The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-12-17
PEN AND SCISSORS.

~ ysD frAnCls Wnltten, the Iatner OIL "Ilttle
Ella" has claimed, and recovered his other
children, and placed them in school. g.
Ng- Frederick Douglass paper appeared
in mourning last weekS for the death Of John
Brown. ss5 y - - BWs Il
eD-scheneotsdy County, New York, has
contributed over one thousand dollars to the R
Mount Vernon fund.
b., nss-Tho passport To heaven Is written no.
where else than upon the leaves Of pure
heart.
y MarMr. Douglas has abandoned his pur-
pose Of visiting the South, and expects soon |
to resume his seat In the Senate.
aAnzrFhe overland mail brings intelligence
Of the death of Mr.. John Howard Sleeper, at
Honolulu, where he was engaged as associate
editor Of the Pacific 0Ommsrciat Ad0erti'er. 4
Il asrThe mixture of plaster of paris and
coal tar, in proportions of 100 TO 8, forms a
valuable and eficacious adisinfectant, lately
discovered and highly approved Of in Paris.
essThe San Francisco Balietin ssys thete
arc still over 100000 of agricultural lands
belonging to the State and to the United
States in California.
as-aen. SCOTT has travelled distance Of
$4,000 miles since the goth of last September.
Thiseis doing pretty well for q man over
seventy three years Of age. ''A lS'$ o>
Gg-An old man named Martin McGintey,
living four miles from Ironton, o., was basely
murdered on Sunday night by some mlscreant
who was after money,IlFB GE aadae,fk d
Statistics show that London is one Of
the most healthy cities in the world. Science
and facts are tripping up general opinion at
ia'' '"''' q a aggfBga} Nt.A A
I Mg A young woman should, like an angel,
pardon the faults she cannot comprehend;
and an elderly one, like saint, because she
has endured trials.
|, NS-Dr. Cahill, the Irish orator, just ar
rived in this country, Is said TO be magnidE
cent specimen ofhumanity--six feet six Inches
high, and stout in proportion.
na- Some persons, who make a show Of
great courage, really turn out pretty ven upon
trial-they prove 70 be afraid Of nothing un.
dor heaven but Danger sa 4 {
Ma-william Murray, who was shst by
Captain Deba' Berriere ON Sunday night last,
during an afray in New York, died on
Wednesday morning. . tEy ~
<Mrs. George Lasslie was burnt TO death,
In Columbus on Wednesday by her clothes
taking fire from the grate before which she
had just passed. g d57PT err rs,
Me-A young lady, sister-in-Iaw of Mr.
Laight, who resides mile CT two east OF Sing
Sing, N. ", aboutl n yoarsof age,l lost her
life recently in consequence Of her clothes
taking hrs from the CRATE, .--------------.,--
Me-Mrs. Nichols, wife of John Nichols, OF
Washington, o. died last wosk from ths Of
fsots of whlskys She swallowed s.hslf pint Of
the meanest kind Of whisky, andit strangled
ber in q few minutes. .-
AA-A company. for tho manufacture of
worsted goods Of ell dsscripdons has been
started in Norwich, Mass, and will erect
next spring building especially for their
business, and give employment to one hun
dred girls. " 4 GF 7 -
MH-Mr. Bourcieault and Madame B. (Ag-
mes Robertson) have had trouble at the Winter
Garden in New York, concerning the Octsroon,
Dion's new sensation play, and have with
| drawn from the theater. o --lsss - s.l,.,
| M@-A fire which broke out at Seneca Falls,
N. J, on Wednesday, DESTROYED the old Mo.
cbanicS Hall and twelve buildings. Loss not
less than $4,000, but mostly covered by in
surarce. ;ec7 le- ',r aUp5f nsg LID, .i s..
@s-The Lycsum Of Natural History in
| Willams College propose to undertake an OK.
| pediton to the coasts of Louisiana, Texas and
! Central America, for the purpose Of study ing
the natural history of the country and max ing
collections. l'F d'is 1ag agFa4slR a.is s,i,,a
mB-A student at tho University Of Eisleben
| Germany, has been sentenced TO ten years te
the House Of Correction, for attempting tt
stab the principal. A public rebuke he had
received was the provoking cause.
a-Mr. South, of wedell, N. c., while
cleaning his gun, pointed it at Miss Handy
not knowing it to be loaded. The piece ex
plodsd and the young lady received the en-
lire charge. She died from her wounds in
few hours. .s.
MarA bank note received at the Office o.
tho Charleston Is. C.) Courier had the follow
ing indorsement: ''The last Ave of fortune
l Of $50 900. All gone now, and am bank
rupt."
mrwhils ths express train rom LOhdor
10 Exeter was going al rate Of sixty mile
| an uOur, bhllOr WuV uhu ulec zap pio"u vi
instantly sprapg out after 1t. He turned UP
shortly afterward with his arm broken. '
MEKing Kamehameha has resigned th'
sovereignty Of the Sandwich Island to his son
the Prince Of Hawaii; probably In view Of th'
dissatisfaction OF his conduct in shooting hil
Secretary. a, 80 5' 20 us-' 'oa 7''a
as-The following may be seen on grave
stone in Derwen (Denbighshire) churchysrd
"Husband died aged 1903; wife died aged 9e
their son died aged 81; their daughter ags'
l07; their grandson agsd ss. Total 497
average 99h."
eg-Ths lecture going community, will b
pleased to learn, so far as their taste is con
cerned, that Park Benjamin, while going t
tho lecture-hall in West Troy, N. Y, tn
other evening, slipped and broke his ankle
tb bereby preventing him from fulfilling
number Of his engagements to bore peOpl
for the consideration Of Twenty-Five cents
piece.
| MELANCHOLY DEATH or AN EDlToR,-Mr