The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-13
NEWPORT NEWS,


tl5hs, adressed 10 ths ''pfes' Reporter, Box S. viii
be attended to.
''llENTucKY To&N-DAiI GLut" ys. TiIt ''Ex-
CELsIOR," OF CIyCINYATI Some few tnUnhs Ggoca!;
siderable rivalry existed between the ~ owe. nalnc
clubs for the championship. The "BXcc iors al of
whom are very clever young men, prncticed in Tay-
birth OF the kentucky Club" ,rhe, young men Of
Newport bad fSrneTIy during The dai season, , t Or
Ss tSss!es went ni0 S o & i ' no
known as the Kentucky Club"was non 'r. They had
not previously adopted any name, but upon their or
ganization to compete with the "hxcelsiors' they
caused themselves 10 be known as the Kentucky
Town ball lub," that the two clubs might be dis
Xtlensth the day arrived for the first match be.
tween the two clubs the game was played and the
Kentuckians went down. 1t was asserted they lel
they accepted II challenge from the Excelsior,
short time aflerYar ald pla ed fora priac bat and
hall Sa ss T hs sy vice srs yes no
to be put down, and accepted Challenge from the
"Kentucky,' club, and won back the prize bat and
ball, amid the cheers of large crowd OF spectators
Another challenge passed, and another match was
the property ofthe "Koiltucly club-anl wi til them
since the "Kenucky' club issued challenge to the
that the "ExcclsioTs' had accepted the Challenge,
and upon sood authority, 100, 9nt the Newport club
now S % a%thofzsd by the President Of the KENTUCKY
Town-bal Club, to say that they have not received
any acceptance Of their challenge from the Excel
tuckies, are willing to meet the ''yxcelsors' in
match for a champion bat and BALL silver pitcher,
Other rGP Of 5s ss ID ny S e nex
appears it is pay or play. Wo would like to sce the
match brought about.
A DutCh WEpbrSG,-A couple Of lovers Of
TcutoniC extraction were united In the holy bonds OF
nlatrimOny last Satuf lay evening in this city. \
number of invited guests were present. who partook
freely of lager other innocent beverage until
they became slightly excited, their spirits rising Just
as another species of spirits went down. sort of
general melee was the consequence, and number Of
them were brought up before Esq. Sines yesterday
afternoon, chaiged with disorPery conduct Tile
affair was finally compromised ny common consent.
This was certainly an inausnicious beginning fur r
newly married couple, but 1t Is to be hoped that The
old adagc IA bad beginning makes good ending
will hold good in this case.
POLICE Court YEsTERDAY.-John johnson,
for drunken ness was fined 81 and costs VIM. Scott
for abusing his family fined IS and costs. Poor
William; lie thought ta hard case 1la the law gave
the women all TIE advantage. He regretted exceed:
ngly That the s"laws WASH as thoy used to was
WHEN men had right to do rs they pleased,
LOT SALEs.-->Ths lot sales of Fearens & Helm
came of fyrsterday, and about D. dozen We're disposed
of at prices varying from ten dollars to twenty-five
dollars per foot The lots were adjacent to the rh-
Judge Boyd purchased forty -four feet by hundred
and sovr6 feet deep, a: $50 7j per front foot.
Rss"The teachers and scholars of the German
| Catholic schools marched in procession from their
respective School-hOnses to the Odd-fellOF Hall, in
Covngon, YESTERDAY, to enjoy themselves byinsnnct'
ing the works of curiosity and beauty ON exhibit oil
at that place. They numbered about two hundred
| in all.
~ The examination Of applicants for the
post IN our school made vacant by the resignation of
| MisS English took place Saturday last. selec-
| ton iron, among them win be made this evening.
E3~Rev. Lorenzo b. Houston, Of Nashville,
preached in the Methodist Episcopal Church, on Tay
| ior-strcet, on Sunday evening last.