The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-11-09
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

NEWS AND GOSSIP.
@g~The first Arab newspaper ever pub
lished in the Turkish Empire, and out of Con-
stantinople, has been commenced at Beyrout.
james Coleman, a negro, was shot by
another of his race, Arthur Hall, last Friday
night in Baltimore, and will not probably re-
cover.
&9-The number of revolutionary pension
ers residing within the State of Maine last
March was thirteen. Only ten applied
for the September instalment Of their pen
sOns.
%S- William Preston, convicted in Troy,
N. Y.,of forgery, in 1858, and sentenced to
Clinton Prison for four years and seven months,
escaped from that institution last week. A
negro named Dickson was his companion. 4
Ms-"Come, don't ba proud" said couple
of silly fellows to two gentlemen; "sit down
and make yourselves our equals" owe should
have to blow our brains out to do that, re-
piled one Of them. .~ b. ~rarr, Ri
@r"Have you dined?" said lounger to
his friend. al have, upon my honor" re-
piled he. "Then," rejoined the first, "if you
have dined upon your honor fear you have
made but a scanty meal" ...,. ...
@9- George N. Baker, highly esteemed
citizen of Philadelphia, died last Saturday
morning. Mr.. Baker had for a number of
years been living in retirement; but there was
time when he was prominent and active in
the business and the politics of the city. G
Ma- Last week the house of j. B. Norman,
a Lafayette, Ind, editor, WAS entered by
some rogue or rogues, and robbed OF sundry
articles, among which were set Of silver
table and one of silver teaspoons, two butter
knives, a cream ladle, and two gold pens.
G1- The young people of Troy, N. Y, have
formed skating club, for winter amusement.
Ladies ale admitted upon the proposal of the
male members, each of whom constitutes him
self instructor, if need be, of the lady proposed.
Not disagreeable amusement. ~.
Ma- Ordinary paper is so scarce in Madrid,
Spain, that several printing offices have to sus-
pend operations, and the journals press the
government to allow foreign paper to be i'm
ported free, or at least at greatly reduced
duty. .t.....- .,.. ..l
G8-A night or two since, the jail in Milan,
Missouri; caught fire and was entirely con-
sumed before the progress of the flames could
be arrested. A runaway negro was confined
in the Jail at the time, and was almost suffo-
Gated before the turnkey could get him out
Me-A Mr.. Hiestand has commenced suit in
Memphis against the Bulletin, Appeal and
Euening Argus, asking $4,000 damages from
each for the publication of the records of the
Police Court, in regard to his peculiar conduct.
Hiestan, who will have his trouble for his
pains, is supposed to be insane.
=m- The cranberry fever is up on Cape
Cod. The Yarmouth (Mass.) Register men
tions several cases where parties have made
from $4,000 to $4,000 from their crops. A
piece of bog land that five years ago was not
valued at 800, can not now be purchased for
$4,000. gs
NSy"A night or two since two hmndred cords
of wood belonging to the Valley Road and
stacked near Buck Creek, q few miles above
Lafayette, Ind, was destroyed by fre--the
work of an incendiary. The track was con-
siderably damaged by the Burning Of the CROSS
ties. .4
Ga-Mike Carl, an apprentice boy, who had
not pleased his employer one day, came in for
chastisement, during which his master ex-
claimed, "How long will you serve the devil?"
The boy replied, "You know best, sir; /
believe my indenture will be out in three
months"
M1-A new Concord coach, the first stage
seen at Downieville, California, arrived there
a few weeks since. The citizens met the
stage in body, escorted it to the center of
the town, and wound up the festivities with
ball in the evening. Iii WTNGT
Gs- Capt. McClintock, who commanded the
steamer Fon in the recent successful expedition
to the Arctic regions, has been presented by
the officers who served under him with hand
some gold chronometer, T" in token of their es-
tsem and regard during a service of two and
half years under his command in the Arctic
Seas" f r,y VIZ. ~. rr.
GS- A very handsome monument has been
erected ct Montrose to the memory of the late
Joseph Hume, M. P. The statue Is by Mar
shall, the Sculptor, and Is spoken of as very
superior, as likeness and as O work of art
1t was inaugurated on the Oath of September,
with appropriate ceremonies. .l .., 4
gs- Alate Utah City paper mentions the
arrival Of a company Of European saints, who
went thther in ffty-six wagons, and num-
Scandinavia. There were six deaths and
three births on their journey of three months
through the country. 70 N.H "a
Ne- A Mr.. Westfeld, of Aberville, in South
Carolina, hasinyented q mode Of attaching an
umbrella to q saddle, which will conducs much
to the comfort of the equestrian. The um-
brella is inserted in the horn Of the saddle, and
is SO easily and securely attached that, while it
is almost impossible to displace 1t by force, it
can be readily removed or adjusted at pleasure.
ns- Timothy Titcomb says, with some de-
gree Of truth: suppose that one of the
severest trials of, sordid man is that which Is
caused by the disgust he feels in tho society of
his own soul. / once heard preacher re-
mark that were 1t not for the interposition of
sleep, by which all men are separated once in
twenty four hours from the consciousness of
their own meanesa, they would all die Of self
contempt. aaF a,pls'7 I'tt.h utnir7
MS-The following high-art notice Of the
st. Louis Theatsr we find iu Mondays Dem.
ocrat:-Mr. Murdoch appears tonight in two
Of bis best characters-as "Mr. Haller," in the
play, Of the St.anger, and as "Dick Dashall" in
the comedy Of My Aunt. Macbeth was given
to full house on Saturday night. Mr.. Mills
played "Macduff," and, after yielding to q
hearty cry to come before the curtain, was