The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1859-02-03

News and other Paragraphs.
It Is said that the population of Buff
falo N. z. decreased nearly 1000 last
year. m
The tobacco crop of Ohio. for the
past year is estimated to be worth ST.
0oo, 900.
To prevent dogs from killing sheep
cut their tails close up to their ears be-
fore they can run about.
Coal existS,in 81 Of the counties Of
Illinois, and over hundred mines are
now worked in 81 different counties.
The Flint Democrat says that gang
of thieves have been broken up in that
county and the members lodged in
jail. -ease 81 eV
The amount of interest on public
debts payable in New York on the LIST
of January, and actually provided for
was over ss,OoO,ooO. - q
AT St. Helena, S. c., early last week,
the orange trees were budded, and
corn, sprang from waste seeds, was
from five to six inches in heighth.
James Brown, Jr., second auditor of
the State of Virginia, died at Richmond
on the Sd inst,, from recent injury of
his foot by a railroad car. s3e
The London papers report that the
month of November was seven degrees
colder in England than the average of
the same period for 49 years.
Upwards of 1900 emigrants passed
Westward, over the Pennsylvania Cen
trail Railroad, last year. The number
was nearly equal to that of 1857,
There are in the city of N. Y, 10000
places where liquor is sold fora bcver-
age, and only SO of the places have Ii
censes. .4s ~. sas 49,
The New Post Master Genreal of
New Brunswick has ordered the dis
continuance of the delivery Of letters
on the Sabbath day.
VIM. S. Griswold, of Grand Ledge,
Eaton county, committed suicide a
few days since.by drownding himself in
Grand River.
ADemocratic State Conventiontonom-
mate candidate for Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court, has been called to
meet at Detroit on the 18th of Ferbua-
ny next. rp ar5 ms
The Montreal Adcertiser says that
the late severe frost was seriously
injured the iron tubes of Victoria
Bridge, twisting them by the contrac-
ton produced.
The proprietors of the New York
Mercury announce that they secured
the services of Mr.. +. o. @. barley to
illustrate the noveletts to be published
in their columns.
: The extensive Touring mill of Shaw
& Spencer, at Orion, Oakland county,
was totally consumed by fire on. Mon
day last. Loss slO,Ooo-no insurer
rance. The mill had just been reftted
at heavy expense.
Mayor Greenley and Sheriff Bennett,
of Adrian, Mich, have offered, official
ly, 81 900 reward for information which
shall lead to the apprehension and con-
viction of the incendiaries who have
been at work of late in that city.
L. d. Campbell of Ohio is recover
ing from the effects of the recent as
isault. The man who attacked him was
drunk, and Mr.. Campbell refused him
money, upon which he Knocked him
down with club. sfs 5-stl.r-s
The whole annual expenses Of the
State Government of New Jersey were
last year twenty thousand dollars, about
three fifths of which was raised by
tax upon railroad passengers most
ly strangers. oya
os Her Majesty Queen Victoria, has
been pleased to accord her bounty of
three pounds to Elizabeth Jones, who
recently delivered three children at a
birth, at Trevor, near Liangollen; she
is the wife of John Jones, who works
in the Trevor quarries.
An order has been introduced into
the Massachusetts Legislature request
ing the Governor to inform that body
whether there is not another Massa-
chusetts vacancy in the U. S. Senate
besides that to be occasioned by the
expiration Of the term Of the Hon.
Henry Wilson, in March next. ~
Airport Huron on Tuesday last, Hen
ry Mcdowell attacked with knife Mr..
Courtney, whom be alledged had insult
ted a female relative. He stabbed him
in the cheek first, then just below the
temple, and a third time in the abdo-
men, inflicting very serious but is
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