The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1859-06-02
News and other paragraphs.

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1t is stated that M. Collard, Paris
an, photographs at night.
An Italian translation of Mr.. Long
fellows poem, "Evangeline,'' has re-
Gently been published at Florence.
The London Critic says that Grisi
and Mario are to visit America again
next Autumn.
Hon. Richard Golden has joined
Mr.. Greeley in his trip across the con-
tinent.
The Hon. A. II. Stephens accepts
an invitation to a dinner with the cit
liens of Augusta, on the Cd of July.
Mr.. J. w. Audubon is in Boston, to
arrange for republication of his faith
er's work on the Birds of America. "
Hon. Mr.. Keitt has married Miss Sue
Sparks, of Vaudeville, s. c., and the
bridal party go out to Europe in the
Persia.
Bonner, the Ledger man, has secured
the services of Paul Morphy the great
chess champion, to edit chess column
in the Ledger.
GOVERNOR OF NEBRAsKA.-Col. Sam
Black has reached Omaha, and entered
upon the discharge of his official du-
ties.
The widow of Douglas Jerrold died
early in May at her country residence
in England. Her health rapidly failed
after her husbands death.
Mrs. Soule, wife of the Hon. Pierce
Soule, died at her residence on Ram
part ST., New Orleans on the evening
of May 4.
A despatch from Savannah, dated
May 2sth, says that Capt. Townsend,
of the Shaver Echo, has been acquit-
ted.
1t is reported that an attempt will be
made to make balloon voyage from
Chicago to New York, by Mr.. eager,
preparatory to transatlantic voyage.
About 81, 900 worth of liquors, be-
longing to five or six different parties,
were seized in Rockland, Maine, on
Monday last on charge of being kept
for illegal sale.
RELIEF FOR Pixies PEAK EMIGRANTs.
The subject of sending relief to the
starving Pixies Peak emigrants is under
consideration by the Administration at
Washington.
1t is said that the frost has cut off the
champagne crop of this year in France
to one-eighth. 1t is not probable,
however, that the quanty of so-called
champagne will diminish.
Lieut.. NJ. f. Maury, United States
Navy, has been recently unanimously
elected an honorary member of the East
India Marine Society. Its an unusual
honor.
A Son of the Hon. Nehemiah Alb
bott of Belfast, Me-, student of Bow
doin College, has mysteriously disap-
peared, and is supposed to have COM
mitted suicide.
A German "savant" has taken the
trouble to count the number of hairs
existing in four human heads. He
found in a blonde 10000 distinct
hairs; in a brown 100, 44O; in black
1O2, 900, and in red S8,740.
To show the great Importance of the
manufacture of brandy in the French
Department of the Charente, the local
journals state thatthe copper sheets pur-
chased last year, for making cauldrons
and other vessels, for that department
alone, cost 1,OOO,Ooof. (e4o,OOO)
There are seven executions to take
place i'm Canada in the course of next
month; one in Toronto, one at Merritts.
vile, three at Brantford, one at Coburg,
and one at Belleville. This reveals an
alarming state of things, and indicates
fearful increase in capital offenses.
A duel was fought in the vicinity Of
Mobile on Tuesday at the old race
track, between M. G. Wick of Vicks.
burg, Miss, and James III. Smith
They met with rifles at forty PAGES, and
Mr.. Wick fell dead at the first fire, the
ball of his antagonist penetrating the
brain.
! The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher has
recently purchased twenty-seven acres
of land in Westchester County. They
form part of the estate formerly known
as the Trowbridge Farm, situated about
mile from Peekskill, on the road lead
ing from Lakes Michigan and Mahopac
The price was $4,000.
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