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

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census of the drinking soloons taken,
showing total of 1888.
The Syracuse N. Y. Standard says
that the small pox is prevailing in near
ly all the towns of Onondaga county.
The aspect of matters at Washing
ton of late, render the call of an extra
session of Congress more and more
probable.
Dan Rice, the clown, now at Niblo's
Theatre, gets salary of 5000 per week
and with his family lives in style at the
ST. Nicholas Hotel.
Chief Justice fancy abstains from
all society. Even Lord Napier was re-
Gently denied an interview with him on
account of age and infirmities.
The Ottawa Clarion announces the
discovery, at the mouth of Grand Riv-
er, of an abundance of sand suitable
for the manufacture of glass.
Vice President Breckenridge has
sold his house for about twenty thou
sand dollars, having abandoned the
idea of housekeeping in Washington.
The La Fayette Courier tells of a
dissipated woman in that city, who
drank thirty-two glasses of lager beer
at a low saloon, on last Sunday.
Riotous demonstrations are of almost
daily occurrences in Quebec. The
lower class of the population are in
great distress, for the want Of food and
employment.
Vice President Breckenridge is said
to protest that he does not aspire to
the Charleston nomination, but will be
a candidate for Crittenden's seat in the
Senate.
A German composer, Mr.. Stoepel,
has made an Opera out of Longfellow's
Hiawatha," which is being performed
with success at the New York Acade-
my of Music.
The population of California, accord
| ing to the best estimate amounts to
100000. When the next apportion-
ment comes to be made, the State will
have six members of Congress.
A bill to prevent the emancipation Of
Slaves in North Carolina has been re.
jected by the House of Representatives
of that State. The project was very
warmly debated.
Mrs. Stoves story, the " Ministers
Wooing," now in course of publication
in the Atlantic Monthly, is reprinted ii
monthly parts in London, as fast as il
appears.
1t is stated that Bonner is about to
commence the republication of hi:
Ledger in London, and that an agcn
is there now making the necessary ar
engagements.
1t is stated that Col. Richard, o.
Dubuque, has been rendered the ap
pointment of Secretary of Kansas
The Herald says he will leave fol
Washington the present week.
The opposition State Convention ii
kentucky is to be held on the 22d inst.
and like Convention in Tennessee OF
the Goth of March. The example o
Virginia excites noble emulation il
each of those States.
The German Institute of Cincinnati
has resolved to erect a monument t.
Gov. Chase, in token Of their appre
citation of his character as citizen
and his wisdom and virtue as publ,
officer
/ There is a report of Piccolomini'
!, speech in response to the serenaders il
front of the Troy House, as follows
" Shentlemen-I am veer mooch oblig
for dis compliments | am veer poor
speak Anglish, unit | feels sleepy" Tha
will do.
A bright boy of nine years was de
livered in Lanesboro' ILL.,, a few day
since, for the purpose of attendin!
school, having been forwarded b,
Adams express from Houston, Texas
The I" freight" had been four weeks OF
the road.
A lady in st. Paul, Minnesota, VIII
!, had become unsettled in her mind from
anxiety in matters of religion, attempt
ed self-destruction by drinking boiling
water from tea-kettle. Medical ali
} was secured, and, although severely in
jured, she was at last accounts recove,
, ing.
Ithas been often predicted that tn
heavy glass skylights' Hall in Washing
ton were not sufficiently secure. Earl
on Tuesday morning, from some TN
: known cause, a heavy pane fell fror
J the skylight upon the desk and chat
} of Mr.. Nichols of Ohio, who had me
ment before left his seat.
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