The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-31
PEN AND SCISSORS.

1HrThs soul of liberty Is the love Of law,
says the German poet Klapstock. s'A4
gs-A young man named Davis shot Col
len Gray dead, recently, in Casey County, Ky.
gTThe next State A Agrioultursl Fair will
be held in Dayton.
Ns-The sore throat disease prevails in
Frederick, Md, In the form Of an epidemic. y
eg-A married woman, Mary Ann Trip,
residing In South Boston, Mass, was burnt TO
death recently by her clothes taking fire.
Gg-Ths scarlet fever is prevailing to an
unprecedented extent at Steubenyille, o.
nearly every family being afflicted. pr
G~ The jswelry store Of A. Staubsr, Of
GAINESVILLE, was robbed the othr night Of jew
elry to the amount Of $70o.
@TThe young lady who saw baby with
out kissing II has acknowledged that her
friends bonnet is handsomer than her own.
gB>Thsrs are now in full operation in Rich
mond, Va, two establishments turning out
that popular fertaliEer, manipulated guano.
NH-No man is obliged to think beyond his
Hight, and we never leave good sense behind
till We wish to get beyond IL,
a@Sewipg machines have been introduced
into some of our female seminaries, and in
atruction is given thereon.
/, NB The skating park at Albany, N. r., is
in excellent condition, and is daily thronged
with ladies and gentlemen. Y3o 4.
9g-A young man named William Dugan,
committed suicide at Chestertown, Kent County,
Nd, recently, by cutting his throat.
p0- The Petersburg (va.) Esprem GAYS
the several cotton factories in that vicinity
are doing an active business. -NotA'
asr The Black River and Utica IN. III
Railroad is to be sold on q foreclosure of tho
mortgage given to secure the bondholders.
N4r Coolies from China still continue to ar
rive ut Demarara, though nearly half Of those
who start die on the voyage.
NSrEdwin Booth received $1,217 as his
share Of the profits of eight nights perform
ance Of the ST. Charles Theater, New Orleans.
/. ND-A ST. Paul paper estimates the fur
trade OF Minnesota at over quarter Of mil
lion Of dollars year.
gs9r rCassius M. Clay, in communication to
the Country Gentleman, states that for many
years no has grazed thousand cattle year.
gs- Louis Napoleon has secured a news.
paper organ in London, 1t is stated, by pur-
chasing the Morning Chronicle for about
$4,000.
G3- The Kirghises of Siberia have signified
to the Russian Minister of the Interior their
willingness to emancipate all their SORTS at
once.
@Sr Jackson, the American Deer, was
beaten by James Rowan, ct Hackney Wick,
near London, on Christmas day, In ten.mile
race In SO minutes and % seconds,
NS-Ths entire olive crop In tho depart.
ment Of Van, France, is said to have been
destroyed by tho cold weather. The loss Is
estimated at seven millions Of francs.
N8-Ths Pope has responded in Latin let
ter to the Archbishop of Dublin, acknowledge
ing the sympathy expressed for him BY the
Irish Catholic hierarchy.
@8-A putrid sore throat seems to be quito
prevalent in some portions of Lake County,
o., and several deaths have occurred in Men
tor, Kirkland, and other places.
nsrA man in the vicinity Of North Adams,
Mass, lost his wife, married another, and had
one child, ell in the year 1859. He is en-
phatically fast man.
GE Lydia White, who sued William II.
Burr for $4,000 damages for breach Of promise,
recently recovered from Fairfield [Conn.
County jury, verdict of s., 200 and costs.
9@A man was arrested at Piqua, O., last
week, on charge Of attempting to outrage
the person Of bis own daughter, little girl
less than twelve years old. n3
@S-Adsm Peters, an old citizen Of Jones'
vile, Ohio, died recently in his sixty-sixth
year. He was soldier Of the war of 1872,
and was engaged st the battle Of North Point.
N9-The Navajo Indians recently captured
I'VE thousand sheep from rancho near Fort
Craig, Arazona, and Fsre committing deprs-
dstions in all quarters. i @ c'&
N3-Ths city OF Lsavsnworth, Iowa, was
illuminated with gas on the night of January
"a, for the first time, much to the Qualification
Of tho citizens.
&a1-A new monthly magazine, Ths Inter-
prefer, is to be started In England with the
now year, devoted to an analytical account
ofths Sculptures. ~, ,fs
A&rIn recent ARRAY in Franklin, Tenn,
between L. +. Beech, merchant of Nashville,
and Jordan Hanison, of williamson County,
the latter was shot dead.
NArOn Saturday zebulon Jennings, aged
sixteen years, went out hunting In Vinton
County, and was accidentally killed by the
discharge Of his own gun. fFks} '4's-f
n ~ More than 1,70O infants, under five
years of age, die In Boston every year, . large
part Of whom perish in small and crowded
tenemsnts from want Of pure cir to breathe.
~ Hiram Powers il reported TO be loud
in expressions Of sympathy with John Brown
among the literati at Florence; while another
story ID that tho sculptor ID very conservative
on the slavery question.
1UEo great ID tho pressure 10 obtain di.
vorcss IN ENGLAND, that before long additional
Judges must b appointed to the Court. It's
stated that there ID now IN srresr Of six hun
dred divorce cases.
y ng-Miss Mccarthy, an actrsu At Laura
Keen's ThsAtsr In New York, was made very
III recently BY the absorption Of poisonous
preparation used BY actresses to whiten the
skin. lEi,s1a8s I'M. th''fs,i ~ R3N ~
~ 1D-A Istter from vsnszusls ssyss at ID
inposslbls to ssy when this county will bs at
pssoe. No sooner ID one faction put down
than another arises, burning, plundsring, and
srxJ av{us nks QAx1rvsU ~'-rl - IT