Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-01
VARIETIES.

a W uS0lnBtOn lINluR sOuNtulT luGuul -
being got up in New York.
Why should gourmand wear tartan
waistband? To keepa check on his stomach.
A negro slave was killed near Louisville
the other day, in conflict with one of his
own race.
The Boston Post says that a lady on ice
Skating article) is among the chief luxuries
Of the season.
Mrs. Ann Harris, within four months Of
being 100 years old, died at kewburyport,
Mass, few days ago.
Sheehan, who recently murdered Edward
Brown, inlPhiladelphia, died of mania-a-potu
in prison, a night or two ago.
McCartney's auction-house, Pittsburg,
Penn, was robbed recently of furs and jew
elry to the extent of $500 or $1,000.
Archimedes Mercer deliberately committed
suicide in MUskingum County, in this State,
on Sunday, by blowing out his brains.
1t is boldly predicted that the Emperor of
Russia will meet violent death in conse-
quence of his resolution to free the sers.
On Tuesday, in New Orleans, James Grof-
ton accidentally shot his own son, boy of
six years. withan old pistol, while drawing
the load. a,yes., -....
+ Charleston, S. c., is the only city of any
prominence in the Union in which the popu-
iation has decreased during the past ten
years.
The failure ofthe firms of w. E. Delaplane,
grain merchant, and Delaplane & McOaully,
merchants, of Circleville, in this State, is an
| bounced. t4 1st5 -
The ordinary coming capacity of the Phil
| adelphia Mint is $500, 900 per month, which
| por no inareaaad hv Unrkinn over. hours To
! $lo,O00,000.
| In the Nevada Jail, California, Chinese are
SO addicted to opium smoking, that in spite
| of all precautions, they obtain pipes and the
drug.
A little boy at Springfield, Mass, amused
himselfby inserting straw into the spout of
| boiling tea. kettle, the other dag. He in
hailed the steam, and can not recover.
A little thirteen months child, at Galena,
ILL.,, dragged a dish of boiling water over
herself, recently, and fingered in great agony
for twenty-four hours.
Joliet, ILL.,, has contributed fourteen tuns
of flour, twelve of meal, $50 bushels of beans,
and 800 of shelled corn, which have been
shipped to the Kansas sufferers.
A correspondent, sending us marriage
notice, says: Estates may go out Of the
Union, but men and women will go in. The
Lord have mercy on both parties"
A little daughter Of ]. o. Williams, oI
Winchester, Mass, was smothered to death
by being wrapped too closely in bed, one day
last week. ls
A free bridge has been constructed across
the Missouri at st. Joseph. The contractor
was General Frost, and it is said to be lire
proof.
|
medium in England is Mr.! Gladstone; be
cause he has raised spirits all over the coun
try. Le&EH
The young Belgian, Harcy, convicted il
New York Of forging Haytien treasury-notes
was sentenced, on Friday, TO two years anC
three months Imprisonment. 9
o A few evenings since, while singing il
opera at Philadelphia, Pauline Colson fell OF
the dagger in the stabbing scene of III Giur
dmentO, andinjured her arm severely.
A paper published at Stoekbridge, En-
gland iRthe year 1900, states that the library
of deceased clergyman sold for &3, and th'
liquors In his cellar for f2l6.
The Pope has at length obtained mean
10 pay the interest on his debt, which be
came due on the lst, and so saves his credit
financially.
The Rochester IN, W census has revealed
the fact that Eli g. Babcock died in Febru
ary, after lying in the same position Ia be'
thirty-twO years, unable to move q limb.
Mrs. Smith, of Attleboro, R. l., rising il
the night, her dress caught FIRE, and, befor
her husband could extinguish the flames, sh
; was burned to death.
.sontag, the distinguished American artis
has finished a new work, The Spirit Of III
AHegkanies. Many persons are more famil
lar with the spirit of the MonOngahela."
Joseph Taylor, who was supposed to hay
been murdered, appeared in Court, at NeV
Orleans, last week, to prove that Joh
Dweer did not beat his brains out on tn
! llth.
TAe Emperor of Russia has ordered thR
in consequence of the death of the Empires
!. Dowager, all the theaters and places Of pub
Il lie amusement in st. Petersburg shall b
= closed for six weeks.
q The pill sof the steamer plying on Senec
n IN W AXE, has averaged a trip, up an
70 down, 9 . days in each year for twenty-on
yeas le has thus Travelled 570,6OO on tn
little Ike in that time. "a
CoNumption in Boston commits rhvagi
among Irish.born citizens five to one moi
J. than snong natiVeS. The number
q women Who died in 1859 was4so, against 81
u men.
The receipts OF. cotton at Alphabetical
Fla, up I'd the 18th inst, Tsre l7,66l bale
against 32,Rll at the same time last yea
Stock on land, l2,isT bales, against ls,S'
+ last year.
N Of the negoes sent to the State Priso
q Va, tor puniaPment and transportation, II
Il have been hirAd 10 contractors on the Co
:; ington and OHIO Railroad, for 1861 at "a
prices.