Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-27
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90 1ar, 1, lUO DaleS OF new COVVOn nave Deen
received at New Orleans. --Atafttt-
The New York book trade sale COM
mences September 4.
II is comforting kindness to deny at once
favor which you intend to refuse at last.
A negress, at present living in New
Albany. Ind, is l1O years old. s,3
A fre-alarm telegraph is now completed
and nearly ready for operation in Provi-
+ 1t is estimated that over $4,000 people
visited the Central Park, in New York, Sum-
day before last. 'i.frrI
The census returns. so far as made up, show
that Norfolk, Va, does not contain popu-
lation Of more than 10000. .
Of the l73 deaths that occurred in ST..
Louis last week, l25 were those of children
under FIVE years.
p "A New York paper undertakes to say who
is the largest coal-dealer living. We sup
pose the Devil Of the Orthodox is. ~ " ~
The value of the vessels belonging to the
New York Yacht Club, |, in New Bedford har-
{ bor last week, was $29oT 81 ssaa ~ "
Rev. Mr.. Bronte, father of the famous
Haworth Parsonage on the 21st ult. 81 ID
~ The richest man in Britain is the MARQUIS
of Westminster, whose annual income is
about 100000. e-yre, i, ets.r.r., .so
The population of Springfield, Mass, un-
der the present census, is 10, 200, against IL, :
766 in 1850, gain of 3,434. -
There are, it is said, about 1000 divisions
Of the Sons Of Temperance, in the United
States, with nearly 10000 members. q
! Nearly eighty thousand dollars worth Of
ice has been shipped from the North, and is
on the way to New Orleans. H'
Judge Griffin, Of Washington County,
Miss, Is said to be the largest cotton planter
in the South. His crop is about 5000 bales.
The trial of a boy thirteen years old, for
murder is progressing in Carlisle, ILL., He is
accused of killing his uncle. ttis
VIM, B. Astor, of New York, is stated to
be worth $40,000,0Q0, and the annual in
crease of his estate is about $3,0o0,o00.
Halibut, cod, bass, mackerel, perch, found
ers, herring, turbot, salmon and sturgeon
are abundant on the coast Of California.
Peter Maginnis having abused his wife
shamefully, in Cork, Ireland, she poisoned
him with arsenic, and made her escape to
At the Mansion House, London, one DR..
.Gourley has been charged with fraudulently
misappropriating $4,000, the property of a
lady named Rigg. i.s lirai i.ss rs.
A. NJ. Ross, the engineer who superin-
tended the erection of the Victoria Bridge,
has become insane, and is now the inmate OF
a Lunatic Asylum.
James Stanton. has been arrested in Tren-
ton, N. o., on charge of kidnapping, and
in default of 900 bail, committed TO pris-
on in that town. u" 't
A calf jumped through the window of a
lager-beer saloon, in Cleveland, the other
day. and alighted on billiard table, seri-
ously interfering with the game.
The father of Parson Harden, who was
hung for fe-poisoning, is still peddling the
confession of his son, and is picking up
dimes by the transaction. TIa 7l.f
Odd-fellows Hall, in Lewisburg, Va, was
broken into last week, and the box con-
tanning the widows and orphans fund was
carried off
The vessels from the Great Lakes now en-
gagged in the European and coasting trade,
comprise ffty-two, of an average capacity
of 3l7 tuns.
Two boys, initiating Blondin, walked and
performed many gymnastic exercises upon a
rope stretched across the Canal, at Zanes-
vile, the other day.
A cigar-shaped wherry is among the Gu.
riosities of the Nonpareil Boat Club, Boston
1t is about thirty feet long, and is constructed
after the model of Winans's steamer.
I
Joel Hayden, of Haydenyille, Mass, has
presented to Amherst College q beautiful
bronze statue, representing the nymph Sa-
bina, involved in Comus. f.
In the stables of Mr.. Kirwin, member OF
the City Council of Quebec, are fifty-four
fine horses for the special use Of the Prince
and his suite.
q Florence Nightingale, in her sickness Of
retirement, is cheered by continuous stream
ofblessing that takes its fountain-head from
her merciful sojourn in the Crimea.
VIM. Shaw, in endeavoring, the other day
to prevent man named Alnny from abusing
his wife, in Hudson, Mich, broke his arm
and caused his death. ll
That elegant entertainment, vitriol-throw.
ing, has commenced in Worcester, Mass
Several ladies have had elegant dresses de-
stroyed, recently, In that city. q
lantic in balloon from Boston; But he has
no idea OF attemptingit. He Is O humbug, ai
the people Of Pittsbnrg all know. n
Miss Louisa Pyne, :and Mr.. Harrison
well known to the New York public, ars
| going on tour TO California, after theil
campaign in London is over.
The Louisville (Ky.j journal says: fssFh,
Yancey- y-BIeckinridge party hiss subsistec
thus far by sponging upon the oi'iceholdsts