The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-14
PEN AND SCISSORS.

exceeded over half million of dollars.
M8rAn "Abolitionist was tarred and
feathsred in Augusta, Ca, last Friday.
NsrA cargo of guano has arrived at Charles
ton, s. O., direct from Eide Island.
a%0ur exchanges, received yesterday,
record thirteen suicides in different parts Of the
United States.
N$A little child, son of John Harris, 70.
siding in Allegheny City, was burnt to death
q day or two since.
N8- DR.. R. q. Fullerton, who recently killed
DR.. Jos. M. Reynolds, at Raymond, Miss, has
been bound over for trial in the sum of$20,O00.
N8rGen. Henningsen has written reply
to the views Of Victor Hugo on the Harper's
Ferry affair.
@-T The Cornwall Ore Mountain, in Lsba-
non County, Penn.,i is said to contain fifty
millions tuns of the purest iron ore.
@-A middle aged man was found few
days since, near Oakland, Tenn, frozen to
death. l........
@4-The safe of M. L. Orrell & Co., millers
at Quincy, Indiana, was blown open by bur-
glars recently, and robbed Of $500.
Ma-A new counterfeit five dollar-bill on
the North River Bank, N. Y, is in circulation
in Buffalo. ,--
N9Samusl Woodman, an old resident of
Montgomery County, died day or two ago of
hydrophobia. r
NS- The tax OF ten per cent laid on grog
shops in New York yielded some $40, 900, last
year, in aid Of the Inebriate. Asylum at Bing-
hampton. - EEF ta.th6y
-gs-The sensation preacher, Spurgeon, from
money sent to him for the purpose, is bearing
the expenses of nine young men who are
studying for the ministry.
Mg The Rocky Mountains are covered with
snow six feet deep in some places, and the
weather is fearfully cold. In the South Pass
the snowfall has been light.
Ms- The average total of nightly dodgers at
the New York station-houses, during the cold
nights, was three hundred, and as many more
were turned away.
@@- During the remainder of the present
century the last day of the week, month, and
year will occur ON the following years: 1854,
70, 81, 's7, 's2, 'ss.
N9-Ths streets of Charlotte, N. c., have
been covered for a week past with several
inches Of snow, which is seldom seen in that
section.
@-At Greenville, s. g., they have pro-
bibited the privilege the negroes enjoyed for
years, Of choosing their masters and hiring
themselves out. ..e.-
M8-The Lexington (Mo.) Fire and Marine
Insurance Company have declared dividend
on last years business Of so per cent, and re-
turned 50 per cent. Of premium to Gus
TONER'S
@-Capt. John A. Matthew was thrown
out of sleigh near W Washington, Del, recently,
and died the day following Of his injuries.
1t is the rule of justice that the seigher should
be slain. n
B-"I live in Julia's eyes," said an affected
dandy in Coleman's hearing. every likely"
replied Coleman, "for observed she had q
sty in ono Of them when saw her last"
M8-Dr. johnson once said, Ga man is in
general better pleased when he has good
dinner upon his table than when his wife talks
Greek.
@-M'lle Martinez, South American
nsgress of fair capacity, is now concertizing in
Paris, where she is known as the Black Swan
or Sable Nathan.
~The Rev, j. D. Marshall, of the Meth
odist Church, died in Williamsburg, N. Y,
aged ffty-ive years. He joined the New York
Conference Of the Methodist Church In 1927.
~ A negress, belonging to Mr.. Temple,
- n-.- a. Ii =, 4
master with three children OF birth, two girls
and one boy.
g8-A psddler was robbed in the streets Of
Memphis, Tenn, a day or two since, by o
woman in the approved highway style. No
doubt she is on the highway--to the peniten-
tiary.
@r An unfortunate woman died last week,
in Danvers, Massy Of want and cold, and in
the presence Of q husband, who was too i'll to
render her assistance, while her newborn