The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-05-11
Various Items.

D
An exchange says the spring fashions show
continued determination on the part of the
ladies to crawl out Of their dresses through the
upper part.
A relative of Mr.. Binney's gave his orders
to his ostler as follows: "Enry, take the arness
hof the orse, slip tho alter hover is cad, hand
give i'm some ay and hoats.
Tho corpse of man apparently murdered
was on Saturday found entangled among some
floating drft-wood, at Carondelot, and tho
body was considerably confused.
A Western editor boasts that his columns
are "very spacious" Truo, but, ike some of
the fashionable hoops wo see In the streets
they have nothing of much consequence in
| them.
| You may always ascertain whether YOU are
in city or village by finding out whether
| the Inhabitants do or do not care for, or speak
about, anything three days after it has hap
pened.
"What is the best guard against an adver-
sary?" said pupil in the art of self defense
| to his teacher--a noted pugilist. "Keep a
! civil tongue in your head, was the unexpected
and significant reply.
Landlord, you do me too much honor; you
let mo sleep among the Big Bugs last night"
" Oh, don't be too modest, my dear lodger, [
doubt not they have your own blood in their
| veins"
| The public endearments of ew-married
| people are unwise rs well as indecorous. No
wise man counts his coin in the presence of
those, who, for aught he knows, may be
| thieves.
Almost every writer speaks of "Expecta-
| tion's standing on tip-toe," and she seems to
| have been standing thus ever since the inven-
ton Of letters. The wonder is that her "toc''
had not long since given out.
Rumors that fresh gold diggings have been
! found near Marysvile California, are being
circulated, probably by parties who own land
in that region. Let the inexperienced be eau
tious how they are Influenced by such reports.
There are over three thousand persons, ac-
| cording to the last accounts, at Pixies Peak
| and on the road from there, who are in a state
| of destitution. The suffering among the un-
fOrtuuates is reported to be indescribable.
Christian Schmidt and Michael Toole were
! killed In St. Louis on Friday night by the fall
| ing in of the embankment of a sewer in which
they were working. Three other persons were
seriously injured.
The cattle are said to be dying in large num-
bers in the vicinity Of Metamora, Illinois, from
feeding upon diseased straw. Large numbers
| have also died in Peoria county from the same
cause.
A man named Butler was recently sont TO
the penitentiary for two years, from 81. Louis
| for stabbing a man named Sullivan. While
the latter was lying i'll in the hospital, Butler
offered one of the nurses thousand dollars to
poison him (Sulivan.)
| Substract from great man all that he
owes to opportunity and all that he owes to
ohanee-all that he has gained by the wisdom
| Of his friends and by the follf of his enemies
and the giant will often be left pigmy.
\ few days since, while the workmen were
raising cross to tho top Of a church in Wash
ington city, the machinery gave way, and the
sacred emblem was dashed to pieces. The
cross was richly gilt, and elegantly carved
| and cost $500.
| The people Of a western town recently held
public meeting, and gave an unpopular cfti-
zen regular notice to quit, as his company was
disagreeable. He coolly answered that, if they
thought they couldn't live in the same place
with him, they had better quit.
| A coroner, in Arkansas, after empanelling
| his jury, said: "Now gentlemen, you are to
determine whether the deceased came to his
death by nccidence, by incidence, or by the hand
| of the incen diary" The verdict was that "The
deceased came to his death by accidenoe in the
shape of a bowie knife"
A statisticau, after long and laborious in
vestigation, announces that one person in
every forty-fve dies annually in England; in
the United States, one in forty -four; in France
one in forty-two; in Prussia, one in thirty
eight; in Austria, one in thirty three; in Rus
| sia, one in twenty. eight.
! Miss Jeanette Godarcheaux, of Louisiana
! recently gained verdict of six thousand dol,
lars damages against Frenchman, (said to be
one of tho noblesse,) for breach of promise of
marriage. French noblemen must be cautious
how thaU noka md hraaL l.,
| this country.
The Rev. Jonathan Post and his wife, of
| Harris, Marquette County, Wisconsin, were
recently murdered by their son, who is about
| thirty six-years old. The deceased were each
| eighty-six years Of age, and a most estimable
couple. The son killed them with an axe,
cutting open their heads and causing instant
death. He is supposed to be out Of his mind.
A charitable person, in Connecticut village,
induced his neighbors to subscribe towards tho
purchase of a COW for a poor man who had
just lost his. The necessary amount was soon
raised, when the .charitable person" produced
an old bill against the poor man for just the
sum subscribed, and pockeled the cash, to tho
great indignation Of the contributors.
The corpse of on unknown man was on Sat
urday morning found near the Iron Mountain
Railroad track, near Jefferson Barracks. A
coat had been thrown over it, The arteries
and veins of the arm had been severed, and
the body was covered with blood. The hemor-
rhage alone would have proved fatal. By de-
ceased's side was pistol.
Housekeepers, mechanics and others, in
handling knives, tools, or any sharp instru-
ments, very frequently receive severe cuts,
from which the blood flows profusely, and
oftentimes endangering life itself. Blood may
be made to cease to flow as follows: Take the
fine 1ugf nf ton and hind ~ al 10 Il,
at all times accessible, and easily to be obtained
After the blood has ceased to flow, laudanunl
may be advantageously applied TO the wound
On Sunday, says the Columbus Fact, Mr.
Jacob Bowsor, from Etna, Licking County, was
discovered dead in the woods near Reynolds
burg, in sitting posture, with his back against
a log, and double barreled pistol by his side
one barrel not discharged and already cooked
az If Bowser was determined TO make sure, Ii
the first fire failed. lie had shot himself In
the lower left eide Of the abdomen, opening q
| f,I III