The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-27
NEWS AND GOSSIP,

NEWS AND GOSSIP.
IT. On tho Goth of January. 1897. Tbomos
Jefferson set out for Philadelphia. to enter
upon his duties as Vico President of tho United
States. The following Time and Fare Table,
taken from his Pocket Account Book" will
be deemed curious in this fast age. :" Left
Alexandria after dinner, February %, and
reached Baltimore on the 26th. Tho fare S4
70. Thence reached PHILADELPHIA March Q.
Fare ST. Whole amount of travelling expenses
hence, including $l2 to send homo Jupi-
ter and the horses from Alexandria, $40 63,
Fare Table now: From Alexandria to PhIa-
delphia. Time, AZ hours; fare 81 5O.-Alec.
Gazette.
GS"A scientific gentleman informs the Pc
torsburg Express that he has observed for sev-
eral nights past, comet, evidently an immense
distance from the earth, and apparently, when
irst observed, a little west of Orion's belt. On
Monday night last, at half past ten O'Clock, it
formed right.angled triangle with two small
stars and moved very rapidly, as in four hours
it had altered its position so as to make the
angle very obtuse. It's motion seemed west
ward from Orion. On Tuesday night, it ap-
peared near reddish star of tho fourth magni-
tude, in the tail of the constellation Aries. It
appeared very feint, as it was disappearing.
G6-A correspondent of tho Courier des
Etats UniS relates stroke of good fortune
which has fallen upon young Fronchman, NJ ,
Andre do Coy, who was, as ho says, at ono
time Professor of French at Harvard College,
and who, as wo we'll know, was drcadfally
ha.cd by his noisy and insubordinate pupils.
lie afterward edited journal in New York,
and then went back to Paris, whero ho was
getting scanty support by writing for tho Paris
press, when relative, who no supposed had
forgotten him, died, leaving him heir to a
fortune of million and half of francs.
3-Among the missionaries who will be
present at the Philadelphia Board of Mis-
sions in October, are the Rev. A. Lindley,
who returned last week from South Africa,
and who has been located in that country for
twenty-five years; the Revs. L. j. Pierce and
A. D. Jack, of West Africa; the Revs. w. W.
Alexander, Z. W. Clark, and T. E. Taylor, of
the Sandwich Islands; the Rev. II. M. Scud-
der, of the Arcot Mission; the Rev. William
Clark, of Constantinople, and the Rev. G. A.
Perkins. '.E.
GG"The Grand Jury in Baltimore has in
dicted Mr.. Fitzhugh, one of the propretors of
the DAILY Exchange, for assault with intent
to kill, upon Paul Placide. The crcum-
stances OF the atfray were noticed some time
since. Placide is q noted rowdy in Baltimore,
who took offense at certain comments of the
Exchange, and revenged himself by an assault
upon Mr.. Fitzhugh, who shot him in self
defense.
gs4~ Mr.. Wm. J. Stone, of Washington City,
has nearly completed q colossal plaster cast Of
" The Hunted Prairie Horse" 1t represents
wild horse, which, having been pursued by
Indians to the edge of precipice, starts back
with terror on perceiving that his next plunge
forward must be into the yawning gulf below.
Mr.. Stone has been on gagged on the work for
nearly four years.
lS-The lines,
"Itmakes not q difof difference atwixt you and l.
Big pig, little pig, root hog or die"
are thus rendered:
"There is not the slightest discrepancy
formed between the objective and nomina-
tive cases: Colossal porker, dminutive porker,
burrow porcine quadruped, or yield up your
existence"
GS>On tho 22d, says the Hartford Eucntna
Press, shocking accident occurred at Shapes
Rifle Factory, when, by the premature dis
charge of dozen rifles, Warren w. Shepard,
an honest and faithful lad, sixteen years of
age, employed as errand-boy in the office for
two years past, was instantly killed, his head
being literally blown to pieces.
Gf3~ Nothing is talked of in Paris but tho
armor of Mile Vestvali in tho part of Romeo.
1t is of aluminium, cost 100000, and only
weighs four pounds. That worn by Madame
Pasta, in the same part, was of fine steel,
weighed thirty seven pounds, was made at the
royal works in Prussia, and cost nearly 1000,
@g-Two men belonging to spalding 4
Rogers circus were drowned al Helena,
Ark, last week. Their names are George
Pinkorton, formerly of Ohio, and latterly of
Louisville, Ky, and Samuel Bcrnet, of New
Bedford, Mass, canvasmcn by occupation.
gsS" His Exccllency tho Governor General
of Canada, Sir L. Head, has accepted the in
ytation extended to him to be present at the
banquet to be given in Portland, Me-, in
honor of the arrival of tho Great Eastern.
G5"We have mentioned that Mr.. r. Ten
Broeck's horse "Starkc" won the Warwick
Cup, valued at f2OO. He beat "Liverymen"
and "Lifeboat," aud the latter is considered
the best horse of his age bred in England.
G2-Nat. B. Baker, the last Democratic
Governor of New Hampshire, is candidate
for the Legislature in Iowa, where he lives
as quiet farmer.
GS-lt is said in the Washington States
that the Hon. Edward Everett is to be a
prominent literary contributor to Colonel |
Florence's new Democratic Rerieuc.
Gsa- Tho Hutchinson Family" all that re-
mains of them, arc announced to give con-
cert in Hamilton, Now York, next Tuesday
evening.
gsS- The Oneida Sachen, says that Charles
Spencer, of Canastota, has in process of con-
struction two powerful microscopes for Prof.
Agassiz, costing about 81 900 apiece.
Gas- James NJ. Dyke, whose wife won't away
from Niagara Falls, some time since, with q
clergyman, has been arrested for burglary.
g1- During General scott's absence, General
Wool, as senior officer, will bo acting Comman-
der. in Chief in tho Atlantic States.
GS- The Hon. Anson Burlingamo left Bos-
ton for Kansas on Tuesday, to be absent sew
eral weeks.
Gs- Raphael Felix, the brother of Rachel,
Is playing at the Porte St. Martin Theater, in
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