Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-30
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the week ending Tuesday, was LOT.
Oil has been discovered in Aurora, N. Y,
and the fact causes considerable excitement,
A little boy fell into a tub of boiling water
at killawog, New York, on Tuesday, and
died IN dreadful agony on Wednesday.
The shad fisheries of North Carolina are
unusually productive this season. One seine
took in one day last week 1900 fish.
Hartley Colerdge, when asked which of
Wordsworth's productions he liked best, re-
piled g His daughter Dora"
Duprez, the tenor, with the ut de poitrine,
sang lately at musical soiree at Rossini's
house. ....
A man in Bridgeton, Maine, has hound
which has caught twenty.seven red foxes,
the skins of which he values at $50 each.
A rascal eloped from vincennes, Indiana,
last week, with his wife's sister, and has not
since been heard of by his deserted wife,
Memphis, Tennessee, shipped LOG, 900 bales
of cotton to the Ohio River between the lst
Of September and the 26th of February last.
James R. Brogley. while shaving, after
spree in Cav stoD, Texas, recently, cut his
throat 30 badly that he bled to death.
Two sportsmen, firing simultaneously,
killed sixty seven wild geese at one shot, at
Montauk, L. l., last week.
We blame fortune for not visiting us.
when as in some cases the fault lies at our
own door, for we do nothing to invite her in.
There were 9,79O letters sent to the dead
letter office during the past year, containing
an aggregate of $52, l54 Sc.
Anderson, the fugitive slave, is in Mon
treal. He is to go to England on the opening
of navigation.
The tobacco mandatory of Peters &
Blanton, at Farmville, Va, with five ad-
joining buildings, were burned Saturday
night. Loss $4,000.
Willard A. Richardson, editor and pro.
prietor of the Galveston NewS, Texas, a vio-
lent Secession print, is native Of Taunton,
Mass.
The rascals who worked so hard to rob the
New York Exchange Bank, did not make
much. They expended not less than 81, 600,
and all they got was 5000.
In less than quarter of century, Aus
trslia has increased from l70,00 to 530,000
persons, and in ten years has exported 23,-
100000 ounces of gold.
The census of the Sandwich Islands for
on increase of 59S foreign population since
1863.
Apples of the very finest quality are said
to be now selling in the market of Erie,
Pennsylvania, for. from fifteen to twenty
cents per bushel..
The French Canadian papers complain
that the English language has been largely
introduced into their schools, thereby cau5-
ino tho dapou nf tho Eranch tonnua
Three of the guests of the Charleston
House, at Memphis, Tennessee, were robbed
the other night of $1,000, by burglars, who
forced the doors of their sieeping-rooms.
A monster hog is being exhibited at Ban
gor, Maine. His weight is l,6OO pounds;
length, nine feet seven inches; girth, seven
feet six inches and hight, three feet six
inches.
Mr.. Reuben, who was with Nelson in
several of his battles, and with Mungo Park
in Africa, died the other day at Ottawa,
Canada.
A little girl was stolen from her parents
in Westchester County, N. Y, about month
since, by some gipsies, who recently returned
the child unharmed.
The Minister of Justice has made report
to the Emperor, in reference to the Mres
affair, promising that all the guilty parties,
whatever their rank, shall be punished.
On Wednesday, Mrs, Lydia Legg, residing
near Rock Hall, Md, committed suicide by
hanging herself at a bed post with a skein Of
cotton.
The New York millionaire, Stewart, has
man stationed in front of his store to assist
ladies in crossing from one side to the other,
and in entering omnlbuses.
The young Prince Metternich, Austrian
Embassador at Paris, was, it is said, highly
iDceDsed al Prince Napoleon's speech, and
threatened to demand his passport.
The Texas grain crop, particularly on the
| fine valleys Of the Guadalupe, Blanco aud
| San Marcos Rivers, will probably be very
bOuntiful.
@. Y. Diggs, a much esteemed hard ware
n ercbsnt Of Portsmouth, Va, tell through d
haeh of his store some days ago. aad
was almost instantly killed. r. ~.
G. G. Long of Upper Saudusky, in this
| State, Obtained, at the late term of Court ia
/ Wyitrdot County, q verdict of 81 O33 against
! the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne aud Chicago
Railroad for the loss of an arm. No
The Savannah (Gs) Republican announces
/ that the long pending negotiations for con-
ntctioD bttW eel the railroads of Georgia and
Florida, have at last been brought to sue
cessful close. ., 5000.
IL is reported at Paris that Wagner, dis.
couraged at not beiog able 10 conduct the
orchestra for himself at the first representa-
tion Of the TdrmhduseT, wishes to withdraw
! the work. ~ .-.-. 100. I'D T .
FIabts Defnarias, the mail carrier be-
tween 80. Remi and Manningrill, Canada
was instantly killed, few days ago by the
falling ofaa tree which he was engaged ia
telling. --Es- -H .si .i-.L b. ..- % 81
San orchard house, 800 tet long, belonging
| 10 Hon.W H. Lawrence, EeNport, RhoSs
/ 1slBud, has furnished the owner and his
| friends with ripe early fruit and vegetables
since Cbristmss. 800
Dr. Holland (Timothy Titcombl has COM
menced a series of essays in the Springfield
l RtPalbiic0n, under the general caption of
.Rumlnstions, or. Essays upon Human
Life .......-.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN IowA-EIgh Build.
ingS Destroyed IAN extra from the office. of
the Iowa City Republieaa says that a fire
broke out between twelve and one o'clock
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