The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-10
News and Gossip.

Hackers Lick, in the county of Braxton, had
his thigh broke on the 10Th of July by q
heavy log passing over it, near Brown 3
Mountain. He was fifteen miles from home,
and laid at the house of friend until the
"a ult., when, feeling anxious toreturn home,
the neighbors, numbering over thirty per-
sons, assembled, constructe litter and con-
veyed him on their shoulders to his own
house, a distance of fifteen miles. Let no
one say, hereafter, that there is a lack of
Christian charity in the mountains Of Western
Virginia, or want of Christian philan-
thropy.- Western Herald. ,,.
G1- There has been completed on the Bou-
levard Mazas, at Paris, block covering about
ono thousand feet by one hundred, which is
divided into three hundred and eleven tenements
thirty-six shops and eleven porters' lodges,
aside from the fifth story, which is cut up into
single rooms to belet singly. The whole build
ing is supplied with water and gas. The tene-
ments consist of a small reception room, din
ing-room, kitchen and one or two bedrooms.
Great care has been taken to secure good ven.
tilation. The whole block will accommodate
population of one thousand two hundred to
one thousand three hundred. 1t is one of
Louis Napoleon's model tenement establish
ments. uL .M fat .r. rnH
|, GaS- Miss Styles, aged eleven years, daughter
of an engineer, residing in Algiers, Louisi-
ana, opposite New Orleans, was crossing the
river on ferry-boat on Sunday evening, the
2Sth ult., with, a little brother, when the child
fell overheard, and Miss Styles, although un-
able to swim, jumped after him. The poor
child sank Immediately, but Miss Styles was
rescued. When she was picked up she ex-
claimed, "Never mind me, but for Gods sake
save my little brother" ......,N
me- The project for the establishment of q
Presbyterian colony in the West, recently
started in Holidaysburg, Penn, has met
with great favor. Ninety-one men, most of
them having families, having sgnifed de-
sire to embark in the enterprise, and have
offered to invest some $5S,OOO in it. Their
vocations are varied and suitable, comprising
farmers, carpenters, cabinet-makers, tanners,
printers, teachers, preachers, stone masons,
merchants, attorneys, clerks, &c. ...
. Ma-We see it stated that liquid which
will color the human hair black, and not
stain the skin, may be made by taking one
part of bay rum, three parts of olive oil and
one part of good brandy, by measure. The
hair must be washed by this mixture every
morning, and in short time the use of it
will make the hair beautiful black, without
| iniuring it in the least. The articles must
be of the best quality, mixed in bottle, and
always shaken we'll before being applied.
Ms Rev. W. A. Bartlett, of the Taberna
Gle, in New York, after brief sojourn in the
Franconia region. of the White Mountains,
assumed his pulpit, when he discoursed from
| taxyf nf tha Ho,tt iol,
have caught" which was quite appropriate,
inasmuch as the last Sabbath previous to his
departure, it is said, he preached upon the
words 81 go fishing" ~E sa3-r -n
Mg-It is rumored in Paris that the State
is about to bring an action against private
individual for the restitution of Cardinal
Richelieu's head, which was cut off when
the mob broke into the chapel of the Sor-
bonne, at the time of the great revolution,
and has hitherto been kept as an heirloom
in the family Of a deputy, into whose hands
it fell. y j a7tI'sIt. hLY" Il
u.s. number Of gentlemen in Now York
city have combined to get up testimonial for
Marshal Mcmahon, Duke of Magenta. They
have decided to send him horse with suitable
housings, and have subscribed about two
thousand dollars toward that object. H
"a Ga-Upon the application of creditors Of
the Steubenville and Indiana Railroad Com
pany, the Circuit Court, in session at Cadiz,
Harrison County, Ohio, on the I'd inst, ap-
pointed the Hon. Thomas L. Jewett Receiver
Judge, Jewett accepted the appointment
gave the necessary bonds, and entered upon
his duties as Receiver of the road ON Satur-
day. ,sa
Ma- The Messrs. Hoe of New York city
have manufactured and shipped one of their
six-cylinder presses for the Sidney Herald, o.
Australia. They sent with the press one o
their best workmen to put up for the owners
Ms~ P. T. Barnum has made beautiful ar.
tificial lake in East Bridgeport, Connecticut, o
mile long and one-eighth Of mile in width
upon the banks of which he intends to build Q
new Iranistan. = Elj 81 p 4 .t.,
@-King Victor Emanuel has appointed
| MaSzoni, the distinguished Italian poet
President of the Milan Institute, with an
annual pension Of l2,OOOf. 4u
aarGeorge W.Thrift, formerly promi
nent merchant at Natchez, Miss, died il
Mobile last week. 's.-'.'' 'i''S ,t,.
@- Kansas, with her present boundaries
will make State more than twice as large al
Ohio. R--5 .-a-.t La "a r..
WHITENING or THE HAIR.--Mr. D. Parrsy
a. p,rroon M A1darphntt yiuaa n varv intpr.