Demoine courier., 1854-09-21
Pen and Scissors.

10 De ABUNDANT all over The country.
Fhe Protection Insurance Company
of Hartford, Conn, has failed.
w Old river men say that the Ohio
is alta ,lower stage titan it has been since
1891. .1 - "a, fsg
Dan Mace has been nominated by
reclamation for reelection to Congress,
by the people Of Lafayette (Ia. District
1 The Farmers and Mechanics Bank
at Washington City, closed its doors
last Wednesday. 4 ~
" Halfa mile square was busnt over
during the late fire OF Waldoboro,
ivGev. Seymour. Of N. Y, vas
nominated by the Administration Soft
Shells, bul peremp,orily declines to run.
REvERsEs OF TRADE Supplies for
Keokuk from the eastern markets 90 now
by way Of the Rock Island Railroad,
and over the Lower Rapids to their
destination. s4s ~ Fs v g
" The Chicago Times says, that
there are one hundred boys in shat city
engaged regularly in the business of
.h;eving. es SIS s ~
uA wild duck viii, four legs and
double breast has been exhibited in Bos-
ton. The bird was an hermaphrodite,
and was exceedingly large and fat.
v A water spout descended a, Char
lot,ev:lle, Va, recently, by which wo
man and horse were washed away, and
the lady was drowned. eal -atr
~ Stephen T. Logan and Abraham
Lincoln, are announced in the Springfield
Journal as candidates for the Legislature
from the county Of Sangamcn.
Elk Senator Rsmelin. of Cincinna.
ii, is siumping the State of Ohio against
the Nebraska swindle. He has been
giving his Locofoco brother, Odds. i,s"
al Circleville, the home Of the latter.
WAsHBuRN NOMINATED MIR. Wash
burn of Galena, of Minnesota Land
Bill no.orie,y has been re nominated as
a candidate for Congress by The Wings
of that District. s
q The Democracy of Knox county.
ILL.,. recently met in Convention and
VIM. McMurtry for Con-
gress. 50 -
They also passed resolutions in favor
Of julius Manning for U. s. Senator.
HARD WoRK.-An editor in Ohio is
rewriting Passages from Macauley's
History, adapting them 10 the meridian
of Ohio. and publishing them as origi-
nal editorials! This is abou, the hardest
work, we should imagine, TO which the
human brain and fingers could apply
themselves. tsat saf9
IF Mr.. lie Claire has commenced
the construction Of marke, house in
Davenport. 1t is 20 be 1872 by Sc fee.
with two wings % by, &C feet each
The msin building is 10 be three stories
high, al TO be constructed of brick, with
iron pillars, etc., in the most durable and
substantial mannef. ts&
II The vote in Angus. somewhat ex-
ceeded 10000 and the anti Nebraska
majority is about 1900. -.
in April last the vote was 3O,s55 and
the Nebraska majority claimed by the
Washington Union in its issue OF the
3lst Of April lasr was 1892.
a F. x. Aubrey was stabbed by
Maj. Weightman. in a row at Santa Fe,
about the 2oih uli. Mr.. Aubrey had
just arrived al Santa Fe from SaE Fran.
cisco. making the trip in the remarkably
short space of twenty ,wo days. He
was one Of the m ost intrepid travellers O.:
The age. Maj. Weighlman was the late
delegate from New Mexico. and an Army
officer in the Mexican war.
NEBRASKA AND Kansas. Frequent
inquiries are made by persons disposed
TO 'go little further West." 20 to the
extent of these new territories. A re-
port from the General Land Office shows
that Nebraska covers an area Of 342,-
436 square miles, equal 80 2l9,l6O. 800
acres Of land. Kansas has an area OF
I26,2s3 square miles, equal to s0.s2I..
100 acres of land. To large portions
Of this land the Indian title has moi bee n
ex.inguished, but enough is open for set.
dement, 10 satisfy the most eager enter
prise for years TO come.
n The ST. Louis Republican thus
notices the establishment Of II. E. Dim.
lex & Co.. whose advertisement will be
found in our paper: ~ @a