The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-12-22
PEN AND SCISSORS.

PEN AND SCISSORS.
Mr.. John Heagy, Of Westminster, Md,
was dangerously bitten in the face few days
ago by vicious horse.
.@-A few days ago, mad-dog in Milwau-
kie, Wis, before he could be dispatched, bit
ton persons, fifteen dogs, one cow and pig.
@% A gun, lost in the fall of 1898, was re-
Gently found by party of hunters, near Par
kersburg, Va.
@- -Four things come not back; the broken
word, the speed arrow, the past life and neg
lscted opportunity.
N% Virginia's mode Of getting ahead Of the
Abolitionists--O Offering gtwenty- Eve dollars each
for them. aa...
@ The bronze statue of Mason, for the
Washington Monument at Richmond, Va, has
arrived at Richmond. ...
| l%The Rev. Dr.. Hope, Professor Of Bellies
Lettres at Princeton IN. J.) College, died on
Sunday morning.
NBr The scarlet fever Is still prevalent in
Troy, N. Y, and old folks as well as the
young are sufferers. s|-H
@ Helper, in his Impending Crisis, says
that no man can be true patriot without be-
coming an Abolitionist.
Gs- The valuation of Portland, Me, is
$2l 900, 900; and Of Bangor and Bath about
$6,OOO,OoO IT,.
GrTwo young mon (Portuguese) were
| drowned in boat which capsized of Long
Point, Cape Cod, on Tuesday last.
MS-A novel contest came off in Montgom-
cry, Ala, a few days ago-a ploughing match
between camel and mule, the camel bear
ing off the palm.
@9A young man, Newton Wright, shot
himself in indianapolis, on Tuesday, and died
in short time. Insanity is supposed to have
been tho cause of his suicide.
GB-Among some curosities sent from India
to the Methodist Mission rooms in New ork,
by DR.. Butler, is the viritable god worshipped
by Nsna sahib, the great rebel leader.
NBE. G. Dubois, Esq, Cashier of the
Westminster County (Md.) Bank, died at his
residence in Willismsport last week, at an ad-
vanced age. WAX,
@-A fop, just returned from Continen-
tai tour, was asked how he liked the ruins Of
Pompeii, "Not very WE'LL" was the reply,
"they are SO dreadfully out Of repair"
as- John Walter died suddenly in Bal
year Of his age. The deceased assisted in the
defence of Baltimore in 1914.
@3- Dr.. Robert e. Martin, Clerk of the
Supreme Court of Georgia, lost his life re-
Gently, at Miledgeville, Georgia, by falling
down fight of stairs.
NS-A busy body is one who generally has
no business in this world beyond making it
his business to neglect his own business, in Or
der to attend to the business of others.
gS The important fashionable question in
Paris at present is whether tho Louis XIII
round hat, with long feathers, will be adopted
this winter, or, at the latest, next summer.
ls-0ne man was killed and five were badly
injured on the Terre Haute and Alton Rail
road, the other day, by collision of two
trains.
NgThe New Yorkers are astonished that
the Rothschild just arrived there from Lon
don is barren of possessions SIS his title indi'
Gates.
Night brings out stsrs, as sorrow shows
us truth; we can never SOC the stars till we
can see little or nsught else-nnd thus it is
with truth.
~At Glasgow, KY, slave Of Mr.. Davis,
named Ben, has to undergo the infiction of
seventy eight lashes, to be given by the
Sheriff, as punishment for manslaughtsr.
GB-A hotel at Nelson, Portage Co., owned
by zenas S. Thompson, with the greater part
of the household goods, was accidentally de-
stroyed by fire last week.
wAt Glasgow, KY, a slave of Mr.. Dayis's,
named Ben, has to undergo the infiction of
seventy-eight lashes, to be given by the
Sheriff, as q punishment for manslaughter.
MH-A hotel at Nelson, Portage County,
owned by zenas S. Thompson, with the
greater part of the household goods, was aeci-
dentally destroyed by fire last week.
There are minds which adorn and en-
rich all they touch, which can learn wisdom
from flower, piety from blade of grass, can
find ''sermons in stones, and good in every
thing"
u.s. The scarlet fever prevails with fearful
mortality in Tamaqus, Penn. Thirteen
children, from one to ton years Of age, have
ioAAoh ViosAhAD - Uh"s tVVhl Wltuiu o AVEtuhSuby
to the dread scourge.
Gs-A son of W. W. Clarke, banker, of To-
ledo, while sliding down the banisters at the
Oliver House, day or two ago, fell to the
lower landing, q distance Of twenty five feet,
and died in Two hours.
G%P. B. Cox has been arrested near Mari
eta, Ohio, on suspicio of having caused the
death Of man nspaed Holland, who was
found dead in barn belonging to Cox, a few
days ago.
rEx-President Pierce intends to pass the
winter at the Bahapia Islands, which has been
recommended as promising, by its climate,
beneficial results to- the health Of Mrs. Pierce,
who cannot bear the severity of New Eng
land winter. 4 &c
0Sr The Postmaster of the town of Ne
vada, California, has forwarded $lO1 as the
contribution for the completion of the Wash
iugton National Monument, deposited in the
box at the postoffioe of that place during the
month Of October.
NS- Mr.. Dana P. Colburn, Principal Of the
Rhode Island Normal School and author of
various school books Of superior merit, while
driving in Bristol, on the afternoon Of tho