The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-20

OMoINNATI, HAMILTON AND DAyToN.-60O 4. NJ; 1880
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PEN AND SCISSORS
~Coneeited mon are liable to commit
more mistakes than even absolute ounces.
~Ifwe would merit confidence, we should
combine integrity with ability.
lT The thermometer, at st. Paul, Mimi,
recently indicated fifty degrees below zero.
1B- Benjamin Levy, a well-known sta
tloner, who had resided fifty years in New Or
leans, died in that city on the llth inst.
~It ia thesolemn thought conn ected with
middle age, that life's last business is begun
in earnest.
@rIt would be absurd among any people
to regard as just everything that the laws
| sanction.
@1n Tama County, Iowa, two horse
thieves, brothers, named Bunker, were recently
hanged by mob. "
gBJohn Burgher was burnt to death in
his own house, at Bowling Green, KY, few
days since.
@% Eliza Seibert, child two years old,
was burnt to death on Saturday in Rochester,
NY. @e a T'
G&- Joseph H. Marks, a soldier of the
war of1sl2, died at Granville, Licking County.
lately, in his eighty-fourth year. IA
gs- An unknown printer drowned himself
on Sunday last by leaping into the Hudson
River, from the Sing Sing IN. Y dock.
-, @erJ. Seawell, of Mobile, Ala. has written
and published e play, in five acts, called "va-
lentia."
~The old Greek tragedy of "Antigone"
is about to be revived, for the farewell per-
formance Of Mr.. Vandenhof.
e@"The vespsrs of Palermo" BY Mrs.
Hemans, is about to be produced at theater
in London with great splendor. gs-u
e%A new English Opera BY Alfred Mellon,
entitled HVictorine," has been produced with
great. success at oovens Garden, London.
@8-A new theater is in course of erection at
Knightsbridge, which, when finished, Is to
accommodate 5000 spectators.
nS- At a place called Poverty Bar, near
San Andreas, in California, two miners took
out in fortnight ninety pounds Of gold.
M6. The doctrine of Free Love has found
champion in the person of DR.. Charming,
son Of the late distinguished Unitarian Divine.
E Christian Emerson lost an arm
few days since by railway train, near Alli
hlsa nsmea "a issssa Datons
cut his throat, near Condersport, Penn, last
week, and died in two hours.
Ms- Among the distinguished visitors in
Paris is the Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon. The preach
er's object is professional.
Ms- The use Of the decimal system, as re 2
CARDS measures of length, is to be obligatory
in Portugal from the first Of January next.
@ar The first shad caught in the Cape
Fear River, N. O., this season, was taken on
the 1lth inst, and sold for 81.
M4 The well-known Methodist minister,
Rev. A. r. Erwin, died recently, at Hunts
vile, Ala.
lgC Count d'Eu, eldest son Of the Duke de
Nemours, now seventeen years of age, has en-
tered the Spanish army as sub-lieutenant. u
NTThree hundred and thirty Eve coolie
emgrants lately arrived at Demarara from
Calcutta. Fifty others died on the passage.
g%The editor of tho Wilmington IN. C.)
Herald boasts of feasting on green peas and
new potatoes, raised in tho open air in Florida.
@s-The Wheeling (vs.) Union says the
sales Of iron manufactured in that city, the
past year, will probably roach $2,ooO,oOO F
Ns-The propeller Elan e. Terry, from Del
aware, was cut through by the ice, in the New
York harbor, last week, and sunk. Loss,
$4,000. eHftf
@TEdwin Booth has accepted new Ave-
act tragedy, by literary gentleman Of New
York, which he is about to produce in New
Orleans.
MS-The Rev. A. b. Birmingham, pastor Of
of the South Baptist Church, New York, was
recently presented with $500 mortgage on
his house and valuable silver tea set.
M-A two-yesr old child of an Irishman
naped Higgins, was fatally burnt by its clothes
taking Gre, day or two since, in Madison,
Wis. efg ~ y Ln fsG e #E
@~The man Ella, who rode 30 successfully
In London at Drury Lane and other theaters
as awoman, has left England for a starring
engagement In this country.
Gs- Madame Celeste has accepted, with q
view of immediate representation, beauti-
hlly- written classic play In five acts, by the
author of "Pyramus."
%W. II. Senter, husband of Anne Senter,
| the actress, died in New Orleans on tho same
day that the lady's mother bresthed her last
In Buffalo.
NS- In Dewitt, Iowa, there are twenty
two religious and benevolent organizations,
among 1000 inhabitants. Among them is an
institution known as the "Strychnine" Society.
Ms- An introduction of the Spanish GUS
tom Of silver anklets for those who choose to
walk out in short pettiooats, Is thought Of by
tho ladies in New York. ,rr.g9rr
gB- Samuel Kreler killed cstamount
near Lexington, Richland County, last week,
measuring four feet In length and two feet in
blight. ~ = SBltf ~ ER
~ The last number of Punch, presenting
0 tree Of liberty as Christmas-tree to the
Prince Imperial, was seized at the Paris Post
ofRos.
~ Three married sisters, residing in
different plaoes-one Of them resident Of
Lynn, Msssachusetts-hav each, within the
past year, presented their husbands with twins,
~ A hundred sail Of fshing vessels are
now ready for Georges, at Gloucester, Mass,
waiting the sIrival of bait from Newfound-
land. 5q 4aA,