Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-09-20
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A western paper has dubbed John @
BreCk nridge, Jack, the Giant Killer.


A western paper mas dubbed John G.
Breck nridge, JACK, the Giant Killer.
Put your money into a box, if you like,
but not dice-box.
The Jail of Haywood County, in Browns
vile, Tenn, caught fire on Wednesday. and
was burned to the ground. Loss $4,000.
The different gas-works of Philadelphia
are now producing 100000 feet of gas per
day.
An Indian ran five miles in tweuty-eight
minutes at Lewiston, Me-. on Friday, which
may be called fast travelling on the muscle.
The Milwaukee (wis.) Sentinel says there
are now about 1000 orphans in that city,
rendered so by the Lady EIgin calamity.
The Deseret Netos of August l5, gives the
names of about 1000 persons who are on
their way to Salt Lake City.
A new Catholic weekly journal, styled
The True Press, has been commenced in
Chicago, Ill.
The average loss of lives from shipwreck
on the shores ofthe United Kingdom amounts
to 800 per annum.
A single farm in Byram Township, N. j.,
has sent to market the past year, 5000
pounds of butter.
John T. Bland and Samuel Shoemaker
were lately killed in fight at a public mus
ter near Hamilton, Prairie County, Arkansas.
Hon. William H. Purnell, of Maryland has
lost his entire family of five interesting
children, by death, within few weeks.
The wife of Luther G. Peck, of Angelica,
N. Y, has received a legacy of $4,000, by
the death of an eccentric bachelor friend, a
Prussian, named Louis Skork.
Two of the Arabian horses which were
presented to Senator Seward during his tour
in Syria, reached Boston on Wednesday.
One, the mare, died when six days out.
The estimated population of Iowa is in the
neighborhood of 100000, which, under the
new apportionment, will entitle that State
to six members of Congress.
An establishment has been opened in New
York, for furnishing to order sermons, polit-
ical speeches, literary addresses essays and
compositions of all kinds.
The lieutenant of line-of-battle- ship at
| Trieste, having intended to blow it up with
the Archduke and all on board, was discov-
cred and committed suicide.
Dr. Ward, the musical composer, is about
building a house in New York, which will
contain private theater for operate repre-
sentations.
Markus Neibuhr, the only son of the illus
trious historian of Rome, died on the lst
ult., at Oberweller, in Baden. He had some
| pretensions to scientific knowledge.
/ Prince Ernest, of Wirtemberg, has Just
! been married to celebrated German singer
named Natalie Frassini, the daughter of the
/ director of the music at the Oassel Theater.
Mandolfo, Brambilla and Revoltella, the
| three principal Trieste bankers, who have
been in imprisonment for fraud, have been
released.
A daughter of VIM. Golte, twelve years
old, was caught in thrashing machine at
Charlottesville, Ind, day or two ago, and
instantly killed.
Mrs. Mirel, of London, has found that by
water in which clothes are bleaching there
is great econom y of time.
D'Azeglio, the Sandman Governor o
Milan, has been appointed President of the
Academy of the Fine Arts, commonly called
the Brera.
Vela has prepared a statue representing
Italy embracing France, to be presented to
the Empress Eugenie by the ladies of Lom-
hardy.
Church, the artist has quite recovered
from the effects of his recent accident by
being thrown from his wagon, and left New
York on Monday, on sketching tour. b
P. G. Waters, of Carlinville, ILL.,, says he
dug out of his sweet potato patch, recently,
potato measuring four feet and two inches
in length.
Cats are in demand at Pixies Peak, as mice
are plenty. though rats are not known in
that part of the country. Cats sell at high
price. --------.
The family of Mr.. Plass, numbering six
persons, of Catskill, N. Y, was badly poi
soned last week by partaking of toad-stools
for mushrooms. Two have since died.
A Mrs. Peek, of Hartford, Conn.,, arrested
Monday night for keeping house of ill
fame, committed suicide by strangulation
while confined in her cell.
John Shay got caught in bone-grinder at
Roxbury, Mass, on Tuesday, and before the
machine could be. stopped, he himself was
! turned into powder.
A bruiser named Jennings of New Or
leans, who stands six feet three, has chal-
lenged any man in the world to fight him,
and is to be accommodated in New York.
On the 2lst of August, 67,92s persons WIS.,
! tied the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, Eng,
| being the largest number ever present in one
day.
The tendency of age, say the Psychologists,
is to form bones. 1t is as rare as it is pleas
ant to meet with an old man whose opin-
! ions are not ossifed.
Professor Lowe, backed by his friends, has
determined, in a couple of weeks, to make
another effort to ascend from Philadelphia in
his great air-ship. ..,
The vegetarian boat-rower, in reply to the
question: "How dye do?" same times says,
"Wherry WE'LL" some times, "Berry well,h p
and some times, "Ferry WELL"
A writer in the Southern Planter says he
never knew black hogs to have the mango;
while white ones are very subject TO, and
some times die of it.
! Mcguire, of the Opera-house, San Fran
| cisco, who engaged Lucy Escott and Kerry
Squires, taking half the profits of the en-
gagement, has already realized some $40,
An elm tree standing on the farm of John
| Oliver, few miles north of Waterford, N Y,
measures twenty-five feet in circumference.
Its age has been estimated at 1900 years.
Within the past year about 100000
acres Of public land have been offered for
sale. Owing TO well-knoWn causes the sales
have been SMALL afaur .lft 80 q