The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-02-03
PEN AND SCISSORS.

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PEN AND SCISSORS.
ss-Thsrs are 1900 tin peddlsrs in Mas.a-
chusetts. -,'....',t '', ~
ns-A biography 'of Mrs. Il. B. Stowe ia
printed In late issue Of La RepubHsue of
Hsyti.
@e-An affected mnu can not be moral
man. The whole study Of his life 10 to cheat
you. rga- s-r e,
NsrIt is reported that the small pox has
not sbated in Lexington, Va, but II Is again
on the increase.
MS-Two French Generals are about to visit
tho countries of Europe in order to study SOL
sntifcally the armies Of each nation.
@@Hon. Joseph Harper, member Of the
New Jersey State Legislature from Gloucester
County, died recently Of erysipelss.
1s-Ths deaths in New York during the
past week numbered 4s0--n decrease of SO
from the previous week.
NArTom Taylor has dramstized Dlckens's
"Tale of Two Citiea," which will be speedily
produced OF the Lyoeum Thsater.
G8-An Indian, aged seventy years, IL con.
fined in the 0nondaga, N. Y, Penitsptiary,
for violating an Indian girl six years old. ~
@g-Mr. Ebeneser Spear, Of Hartford, Conn,
was killed Thursday night by falling down
stairs In his own honse.
GgA woman, Sarah Tyford, was run over
by train of oars, the other night, on tho
Philadslphia Railroad, and killed.
NgThs Green Bay Advocate gays house
in Glenmore, was burnt, and Mrs. Barney and
two children were destroyed.
asrIn England our common mullen IL
cultivated in pots, and called the "Amerioan
velvet plant"
le-Ths sale of the Helper book has, it il
said, been prohibited in the cars on all the
railroads leading out Of New York City.
~ A married woman, Catharine Smith,
residing In New York, committed suicide the
other night by taking dose Of arsenic.
GS- Helpers copyright Of the "Impending
Crisis" realizes for him about $500 week,
and one weeks receipts amounted to $525.
gae- Geo. Munins blew his brains out re-
Gently near Raleigh, N. O., on account Of an
unfortunate love affair.
8-The statue Of Henry Clay, ordered by
tho ladies Of Virginia, has arrived at Rich
mond. g seft r,t a
NS- The City Council Of st. Louis have ap-
propriated $4,000 to aid In the removal Of the
Rock Island Bridge over the Mississippi River.
NxE- The Mount Vernon Republican office
was sold recently for $4,000 to A. L. Harris.
local editor of tho Ohio State Journal.
1D-A bill has been introduced into the
New York Legislature to regulate the rates Of
fare on the New York and Erie Railroad.
qsrA negro was sold In Thomaston, aa,
one day last week, for the enormous sum Of
$500. His purchaser was shortly afterward
offered $4,000 for him. y
gsB- Oliver Mungen, the late postmaster
at Flndlay,. Hancock County, was lately
lodged In jail, charged with embezzling money
while serving in that capacity.
as- man, when asked how old he was,
answered, "just forty years, bat if you count
by the fun I've seen, I am at least eighty !"
He must have been funny" fellow.
@g- The proprietor Of the Nl;nosian, and
acting ~ the postofiee clerk st Marshall, ILL.,,
has been arrestsd for rifling letters, and held
to bail for the offense. aEl
N8-Ths Providence (R. I.) Rs~ accuses
Henry Ward Bsecher Of making half dozen
engagements on tho same evening, and Of
course breaking FIVE Of them. 6
Ns-Two negroes were sold at auction in
Portsmouth, Virginia, recsntly--a woman
twenty-eight years old for 81 ,l25, and girl
nine years old for $1,000.
G@-A man named Love was killed at Q
quilting party In Dalton, Ga, by J. F. Shell
ley. The homicide grew ont Of a trivial dis
puV6s irsii vgls 'nsI af.-r 81. ll sfsrf.