The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1859-09-08

A little boy about three and half wears old |
drank half pint of New England rum on Fri
day last, in Boston, and although three pbysi-
clan worked twenty-fo -four hours to restore him to
consciousness, he died in commissions on Satur- /
day.
A THIEF named Stevens, last week stole all |
the silver premium cups of Mr.. Wycof,
of Rush county, Indiana, while the family were
at church. This is new way OF taking pre-
NUNS " The ingenious inventor of this improve
ment in county fairs was arrested and sent to
Jail.
THE EMPEROR of RUSSIA is so well pleased
with his new ship, General Admiral, built a New
York that he has promoted each and all of the
Russian officers who were in this country enga-
ged in experimenting her construction.
The wife of a laboring man in William street,
Newark, n. j., was delivered on Wednesday
night of three sons at one birth, averaging in
weight more than five pounds each All are
alive and doing we'll
A man named Adam Dutz drank eight gallons
OF lager beer, on wager, at Indianapolis, Ind
last Wednesday. When he had finished drink
ing the eight gallons, he was still unsatsfed and
The Columbus pa democrat says: "Theo-
dore Me D. Prince assembled tree, to which
wire was attached and walked across the Sus-
quehanna, | 200 feet and fifty feet above the
water, with a balance pole, performing the feat
in twelve minutes, with the wind blowing strong
gale.
There is already newspaper printed at Pixies
Peak. The first number of the "Gold Reporter
weekly journal was issued on the 2Sth of July
Henry Burgesser who was soldier under
Napolean the lst, and was one of those who
passed through the terrible winter campaign in
Russia, diedin Newark, on Saturday, aged about
eighty years.
The ladies of Indiana still continue to mob the
liquor establishments, breaking all the bottles,
decanters, and demijohns they can End. 1t is
rather questionable, perhaps, wether this is ex-
actly the right way to make brandy -smashes.
A Republican who has lately been in several
parts of the interior of New England, reports
that William Pitt Fessenden of Maine is the fa-
yorte in that region as the Republican candi-
date for the Presidency
The Somerset Wing establishment, whose
| editor recently eloped, was sold day or two
since at Sherifs sale, and was purchased by
Judge Waterman, of Somerset, lawyer by
profession.
An Englishman named Edward Humphrey
who, it is alleged is defaulter to the amount
of 10000, has been arrested in Boston.
Humphrey is the clergyman who eloped with
another mans wife from England, as already
published.
CHABERT, the fire king, who some thirty five
years ago astonished everybody by going into
red-hot oven and cooking beef-steaks in it, died
few days ago of consumption of the lungs
| Though he de6ed heat, he could not stand
cold.
A young man, named w. H Jennison, fell
from the GeDesee Falls, a distance of so feet,
while witnessing the walking of the tight rope
by NJ De Lave, and was instantly killed. He
fell but short distance from where Sam Patch
met his death.
A letter from Kansas to the New York Times,
speaking of the gold mines, says: Edward
Ropes, a boy who left Lawrence last spring with
hand-cart, has just been heard from in the
mountains. He has one of the best claims, and
has been offered $22 900 for it. He is the son
OF widow lady living in Boston, who has
written book on our early history
a printer of Niagara Falls, recently swan
across the river under Blondin's rope making
the perilous trip in ten minutes He landed
several rods farther down stream than his start
ing point, but went across safely
Elias Howe, Jr., who has purchased p T
Barnum's famous place at Bridgeport, Conn, is
the inventor of the Sewing Machine needle
which it is said yields the patentee the snug in-
come of one thousand dollars per day.
The Great Eastern steamship is larger than
Noah's ark and of greater tonnage 1t is there
fore the largest ship ever built and the only one
which has two sets of engines and two propel-
lers Her power is twelve thousand horses, and
she is thirty thousand tons.
A NICE PLACE TO LIVE IN-The New York |
Tribune says of that city !: "In New York, as
an offset for fine streets and shops, we have the
heroic satisfaction of knowing that every tenth |
person in the community is arrested for murder, |
rape arson, theft, violence, drunkenness, orbreach
of law or indecency of some sort :"
BARROW, the Chinese traveller, computes that
there is more material in the great wall of China
than in all the houses of England and Scotland
combined.
THERE are fourteen revolutionary soldiers now
living in Massachusetts, whose united ages
amount to thirteen thousand and forty nine
years. !"