The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1859-04-28

A Cincinnati shopkeeper advertises
''ladies CATERS that are much admired
by gentlemen"
Two girls passed through Providence
Illinois, few days since on their way
to Pixies Peak with an OK team.
The Republicans of Washington 8
few days since fired one hundred guns
over the recent elections at the North
and West. ta
Almira L. Bartlett, of Charlestown
Mass, has recovered a verdict of So, 800
damages for breach of promise against
Sewell Packard.
The population of Paraguay in 1856,
according to the public records, was
$4,000. Two-thirds of the population
are Indians and half-breeds.
The Evansville Ind., Journal reports
the peaches and apples along the river
in that neighborhood still safe, notwith-
standing the late severe frosts.
BY change of the law last winter
the annual meeting of Commissioners
of Highways, takes place on the third
Monday of May, for the purpose of as
sessing Highway tax.
The old libel suit of Forrest against
Willis is on trial again in New York,
based on Willis charge that Forrest
got up fictitious evidence to procure a
divorce from his wife.
The Nantucket Mass, Inquirer says
that at the present time there are nine
Of the Dartmore prisoners residing in
that town, and all, though in advanced
years are in good health.
A. E. Gibbons, editor of the Harods-
burg, KY, Transcript, blew his brains
out on Tuesday last. Insanity, from
excessive drinking, is supposed to have
been the cause.
Mr.. Barnum lately attempted to de-
liver lecture on Money-Making, at
Oxford, England, but was greeted with
groans and Kisses, hit with an orange
and peppered with chestnuts, till he
was compelled to silence.
An editor visiting the U. S. Supreme
Court at Washington, says of the
Judges, "eight of them looked for all
the world like a row of worn out nurs-
es sitting in an intelligence office wait
ing to be hired.
A key of specie containing $4,000,
was stolen on the night of the 10Th ult.
from wrecking smack at Key West.
The Key Of the Gulf says that this is
the first case of the kind that has oc-
Cured for more than twenty years.
The skeleton of William Knowls, a
young man, son of George Knowls, of
Parma, was found last week in the
woods, one mile from home. He had
been missing since August last. Doubt
less suicide by poison.
The Democratic Standard, of Con
cord, n. H., keeps the following in big
letters at the head of its editorial col
umns:
democrats, stick to James Buchan.
an, or we shall all 60 to HI together |!
Washington Irving attained his sev-
cnty-sixth year OH the Sd inst. His
Incis 1Eors Indicted their remembrance
/ by the offerings of flowers, .a7 by Wis
its and greetings. Although during
the past winter he has suffered from
sleeplessness and asthma, he is, on the
whole, improving in health.
An extensive forgery, has been de-
tected in Texas. A man named Mahon
at San Antonio, is charged with forging
a draft of Quartermaster Mclean for
$4,000. The draft was forwarded to
the Sub-Treasury in New York, where
it was discovered to be forgery.
The President has agreed to recon-
mend the payment of interest on sus-
pended claims, as an indictment for the
Post Office contractors to continue the
transportation of the mails as hereto
fore. This is contrary to the settled
policy of the government.
On Monday afternoon an outward
bound train on the Chicago, Pittsburg
and Fort Wayne Railroad run over a
! man walking on the track, about four
miles south of Chisago, killing him in
stantly. An inquest was held upon the
body, but it was not identified.
A man at Quebec, collector of old
iron, was offered, week or two since
an old bomb-shell. He bought it and
began to break it up. 1t exploded
tore away the side of the shed in which
he worked, broke fifty panes of glass