The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-12-21
PEN AND SCISSORS

PEN AND SCISSORS
ms- The Raleigh IN. c. Democratic Press
dominates Governor Wise for the Presidency.
lS-T The snow was six inches desp in Co.
lumbus. Miss, only a few days ago.
nayvermont refuses to permit a travelling
CIRCUS company to enter her territory.
Gs-small- poy prevails to some extent in
Lexington, Va.
Ns-Judge Halliburton Sam Slick) is writ
ing tale called "The Season Ticket" in the
Dublin Unipsrsiy Magazine.
asr Barney Williams has been compelled
TO abandon the stage for the present on ac-
count Of physical debility. aau1r
Ms-An Indian and squaw were killed 70,
Gently by q freight train on the Great Western
Railroad, about two miles east of Chatham.
Ng-B Brandy is now made in the West from
the paw-paw berry, and is pronounced 3 very
palatable liquor. e ,...i .1.ia.,q 5at.
gs-A bill appropriating $4,000 for school
ship at Charleston, has passed the South Caro-
lima Senate. .-a.9 .I.t..., d.
das- Mrs. Susan Shaw, an elderly lady, re-
siding in Augusta, Ga, fell into the fire on
Sunday night, and burned to death.
Gs- A free colored man, known as George
WQodhouse, died in Norfolk, Va, last Satur-
day, at tho advanced age of one hundred and
twenty years.
GS In France some ingenious chemist has
discovered that salt in the tungstate of sodas
renders clothing infamable if washed in wa
ter, containing the salt in solution. .gi
gss-The New Orleans Crescent, Of Tuesday,
says that sixty seven ships are loading there
for Liverpool, sixteen for Havre, and sixteen
for other foreign ports. iAt't- l'ia
N8rThe banks of the city Of New York
have about seven and half millions less Of
specie than they had this time last year when
they resumed payment ,ytW Sim =.
@TThe Now York Supreme Court have
denied new trial In the case Of Mrs. Hartun 6,
convicted of murder. She will be re-sentenced
in January. .aEIHa HaA01 UET
gg-Mr. John J. Pippy, editor and propri-
etor OF the Middlesex MASS Journal, died at
hs residence in Woburn, last week, In the
S33d year Of his age. ....t IL.
as- snow fell in tho vArious parts Of Vir-
gnia on Wednesday I, There was very
slight fall at Richmond at night--the first Of
the season. 10 1IHa.. G.k GJIEfIE III
G9- Second Lieutenant Hexekiah H. Gar
ber, Of the 4th Regiment Of Infantry, Oregon,
died at Fort Haskins on the 18th uIt., after
an illness Of q few dsys. .n,
Msr The citizens Of Louisville, KY, wish
the seat of their State Government moved 70
that city, and pledge the State that suitable
State-house shall be- furnished, costing the
State nothing. -.og-A
Das- The First Presbyterian Church, Wash
ington City, whose house Of worship is re-
building, have been invited, with their pastor,
TO occupy the Episcopal Church, and also one
Of the Baptist Churches. fg.6
Ex-senator Hammond, of South Carolina,
has raised specimens Of Egyptian cotton this
year, on his plantation. The plant grows
from six to eight feet high, and will produces q
thousand pounds Of clear lint to the acre.
mgAex. Gibson was killed in the county
Of Wyoming, Va, few days since, by a man
named Rsss T. Lusk. They got into quarrel
abeut a lot of cattle, when Lusk shot G.
through the breast, killing him instantly.
agThs Nav 1ond5n. (Gonn;) oAsasisls.
thinks whaling is not SO bad a business as is
. represented, and instances o ship which made
$4,000 in eighteen months, with on invest.
ment of $4,000. -
@@ There was an aurOral display at Lock
port, N. Y, q night or two ago. The light
shot uplin all variety of colors, and with the,
greatest brillianoy, and resembled an immense
-oonaagration among the celestial bodies. ~
.si GHOn Wednesday morning, large barn,
owned by o farmer named McCarty, in Wal
worth, N. ", was set on fire and destroyed,
with its contents, including q number of horses
and cattle. W.
N9- The Hartford Conn. Gas Company has
reduced It'd price for gas to So per 1000 feet;
the daily consumption there, at this season,
being $4,000 feet. The cheapest gas in the
United States is sold at Pittsburg, PENN at
81 so peg 1000 feet. ....,-- :, =, ..s.....
70 gs-Alate assessment Of Memphis, Tenn,
shows that there are three men who owd
property in that city to the amount Of ovsr
half million Of dollars; twelve who pay
taxes on over 800, 900; fifteen who pay taxes
on over $4,000, and forty-two on $4,000 and
upward. - II 4 Eh E "a
gg- Mrs. Edmund Schryvsr, wife of the
President Of the Rensselaer, and Saratoga Rail
road, wss;killsd ins Troy, N. E,enT Thursdsy
morning, iby attsmpting 10 jumpifroni 8 AOar-
riage, having become frightened by the horse
runningayay.rIw
MSA dentist who has resided in Charles.
top, s. e., for eighteen months, was waited
upon BY D 6n4ittSe, Who we're fortified liy
the oaths OF tw3 felisble -oitisenss before 4
magistrate, and notified that, considering his
eavowed ,hbolitionism, he must seek another
residences. He Immediately left for milder
climate.
+ eas-,gotlpaipesls Ut soulptots, nes sing
ers not dahcers alone are artists, but the pro.
ficient in all the various trades and callngs
We have artist cooks and artist cabinet
makers, artist printers and artist maehinists,
and there are In Cincinnati and artist oonfeo.
TONER sndSsp astht ID leathef, Salgarly called
boot-hskSsa S'ARC t'ske4g- Z d a
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