Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-02-14
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bills authorizing the people of Minnesota
and Oregon to form, State Governments.
preliminary to their admission into the
Union.
The advance in sugars in New York
since january LIST has been 1 cent on raw
and I on refined.
The duties on tobacco in England last
year amounted to 1924, 200, 900.
| Gut OF fifteen locomotives on the road
west from Davenport, all but two or three
have been disabled during the recent
"cold snap
MERCY AT late term of Court in
st. Paul, thirty-six lawyers were admit
ted to practice at the bar!
The consumers Of sugar paid Sc, $780,
OcO duties on sugar last year.
| The total number of deaths in New
York last year was &c, 1868, or one every
twenty-five minutes.
A couple were married in Baltimore
last week--bridegroom 90, bride 70.
-Four millions of dollars have been
spent in the search for the unfortunate
navigator, Sir John Franklin.
Russia is about forty-one times the
size of France, and one hundred and
thirty eight times that of England.
L. johnson & Co., type founders, Phil
adelphia, offer to give $1,000 towards
founding an asylum for superanuated
printers.
There were 241 persons killed by rail-
road accidents in the United States, last
year.
The Register of the Land Office at
Saltwater, Minnesota, has decided that
negroes cannot pre-empt land-not being
citizens.
a writer in the Southern part of Hi
nois, in speaking of the Chinese cane,
ventures the opinion that in 1860, plant
ers will find no sale for their sugar in
that State.
1t is now ascertained that some thirty
slavers have been fitted out in the port of
New York within the last three years.
The population of France is over Sc,
600, 900.
The Legislature of Nebraska has voted
to remove the Capital to Douglas City.
1t is thought the Governor would veto it.
A $500 boquet was displayed at one
Of the fashionable fooleries called parties,
in New York, the other day.
There has been purchased by the Uni
ted States, of Indians, since March 9TH,
1853, ia, 104,4lO acres of land.
The nett profits of the Railroads of the
U. 5. last year, is put down at $50, $780,
600.
The name of Fort des Moines, Iowa,
has ceen changed to simple Demoines
The New York Legislature has abolish
ed days of grace on sight drafts, DC.
The number of acres planted to corn
in Ohio last year was 2, 2o5, 982.
HEALTH OF DR. KASE-The last dates
from Cuba, announce that the health of
DR.. Kane, the explorer, has greatly i'm
proved, and that his speedy recovery is
looked for.
One OF THE MIsERIEs OF HUMAN LIFE.
Being beaten in an argument, and af-
forwards thinking of some happy retort
or very appropriate joke, which would
have smashed your enemy all to smther-
Gems.
The fellow who took things easy, found
it rather hard to carry them back.
The River St Lawrence is said to be
completely frozen as far down as the par
ish Of St. Michael, about thirteen miles
below Quebec.
Connecticut and Long Island are now
connected with bridge of ice-for the
first time in the memory of man.
Household words.-What many ladies
are more acquainted with than works.
The individual who planted himself on
his good intentions has not yet sprouted
Seneca Lake has frozen over for the
first time within three generations.
The revenue ofthe British Government
in 1856, was E72,218,988.
There were 24l persons killed by rail-
road acct Gnts in the United States last
year.
Bishop Scott estimates the population
of Oregon at $4,000.
The value of Liquor imported into the
United States last year, was S6, 1856, 1888.
There were 81 persons killed by rail-
road collisions in the U. S. last year.
The citizens of Battle Creek, Mich,
without distinction of party, held an in
dignation meeting a few days since, to
censure the action of their postmaster,
who refuses to distribute Republican
newspapers to club subscribers, unless
written on.
Reason governs the wise men and cud-
gels tho fool.
Iowa raised 190,O22 bushels of oats