The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-12
News and Gossip.

held hrm Tor certain period, laying and tax
ing up continuous track for the wheels, as
the carriage moves along. The section rails
are broad tram plates with upturned fanges
connected to the feloes of the wheels by pins
working in curved slots; and there are few
teeth on the face of the wheels, and suitable
notches in the inner surface of the rails so that
as the former revolve, the teeth take into the
notches Of the rails at proper intervals, and
thus shift and hold them under the wheels
with perfect regularity. 4
u.s. When railways were in their infancy
In England, it was supposed that they would
iDiure the estates through which or near which
they ran, and the English Cabinet Minister,
Mr.. Labouchere's father, received the compen-
sation of one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars for an imaginary detriment of this sort.
After his death, his son, finding that there was
no injury to the estate from the vicinity Of the
railway, but the contrary, refunded the one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
ly- The leaders and stewards of the NJ. L.
Church at Lambertvile, N. j., have
ResolUed, That the circulation and reading
of the New York Ledger and Police Gaseic is
violation of the spirit and intent of that por-
tion of the general rules of that church--frst,
the injunction to do no harm; second, doing
what we know is not for the glory of God;
thirdly, the reading those books which do not
tend to the knowledge and love of God.
NJ The favorite and decidedly most fash
ionabo costumes of the present moment, in
Paris, are the war-soiled and patched uniforms
of tho heroes of the Italian campaign, The
rcd pantaloons, pieced with the white cloth
torn from an Austrian soldier, excites burst
of admiration and enthusiasm, such as the
most stylish articles Of gentlemen's parapha-
MALTA can never hope to excite even by the
most artistic creation of his inventive brain
and nimble fingers.
IB>The New York Tines has published a
list of the suicides which have been recorded
in the papers of the United States during
the last six weeks. The number is fifty three
in which life was actually taken, and twenty
more unsuccessful attempts. Domestic
trouble was the cause in majority of the
cases, and straitened circumstances and dis
appointments in business led to what coro-
ners's jures call the Crash act'' in others.
G@~There is "blow up" in the Office of
Porter's Spirit the Th'es. Wilkes and Day
ton, the two proprietors,. have quarreled,.
| The former has run off with the "plant' and
| bllTJcu Hpht6d ppTHV Wc i"teo' ho inVeoi
continues the old name with new material.
At the last stage of proceeding Dayton had
obtained an injunction to restrain the pubi-
cation of Wilkes's paper.
ME~ Melancthon Synod of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church convened in Hagerstown,
Md, on the LIST inst, and the opening sermon
was preached by the President, the Rev. DR..
Kurt8. The next day the Synod was organized
BY electing D. J. Hauer President, II. G.
Bowers Secretary, and q. a. Nixdorf TreaSu-
rer. Subsequently the Rev. I. j. Stine and j.
I. Miller were ordained by the solemn rite Of
the imposition of hands. r."
Samuel Q. Bennett, lawyer of Cairo,
N. Y, was standing on the piazza Of hotel in
that place, last Thursday, when Mr.. Pearson,
with whom ho was conversing, playfully slapped
him on the back, which caused him to fall head
foremost from the Stoop to the pavement below.
| He was 80 badly injured that he died soon
afterward, fully generating Mr.. Pearson from
blame. ry
MS~ Those, if any such there be, who re-
gard chills and fever as Catching" had
better keep away from st. Louis and vicinity
at present. The like has not been known
hereabouts for years past, and whst makes
the matter worse, we hear OF few places IN
this or the adjoining States where things in
this respect are any better.-H Louis Adoo'
cate. H
MS"In LII counties in Texas the majority
for General Houston, for Governor, is 1891
His friends have also the Legislature. Clark
independent democrat, is believed to be elected
Lieutenant Governor, by about 900 majority
Reagan, regular democrat, and Hamilton, in
dependent democrat, are elected to Congress
the former by about 10000 and the latter BY
1900 majority.
narIt is very evident that the descendant
of Cain did not emigrato to Cape May County
N, j., for the next session of court will be th
first time within her history in which she ha
had murder trial on hand. The court com
mences on the Goth instant, when Matthe'
Curren will be tried for the murder of hi
brother-in law, Morris Connor, in May last.
. Ea- The West African Herald states tha
, on account of the high price of black mon
key skins in England, there was most out
rageous competition for them in Western All
RIGA. Skins which in 1855 could have bee
obtained at the rate of twenty to twenty-tiv
for dollar, now being eagerly bought up q
a shilling each, and in some cases eve
\ more.
asD- The aurora of the 2Sth ult was see
as far south as Galveston, Texas, where
: was visible at 81 o'clock in the evening
lasted about fifteen minutes. This phenom
}. enon is very rarely seen in that locality
/ and it was at first quite generally attribute
4 to fires on the prairies.
Ns-Master Henry Ketten, o young Hunga
rian, in his eleventh year, is astounding th
: musical world by his performances on tn
piano. forte. In London and Paris he has ore
Y ated great sensation.
y Mg"A little boy, about three and hR
g years old, drank half a pint of New Englan
d rum on Friday last, in Boston, and althoug
y three physicians worked twenty-four hour
to restore him to consciousness, he died in COL
/, vulsions en- Saturday.
MB-The sum of Sill, 900 was remtted
Oregon per the last steamer by the Unite
n n States Indian Office, to defray the Indian ez
N penses in that State during the present fsc
ID year.
,r Gge Two servant girls in New York, Q
i Sunday last, were burnt to death by camphen
: One attempted to light lamp while the vic
was ignited and the other to light fire
:, pouring fluid on the fuel. '""
\, A FAT HORSE CoNTRAOT.--A Leavenwort
y correspondent ofthe New York Times says:
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