The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1859-03-17
News and Other Paragraphs.


Spring.
Mr.. VIM. Smith O'Brien dined in.
Washington, recently, with Mr.. Alex.
H. Stephens of Georgia.
THE MEXICAN MIssIoN.-It is stated
that this Mission was offered to Gen.
Sam Houston, but declined by him.
Hon. Henry S. Geyer, who succeeded
Col. Benton in the U. s.. Senate, died
at st. Louis on the 5th.
Minnesota has %, 900 more men than
women. Sad to think of, with Gov.
Slade dead, and Mrs. Farmham where?
The citizens of Jackson county have
subscribed the handsome sum of 1913
to purchase Mount Vernon. =
A Canadian paper says among other
expediencies to be resorted to by the
Ministry, is one to reimpose postage on
newspapers.
The Rev. DIR. Bacon was presented
purse of gold amounting to SIT at a
party in his church on Monday evening
of last week.
Gov. Banks has received a splendid,
gold watch as present from the work
men in the Waltham watch manufactO-
ry.. se
The bill for constitutional conven-
ton in Kansas, was approved by Gov.
Medary, of which there was at first
some doubt.
There is conspiracy in New York
to bore William Smith O'Brien, the
distinguished Irishman, with a public
reception.
The Universalists have $50 societies
in Massachusetts,, and it is calculated
that 100000 persons sympathize with
their religious views.
The dowry granted by the Sandman
Chamber of Deputies to the Princess
Clotilde was 100000. There was on
ly one dissenting vote. %
The net proceeds of Mr.. Everett's
Address on Washington, in New York
last Friday, amounted s14Oo-the larg-
est sum ever yet received at its delive-
ry.
William Gordon was arrested in New
York, on Tuesday last, for the alleged
murder of John Humphrey, in Connec-
ticut, two years ago.
Col. Prince has introduced bill in
the Canadian Legislature, making the
carrying of deadly weapons upon the
person penal offense.
We learn from the Lexington INTEL
hge,acer, that young man named
Mathews was shot last week at Lake
Port, St. Clair county, by the acciden-
tai discharge OF gun.
Two men, Fleming and O'Leary,
were hanged in Toronto, at the same
time, on the 4th inst, for murder. They
both confessed themselves guilty of the
crime for which they suffered.
In indianapolis, few days since, a
little girl took a dose of laudanum
which nearly killed her. She gave as
a reason that she wished to 60 to hcav-
EN- to her little brother.
The object of Mr.. Cobden's visit to
this country, is said to be to look into
the affairs of the Illinois, Central Rail
road, in which he is large stockhold-
CT.
San Francisco has, every Sunday
night, English, French and German
theatres in full blast. Probably no
other city in the world of 10000 popu-
lation could say as much.
John La Mountain is having linen
cord made at Troy for balloon with
which he intends to go to Europe next
summer. The balloon is to be made at
Lancaster, Pa.
s. George M. Dallas is proposed as the
next Democratic candidate for the
Presidency by the Mobile Register.
The Augusta Constitutionalist indorses
the idea, and the Charleston Courier
copies the article. .aarI a5ao
A man in Massachusetts led bloom
ing bride to the alter on the 9th ult.,
became father on the 10th, aud ad-
vertised his wife on the l4th, caution
ing all persons against trusting her on
his account. f...-.-.5.
A suit is now on trial in New York,
brought by one r. G. Scillis against
George Grouse, both of that city, to
receive commission of 81, 900 which
said Grouse agreed to pay him for pro-
curing him wife,. Grouse got the wife
and then refused to pay the commission.
There is great ease now in the New
York Money Market. There has been