Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-08
VARIETIEs

Thirty-six persons live in six-room house
in Somerville, Mass
Thomas Wall, a rowdy, fatally shot another,
Wm. Higgins, in New Orleans day or two
ago, in drunken row.
"A statue to Marshal Jourdon, by Robert,
has Just been inaugurated at Limoges,
France, where he was born.
There is no wonder that "our army swore
terribly in Flanders" where one of the
towns is named Damme. r.r..r..
A salmon weighing fifteen pounds was
caught in White River last week, thirty
miles below Indianapolis, Ind.
In performing his rope-walking feats, in
the Troy IN. " Theater, Blondin fell twice,
and received some slight injuries.
The reporter of German paper, in New.
Orleans was garroted and robbed while re-
turning, at late hour, from his labor. -.7
A census is shortly to be taken of the in
habitants of Cuba, by order of the Queen of
Spain. The last census was taken in 1886.
In East Flamboro, G. w., man named
James Black deliberately sat down on pile
of burning brush and roasted himself to
death.
J. Crag, of Franklin County, in this State,
offers $500 fee to any doctor who will
cure him of a spinal disease of six years
standing. .--
The Charleston Mercury, in discussing the
advantages of disunion to the South, places
foremost among them the reputation Of all
Northern debts.
Patrick Donnelly fell five stories through
a hatchway, at st. Louis, on Sunday, and
instead of being dashed to pieces, only broke
his ankle.
T. F. Drew ripped open the bowels, and
tried to cut the throat of William IL. Tooke,
whose overseer he was, in Madison County,
Fa., last week.
It is a pleasant, as we'll as rational, idea
of the theologians, that the minds OF the great
dead lose no employment by losing their
mortal part.
The Sisters of Mercy of New Haven, Conn,
are accused, falsely no doubt, of having alb
Quoted the little daughter of Mr.. VIM. Crow,
who is missing.
In Philadelphia it is proposed to reorganize
the fire department by reducing the amount
of apparatus, rearranging the districts, and
enforcing discipline.
An attumpt was made to assassinate B. +
sweeney, near Nashville, Tenn, the other
night. He was shot and severely but moi
dangerously injured.
A fugitive slave, who escaped from Mary
land in 1856, having settled down in Wash
| ington, D. c., and married, was sent back tC
his master last week.
The celebrated John Wesley, at one tint
of his life, was subject to wakefulness, bu
he cot rid of the habit by rising when h'
| found he could not sleep.
| An exchange tells of hen which droppet
l2s eggs, in as many days, without missing
a day, and out of the 128 eggs, six dozeI
birds have been hatched.
Leonard Half accidentally shot his brother
in-law. benjamin. Smith, through the head
the other day, killing him instantly, Will
duck shooting in South Bay, l.. l.
-Four girls of fifteen were arrested in Al
bany, N. Y, the other night, at the solicita
tion of their agonized parents, who asserte
that they were confirmed prostitutes.
Two of the crew of ship trading in 81
yapnah have been convicted of endeavorin
to entice away slaves, and sentenced to re
ceive three times thirty-nine lashes.
The Vermont Legislature are discussin
the propriety of a new law OF divorce. M
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drunkenness a ground of divorce.
A company has been formed for the pu
pose of pearl fishing in the Gulf OF Gal
fornia. AT the lower end OF the pay pear
of great value are found in the shallow bed
+ A ball and banquet in aid of the jew
Hospital in New York, given on Tuesdf
night, realized, with donations, includil
one of 500 by Governor Morgan, Sl4OOC
The accounts received from all quarters
Ireland, tend to confirm the hope that, no
. withstanding the unusually severe seaso
! the harvest will be more than an average or
A Philadelphia policeman while taking
felon to prison the other day, who had {
r caped from him, missed his mark with |
, pistol, and shot child five years old IN I
= neck. r.
Now that winter is coming upon US, 1t
, we'll 10 prevent gas meters from being froz
!, nm. All that need to be done is TO inclC
the meter in box, packing in a quantity
4 saw-dust. .--,.. ..-, ......r......,
= One result of the completion of the te
graph lines between st. Louis and San Fra
. cisco, will be that every message sent "
arrive three hours in advance OF the time
, was sentl -a'r
The Deacon of Glenwood, the popular |
turer, Mr.. De Cordoyia, himself a Jew,
I serts that there is in the United State
T secret Jewish order numbering 4oQ'
members. n'!tat
The Governor of Vermont has reco
mended the passage Of aIRwyto make
vender of Intoxicating drinks responsible
: all injuries committed by those TO whom
may have sold. t5a aSi ~
3, A dishonest tobacco agent in West
Onondago, recently sold, in New Yc
twentY-tun crop at a shilling a pound,
I, porting the sale q i've cent?, cheating
|. principal cut Of $4,000, II .f1 ~ ~ Ig
.n The cabin passengers from New ~
~ September /, have published card IN
g. San Francisco papers, eensuring the om'