The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-06
PEN AND SCISSORS.

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PEN AND s CIssU,Rs.
g3 The monthly expense of the police of
New York city is about SIT, 900. .rs
NTThe Susquehanna River is frozen over
at Middletown, Penn, and in some places the
ice is piled to the hight of four feet.
aS During 1859, 3,12l foreig,, vessels were
enteyed at the port of Boston, and in 1858 the
number was 2.s79.
N8-John Noland was crushsG to death at
Memphis, Tenn, day or two ago by the
Caving in of bluff.
Mas-J ohm A. Abbott has be,,n committed to
jail, in Barton County, Mo-, charged with the
murder oil his wife.
Ms- Mr.. Moses Ross, of Masontown, Va,
up the M,'nongahela, was drowned lately
while attemp ting to cross the river on the ice.
MsA bachelor editor mentions as a "sure
sign of cold winter" the fact that more msI-
riage licenses ere being issued than usual.
m@-Mrs. Daniel We bster leads quiet and
dignified life in New York City, surrounded
by relatives and friends ''Ha# q
ns-The publisher Of Helpers Crisis sold
$4,000 last week. So % uch for Congressional
advertising. BIZ II e.s."re -r.-~ .
M9 The once celeb rated Vreis, the "Black
Doctor, is in Jail in F 'aris for debt and NAL
practice. ...
Ms- Small pox is vel y prevalent at Lexing-
ton, Va, can sing the tudents of Washin gton
College to leave for the ir homes.
Gas- In digging 6 rave in Charleston, S.
G., recently, bsyo lot used during the
British occupation of Oh arleston, was found.
Gs-The number of students at Harvard
College at present is eight hundred and thirty.
nine, and at Yale seven hl ,ndred and seventy.
Ms-One of our exchans es, intending to be
severely classical, has o col npositor who made
it say in q late issue: I" The rubicund was
crossed, and rum was fluid no more"
MSrThere arrived at tn port of Philadel-
phia last year, 519 foreign, and 1920 coast
wise vessels, against 4s3 foreign and 2S,643
coastwise in 1858. 't. '" ..
Ms~In Chicago a beef packing firm have
during the past season paid over to David
Strawn, of Ottawa, Hin ois, $47,94l SS for
beeves of his own feeding.
MgrA lad named Mcdonald died in Bergin
County, New Jersey, on Tuesday, of conges-
ton Of tho brain, caused by ball knocked by
bat striking his head some two weeks before.
Ms- We have q government of laws, not of
men; but the great difficulty seems to be the
men won't obey the laws, and tho laws can't
reach the men.
rs About week ago negro, claimed to
ko th ,>,ono.ks, of pnfar nuropd of A1oh.o,.
was rescued from his master by an abolition
mob, and run into Iowa.
Me-A leopard seal, weighing between two
and three hundred pounds, was shot on the
rocks at Seaconnet Point, near Newport, r. f.,
recently.
G4- During the past year there were 9,715
deaths in Philadelphfa-4,319 adults and
1896 children; consumption carrying off 500.
In 1858 the number of deaths was 1854.
Ns- Recently John Murphy, an anp1oye in
a boot and shoe store in Milwaukee, Wis,
made kip. boot, double -soled, two rows Of
pogs, in one hour and a-half, with one hand |
Ms-An apple from an orchard near San |
j ose, California, measures fifteen inches in |
circumference, and weighs two pounds and ten |
ounces avoirdupois.
G1rSince the opOning Of the Victoria |
Bridge at Montreal, upward of thirteen thou |
sand barrels of -four have arrived, pia Grand |
Trunk Railroad, at Por tland, Me.
Ms-The citizens of Nantucket, Mass, pro-
pose to have grand cen tennial celebration In |
August next, and have already sounded the |
note OF preparation.
ms VIM. Hartshorne, who died in Brook
lyn, N. Y, q few days ago, aged "a years, is |
supposed to have been the oldest printer in |
the United States.
gSrSome twenty vessels will sail from
Gloucester for Georges on the arrival of the |
first schooner from Newfoundland with fresh |
herring. ~ rssa a-.. ,.... i
@rThsre were fifteen murders in New |
York City last year, and Hfty-nine suicides.
That is very moderate indeed for 80 large |
city.
rA woman named Margaret Nolan was
beaten to death recently near Albion, N.Y.,
by her husband, in whose arms she was dis
covered, dead, on the public road.
@~"Never put off till tomorrow what you
can do to-day" said mother to child.
"Well, then, mamma, let US cat the Gran berry
pie that is in the SAFE" .f.UH rs' /
MH-"I am afraid, dear wife, that while I
am gone, absence willcopquer love-" "Never
fear, dear, the longer you stay away the better
shall like you" -4 sgI
e-A little child of Capt. Peter Sintz was
thrown from a wagon in Springfield, o., re-
GENTLY, and the wagon passing over him,
crushed him to death. '.
N@-The Circleville Herald states that a
gang of thieves in Pickaway County have
stolen one hundred and forty-nine hogs last
fall, estimated to be worth over 81 ,250.
na-Ssmuel Comfy, of Penoader Hundred,
Del, killed two turkeys this season, one of
which weighed % pounds and the other IS
pounds. g-0 ..-v, ...-,...,, ,,,,1
MB- The two Portuguese women found on
board the yacht Wdnderer say the Captain
promised to take them to the United States
and pay them for their trouble, or marry
them. ~ SCR rw
Mr Lola Montsz is reported to have writ
iSn q drama Of great psthos and beauty, which
has been accepted at ono of the London thea
ttes. What Q versatile Venus, morally speak
iig, is Lola! la
NS- Among the passengers by the steamer
Arago, which arrived last week, was tho no.
torious adventurer, Chevalier Wykoff, who
left this oOuntrv not A great vhiIa ainre an a