The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1859-08-18

The ladies of Hastings, are taking
active measures towards abolishing the
liquor traffic in that village.
Hiram r. Andrews, prominent cit
izen of Detroit, died in that city Friday
evening last, of cholera morbus. He
was So years of age.
G. p. r. James, the novelist, has de-
termined to leave Venice and return to
Virginia, for the purpose of making
that State his permanent abiding-place.
The New York correspondent of the
Richmond Wing says that the Hon.
Daniel S. Dickinson cried when Gov.
Wise's letter was exposed to him.
Mr.. Raymond of the N. Y. Times,
writes from Paris on the 14th of July :
"Theodore Parker has gone to Switzer-
land and Mr.. Sumner to England.
Gov. Seward is In Russia"
There has been twenty-six cases of
suicide in the city of St. Louis during
the past two weeks, eleven by hanging
six by poisoning, five by cutting throat
and one by stabbing.
The American horse Starke, entered
by Mr.. Ten Brock, for the Goodwood
race, in England, has won. the stake.
The Goodwood cup was carried of by
Promised Land. The American mare
Prioress came in third.
A Boston Foundry has just compile
ted on the order of some gentlemen in
Providence, Rhode Island, two brass
lDahlgreen cannon, intended as pres
ent to the Imaum of Muscat. The
cannon are AZ Founders, and cost 81
900 each.
A MISSIONARY Glass. = The late
graduating class from Andover Theo-
logical Seminary numbered thirty-four
of these, eleven have offered themselves
to the Missionary Board, and before the
close Of the year all expect to be in
foreign field of labor.
In the case of S. NJ. Booth of Mil
waukee, who is charged with seduction
under more than usually aggravated cir
cumstances, the Jury failed to agree,
and have been discharged. When dis
charged, they stood nine for conviction
and three for acquittal.
The Michigan Farmer states that
Gov. w. p. Banks of Massachusetts,
will deliver the address before the
Michigan State Agricultural Society.
1t was at first expected that Horace
Greeley would address the Society, but
it is now ascertained that he will not
return from the Pacific coast in time.
ToRNADo.-The Lafayette Courier
says that Tippecanoe county was visit
ed on Wednesday last by a terrible
tornado, demolishing buildings, trees
and fences. The account says the
strip of country laid waste, is about
two hundred yards wide, and three
miles long.
Andrew Moore, Dem, is reelected
Governor of Alabama by $4,000 ma
Ijority. Stallworth's (Dem.,) majority
for Congress in the Mobile District il
over 5000. Clopton's, in the Mont
gomery District, is PA. In the other
five Congressional Districts there seems
to have been no serious opposition to
the Democratic candidates.
The fastest time on record, is it said
was made by Flora Temple, in the
great trotting match, which recently
took place on the Eclipse Course, l.
i l., between "Flora" and California
mare "Princess." The time made was,
first heat, 2:233; I'd heat, 2:22; Sd,
2:23d. The match was for 81 900 three
out of five.
A notorious ruffian, known in South
western Arkansas as Jack Cade, was
recently killed by woman whose hus-
band he had shot. The widow chal-
lenged him to fight duel, and as the
ruffian declined she attacked him with
revolver and lodged three balls in
his body, one of which passed through
his heart.
A man, named E. T. Sterling, of
Cleveland, was found dead or dying,
on the side walk, in front of gambling
den, in that city, on Sunday morning,
of last week, with a severe cut in his
hnad II is supDosed that he received