Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-10-30

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Small pox still continues its havoc in New
Jersey. ~. '
Four or FIVE bushels of figs are raised
yearly in Frederick County, Md.
A deer was killed in the street in Marshall,
Me-, last week.
The business of the California Pony Ex-
press is losing concern. Without Govern
ment aid it must be stopped. f..t
The candle factory in which Garibaldi
worked, on Staten Island, N. Y, was de-
stroyed by fire on Monday last. "
A prize of EGO for the best essay on the
effects of Sunday cab-driving, ilas been won
by John Cockraun, London csb-driver.
Shingled roofs, whitewashed with lime,
last nearly twice as long as roofs which re-
ceive no treatment to render them durable.
The Spaniards of South. America use
twisted raw-hide for ropes and as substi-
tutes for log-chains in working their cattle.
Mrs. Tibbetts, of Lewistown, Me-, with
her five daughters, have been all carried off
within six weeks, by typhoid fever.
Victorias Oldest child is the Princess
Royal, who was born in l840. She married
he crown Prince ofPrussia. -
Wild Cotton in Florida is found growing
in various places along the bay coast-un-
usually on shell or limestone land.
A free negro fractured the skull of young
man, Henry Pregnall, in an alteration at
Charleston, S. c., on Thursday night.
The cattle distemper in Massachusetts ap-
pears to have died out or been cured up.
Little is heard, and nothing seen oft lately.
The Shawnees in Missouri, were paid
100000 by the General Government at
Westport, last week.
: A negro thief entered gentleman,s room
in Savannah, Ga, on Friday night, and was
fatally shot. &.
{ A lad, seventeen years old, son of Jesse
Bakeman, Broolsyille, Me-, shot himself
dead on Sunday.
Peter JONES' of Pittsburg, in drunken
frenzy, ripped himself open on Sunday, and
will soon die.
Rev. VIM, S, Porter, of New Haven, Conn.,,
has been sued for SANDER, by voter whom
he charged with committing fraud on the
ballot-box. t.
The German citizens of Memphis, Ten
nessee, celebrated the anniversary of the
birth of Baron Steuben by grand parade
on Thursday. ~ ea.-
A challenged gentleman, at Trinity, CAL,
the other day, replied by tearing up the
challenge, and then Gaming the bearer. 1t
proved Satisfactory"
There is fish-breeding project in Hart
ford, Conn.,, and q. G. Kellogg, sent to Eu-
rope to learn the mode Of operation, has just
returned with successful results.
Bare-faced garnblingsis carried on to q
frightful extent in Sacramento, Cal. San
Francisco, in 1849 and 80, never presented
such gamblers harvest. fa.. ...g ..
A mother entered den of vice in Albany,
N. Y, and rescued her daughter, sixteen
years old, from life of infanhy, on Friday
night. A .u
During thunderstorm experienced lately
at ThOdore, Italy, two peasants, who were
carrying fagots were literally torn to pieces
by the lightning. ra---- -...
Cardinal Ferretti, who was the Pope's
prinemiBister from the time of his accession
to his flight to Geta, died recently, at the
age of sixty.fve. rA till'
In half-mile foot-race between an Indian
trained runner, and young farm hand, at
fair in Wilmington, Del, last week, Ford
ives the winner. OH
The Princes tour in the American States
cost him 100000, and other people spent on
wardrobes and displays, not less than two
or two and half millions.
Captain Hancock, with Greek for cou-
rier, has pioneered camel express from San
Diego, California, to Fort Mojave. The man
started on single camel on the 2lst.
Crowds of disaffected "Saints" are on
their way from Salt Lake City to San Di-
ego, Cal. Brigham Young is threatened
with adepopulation Of his empire.
A. B. Hutchinson, a brother of the we'll
known Hutchinson singers, died at the Luz
matte Hospital, at South Boston, of chronic
insanity, on Saturday.
At wake in Waltham, Mass, two Irish
men got into a fight, at two o'clock on Sum
day morning, and johnson stabbed DOherty
to the heart.
Milkman.-"I hope you are not disposed
to question my milk" CustOmer.-"O, no,
indeed, it has evidently beenpumped enough
already"
A body recently exhumed at Croton, ~
Y, which had been buried twenty five
years, was found completely petrifed, and
every feature perfect.
John B. Cough is said to receive $3.50 for
each lecture given since his return. He has
already acquired a property valued at up
wards of $4,000.
A large and very fierce black bear, weigh
ing 235 pounds, was killed near Turin N.
Y, last week. The creature fought very
hard before it was killed. BIZ
The sugar crop, according to authorities
at New Orleans, will turn out a handsome
yield. On one plantation, thirty-fiye acres
give torty-tiYel hogsheads of sugar and 1900
barrels Of molasses. , as
Thomas Moses an old ,ardanar sivtv-
seven years Of age, after giving way 10
drink, to drown care, hanged himself at
Baltimore, last week. - D a1s1ut p.
| The Simmons ax-hsctOry, at cohoes, N.