Smith will soon ,,c-pro-
duce in London the "Poor Mans 5lDle, q
very ancient copy of the Scriptures printed
4 hi
| metal types. Fac-similcs will be gwen oil
| the engravings which Illustrate tho original
work-forty In numbeI and Of course rather
singular in design sAd execution. Several
copies are known f., exist i'll Europe, and the
present repriut will be copied from the
volume in the British Museum.
es-The attempt to set aside the verdict
against Mr.. Henry Shaw, of st. Louis, who
was desired to pay one hundred thousand dol
lars to Miss EfTie Car2tang for leading her to
tie threshold of marriage and then leaving
her, it is thought will scarcely be successful.
| The evidence to destroy her character appears
| to bo of too weak kind to have any influence,
even to diminish the amount of damages, and
| the settlement of tho matter without any fur
ther inquisition is looked upon as almost
| certain.
|
Mr.. Fisher, of Patterson, has constructed n
steam carriage, which was tried on the COM
mon road to Acquackanock, few days ago,
when it went on the level fifteen miles an hour
with twelve passengers. One mile was run in
three minutes.
G1- Letters from Zante, Ionian Islands,
of the 10th Of August, 1859, state that the cur
rant crop this year is in a very prosperous con-
dition. The blight, which for five or six sea-
sons past has caused the destruction Of the
vines, has entirely disappeared. zantc would
perhaps make twelve million pounds Of very
excellent quality Cephalonia thirteen lnilliOn
and Moro@ fifty million.
re- The wag of the New Hampshire Tele-
yrdph suggests that ga good way to get rid oi
the old red cents will be, when the postmas-
ters put up their contribution boxes for the
Washington Monument, for every man, when
he goes to the postof1ice, to deposit all that he
has ABOUT his old cothes.'"
&ss- 1t is stated as an evidence Of the i'm
mense size of the new ship Great Eastern that
persons occupying her forward berths are to be
charged double price, on account Of the advan.
tages they will have of arriving in port ahead
of their fellow passengers.
M.sS- The most valuable discovery Of dia.
monds has recently been made at tho foot o.
the Ural Mountains, Russia. One specimen
brought the lucky owner G60,000. There i;
every reason to believe that mine Of mex
haustible wealth has been discovered.
s"Mr. Kondall's experiment of sheep ant
horse raising, near New Braunfels, in Texas
has been more than successful, as he himse
writes under date Of 20th August. He weaned
one thousand five hundred lambs in one day
of the average age Of four months.
Nsy~A new shotgun has been perfected a
Colts armory, which will probably be il
market next winter. 1t is made for five
charges on the revolver principle, and il
loaded and fred with great facility. 1t is Ol
convenient size and weight.
gg~The musk-rats near Black Rock, II
New York, two or three years ago cut through
the banks of the State canal, producing {
flood which swept away neighboring saw.
mill and its stock Of logs. The owner brough
claim against The State for not keeping it
musk-rats in better order, and after much per
scvcrence he has just got it allowed. Damages
awarded-$3,j 800.
:9S~somc time since Merriam announced
that he had obtained a piece of the auror;
borealis and had given to IL the maine "silkcr,
OIL UnC Skies. luiS WeCh1 NC l'ulIlJ lC Lit
obtained pint of lactoal fluid from th
galaxy, which he denominalcs tho "mllkcr,
of the skies"
MS-The Irish papers of the latest dat
says the potato crop of 1859 promises to turn
out the finest grown in ireland since the goo'
g old times, when tho market value of that ar
ticle Of food ruled from twenty four to thirty
six cents the cwt.
ES-The American college at Rome is rap
idly progressing. Tho Catholic Bishops Of tn
United States have recently sent thirty thou
sand dollars TO tho Pope for the neccssar
works; and before the end Of the year the col
lege will, it is stated, be ablo TO receive on
i hundred students.
2f3" Tho Prussians are fitting out an expo
:, dition to Japan. 1t is to be composed Of thro
: ships of war, and is to sail in October. Th
r expedition is to partake OF commercial, SCI
' entifc and exploring character.
3 zGs"Mr. Reason Zarley one Of the Arst set
/. tiers Of Illinois, died August 80, at Joliet. II
. served in the war of 1872, and was ono Of th
n few who escaped tho massacre at BrOwnstoI
where ono hundred and thirty Americans con
tended against eight hundred Indians and fou
. hundred British soldiers. .#
re- All the pastors and resident clergy {
4 Springfield, Ohio, have united in publishin
!. a remonstrancc against tho holding of lo
y teries at church and charitable fairs.
a ne Madame Miramon has blessed hor lor