The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-12-19
PEN AND SCISSORS.

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M& The Palma Christi, or castor oil bean,
Is cultivated with great success In Utah.
Ga- Mr.. LsutEe Is in Washington painting
Q portrait Of Chief Justice Taney.
@@-Mr. John Besson Is about to start a
paper TO advance the interests Of the savage
tribes, called the Calumet.
gk@- An effort Is being made TO secure the
removal Of tho county seat of Pike County,
In this State, from Piketon to Waverly.
gs- Recently, the Upper Ten Mile Presby-
tsrlsn Church, In Prosperity, PENN, was TO-
tally destroyed by are. -' Gay
N6-The number Of slaves In Kentucky In
1s40, was 1o4,s17j In 1858, 207,b59j In 1859,
2os,o36. Increase during the last year, 1,o7e.
n@- About two weeks ago, an aged couple
were married at Tappan, N. j., the groom
seventy eight and the bride seventy-Ave.
aS-A day or two since an otter, Weighing
eghssen and q half pounds, was trapped In q
pond ct Mystic, Connecticut .It
@s-A new comic newspaper, TO bs called
Vanity Fair, 10 shortly to make its appearance
In New York. '3 'f'
Mg-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne has su-
perseded Sir Houston Stewart In command Of
the North American naval station. llle
Ms-Ths Ex-King Of Dude is said to have
accepted pension Of twelve laes (f120, ,00O)
and relinquished all claims on Dude.
MSrLs Garducci, a brilliant cantatrice, has
Just married the Duke Of Civelli, Nespolitan
Of wealth and high lineage.
MH- Seven children of Richard Shy, of Clay
Forge, Va, have died Of scarlet fever during
the last fortnight. z::s2s4.4'
According to the forthcoming report Of
tho Pension Department, 83,770, ,220 acres Of
tho public lands have been granted for mill
tary services. a
Ma1- An event ofintersst in the march Of
progress will be the opening Of the Victoria
Tubular Bridge, at Montreal, to passenger
trains. to-day.
g M. O. Kenney, Commander Of the Ma.
tional Lanoers, shot himself dead with pistol
last Thursday In Boston. Mental depression,
caused by disease Of the brain, was the cause.
rAn eminent spirit merchant in Dublin
announces, In an Irish paper, that he has still
q small quantity Of whisky on and which was
drank by. George Nv when in Dublin!
GT There are two men living In Auglage
County, o., one whose name Is 6hubert having
attained the age Of l08, the other whose name
is not given Is 104. -aH
~A proposition to hang a portrait Of
Thomas Paine In Independence Hall, has en-
countered violent opposition In the Philadel-
phia Select Council. a." ''t''
MrUpwsrd Of fifty thousand barrels of
apples have been taken to Chicago the present
fruit season from stations In Michigan along
the line of the Central Railroad.
@-It 10 in vain to hope to please all alike.
Let a man stand with his face In what direo-
tion he will, he must necessarily turn his back
on one half the world. ........
MB-The Univsrsity Society Magasine states
the case Of q seaman who jumped from q
wreck, saving himself from drowning by the
use of empty corked wine bottles under his
arms, and in his Gurnssy shirt -..
ME-The Paris musical journals announce a
grand bensfcs for the tenor Roger. The late
favorite Of the Grand Opera 10 said to have
been too liberal with his money, and he Is
now not 10 we'll of as his friends could wish.
NB-Ths Secretary Of the Treasury refuses
to pay members mileage and salary, though
appropriated, on the ground that ne evidence
Of membership exists till o Speakers certif-
cate is furnished. Hta.. .It.i
@~-A young unmarried man named Joshua
| Slower, who retured from sea short time
since, to his home In Blueville, Me-, eloped
last week with his brothers. wife, leaving two
children behind to console the bereavsd parent.
Ms-Ths Legislature Of South Carolina has
directed tho Governor 10 return tho resolutions
| Of tho New York Legislature on the slave
trade to the Executive Of that State, "without
comment"
M9-A gentleman from Newark, N. j., was
lately arrested at the Hotel du Louvre, In
Paris, and Carried before the project of police,
where he was examined two hours on the sup
position that he was Mazzini In disguise.
@D-A day or two since heavy freight
train, going South, on the Illinois Central
Railroad, ran off the track, about Ave miles
above Jonesboro', smashed in q car load Of
twenty mules, and killed every one Of them.
mg-An exchange says: "Parson Brownlow
is in New York, having surgical operation
performed on his throat" No wonder his
throat 10 sore, after all the blaokguardism that
has passed through IT, The best remedy for
his disease would be very sharp razor.
mS- The postmaster at White River Juno.
ton, VT, has been removed from office for q
violation of the law in franking his private
| letters. The commissions Of that Office being
over $2O0 year, he had no right to send free
any letters except such as were exclusively
upon postoffice business.
The ST. Louis Euening Bullst;n Of late
date contains some pretty verses, commencing
"He who sleeps upon my heart" assuming
to be original, which has not been published
In the newspapers less than one hundred
times during the present year. Has the liter
ary editor Of the Bulletin been enjoying Rip
Van Winkle sleep?
JOE SMIrH's CONSENT NECESSARY TO SALIVA
r1oS.-Bigham Young, in . recent sermon
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